Under Settlement, Company Will Pay Up to $225,000
Special to the Leader Herald
An Everett construction company and its president will pay up to $225,000 in civil penalties, properly train its employees on asbestos work and report regularly to the state to settle claims that they conducted illegal work on asbestos water mains in Everett and Braintree and unlawfully stored waste contaminated by asbestos at a facility in Revere, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced today.
The consent judgment, filed and entered in Suffolk Superior Court, resolves a lawsuit the AG’s Office filed in July alleging that GTA Co., Inc. and its president, Gregory T. Antonelli, violated the state’s Clean Air Act and Solid Waste Management Act when they removed and demolished asbestos-containing municipal water pipes without complying with required asbestos abatement work practices as part of the water main replacement projects in Everett and Braintree.
“By conducting unsafe and illegal asbestos work, these companies put the health of the community – including the health of their own workers – at serious risk,” said AG Campbell. “I’m proud of the work our office did to hold this company accountable for their actions – and we will continue to take on any company that harms our environment or violates workplace safety laws.”
The AG’s Office alleges that GTA and Antonelli left the excavated uncontained asbestos-contaminated pipes and debris on the ground and in open dumpsters in Everett and Braintree. The AG’s complaint also alleges that they arranged for the transport of asbestos-contaminated waste that they failed to safely contain from the Everett projects, and the illegal storage of the waste at a site in Revere, further endangering public health in the process.
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