WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Environment & Natural Resources Division issued the following news release:
Note, the press release has been updated to include a quote from EPA.
Applied Partners LLC was sentenced today to pay a $500,000 fine and complete a two-year term of probation for the company's illegal handling of regulated asbestos containing material (RACM) at a site in Saginaw, Michigan.
The company had previously pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Air Act's asbestos work practice standards for its role in demolishing a structure in 2019. Inhalation of asbestos fibers can lead to cancers like mesothelioma and lung cancer or noncancerous conditions like asbestosis.
According to court documents, Applied ...