# ACME SERVICES & A.C. LAWRENCE LEATHER CO
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `82`
- **Case Number:** 01-1984-0015
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $10K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- A.C. LAWRENCE LEATHER COMPANY, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- ACME SERVICES (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

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

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