THIS REFERRAL INVOLVES THE FILING OF A CIVIL ACTION TO SEEK PENALTIES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE WORK PRACTICE STANDARDS SET FORTH IN NESHAPS, 40 CFR, PART 61, M PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO SECTION 112 OF CAA, 42 USC 7412. BETWEEN 7/20/89 AND 2/1/90 AN ASBESTOS ABATEMENT PROJECT/MODERNIZATION PROJECT WAS CONDUCTED AT THE POTLATCH CORP PULP AND PAPER MILL IN LEWISTON, ID. THE PROJECT CONSISTED OF DEMOLITION OF SEVERAL BUILDINGS AND ASSOCIATED ASBESTOS REMOVAL ACTIVITIES. VIOLATIONS OF NESHAPS FOR ASBESTOS OCCURRED DURING THE PROJECT. POTLATCH HIRED OLSHAN ASBESTOS REMOVAL CORP AS THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR IN THE ABATEMENT PORTION OF THE PROJECT. OLSHAN SUBCONTRACTED THE ACTUAL ASBESTOS ABATEMENT TO PACIFIC MECHANICAL INSULATION. THIS REFERRAL RECOMMENDS NAMING ALL THREE COMPANIES AS DEFENDANTS. AN EPA INSPECTOR INSPECTED THE FACILITY ON 6/13/89 PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE ABATEMENT PROJECT, AND ON 10/5/89 DURING THE PROJECT. NOTIFICATION OF THE PROJECT WAS RECEIVED IN THE EPA IDAHO OPERATIONS OFFICE ON 8/10/89, 21 DAYS AFTER THE PROJECT HAD ACTUALLY BEGUN. EPA CIVIL INVESTIGATORS INTERVIEWED A NUMBER OF THE ASBESTOS WORKERS DURING 7/90 AND 8/90. DURING HIS 10/5/89 INSPECTION, THE EPA INSPECTOR OBSERVED APPARENT VIOLATIONS OF THE WORK PRACTI