EPA Completes Connecticut Site Clean Up -- MesoLink.org -- 10-04-05

The Environmental Protection Agency has completed the clean up of a Connecticut site, involving the removal of hundreds of tons of asbestos laden debris. The clean up took place at the Carvill Combing Co. site, which has been abandoned for decades and was in a poor state of repair. The clean up of the two-story building cost around $1 million.

The demolition and clean up began in the fall of 2004, and since that time the EPA has removed over 800 tons of asbestos laden debris from the site. This was disposed of at an authorized facility off-site. Other materials and debris were also removed from the site and have been recycled.

The building was one of three mill sites on which the EPA has been working in order to safely dispose of asbestos debris. Another couple of mills that were partially destroyed by fire over recent years are also receiving the same treatment, and these too are costing upwards of a million dollars each for the work to be completed.

The EPA and other authorities have been performing area tests at the sites in order to determine levels of contamination and to decide upon the best course of action.