# ASSOCIATION OF APARTMENT OWNERS OF HARBOR LIGHTS, LTD.
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52254`
- **Case Number:** 09-1991-0025
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $40K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ASSOC. OF APT. OWNERS OF HARBOR LIGHTS, (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE HARBOR LIGHTS CONDOMINIUMS ( THE FACILITY ), LOCATED   IN KAHULUI, MAUI, IS A FOUR BUILDING COMPLEX WITH A TOTAL    OF 351 UNITS.  ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1990, A RESIDENT OF THE      FACILITY FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF     HEALTH, CLEAN AIR BRANCH, CONCERNING THE REMOVAL OF          CEILING MATERIAL FROM THE HALLWAYS AT THE FACILITY.          SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE FACILITY BY THE HDOH FOR        VIOLATIONS OF THE NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS  AIR POLLUTANTS ( NESHAP ) FOR ASBESTOS, 40 C.F.R. PART 61,   SUBPART M, REVEALED THAT AT LEAST 607 SQUARE FEET OF         FRIABLE ASBESTOS-CONTAINING CEILING MATERIAL HAD BEEN        REMOVED BY IN-HOUSE MAINTENANCE WORKERS.  THE ASSOCIATION    OF APARTMENT OWNERS OF HARBOR LIGHTS, LTD. ( DEFENDANT )     FAILED TO GIVE NOTICE OF THIS REMOVAL TO EPA OR THE STATE    OF HAWAII.  THIS FAILURE IS A VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. 61.146. THE INSPECTION FURTHER REVEALED THAT ASBESTOS DEBRIS HAD NOT BEEN KEPT WET UNTIL COLLECTED FOR DISPOSAL AND THAT SOME     OF THE DEBRIS HAD BEEN LEFT BEHIND AFTER THE REMOVAL.        THESE REMOVAL PRACTICES ARE VIOLATIOONS OF 40 C.F.R.         61.147(E) AND 61.152(A).

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