City of East Liverpool, Ohio could be fined $30, 000 for improper asbestos burial
In May of 2006, during renovation of a car barn owned by the city of East Liverpool, Ohio, the city removed old asbestos pipe insulation from unused water piping and buried it in a clean landfill site also owned by the city. After the fact, the city then notified the Ohio EPA of the occurrence and paid Cardinal Environmental Services to clean up the asbestos at both the car barn and the landfill. Despite the city’s uncover-up, the Ohio EPA has found that the asbestos removal was done without prior EPA approval, without proper safeguards and handling and without proper disposal. The Ohio EPA proposes to settle its claims for civil penalties against the city for $30,000. Should the city refuse, Ohio EPA Director Chris Korleski has threatened “referral of the matter to the Ohio Attorney General’s Office for legal action.”
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