/////NATURE OF THE CASE///// HESS MECHANICAL CORPORATION (HESS) IS A PLUMBING, HEAT- ING, AIR CONDITIONING, AND MECHANICAL CONTRACTOR FOR COMM- ERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS. JACK FRIEDLANDER AND TWO OTHER INDIVIDUALS ARE THE OWNERS OF THE RING BUILDING, A COMMERCIAL OFFICE BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, D.C. HESS WAS HIRED TO REPLACE THE HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM IN THE RING BUILDING. ASBESTOS REMOVAL WAS PERFORMED IN THE COURSE OF THE WORK. /////CAUSE OF ACTION///// THE NAT'L EMISSION STD. FOR ASBESTOS, 40CFR/61.140 ET SEQ., APPLIES TO A RENOVATION IF AT LEAST 260 LINEAR FEET OF ASBESTOS ON FACILITY COMPONENTS IS REMOVED. /61.146C: ALL MATERIALS CONTAINING ASB. MUST BE KEPT WET WHILE BEING STRIPPED, /61.147C: DURING THE PERIOD AFTER THEY ARE STRIPPED FROM /61.147E: FACILITY COMPONENTS, AND BEFORE THEY ARE COLLECTED FOR DISPOSAL. /61.152:ALL ASBESTOS-CONTAINING WASTE MATERIAL MUST BE DE- POSITED AT A DISPOSAL SITE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PRO- CEDURES SET FORTH IN THE REGULATIONS AT /61.152. - AFTER RECEIPT OF AN ANONYMOUS TIP ON 04/17/85, AN IN- SPECTOR FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL DIVISION (ECD) OF THE D.C. DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND REGU