asbestos waste News
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ARI Appoints Australasia Representative
ARI has appointed a representative, Wayne Loane, to capitalise on building facilities and sublicensing opportunities across Australasia. Wayne has over 20 years’ experience in the waste industry and developed the innovative Hazibag in Australia to contain and transport asbestos and other hazardous waste. With his new role, Wayne will be looking to build the region’s first ...
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ARI appoints Australasia representative
ARI has appointed a representative, Wayne Loane, to capitalise on building facilities and sublicensing opportunities across Australasia. Wayne has over 20 years’ experience in the waste industry and developed the innovative Hazibag in Australia to contain and transport asbestos and other hazardous waste. With his new role, Wayne will be looking to build the region’s first ...
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Asbestos products and waste: new classification system developed
Researchers have presented a comprehensive new classification manual of asbestos-containing products (ACP), materials (ACM) and waste (ACW) in a recent study. They also mapped suitable landfill sites for the proper disposal of ACW in Italy and developed guidance on assigning ACW to correct European Waste Catalogue (EWC) codes. The research will help operators engaged in asbestos waste disposal ...
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Former Winchester, Idaho hotel owner settles with EPA for asbestos demolition violations
BBA Winchester LLC, the owner of a former hotel located in Winchester, Idaho has settled with EPA and agreed to pay a $21,000 fine for asbestos safety and environmental violations from improper demolition of the hotel. “This is an unfortunate example that when asbestos is not properly removed before demolition, the entire debris pile becomes contaminated, putting people at risk, and ...
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Asbestos Landfill a Concern for Area Residents
LA Testing provides environmental and air testing services to ensure asbestos found in California does not cause health concerns for area residents. Garden Grove, CA, January 31st, 2011 A recent article highlighted the fact that once asbestos has been removed from a building the health concerns caused by the asbestos do not just go away. A California family in Vacaville is concerned about ...
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New Asbestos Requirements from WorkSafeBC
WorkSafeBC has updated their guidelines for qualified person’s safe work procedures for abatement of asbestos materials during house and building demolition and renovation. Inhalation of asbestos can be very harmful for workers. Asbestos fibers can travel into the body and attack soft tissue. Exposure to asbestos can result in mesothelioma , lung cancer, and asbestosis. Workers may be at ...
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Association statement on the professional disposal of construction and demolition waste containing asbestos
Asbestos is a pollutant that was widely used in buildings in the past and is therefore still frequently found in today’s building stock. However, even minor asbestos contents in building products prevent their recycling or other utilization according to the current legal situation. A “0-fibre approach” is currently being pursued within the LAGA M23. The specification states that ...
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Hazardous Waste Transporter Pleads Guilty in Asbestos Case
The owner and operator of a Maryland hazardous waste transporter pleaded guilty to knowingly making false statements in connection with the improper disposal of waste materials that contained asbestos. Terrance Yates, owner and operator of Hazport Solutions Inc. pleaded guilty on Monday in U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency determined ...
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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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EPA inks pair of settlements with Department of Energy and contractors over Hanford asbestos handling violations
The U.S. EPA has signed a pair of consent agreements with the U.S. Department of Energy and two contractors to resolve alleged violations of federal asbestos handling regulations at the Hanford Site near Richland, Washington. Today’s settlements stem from what EPA determined was improper demolition work performed at the DOE Hanford Site. In August 2012, in response to complaints from ...
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Associations call for practical design of the legal framework for handling construction and demolition waste containing asbestos
The handling of asbestos found in fillers and tile adhesives discussed in the National Asbestos Dialogue and the urgently needed legally binding regulation on the handling of these building materials expected so urgently were the basis for a vote by nine associations, including the DA, on the practical design of the legal framework for handling construction and demolition waste containing ...
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FAAM responds to ECHA’s recommendation on Asbestos Workplace Exposure Limits
The EU’s Chemicals Regulator, ECHA, has just closed consultations on a scientific report which will form the basis of the review of the occupational exposure limits (OELs) for asbestos fibres in workplace air. In the midst of the Global Asbestos Awareness Week, the Faculty of Asbestos Assessment and Management (FAAM) the professional body supported by the British Occupational Hygiene ...
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EPA issues order on asbestos cleanup at the arsenal business center in Philadelphia
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued an administrative compliance order on March 31, 2011 to the owner (Arsenal Associates) and the property management company (Hankin Management, Inc.), of the Arsenal Business Center (formerly known as the Frankford Arsenal), located at 2275 Bridge Street, Philadelphia, Pa. EPA’s order, which becomes effective on April 6, 2011, addresses ...
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Illinois Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Clean Air Act Violations Involving Asbestos
Duane “Butch” O’Malley, 59, of Bourbonnais, Ill., who was convicted by a federal jury on September 26, 2011, for the illegal removal, handling and disposal of asbestos from a Kankakee building in August 2009, was sentenced to 10 years in prison by Federal District Court Judge Michael McCuskey. O’Malley was also ordered to pay restitution of $47,086 to the U.S. ...
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BP Products to pay nearly US$180m to settle clean air violations at Texas City Refinery
BP Products North America Inc. has agreed to spend more than US$161 million on pollution controls, enhanced maintenance and monitoring, and improved internal management practices to resolve Clean Air Act violations at its Texas City, Texas refinery, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department announced today. The company will also pay a $12 million civil ...
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Nevada landfill operator agrees to US$36m plan to close landfill site
Republic Services of Southern Nevada, the current operator of the Sunrise Mountain Landfill located in Clark County, Nev., has agreed to construct and operate a comprehensive remedy for the site and to pay a US$1 million civil fine in order to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act, the Justice Department and US Environmental Protection Agency announced last week. The consent decree, ...
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EPA removes Morris County site from superfund national priorities; cleanup work complete
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has successfully completed cleanup work at the Asbestos Dump Superfund site in Long Hill Township and Harding Township, Morris County, New Jersey and has deleted the site from the National Priorities List of hazardous waste sites, commonly known as the Superfund list. After assessing monitoring data, EPA has determined that the primary contaminant ...
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Company to Repay the EPA for its Costs to Clean Up Site Contaminated with 70 Tons of Asbestos in Lawrenceville, New Jersey
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a legal agreement with D.S.C. of Newark Enterprises, Inc. to obtain $1.6 million spent by the EPA to clean up the Friction Division Products site in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. The site was formerly home to Friction Division Products Inc. and was abandoned by the company when it shut down the business. Friction Division Products filed for ...
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Oregon Developer and Construction Firm Agree to Pay over $37,000 to Resolve Clean Air Act Violations
(The Dalles, Oregon. - Oct. 1, 2007) Two Oregon Companies involved in property rehabilitation and redevelopment --- Cook Development Corp. (CDC) and Birch Creek Construction, Inc, (BCC) --- have agreed to pay penalties totaling $37,500 to settle with EPA for alleged violations of the asbestos National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants (asbestos NESHAP), under the Clean Air Act (CAA) ...
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Three companies fined for illegal waste activities
Three companies have pleaded guilty to charges relating to the illegal depositing of construction and demolition waste, for the purpose of building a haul road at Hurst Plantation near Doncaster. At Doncaster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday the 7th of May, Wykeham Estates (Northern Ltd) were fined £3,000.00 and ordered to pay costs of £5,500.00; additionally the Judge gave them an order under ...
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