EPA v. MKS INDUSTRIES INC & NORTHEASTERN WASTE SYSTEMS INC
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$7,500
Case summary
RESPONDENTS MKS INDUSTRIES, INC AND NORTHEASTERN WASTE SYSTEMS, INC. WERE CHARGED WITH VIOLATING 40 CFR SECTION 61.145(C)(#), BY FAILING TO WET REGULATED ASBESTOS CONTAIN- ING MATERIAL (RACM) DURING A STRIPPING OPERATION, AND WITH VIOLATING 40 CFR SECTION 61.145(C)(6)(I), BY FAILING TO WET ALL RACM THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED AND ENSURING THAT IT REMAIN WET UNTIL COLLECTED AND CONTAINED FOR DISPOSAL *
Defendants (2)
- MKS INDUSTRIES INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- NORTHEASTERN WASTE SYSTEMS INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
MKS INDUSTRIES, INC
1680 WALDEN AVE, CHEEKTOWAGA, NY, 14225
Registry ID: 110010636552
Statutes cited
- CAA 112 — Hazardous Air Pollutants
Enforcement conclusions (1)
MKS INDUSTRIES INC & NORTHEASTERN WASTE SYSTEMS INentered 1997-05-21
Primary law: CAA
Federal penalty: $7,500
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1996-12-30Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1997-05-21Final Order Issued
- 1997-05-21Enforcement Action Closed
- 1997-06-21Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 6090
- Case number
- 02-1997-0177
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- AIR
- Branch
- AIR
- EPA region
- 02
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Hazardous Air Pollutants
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 02-1997-0177 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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