By Heidi Slinkard Brasher
A salvage and demolition company and three of its employees were charged and convicted in federal court in Tennessee for conspiracy and for purposefully violating national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants when they illegally removed asbestos and demolished a facility still containing asbestos.
These Clean Air Act (CAA) convictions resulted from the improper handling, removal and disposal of asbestos during renovation and demolition activities, including scattering it in piles exposed to the elements such that emissions traveled to nearby homes, businesses and a child care center.