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The MACK Group, LLC completed asbestos tile and mastic abatement project
The MACK Group, LLC, a premier asbestos abatement and flooring removal contractor, recently completed an asbestos abatement project that consisted of the removal of asbestos floor tile and mastic. The Mack Group, LLC (MACK) was selected to perform the work based upon their impeccable safety record, expertise and economical pricing. The project was completed for a private commercial client in ...
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EPA awards the city of Denton US$63,000 to clean contaminated site
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded US$63,000 as part of a cooperative agreement to the City of Denton to clean a Brownfields site located at a potential Transit Park. Historically the Transit Park site, which is less than a mile away from the Downtown Square, was used for light industrial, commercial, and automotive repairs. The cleanup project will consist of two phases. The ...
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Residents of Puerto Rico Warned of the Potential Presence of Asbestos in Older Floor Tiles and Flooring Materials
At some point, every home or office will need to replace its flooring due to wear and tear or to simply give an indoor space an updated look. In homes, flooring projects are a common DIY project, but many people don’t realize that tearing up some old floors could be exposing their families and guests to asbestos fibers if not done correctly. For many years, up until the late 1970s, ...
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Asbestos Removal Taking Place Next to HealthCare Clinic Worries Patients
Tulare Regional Medical Center, an asbestos abatement site located next to the Hillman HealthCare Clinic in Tulare, received an unannounced visit by a state inspector checking the progression of its asbestos removal. Although the inspector reported that the worksite is safe and secure, patients at the Hillman Clinic are still concerned due to the two buildings’ close proximity. Asbestos ...
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EPA Final Rule on Asbestos Impacts Businesses, Workers and Residents of Puerto Rico
Last month the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new final rule on asbestos went into effect. It was the first time in 30 years the agency took action under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) on products that contain asbestos. While many people are under the impression that asbestos had been banned in the U.S., this is not the case. In 1989, five uses were banned (along ...
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EnviroVantage accredited with excellence
On October 29th, the Associated Builders & Contractors NH/VT Chapter hosted the 2009 Excellence in Construction Awards Ceremony at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord, NH. This program highlights the contributions that contractors make to our society, and recognizes the “best of the best” in the construction industry. EnviroVantage is proud to have won an Eagle Award of Excellence for ...
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California Officials Verify Elementary School has Asbestos
LA Testing provides asbestos testing services to keep children and faculty at schools safe from exposure to deadly airborne asbestos fibers. Garden Grove, CA, October 11th, 2010 This summer it was reported that a multipurpose room at a Berkley, California elementary school has been exposing teachers and children to potential asbestos hazards. The room in question had previously had carper ...
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Idaho Transportation Department settles with EPA for exposing untrained workers and mishandling asbestos waste during shop renovation
The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) has agreed to a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for alleged violations of federal asbestos regulations. EPA has alleged that ITD hired inmates from the St. Anthony Idaho Work Camp (Idaho Department of Correction) to perform renovation work involving removal of asbestos-containing floor tile at an ITD Maintenance Shop in ...
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OSHA Imposes Costly Asbestos Violations for Two Affiliated Construction Companies
Last month, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that two affiliated construction companies and one of its managers is facing almost $1.8 million in fines. According to OSHA, they violated numerous health standards related to worker exposure to asbestos. The fines are associated with work that was done at a former Illinois ...
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Nonprofit Executives Plead Not Guilty to Allegations of Exposing Students to Asbestos
Asbestos testing services protect people, the environment and property from asbestos exposure. Los Alamitos, CA, July 19th, 2010 In May three executives from the nonprofit organization, Firm Build, plead not guilty to charges of child endangerment and knowingly exposing someone to harmful materials. The charges stem from an investigation that was launched in November of 2009 after the district ...
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Olivet Management faces $2.3M in OSHA fines for knowingly exposing workers to asbestos and lead at NY work site
Olivet Management LLC, a real estate development and management company that owns the former Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center in the Wingdale section of Dover Plains, N.Y., faces a total of $2,359,000 in proposed fines from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The company has been cited for exposing its own employees, as well as employees for 13 ...
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Arizona Charter Schools Fined for Asbestos Violations
LA Testing provides asbestos testing solutions to protect students, faculty and school administrators from the dangers associated with asbestos exposure. Los Alamitos, CA, June 7th, 2010 This spring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fined three charter school operators in Arizona. The schools were in the greater Phoenix and Tucson areas. The fines totaled in the thousands of ...
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President Obama Proposes to Tackle Asbestos in Public Schools
Shrader & Associates, LLP appreciates President Obama’s proposal to tackle asbestos in public schools. The proposal is included in the “American Jobs Act,” a bill intended to stimulate job creation in the United States while improving the standard of living for many. A portion of the $447 billion plan would go toward asbestos abatement, or the identification and removal of ...
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Carpets May Become Contaminated with Lead and Asbestos during Renovations
The national trend towards home improvement projects continues to grow as more people are staying in their homes. Tight economic times also have many people looking to complete projects utilizing their own sweat equity. These projects can add new life to a home and increase property values. Unfortunately, many homeowners living in homes constructed in the 1970s or earlier, fail to recognize ...
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Delaware Asbestos Consultant Strives to Make Buildings Safe
Asbestos was widely used in the past in thousands of products and building materials. Even though the use of asbestos has been banned in most of these materials, they still can be found in thousands of buildings across Delaware and the Mid-Atlantic. Asbestos is most commonly found in older homes, in pipe and furnace insulation materials, asbestos shingles, millboard, textured paints and ...
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Asbestos Ceiling Tiles Found at Mid-Atlantic Elementary School
Last month it was reported that an elementary school in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania was found to contain more than 16,000 square feet of ceiling tiles that contain deadly asbestos. The school is currently undergoing a $16 million renovation project and the contaminated ceiling tiles were discovered in a wing of the school built in the 1960s. The new discovery is expected to add tens of thousands ...
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Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) Issues Statement on 2012 U.S. Geological Survey Report
The following statement was issued today by Linda Reinstein, Co-Founder, President & CEO of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, regarding the 2012 United States Geological Survey report about the dramatic increase in asbestos importation to the United States: "As a Mesothelioma widow and asbestos awareness advocate, I was appalled and shocked to discover ...
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Strong Santa Ana Winds Leave Property Damage across Southern California
Hurricane force gusts were recorded in parts of California this week due to strong Santa Ana winds. The Santa Ana winds also left a widespread area of damage and destruction in some areas across the state. In Los Angeles, hundreds of power lines were down and wind gusts of 80 mph were recorded in lower-lying areas. Southern California Edison reported over 200,000 households without power, ...
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California Man Sentenced to Jail for Asbestos Violations
Earlier this year, it was reported that several men had pleaded guilty to charges of violating the federal Clean Air Act. The pleas resulted after developments at a 204 unit apartment complex in Winnetka, California. According to reports, the men knew that the building’s ceiling tiles contained asbestos. Despite this fact, they neglected to inform the renovation workers that had been ...
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Illinois Nursing Home Fails to Follow Asbestos Removal Requirements
Last month, the Pekin Daily Times reported about a local nursing home that is under investigation by the Illinois Department of Public Health. The Illinois nursing center failed to follow state requirements to check for asbestos before removing old floor tiles from the facility following a water leak that damaged the area. The floor tiles did contain asbestos and the health department requires ...
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