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Jul 16, 2007 - SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC FOUND GUILTY OF ASBESTOS VIOLATIONS
On Friday, July 13, 2007 a federal jury in San Diego, California found San Diego Gas & Electric guilty of violating asbestos work practice standards in its removal of asbestos from 9 miles of underground piping. SDG&E was also found guilty of one count of making false statements.
According to court documents, in 1998 an analysis of a sample of the coating of the underground piping indicated that the coating was regulated asbestos-containing material. SDG&E later entered into a tentative agreement for the sale of the facility. In June 2000, SDG&E began getting bids from contractors to handle the removal of the underground piping. However,
SDG&E began removing the pipe wrap itself without treating it as regulated asbestos containing material.
The jury found that SDG&E did not properly ensure that the asbestos containing material was placed in a leak-proof container and that SDG&E failed to provide adequate notice of the asbestos removal, failed to adequately wet the asbestos during removal, and falsely claimed that an SDG&E employee was a certified asbestos consultant.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Melanie K. Pierson said that the evidence showed that SDG&E violated the asbestos work practice standards of the Clean Air Act in the removal of asbestos in 2000-2001 in order to save time and money.
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