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Asbestos removal probed by state
September 30, 2004
PLYMOUTH -- The state Department of Environmental Protection is investigating Craffey and Co. for possible asbestos removal violations during renovation work at its 6 Court St. building in Plymouth.
A department spokesman confirmed that an investigation is underway, but said she could not discuss details.
''This is enforcement sensitive," Theresa Baroa said. ''The DEP doesn't comment on ongoing investigations."
Kevin Craffey, CEO of Craffey and Co., said his company followed state regulations after workers uncovered asbestos this year on the building's lower level. He said an engineering survey of the building had not noted the presence of asbestos where workers had found it. The company temporarily shut down the job, Craffey said, and notified the Department of Environmental Protection.
The department inspected the site and worked with the company to have the asbestos removed, Craffey said.
He said he did not know if the department was considering imposing a penalty on his company for exposing the asbestos.
''We never heard back from them," Craffey said. ''We did a good job working with them for a solution."
Craffey was sentenced to two months in jail earlier this year by the state of New Hampshire because of asbestos violations during the reconstruction of the Mountain View Grand resort and spa, a tourist attraction in northern New Hampshire.
Last week, Craffey said he had accepted responsibility as the head of the company for mistakes made by his workers in disposing of asbestos found in the 19th-century building. It was ''the best decision I could have made for the 550 employees that work with me," he said.
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