Tag Archives: asbestos removal
Baltimore Firms Get Record Fine for Faulty Asbestos Removal
In Baltimore, Maryland, a demolition firm and the corporate owner of a property where asbestos was being removed have both been fined, the demolition firm with a record $1,225,000 fine, the corporate building owner for $115,000. The demolition firm in question is Erie Vera LLC, of 230 N. Chester Street in Baltimore. The building owner, [...]
Missouri Brick Factory Faces Asbestos Removal, Repurposing
In New Mexico, Missouri, a brick factory that operated continuously from 1908 through 2002 under the name A. P. Green Refactories is being given a new lease on life under the Mid America Brick and Structural Clay Products, LLC corporate umbrella thanks to remediation tax credits of up to $1,379,477 under the Brownfield Development Program. [...]
Asbestos Closes York Primary School
The discovery of asbestos has led to the temporary closure York’s Wigginton School. Engineers were inspecting the school during the Christmas holiday and found asbestos insulation board which they felt needed to be replaced. The school was closed as a precaution while workers wait to began the process of asbestos removal. Parents received phone calls [...]
King County, Washington Apartment Owner Fined for Asbestos
Washington State regulators have charged the Longwell Company of Bellevue, a real estate investment and management company, with violating state asbestos regulations. Longwell, a private company, has – in its own words, “acquired, managed and disposed of multi-family real estate assets since 1992″. And it was in the course of these operations that Longwell allegedly [...]
Illinois Real Estate Developer Charged with Asbestos Dumping in Hopkins Park
Real estate developer Michael J. Pinski, 41, of Kankakee, and two associates, have been indicted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the central district of Illinois for illegally dumping asbestos in an open field in Hopkins Park, Illinois. All are from Illinois. As the U.S. Attorney’s Office notes, an indictment is an accusation, not a [...]
Schools Face Asbestos Issues During Summer Vacation
The summer months may mean the start of vacation for students and teachers, but it also means the start of a long, hot season of work for construction and remodeling crews. In some cases, these remodeling projects will also involve removing and disposing of insulation, ceiling tiles and other construction materials that contain asbestos. The [...]
Mancuso and Sons Get Prison, Fines for Asbestos Scam
On Wednesday, June 9, Lester Mancuso, Paul Mancuso and Steven Mancuso were all given prison sentences for their parts in an asbestos scam that began in 2003 with an asbestos remediation firm called Controlled Waste Systems Inc. (CWSI) which the Mancuso family jointly owned and operated. Lester Mancuso, 71, the father, pled guilty on June [...]
Leonia Elementary Parents Outraged over Announced Asbestos Removal during School
Methods for dealing with the issue of asbestos in U.S. schools are addressed in the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA), a provision of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) passed in 1986. The Act, which operates under the auspices of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), provides that all U.S. schools at any educational [...]
Asbestos-Ridden American Red Cross Building, Oklahoma City, Blocks Urban Redevelopment
Oklahoma City visitors to the MidTown area will notice a wealth of restaurants, shops, art galleries, small food enterprises and offices, with mixed housing at affordable prices slated to come next. It seems like an urban renewable miracle, after the time a mere seven years ago when MidTown was slum ridden with cheap hotels, defunct [...]
Middletown, New York Building Owner Faces Fines for Improper Asbestos Removal
In Middletown, New York, officials are ready to fine the owner of a building where asbestos was removed in violation of state laws. The building is the former Classy Leather goods warehouse on Canal St. The furor arose when a city building inspector came upon a work crew leaving the building with bags of asbestos [...]
