Andover-based Company Fined $98,350 for Asbestos Violations

Andover-based Company Fined $98,350 for Asbestos Violations

Asbestos Found During Renovation Work at Brookline Residential Property   BOSTON – The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has penalized Peninsula Home Builders, Inc. $98,150 for numerous asbestos violations found at a residential renovation project at 8 Manton Terrace in Brookline. MassDEP had responded on September 16, 2016 to a complaint received from the […]

MassDEP Penalizes Realty Land Trust $105,000 for Violations at Merrill Avenue Site in Haverhill  

MassDEP Penalizes Realty Land Trust $105,000 for Violations at Merrill Avenue Site in Haverhill  

 Foreclosed property had substantial, unauthorized alterations to bordering vegetated wetlands  BOSTON – The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) penalized Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust (LBMLT) $105,000 for unauthorized alterations made to approximately 10,000 square feet of wetlands at 115-117 Merrill Avenue in Haverhill. Preceding the foreclosure on this land by LBMLT, Marilyn Campbell owned […]

MassDEP Penalizes California Developer $23,010 for Violations During Cleanup of Contaminated Parcel in Cambridge

MassDEP Penalizes California Developer $23,010 for Violations During Cleanup of Contaminated Parcel in Cambridge

BOSTON -The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) penalized an out-of-state corporate owner of a redevelopment project due to violations of the cleanup regulations during work on conjoining lots in Cambridge. The work was conducted on a parcel of land that borders Binney, Rogers and Sixth streets during 2012 and 2013. ARE-MA Region No. 34 […]

MassDEP Penalizes ADESA Inc. of Framingham $30,000 for Numerous Hazardous Waste Management, Air Quality Violations

MassDEP Penalizes ADESA Inc. of Framingham $30,000 for Numerous Hazardous Waste Management, Air Quality Violations

BOSTON – The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has penalized ADESA, Inc. $30,000 for violations found during an inspection of its facility at 63 Western Avenue in Framingham. The company, which is based in Carmel, Indiana, operates in Framingham under the name ADESA Auctions Boston. MassDEP inspected the facility, a registered small quantity generator […]

Hidden Cameras allow Scofflaws to be Identified, Penalized for Dumping Debris

Hidden Cameras allow Scofflaws to be Identified, Penalized for Dumping Debris

Using Remote Surveillance, MassDEP and City of Lawrence  Target Illegal Dumping in Public Spaces   BOSTON – In a cooperative effort to combat illegal dumping in the City of Lawrence, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) installed hidden cameras in high-risk locales that captured images of multiple perpetrators who were subsequently fined, and in […]

Lawrence Fined Nearly $50K for Failing to Test Drinking Water for Ecoli

Lawrence Fined Nearly $50K for Failing to Test Drinking Water for Ecoli

  By: Tom Duggan – July, 2009 Documents obtained by The Valley Patriot last month revealed that operators at the City of Lawrence’s brand new $26 million water treatment facility failed to test the city’s drinking water for a bacteria called E.coli from July 2008 to February 2009. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) […]