# GOICOECHEA & W.W. INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `54136`
- **Case Number:** 10-1988-0010
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $10K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GOICOECHEA, J. (complaint) (settlement)
- W/W INC (complaint) (settlement)
## 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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