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Court Awards Deq $105,000 Penalty In Billings Asbestos Case
Helena -- The Montana Thirteenth Judicial District Court in Yellowstone County ruled in favor of the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and ordered Mr. Paul Siewert of Siewert Construction, Billings, to pay $105,575 in civil penalties and interest for violations of the Montana Asbestos Control Act.
Siewert Construction demolished five buildings in Billings and impacted over 5,000 square feet of asbestos containing material. Mr. Siewert violated the Asbestos Control Act by failing to notify the DEQ and obtain and asbestos abatement permit, failing to use an accredited contractor, and failing to use appropriate methods to remove the asbestos containing materials.
Contractors and building owners are reminded that, under the Montana Asbestos Control Act, an inspection by an accredited asbestos inspector must be conducted prior to the demolition or remodeling of any commercial or public building. If asbestos will be impacted, an asbestos abatement permit from the DEQ is required and removal of the asbestos containing material must be conducted by an accredited contractor.
Additional information about the Montana Asbestos Control Act can be obtained by contacting the John Podolinski at the DEQ Asbestos Control Program at (406) 444-2690 or by visiting the DEQ web site at www.deq.mt.gov.
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Employer must re-test, & examine monitored systems, when the work place fuctions or area is changed
The employer must reinitiate monitoring whenever there has been a change in the production, process, control equipment, personnel or work practices that may result in new or additional exposures to asbestos above the PEL and/or EL, or when the employer has reason to suspect that a change may result in new or additional exposures above the PEL and/or EL.
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Definition: A chemically inert, lightweight, fire resistant, and odorless magnesium silicate material that
is generally used for its thermal and sound insulation in construction and for its absorbent properties in
horticultural applications. Vermiculite mined from Libby, Montana has been demonstrated to contain various amounts of asbestiform tremolite-like amphibole minerals.
Asbestos
Definition: A general term applied to certain polysilicate fibrous minerals displaying similar physical
characteristics although differing in composition. The most common asbestos mineral (over 95% of U.S.
production) is chrysotile, a variety of serpentine, a metamorphic mineral.
Asbestiform
Definition: Possessing the properties of asbestos. Minerals of specific chemical compositions can
have asbestiform varieties that are fibrous in nature (e.g., crocidolite and amosite are the asbestiform
varieties of the amphibole minerals, reibeckite and grunerite; tremolite and actinolite may be either
asbestiform or nonasbestiform)
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