July 18, 2007
Hotel fined for asbestos violations
By Matthew L. Brown
If the owners of the Sona Motor Inn hotel at 175 West Boylston St. in West Boylston were able to afford it, they'd be paying a $50,412.40 fine to the state Department of Environmental Protection.
According to the DEP, an inspection of the hotel while it was being renovated last August, found that flooring panels that contained asbestos had been removed from the property without notification to the DEP and without proper removal, handling, packaging and disposal procedures.
The DEP said its inspectors saw dry asbestos fragments throughout the renovation area and outside on the ground.
The hotel's owner, One Seventy-Five LLC was forced by DEP to hire a Massachusetts Division of Occupational Safety-licensed asbestos removal contractor and inspector to complete the job.
The DEP recently finalized a consent order with the hotel, and agreed to knock the penalty for the violations down to $1,500 as long as the hotel has no repeat violations for one year and because the hotel "provided documentation indicating a financial inability to pay the entire penalty."
According to the DEP, an inspection of the hotel while it was being renovated last August, found that flooring panels that contained asbestos had been removed from the property without notification to the DEP and without proper removal, handling, packaging and disposal procedures.
The DEP said its inspectors saw dry asbestos fragments throughout the renovation area and outside on the ground.
The hotel's owner, One Seventy-Five LLC was forced by DEP to hire a Massachusetts Division of Occupational Safety-licensed asbestos removal contractor and inspector to complete the job.
The DEP recently finalized a consent order with the hotel, and agreed to knock the penalty for the violations down to $1,500 as long as the hotel has no repeat violations for one year and because the hotel "provided documentation indicating a financial inability to pay the entire penalty."
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