Swampscott Company Fined $100,000 For Improper Handling of Asbestos
Total Dismantling and Carting Services and its successor company, The Total Group, violated the state's Clean Air Act according to Attorney General Martha Coakley.
[Editor's note: The following is a slightly edited press release from the office of Attorney General Martha Coakley.] A demolition company from Swampscott has been ordered to pay the Commonwealth $100,000 in civil penalties for the alleged improper removal and disposal of asbestos-containing waste at locations throughout eastern Massachusetts, including the Hook Lobster Company building on the Boston waterfront, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced Thursday. According to the complaint, Total Dismantling and Carting Services Inc., and its successor, The Total Group Inc., both of Swampscott, violated the state’s Clean Air Act by repeatedly removing and disposing of asbestos-containing material without notifying the Department of …
