SYNOPSIS: REG I PROPOSES CIVIL ACTION AGAINST AN ASBESTOS REMOVAL CONTRACTOR, ACME SERVICES, AND AGAINST A.C. LAWRENCE LEATHER CO, INC., OWNER OF THE BUILDING WHERE ASBESTOS WAS REMOVED FROM FEB 7-17, 1984. VIOLATIONS ARE ALLEGED OF THE NATIONAL EMISSION STD FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS (NESHAP) FOR ASBES TOS, 40 C.F.R. PART 61, SUBPART B. DEFS VIOLATED APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS REGARDING PRIOR NOTIFICATION TO EPA OF AN AS- BESTOS REMOVAL OPERATION. REG I PROPOSES DECLARATORY & IN- JUNCTIVE RELIEF & A PENALTY OF $25,000. EPA HAS LISTED AS- BESTOS AS A HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT WHICH IS REGULATED BY NATIONAL STDS PROMULGATED BY EPA UNDER SECT. 112 OF THE CAA, 42 U.S.C. SECT 7412. A.C. LAWRENCE LEATHER COMPANY, INC (ACL) IS A LEATHER TANNING CORP WHICH SELLS TO SHOE & GARMENT MANUFACTURERS. THE SOUTH PARIS BUILDING WHERE ASBESTOS WAS REMOVED IS ONE OF ITS BRANCH PLANTS. IT MANUFACTURES SIDE LEATHER & SHIPS DIRECTLY TO CUSTOMERS ON ORDER FROM ITS DANVERS, MA HQ. ACME SERVICES IS AN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS OPERATED OUT OF ITS OWNER'S HOME IN ASHLAND, KY, W/4 EMPLOYEES. IT OPERATED AT A LOSS IN 1983. ACME REMOVED APPROX. 9700 FT OF FRIABLE ASBESTOS FROM THE ACL BUILDING IN S. PARIS, ME. ROLE OF THE STATE: THE ASBESTOS DEMOLITION & RENOVATION PROGRAM WAS NOT DELEGATED TO MAINE AT THE TIME OF TH