[msb-alumni] Re: EPA Investigating Asbestos Cleanup at MSB
- From: Lucy Edmonds <lucyjean11@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:00:15 -0400
Wow, that's very interesting! Do you guys think that this would have anything
to do with why so many students develop cancer later on in their lives!?
Seriously! Lucy Edmonds class of 73
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> On Aug 15, 2014, at 12:22 PM, Steve <pipeguy920@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> EPA, state agencies investigating asbestos removal at Lansing site . LANSING
> - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is conducting a criminal
> investigation into asbestos removal practices at the former Michigan School
> for the Blind site, a representative
> of the property's co-owner said Wednesday. Jeff Burdick, executive director
> of the Ingham County Land Bank, said he was notified on Tuesday that EPA
> employees were at the site. Some of the buildings on the site are being
> demolished so the property can
> be redeveloped. RELATED: Former school for the blind could become apartments
> "The EPA told me it is a criminal investigation, that's the term they used,"
> said Burdick. "They assured me it was not with the land bank or the other
> owner of the property but
> with MAC Contracting. The investigation is based on allegations workers on
> the site at 715 W. Willow Street were removing asbestos in an unsafe manner,
> Burdick said, adding he did not know where the allegations originated. "I had
> the contract we have
> with MAC suspended pending the gathering of further information," Burdick
> said. "They're not be performing work on the site. Burdick said the
> demolition project was investigated earlier this year by the Michigan
> Department of Environmental Quality. The
> investigation resulted in DEQ issuing a citation and fining the land bank for
> violating federal regulations related to the release of air pollutants.
> Burdick declined to identify the amount of the fine. A DEQ spokesman did not
> respond to requests for
> comment. RELATED: From the Archives: Michigan School for the Blind "It was a
> contractor issue," Burdick said. "It was settled in mid to late July. Since
> then, we've had close monitoring of the contractor. According to its website,
> Mac Contracting is a
> 12-year-old company located on Lake Lansing Road. A message seeking comment
> was left with the company. A spokeswoman for the Michigan Oc'cup'ational
> Safety and Health Administration told the State Journal the agency is
> conducting inspections of MAC Contracting,
> the Ingham County Land Bank and Preservation Non-Profit Housing Corp., the
> property's other co-owner. "It is MIOSHA's understanding that the DEQ
> Asbestos NESHAP program and also the EPA Criminal Investigation Division
> began their own separate investigations
> at the site on April 2," the agency said in a statement.
>
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