[msb-alumni] Re: EPA Investigating Asbestos Cleanup at MSB
- From: "Peggy" <pyates2011@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 19:17:20 -0400
BlankHi Vicky,
I could be wrong about this and I pray to God that I am, but do you think that
all of the members of our MSB family who have either died from cancer or now
have it, could have gotten it as a result of all of that aesbestos that was in
and around the various buildings at school? I mean look at it. Joyce Belding
had lung cancer, Rob just lost his battle to lung cancer, and Marcie has
Hodgkins lymphoma and I ‘m sure there are others that I am not aware of yet.
I was just wondering. What do you all think?
Peggy and Ld Ginger.
Class of 1970.
From: Vicki Kitts
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 10:18 PM
To: msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [msb-alumni] Re: EPA Investigating Asbestos Cleanup at MSB
This was what I was wondering myself Lucy.
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 15, 2014, at 4:00 PM, Lucy Edmonds <lucyjean11@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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
Sent from my iPhone
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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