EPA v. PRICE DEMOLITION, LLC

Case summary

11/27/2018 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4871. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. ORDER ALLEGES: EPA INSPECTORS WENT TO THE HOWARD BUILDING ON JUNE 14, 2018, TO CONDUCT AN INSPECTION. AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION, DEMOLITION ACTIVITY HAD NOT YET COMMENCED. RESPONDENT PROVIDED A REVISED WRITTEN NOTIFICATION DATED JUNE 14, 2018, INDICATING THAT THE DEMOLITION WOULD OCCUR BETWEEN JUNE 27, 2018, AND JULY 15, 2018. BASED ON AN INVESTIGATION, THE EPA DETERMINED THAT THE RESPONDENT DID NOT PROVIDE NOTICE OF THE NEW START DATE BY TELEPHONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE ORIGINAL START DATE AND DID NOT PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE NEW START DATE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE, AND NO LATER THAN, THE ORIGINAL START DATE, AS REQUIRED BY THE REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO ASBESTOS FOUND AT 40 CFR PART 61, SUBPART M. BASED ON THE FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS, THE EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED SECTION 112 OF THE CAA, BY FAILING TO PROVIDE THE STATE OF GEORGIA WITH TELEPHONE NOTICE OF THE REVISED DEMOLITION START DATE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE ORIGINAL START DATE. BASED ON THE THE FACTS STIPULATED, THE EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED SECTION 112 OF THE CAA, BY FAILING TO PROVIDE THE STATE OF GEORGIA WITH WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE REVISED DEMOLITION START DATE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE, AND NO LATER THAN, THE ORIGINAL START DATE.

Defendants (1)

• PRICE DEMOLITION, LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• HOWARD BUILDING

  551 JOHN WESLEY DOBBS AVENUE NE, ATLANTA, GA, 30312

  Registry ID: 110070228116

• PRICE DEMOLITION, LLC

  2870 PEACHTREE ROAD, NE. SUITE 305, ATLANTA, GA, 30305

  Registry ID: 110070385942

Statutes cited

• CAA 112B — Asbestos

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• PRICE DEMOLITION, LLCentered 2018-11-27

  Primary law: CAA

  Federal penalty: $4,871

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2018-11-27Final Order Issued
• 2018-11-27Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2018-11-30Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2019-02-05Enforcement Action Closed