DEQ fines companies for asbestos violations

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  • Author(s): By:BERIT THORSON; East Oregonian;By:BERIT THORSON; East Oregonian
  • Source:
    Bulletin, The (Bend, OR), December 3, 2024 A, p. 002 4pp
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    • Abstract:
      SALEM - The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality in October fined two out-of-state companies for asbestos removal violations on a pipeline running across Northeastern Oregon. The DEQ issued a $39,853 penalty against Ohio-based Marathon Pipe Line LLC for five violations and issued a $23,600 penalty against Industrial Piping & Welding LLC, of Utah, for three violations. According to the DEQ, the companies used contractors the DEQ had not licensed for the removal of friable asbestos from 2020 through 2024 during renovations on Marathon's pipeline that transports petroleum products through Oregon from approximately Ontario to Pendleton...