Asbestos

March 3, 2008 -- Chicago - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed a lawsuit alleging that a Bloomington building owner and his tenant broke the law when they did not use a licensed asbestos contractor to properly remove asbestos-containing materials during a major renovation project in 2006. The complaint, filed in McLean County Circuit Court, also alleges that the defendants did not follow proper removal procedures required by law to avoid contamination.    » read more »

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2008, WASHINGTON – Cleve Allen George, the owner of the Virgin Islands Asbestos Removal, Co., was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for multiple violations of the Clean Air Act and false statements related to the demolition of a low-income housing neighborhood in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Justice Department announced today.    » read more »

November 20, 2007 -- Chicago - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced that a Chicago man and two corporations he owns recently pled guilty to felony asbestos charges in connection with the 2005 demolition of a Chicago building.    » read more »

September 7, 2007 -- New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly A. Ayotte and Department of Environmental Services (DES) Assistant Commissioner Michael J. Walls announced today that Kane Management Group, LLC ("Kane") and 85 Industrial Park II, LLC will pay $90,000 in civil penalties for removing asbestos from an industrial building in Dover, New Hampshire.    » read more »