Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established an enforcement action against the General Services Administration (GSA) and four of its subcontractors (Goody Clancy & Associates, ATC Associates, Suffolk Construction Company and Fleet Services industry) by violation of the Clean Air Act requirements by failing to properly remove, handle and dispose of asbestos in a green renovation project called for the John W. McCormack Post Office and Courthouse Building in Boston, Massachusetts in 2007.
Asbestos is a mineral that was highly toxic materials used in construction throughout the ages 19 and 20. Although banned in 1989 to represent a hazard to the environment and health, asbestos can still be found in many pre-1980 structures. The mineral is a known carcinogen that causes lung cancer and mesothelioma, a rare cancer of the protective membrane of the lungs and chest cavity.
The 22-story Art Deco building houses the regional headquarters of the EPA, the Federal Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Bankruptcy Court and U.S. administration. GSA, which also has offices in the building, is the government's real estate, facility director and the owner / operator of the building.
Despite the GSA, said the renovation was carried out, focusing on green practices because the building has several features of the environment, EPA and the Massachusetts Security Division found violations of asbestos in joint inspections that put workers and the surrounding community at risk of asbestos cancer. That is poor management, GSA and EPA contractors collectively pay $ 100,000 fine.
Asbestos is a mineral that was highly toxic materials used in construction throughout the ages 19 and 20. Although banned in 1989 to represent a hazard to the environment and health, asbestos can still be found in many pre-1980 structures. The mineral is a known carcinogen that causes lung cancer and mesothelioma, a rare cancer of the protective membrane of the lungs and chest cavity.
The 22-story Art Deco building houses the regional headquarters of the EPA, the Federal Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Bankruptcy Court and U.S. administration. GSA, which also has offices in the building, is the government's real estate, facility director and the owner / operator of the building.
Despite the GSA, said the renovation was carried out, focusing on green practices because the building has several features of the environment, EPA and the Massachusetts Security Division found violations of asbestos in joint inspections that put workers and the surrounding community at risk of asbestos cancer. That is poor management, GSA and EPA contractors collectively pay $ 100,000 fine.
