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001291 V /d CjLJ, ,THE NEW YORK TIMES MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1970 BUILDERS V/ARNZD ` OH AS3EST0SRULESj . .- The City's Environmental! Protection Administration. said! yesterday that contractors a;| jtaaay construction sites v/erej Inot obeying the new regula-j 'tions requiring the contain-! (raent of asbestos dust and' jthat it would order werkj .halted on projects that did not1 .comply. ! Speaking on the WA3C-TVJ 'program "Eyewitness News. Conference.** Commissioner Je*: :rome Krctchmer said his ager.cyi jhad the power to shut dov/r.j violators of the regulations! which went into effect last: Monday. The r.ew head of the* agency's Air Resources Dcpart-j 'ment, Robert Rickies, said late.** . ithat at least one company had: .been ordered to a hearing in his office next Friday to deter mine whether it is a violator.* ;lf so. Mr. Rickies said, eqquip-i jrr.cnt a; the construction site- j will be sealed. ! Earlier, on the \VN2C-7V program "Man In Office." Mr. Rickies said equipment of companies that violated other, air pollution rules would be shut down if they did not sub mit a compliance schedule after receiving three or more summonses. Ho also announced plans to concentrate the de partment's S3 inspectors in specific areas for several weeks at a time, beginning Wednes-' day. Earth Day. Declaring the citys* air "dis gusting" and "unfit for human! consumption." he tailed for- suffer regulations, speedier: prosecution, much hither pen*! aitics--up to 310.CC0 a. cay.J and better uuLLeaucn of man power. j .