EPA v. FOUR STRONG BUILDERS, INC, ET. AL.

Case summary

On September 30, 2004, Region III filed an asbestos National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutant administrative complaint against the owners and operators of the Levittown Shopping Center located at Route 13 and Levittown Parkway in Tullytown, Pennsylvania and their asbestos removal and abatement company for violations of Section 112 of the Clean Air Act (���CAA��� or ���the Act���), 42 U.S.C. �� 7412. Levittown, L.P. (���LLP���) is a Delaware Limited Partnership that owns the Levittown Shopping Center. In 2001, Levittown, L.P. retained DLC, Inc. (���DLC���) to lease, manage, and supervise construction/demolition activities at the Levittown Shopping Center. Respondents LLP and DLC retained Four Strong Builders, an asbestos removal and abatement company, to perform the removal and abatement work. The complaint is based on violations of the asbestos National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutant regulations pertaining to the failure of the company to provide timely notification; failure to keep regulated asbestos containing materials (���RACM���) wet until its disposal and failure to remove RACM without its becoming damaged or disturbed. EPA proposes to assess a civil penalty of thirty seven thousand four hundred dollars ($ 37,400) against the Respondents for

Defendants (3)

• LEVITTOWN L.P. (SB)Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• FOUR STRONG BUILDERS, INC (SB)Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• DLC MANAGEMENT, INC (SB)Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• LEVITTOWN SHOPPING CENTER

  RTE /3 AND LEVITTOWN PARKWAY, TULLYTOWN, PA, 19055

  Registry ID: 110018926769

Statutes cited

• CAA 112B — Asbestos

Enforcement conclusions (3)

• FOUR STRONG BUILDERS, INC, ET. AL.entered 2006-07-11

  Primary law: CAA

  Federal penalty: $24,310

• FOUR STRONG BUILDERS, INCentered 2005-07-12

  Primary law: CAA

  Federal penalty: $24,310

• FOUR STRONG BUILDERS, INC (DLC & LEVITTOWN)entered 2005-04-14

  Primary law: CAA

  Federal penalty: $13,000

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2004-09-30Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2004-09-30Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2006-07-11Final Order Issued