# CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
> **Judicial** · FY1990 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52197`
- **Case Number:** 09-1990-0009
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $35K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ALLEN L. BENDER, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- ASBESTOS CONTROL GROUP (complaint) (settlement)
- CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS CASE INVOLVES THE DEMOLITION OF TWO BUILDINGS AT      THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO CAMPUS ( CSUS ). EACH BUILDING HAD AN ESTIMATED FLOOR AREA OF ABOUT 9000      SQUARE FEET, WAS TWO STORIES HIGH, AND HAS SERVED AS THE     ANTHROPOLOGY I AND II CLASSROOM BUILDINGS.  CSUS OWNED THE   BUILDINGS, WHICH WERE DEMOLISHED BY ALLEN L. BENDER, INC.    BENDER SUBCONTRACTED THE ASBESTOS REMOVAL PROJECT OUT TO     ASBESTOS CONTROL GROUP, INC.  DEFENDANTS REMOVED APPROX.     11,000 SQUARE FEET OF ASBESTOS-CONTAINING ROOFING MATERIAL   AND 4,000 LINEAR FEET OF ASBESTOS-CONTAINING PIPE            INSULATION.                                                    IN REMOVING ASBESTOS-CONTAINING MATERIAL FROM ANTHROPOLOGY I AND II, THE DEFENDANTS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL       REGULATIONS COVERING ASBESTOS REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL.  THESE   REGULATIONS, SET FORTH AT 40 C.F.R. PART 61, SUBPART M,ARE   KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR   POLLUTANTS (NESHAPS) FOR ASBESTOS.                             DEFENDANTS DISMANTLED PIPES WRAPPING IN ASBESTOS MATERIAL  WITHOUT KEEPING THE MATERIAL ADEQUATELY WET IN VIOLATION     OF 40 C.F.R.  DEFENDANTS FAILED TO ADEQUATELY WET ASBESTOS-  CONTAINING ROOFING MATERIAL DURING STRIPPING, AND FAILED     TO CAREFULLY LOWER THE MATERIALS, NOT DROPPING OR THROWING   THEM, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R., RESPECTIVELY.  DEFENDANTS   ALSO DID NOT ENSURE THAT THE ASBESTOS MATERIAL REMOVED WITH  THE PIPES REMAINED WET UNTIL COLLECTED

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