# MKS INDUSTRIES INC & NORTHEASTERN WASTE SYSTEMS INC
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `6090`
- **Case Number:** 02-1997-0177
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $8K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MKS INDUSTRIES INC (complaint) (settlement)
- NORTHEASTERN WASTE SYSTEMS INC (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

RESPONDENTS MKS INDUSTRIES, INC AND NORTHEASTERN WASTE     SYSTEMS, INC. WERE CHARGED WITH VIOLATING 40 CFR SECTION     61.145(C)(#), BY FAILING TO WET REGULATED ASBESTOS CONTAIN-  ING MATERIAL (RACM) DURING A STRIPPING OPERATION, AND WITH   VIOLATING 40 CFR SECTION 61.145(C)(6)(I), BY FAILING TO WET  ALL RACM THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED AND ENSURING THAT IT REMAIN   WET UNTIL COLLECTED AND CONTAINED FOR DISPOSAL               *

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