Failure to report asbestos was “pretty much a paperwork issue…”
A Middleboro demolition company has been fined for failing to report asbestos found in underground ductwork on a site in Worcester.
Costello Dismantling Company has been fined a combined $45,000 along with J.H. Lynch & Sons, Inc., of Cumberland, R.I., according to a statement Monday from the state Department of Environmental Protection.
The fine was assessed because the contractors did not report asbestos that was found in underground ductwork at a site in Worcester where a Wal-Mart, Olive Garden and other retail stores were built in 2008, according to DEP spokesman Edmund J. Coletta Jr.
John Hastings, Costello’s chief financial officer, said the matter was “pretty much a paperwork issue.”
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