# HARRISON CONTRACTING, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `48233`
- **Case Number:** 08-1988-0100
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $133K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- HARRISON CONTRACTING, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

-ASBESTOS RENOVATION OPERATION AT PUEBLO ARMY DEPOT     FROM 11/87-08/88 OVER 10,000 SQUARE FEET OF FRIABLE ASBESTOS IN SULATION.                                                      -VIOLATIONS OF WORK PRACTICES REQUIREMENTS.                  -FAILURE TO PROPERLY WET (40 CFR 61.147) AND PROPERLY   REMOVE ASBESTOS; FAILURE TO PROPERLY DISPOSE OF ASBESTOS     (40 CFR 61.152).                                                  -LARGE GRANTITIES OF ASBESTOS ESCAPED FROM THE BUILDING IN WET SLUDGE DUE TO USE OF HIGH PRESSURE HOSES ( POWER      WASHING ); RELEASE OF VISIBLE EMISSIONS OF ASBESTOS.              -VIOLATIONS CONTINUED FROM 11/87 THROUGH 04/88.              -ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS ISSUED 04/88 TO HARRISON         (OPERATOR) AND U.S. DEPT. OF THE ARMY (OWNER); CEASE AND     DESIST; DEVISE PROPER WORK PLAN AND DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE.       -OWNER AND OPERATOR COMPLIED WITH ORDERS; OPERATION     RESUMED 06/88 AND CONCLUDED BY 08/88.  EPA HAS REFERRED      THIS CASE TO DOJ FOR A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST THE ASBESTOS     REMOVAL CONTRACTOR ONLY; OWNER IS A FEDERAL AGENCY.               -THE ACTION IS PURSUANT TO SECTION 113(B) OF THE CLEAN  AIR ACT 42 USC 7413(B) SEEKING PENALTIES AND INJUNCTIVE      RELIEF FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH PROVISIONS OF THE NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARD FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT, NESHAP, FOR   ASBESTOS, 40 CFR PART 61, SUBPART M.

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