James Robert Soyars, Jr. was indicted last week for violations of the Clean Air Act, specifically on nine counts that included failure to put warning labels and dispose of asbestos containing materials (ACMs) properly.  Soyars’s company, Talon Environmental, supposedly removed the asbestos after being hired to perform asbestos abatement at three different local businesses that [...]

Oak Cliff Christian Church in Dallas, Texas is being cleared of all asbestos containing materials to make way for demolition of a building more than a hundred years old.  The building site was bought last summer by the Dallas School District with plans to construct a new high school. 
Although the Church building is over a [...]

As the new school year begins, the issue of discovering asbestos in buildings constructed before 1980 continues to hamper normal operations here in the United States as well as worldwide. 
Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral that was widely used in many building materials because of its exceptional heat, fire and erosion resistant properties and easy, [...]

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) created regulations in accordance with Asbestos Hazardous Emergency Response Act (AHERA) for maintenance, repair, demolition or renovation in any building that may contain asbestos containing materials (ACMs).  
 
Schools, public and private elementary and high, have their own set of environmental and federal regulations they are expected to comply with, including [...]

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) accused Northeast Ambulance and Fire Protection District in St. Louis of violations involving improper removal of asbestos and obstructing inspections.  The DNR has given the fire district until July 21 to respond to an offer to settle out of court for $70,000 or the case will be referred [...]

After asbestos was discovered, Cesar Chavez Central, a charter school in Colorado Springs, will close down and not reopen.  The cost of asbestos abatement and renovation, estimated to be $600,000, would be too costly.   School leaders are asking to close down Central and have students and staff move to another sister charter school site. 
Only a few months after opening the Cesar [...]