=> GEPPERT BROS.,INC. IS A PRIVATELY HELD PENNA. CORP. BUSINESS OPERATIONS CONSIST OF DEMOLITION CONTRACTING (50%), EQUIPMENT RENTALS (40%), AND EQUIPMENT HAULING (10%). THE COMPANY EMPLOYS APPROXIMATELY 70 PERSONS. => LIBERTY SQUARE ASSOC. IS A CONN. LTD PARTNERSHIP. IT OWNS & IS RENOVATING THE BECK ENGRAVING BLDG IN PHILA.,PA FOR GENERAL OFFICE USE. LIBERTY SQUARE CONTRACTED WITH GEPPERT THROUGH ITS SUBSIDARY, LIBERTY REHAB CORP, FOR REMOVAL OF ASBESTOS MATERIAL IN THE BECK ENGRV. BLDG. => NEITHER GEPPERT OR LIBERTY SQUARE NOTIFIED EPA OR THE CITY OF PHILA'S DEPT OF HEALTH AIR MGMT SERVICES OF THE PLANNED REMOVAL & DEMOLITION PROJECT INVOLVING ASBESTOS, DESPITE REPEATED WARNINGS FROM EPA & AIR MGMT SERVICES TO DO SO. IN ADDITION, GEPPERT FAILED TO FOLLOW REQUIRED WETTING PROCEDURES DURING THE ACTUAL ASBESTOS REMOVAL. => GEPPERT'S FAILURE TO WET ASBESTOS HAS POTENTIAL DIRECT HEALTH EFFECTS BECAUSE WETTING REDUCES THE LIKELIHOOD THAT ASBESTOS FIBRES WILL BECOME AIRBORNE DURING REMOVAL & ESCAPE INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. IF THE FIBERS ESCAPE, THEY MAY BE INHALED BY CONSTRUCTION WORKERS OR PASSERSBY. ASBESTOS IS A KNOWN CARCINOGEN. AT THE PRESENT TIME NO SAFE THRESHOLD EXPOSURE LEVEL EXISTS. => THE BLDG IS LOCATED IN A COMBINED TOURIST & BUSINESS AREA IN PHILA, ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE OFFICES OF REG III THE OPEN WINDOWS OF THE BLDG WERE DIRECTL