American Biltrite Inc. is a co-defendant with many other manufacturers and distributors of asbestos containing products in 1,269 pending claims involving 1,824 individuals as of Dec. 31, 2008, according to the Company’s annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange…
A US$200,000 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant is being used to continue asbestos mitigation at the North Brookfield Downtown Development Brownfield site in North Brookfield, Mass., the Telegram & Gazette reports.
Town and state officials, Police Chief Aram Thomasian and environmental…
Inspections over the past year of schools in New England by EPA underscore the need for school districts to be vigilant in protecting students’ health by following asbestos management requirements, according to an EPA press release dated April 2, 2009.
In…
American Biltrite Inc.’s long-term asbestos-related liabilities were US$13,563,000 at Dec. 31, 2008, compared with US$12.6 million at Dec. 31, 2007, according to the Company’s annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2009.
The Company’s long-term asbestos-related…
American Biltrite Inc. is still assessing the potential availability of insurance coverage for costs over a former vinyl plant in Lisbon Falls, Maine.
The State of Maine Department of Environmental Protection (Maine DEP) has put Miller Industries, Inc, the present owner…
An unnamed federal judge issued an arrest warrant for Albania DeLeon, a Massachusetts business owner, who was convicted of falsifying training records of asbestos workers, the Boston Herald reports.
The 39-year-old Ms. DeLeon was found guilty of selling fake safety training…
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) assessed a US$18,137 penalty on Environmental Source Corporation for violations of state asbestos regulations, according to a MassDEP press release dated March 24, 2009.
In April 2008, MassDEP personnel responded to a complaint and…
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office, on March 20, 2009, filed a complaint in Suffolk Superior Court against a Weymouth company and its president for failing to pay a US$108,000 civil administrative penalty assessed by the Department of Environmental Protection…
Watts Water Technologies, Inc. is facing 105 lawsuits in different jurisdictions, with the greatest number filed in Mississippi and California state courts, alleging injury or death as a result of exposure to asbestos.
The complaints in these cases typically name a…
A Worcester County Grand Jury, on Jan. 23, 2009, returned indictments against the Mayo Group Development LLC, for the improper removal of asbestos at a 10-story building in downtown Worcester, according to a press release issued by the Attorney General…