EPA v. CLEAN TEXTILE SYSTEMS, INC.

Case summary

IN MAY, 1994, CLEAN TEXTILE USED ITS OWN EMPLOYEES AND CON- TRACTORS TO REMOVE ASBESTOS INSULATION FROM STEAM PIPES IN ITS FORMER LAUNDRY FACILITY IN CLARKSBURG, WVA. THE ASBESTOS INSULATION WAS REMOVED DRY, W/NO ASBESTOS-TRAINED SUPERVISOR PRESENT, AND THROWN INTO 4 LARGE DUMPSTERS, WHICH WERE THEN TAKEN TO THE NONHAZARDOUS WASTE SECTION OF AREA LANDFILLS AND DUMPED. LANDFILL WORKERS EXPOSED TO THE DRY, FRIABLE ASBESTOS DURING DUMPING ALERTED EPA. CLEAN TEXTILE REMOVED A LARGE HOTWATER TANK COVERED W/ASBESTOS FROM THE FACIITY, RELEASING ASBESTOS AS IT WAS DRAGGED OUTSIDE THE BUIDING. THE ASBESTOS CONTAMINATION HAS BEEN CLEANED UP BY ASBESTOS CONTRACTORS HIRED BY CLEAN TEXTILE.

Defendants (1)

• CLEAN TEXTILE SYSTEMS, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• CLEAN TEXTILE SYSTEM INC

  102 OHIO AVE, CLARKSBURG, WV, 26301

  Registry ID: 110005554051

Statutes cited

• CAA 112 — Hazardous Air Pollutants

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• CLEAN TEXTILE SYSTEMS, INC.entered 2000-01-27

  Primary law: CAA

  Federal penalty: $98,000

Timeline (7 milestones)

• 1998-05-22Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1998-06-10Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2000-01-18Final Order Lodged
• 2000-01-18Complaint Filed With Court
• 2000-01-27Final Order Entered
• 2000-04-05Concluded
• 2000-04-05Enforcement Action Closed