ASBESTOS UPDATE: N.Y. Contractor Charged for EPA Violations
COMPANIES:
After a two day hearing in federal court in Rochester, N.Y., U.S.
District Court Judge Charles J. Siragusa sentenced 54-year-old
Keith Gordon-Smith to six years in prison on Sept. 21, 2011, for
knowingly violating the Clean Air Act and making…
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