ASBESTOS UPDATE: EPA Records Monitoring Results for Joplin Zone

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 is sharing online the results of its ongoing air monitoring activities within the Joplin, Mo., tornado impact zone, according to an EPA press release dated June 7, 2011.

So far, the data from Region…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Carson City Awarded $400T in Brownfield Grants

Brownfield grants totaling US$400,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency were awarded to Carson City, Nev., to assess contaminants including asbestos in the city’s redevelopment districts, the Mesothelioma Resource Center reports.

According to the Nevada Appeal newspaper, the funding from the…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: EPA Oversees Ambler Superfund Site Maintenance

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is overseeing stream bank maintenance work along the Wissahickon Creek at the former Ambler Asbestos Superfund Site in Pennsylvania, according to an EPA press release dated Aug. 24, 2010.

The maintenance work is needed to help…

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.…

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