A Rte. 9 business has been fined more than $35,000 by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection after it was found to be illegally storing asbestos, the agency said today in a press release.
The complaint is lodged against three entities ? CJS Holdings II, Inc., 2 Commercial Street Realty Trust 2008 of Provincetown and Clifford J. Schorer III of Boston ? all of whom have a listed address of 10 Turnpike Road in Southborough, DEP spokesman Ed Coletta Jr. said.
DEP inspectors discovered that in March 2010 Schorer had improperly removed asbestos-containing insulation and asbestos-containing transite panels from the Provincetown location and brought them to the Southborough facility, which is not an approved asbestos waste storage or disposal facility.
?During the inspections, MassDEP observed dry asbestos-containing waste materials on the ground at the Provincetown site, and dry asbestos-containing waste materials being stored in unmarked, torn, household trash bags at the Southborough location,? the agency wrote.
MassDEP required that a licensed contractor remove the asbestos from both properties and issued a fine of $36,625, the release says, $4,000 of which must be paid immediately.
The remaining fine will be suspended as long as the companies do not again violate the asbestos law within the next year. ?
?Property owners and individuals doing renovation work in Massachusetts must be fully aware of their responsibilities under the regulations to identify asbestos-containing materials and have them properly removed, handled, packaged and stored in accordance with the regulations,? said Lee Dillard Adams, acting director of MassDEP?s Central Regional Office in Worcester.? ?Failure to do so is an extremely serious oversight that potentially exposes workers and the general public to a known carcinogen.?
The businesses were cited for failing to notify MassDEP of a demolition/renovation operation involving asbestos-containing materials and for improperly handling, packaging and storing asbestos-containing waste materials.
Property owners or contractors with questions about asbestos regulations should contact their regional MassDEP office.
Article source: http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x358808322/Southborough-business-fined-36K-for-asbestos-violation
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