DEQ penalizes Enviromex Contracting, Inc. $3,600 for openly accumulating friable asbestos material in Amity
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has penalized Enviromex Contacting, Inc. $3,600 for openly accumulating friable asbestos material at a mobile home in Amity, Ore.
The company removed approximately 800 square-feet of roof coating material at a mobile home located at 6240 Amity-Dayton Highway. The roofing material contained approximately 3 percent asbestos by weight.
DEQ inspected the home Oct. 7, 2015 and found approximately 30 square-feet of roofing material scattered around the home in small pieces. This material can release asbestos fibers into the air and pose a health hazard to workers and the public. Asbestos fibers are a respiratory hazard proven to cause lung cancer, mesothelioma and asbestosis.
View the notice of civil penalty at
https://www.oregon.gov/deq/nr/020516Enviromex.pdf
Enviromex Contracting, Inc. has until February 15, 2016 to appeal the penalty.
Contact
Dottie Boyd, Asbestos Inspector, Salem, 503-378-5086
Kieran O’Donnell, Environmental Law Specialist, Portland, 503-229-5012