Friedman and Schmitt Failed to Keep RACM Adequately Wet

The record in the present case shows that Friedman & Schmitt failed to keep RACM adequately wet after removal from facility components in Building #2.

Specifically, the Region’s inspector, Mr. Darrell Singleton, inspected Building #2 on August 21, 1997. During that inspection, he observed "dry" acoustic ceiling material on a door frame and window, and small pieces of "dry," "flaky," "crumbly" acoustic ceiling material on a carpet and the top of a beam in Building #2. Evidentiary Tr. at 52, 73-74, 140; Gov’t Ex. 1 at 7, 11, 12.

Mr. Singleton took samples of this "dry" acoustic ceiling material, and those samples tested positive for the requisite amount of asbestos.

Accordingly, evidence in the record shows that RACM in the form of acoustic ceiling material that had been stripped from the ceiling in Building #2 and remaining in Building #2 was not adequately wet at the time of Mr. Singleton’s inspection.