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GOICOECHEA & W.W. INC.

Judicial · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 54136

$10K
Penalty
$0
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
10-1988-0010
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-5-2-1-1302
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (2)

Summary

THIS DIRECT REFERRAL INVOLVES THE FILING OF A CIVIL ACTION TO SEEK PENALTIES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF FOR VIOLA- TIONS OF THE WORK PRACTIVE STANDARDS SET FORTH IN NESHAP, 40 CFR, 61(M), PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO SECTION OF 112 OF CAA 42 USC, 7412. THIS ACTION IS A RESULT OF FAILURE TO PROVIDE NOTIFICATION, INADUQUATE WETTING PRIOR TO REMOVAL, AND FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY WET THE FRIABLE ASBESTOS MATERIAL UNTIL COLLECTION FOR DISPOSAL. BETWEEN 8/28/87 AND 3/15/88 RENOVATION ACTIVITY BY W/W INC WAS OCCURRING AT 710 N 6TH ST, BOISE, ID, WHICH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY CONVERTED INTO OFFICES OWNED BY JERRY GOICOECHEA. ON THE EVENING OF 1/21/88, 300-370 LINEAR FEET OF PIPE INSULATION CONTAINING 30% CHRYSOLITE ASBESTOS WAS REMOVED BY INDIVIDUALS HIRED BY W/W INC. BASED ON ANONYMOUS TIP, EPA INSPECTOR CONDUCTED INSPECTION OF BASEMENT ON 1/22/88 AND SAW NO SIGN OF COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE NESHAPS OR OSHA REGULATIONS. BASED ON CONTACT BY EPA, GOICOECHEA HIRED INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES INC TO INSPECT AND ADVISE REGARDING PROPER CLEANUP. PROPER CLEANUP WAS PERFORMED BY PMI ASBESTOS ABATEMENT SPECIALISTS 1/24-25/88, WITH NOTIFICATION TO EPA. NO PRIOR NOTIFICATION FOR THE ASBESTOS REMOVAL FROM EITHER DEFENDANT HAD BEED RECEIVED BY EPA. ON 1/25/88 EPA INSPECTOR OBSERVED A TRAILER ON THE PROPERTY OF W/W INC CONTAINING DRY, UN

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