DEFENDANTS: REG I PROPOSES A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST A DEMOLITION CON- TRACTOR, LAMOTTE TRUCKING & SALVAGE, & THE OWNERS OF A QUON- SET HUT IN MANCHESTER, NH, 87 ELM ST. ASSOCIATES, FOR VIOLA- TIONS OF THE NATIONAL EMISSION STDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLU- TANTS (NESHAP) FOR ASBESTOS, FOUND AT 40 C.F.R. PART 61, SUBPART M. FACILITY: THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED WHEN LAMOTTE TRUCKING & SALVAGE COMMENCED DEMOLITION OF A QUONSET HUT, LOCATED AT 113 S. ELM ST., MANCHESTER, NH. THE WALLS OF THIS BUILDING WERE COVERED W/ASBESTOS INSULATION. THE QUONSET HUT WAS NEXT TO A RES- TAURANT & IN A HEAVILY TRAFFICKED BUSINESS AREA. VIOLATIONS: SOMETIME BETWEEN MAY 14 & MAY 17, 1984, LAMOTTE TRUCKING & SALVAGE BEGAN DEMOLITION OF THE QUONSET HUT W/O EPA OR THE STATE HAVING RECEIVED PRIOR NOTIFICATION FROM THE CONTRACTOR OR PROPERTY OWNERS. ON MAY 18, 1984, THE CITY OF MANCHESTER ORDERED THE WORK TO STOP. THAT DAY 2 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NH AIR RESOURCES AGENCY (NHARA) INSPECTED THE SITE & TOOK A SAMPLE OF THE INSULATION MATERIAL. THE STATE INSPECTORS OB- SERVED VISIBLE EMISSIONS COMING FROM AN OPENING IN THE ROOF OF THE HUT. THEY SAW THAT BEFORE MOST OF THE ASBESTOS HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE HUT DEMOLITION HAD BEGUN. SOME ASBES- TOS WAS LYING ON THE GROUND OUTSIDE