# JACKSON, AUSTIN, & VHC
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `9840`
- **Case Number:** 03-1985-0041
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $14K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AUSTIN, TERRY (complaint) (settlement)
- JACKSON, MICHAEL (complaint) (settlement)
- VETERAN'S COOPERATIVE HOUSING ASSOC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

/////NATURE OF THE CASE/////                                      VETERAN'S COOPERATIVE HOUSING ASSN. IS A NON-PROFIT     CORP. INCORPORATED IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.  THE ASSN.   OWNS NAYLOR GARDENS APARTMENTS, WHERE THE ASBESTOS REMOVAL   OCCURRED DURING THE RENOVATION OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING.          A&J COMPANY IS A JOINTLY-OWNED PLUMBING CONTRACTING CO. WITH OFFICES LOCATED IN MARYLAND; IT PERFORMEDTHE ASBESTOS   REMOVAL AT NAYLOR GARDENS.                                   /////CAUSE FOR ACTION/////                                        THE NATIONAL EMISSION STD FOR ASBESTOS, 40CFR/61.140 ET SEQ., APPLIES TO A RENOVATION IF AT LEAST 260 LINEAR FT OF   ASBESTOS ON FACILITY COMPONENTS IS REMOVED.THE SOURCE MUST   NOTIFY EPA IN ADVANCE OF COMMENCING RENOVATION.              /61.146C: ALL MATERIALS CONTAINING ASB. MUST BE KEPT WET               WHILE BEING STRIPPED,                              /61.147C: DURING THE PERIOD AFTER THEY ARE BEING STRIPPED,   /61.147E: AND BEFORE THEY ARE COLLECTED FOR DISPOSAL.        /61.152:  ALL ASBESTOS-CONTAINING WASTE MATERIALS MUST BE    DEPOSITED AT A WASTE DISPOSAL SITE OPERATED IN ACCORDANCE W/ THE REGULATIONS.                                             -                                                                 A&J STRIPPED FRIABLE ASBESTOS FROM PIPES DURING A RE-   NOVATION AT NAYLOR GARDENS WHICH TOOK PLACE BETWEEN MARCH 4  AND MARCH 6, 1985.  AN EPA INSPECTOR HAS ESTIMATED THAT AT   LEAST 481 LINEAR FEET OF ASBESTOS WA

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