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FILE NAME: New York State & NY Times (NY) DATE: 1970 Apr 20 DOC#: NY022 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: NYT Article - Builders Warned on Asbestos Rules 2002) BUILDERS WARNED ON ASBESTOS RULES The City's Environmental Protection Administration said yesterday th at contractors a t many construction sites were n o t obeying the new* regula tions requiring the contain ment of asbestos dust and that it would order work halted on projects th at did not comply. Speaking -on the WABC-TV program "Eyewitness News Conference/'. Commissioner Je rome Kretchmer said his agency had the power to shut down violators of th e regulations which went into Effect last Monday. The new head of the agency's Air Resources Depart ment Robert-Rickies said later th at at least one company had been ordered to a hearing in his office, next* Friday,to deter mine whether it is a violator. If so, Mr. Rickies said, equip ment a t the construction site will be sealed. .Earlier, on . the WNBC-TV program "Man In Office," Mr. Rickies said ' equipment of companies th at violated other air pollution rules- would be shut down if they did not sub mit a compliance schedule after receiving three or more summonses. He also announced plans to concentrate the de partment's'' 86 . inspectors in specific areas for several weeks at a .time beginning Wednes day, Earth D ay.. .............. Declaring the citys air *dis gusting" and "unfit for human consumption," he .called for stiffer regulations, speedier prosecution, much higher pen alties--up to $10,000 a day, and better utilization of man power. '' Reproduced with perm ission ot the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without perm ission.