# WASHINGTON DOT (MCDONALDS/PIRIE)
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `54383`
- **Case Number:** 10-1991-0365
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $150K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MCDONALDS CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- PIRIE CONSTRUCTION INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS ACTION WAS FIRST INITIATED IN 1987.  IT WAS            TRANSFERRED TO DOJ FOR CRIMINAL ACTION.  DOJ FINALLY         DETERMINED AGAINST CRIMINAL ACTION AND SENT THE MATTER BACK  TO EPA FOR CIVIL ACTION IN MAY 1991.  THE CIVIL MATTERS WERE THEN  RE-INITIATED  IN MAY 1991.                               FACTS: ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS PIRIE WAS OBSERVED          VIOLATING OR TO HAVE VIOLATED ASBESTOS NESHAP REGULATIONS.   PIRIE WAS WORKING UNDER CONTRACT FOR MCDONALDS ON A FACILITY MCDONALDS WAS LEASING FROM WA STATE DOT.  ON ONE OF THOSE    OCCASIONS IT WAS REPORTED THAT PIRIE HAD ALSO ENGAGED IN A   CLEAN WATER ACT VIOLATION.  EVIDENCE OF THE SAME WAS         OBSERVED.  THE ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OCCURRED IN THE SUMMER AND FALL OF 1987.                                                  CD WITH MCDONALDS WAS ENTERED ON AUGUST 26, 1992.  CD WITH PIRIE WAS ENTERED ON AUGUST 9, 1993.  CD WITH WASHINGTON DOT WAS ENTERED ON SEPTEMBER 29, 1993.

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