ASBESTOS UPDATE: EPA Talks on Remediation Inquiry at BoRit Site

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s representatives, a July 14, 2010 meeting, discussed with the Community Advisory Group regarding data from the first stage of the remedial investigation at the BoRit asbestos site, Montgomery Media reports.

The site, located in Ambler Borough,…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Fla. Suit v. EPA on Marco Island Issues Ongoing

Mario Sanchez, a Marco Island, Fla., Resident and a Miami-Dade College professor, sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, alleging the EPA did not release information about asbestos found in 2005 on city property as required by the Freedom of Information…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: EPA & HHS to Spend $130Mil for Cleanup at Libby

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services plan to spend more than US$130 million on cleanup efforts and improving the health care system in the Libby, Mont., area, Asbestos.com reports.

To date, about 400…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: EPA Checks General Industries Site for Hazards

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other officials of Elyria, Ohio, are checking for signs of asbestos contamination at the former General Industries site, Mesothelioma.com reports.

The EPA-hired contractors were on the scene wearing white jumpsuits and using respirators to minimize…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Ex-Vibratech Site in Buffalo Cleared of Hazard

Workers with U.S. government environmental agencies declared the now-closed Vibratech manufacturing plant in Buffalo, N.Y., cleared of asbestos and other hazardous materials, MesotheliomaWeb.org reports.

The cleanup process took more than nine months and cost nearly US$2 million.

The Company once used the…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: 2 Ariz. Schools to Pay $22T for AHERA Breaches

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fined two Arizona charter school operators a combined total of US$22,030 for alleged violations of the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA), according to an EPA press release dated Sept. 8, 2009.

In April 2007, EPA…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: PEER Files Suit on Grand Teton Asbestos Breach

According to a complaint filed on Aug. 26, 2009 by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should investigate serious asbestos-related violations by Grand Teton National Park managers, according to a PEER press release dated Aug.…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: EPA Reaches Deal w/ 4 Md. Schools on Safety

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has settled four cases in Maryland in an effort to ensure the safe management of asbestos-containing materials in schools, according to an EPA press release dated July 2, 2009.

In separate consent agreements with the EPA,…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: USEPA Testing for Hazards at Spokane Sites

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency crews are testing residential areas near W. R. Grace & Co.’s former insulation factory, Vermiculite Northwest, in Spokane, Wash., for asbestos, The Seattle Times reports.

The work was prompted by the recent declaration of Libby, Mont., as…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: EPA Pledges $125M for Libby, Mont., Cleanup

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pledged at least US$125 million for the cleanup of asbestos at Libby, Mont., The Monterey County Herald reports.

The US$125 million will be used to speed the work of going door- to-door, raising tents over contaminated…

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