EPA v. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
IN 1994, 3 BUILDINGS (THE LAW SCHOOL, HUMANITIES BUILDING, AND SOCIAL STUDIES BUILDING) AT THE UNIVERSITY WERE RENOVATED. ASBESTOS WAS REMOVED. TWO CONTRACTORS WERE INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT BUILDINGS. ONE OF THE VIOLATIONS FOUND BY A UNIVERSITY SAFETY INSPECTOR WAS REPORTED TO THE STATE. MOST OF THE ALLEGED VIOLATIONS RELATE TO IMPROPER DISPOSAL. ONE NOTICE VIOLATION RELATED TO WORK OUTSIDE OF TIME STATED. THIS IS A PROPOSED REFERRAL TO DOJ BECAUSE THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED MORE THAN A YEAR AGO.
Defendants (1)
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSINNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
WAUCONDA SAND & GRAVEL
BONNER & GARLAND RD, WAUCONDA, IL, 60084
Registry ID: 110009327022
Statutes cited
- CAA 112 — Hazardous Air Pollutants
Enforcement conclusions (1)
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSINentered 1999-11-16
Primary law: CAA
Federal penalty: $36,000
Timeline (6 milestones)
- 1996-05-30Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1996-09-26Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1999-11-16Enforcement Action Closed
- 1999-11-16Complaint Filed With Court
- 1999-11-16Final Order Entered
- 1999-11-16Final Order Lodged
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 29766
- Case number
- 05-1996-0318
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- AIR
- Branch
- MMBII
- EPA region
- 05
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Hazardous Air Pollutants
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 05-1996-0318 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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