Tag Archives: LLC
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. [...]
Two Vermont Companies Cited For Asbestos Violations
Officials with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have announced that they have issued fines to two Vermont-based construction firms for violating federal laws concerning the safe removal and disposal of asbestos-containing materials. CRC Excavating, LLC, of Middlesex was fined $5,000 and the JIDDU/SITTU Trust of Colchester was fined $10,000 for failing to comply with [...]
Standard Coosa Thatcher Plant Asbestos Removal Trial Begins Next Month
In February, three defendants will stand trial in federal court on 11 counts of conspiracy to defraud the government and violate the Clean Air Act by making false statements and obstructing the course of justice in relation to asbestos remediation. The defendants are Donald Fillers, David Wood, and James Mathis (of the Mathis Companies, Inc.). [...]
Akron, Ohio, to Use $1.9 Million to Remediate Asbestos
The City of Akron is slated to get $1.9 million from the Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund, or CORF, operated by the Ohio Department of Development, to remove asbestos from the historic Landmark Building. The Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund is a competitive program operating across the state to provide communities with grants (up to $3 million [...]
Springfield, MO Developer Gets Brownfield Tax for Asbestos Remediation
Late in August, a Springfield developer, Craig Wagoner of Water Street Development LLC, got more than $127,000 in Brownfield Redevelopment Program credits through the state of Missouri’s Department of Economic Development. The Brownfield Redevelopment Program is administered through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), through its regional program. Springfield, which falls in Region 7, received [...]
Three Baton Rouge Companies Fined $112,000 for Asbestos
According to a June 23 news release, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA – an arm of the U.S. Department of Labor – has cited three Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based companies for what the agency describes as “willful and serious” violations of federal safety and health regulations governing asbestos. The citations go out to [...]
Company Pays $227,700 Penalty for Asbestos Violations
Wilmington, OH – A company has lost its court battle and was ordered to pay a $227,700 fine to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for violating several state asbestos emission control standards. RLR Investments, LLC was ordered to pay the fine, the largest civil penalty ever collected for asbestos violations in the state, for its [...]
