The EPA disregarded its own guidelines according to the BoRit Citizens Advisory group by starting a clean up in a nearby community at Amber, Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the clearing actions of Environmental Protection Agency in a 38-acre BoRit site got angry responses from residents living close to the location which was first owned by a company that made milk of magnesia. It was recorded that in the middle of 1933 and late 1960’s industrial slurry and asbestos contaminated materials were thrown into the site and has been therefore deemed as a public health hazard.

BoRit on-site coordinator Eduardo Rovira Jr. affirmed that a notification email was sent to the chairs of the advisory group who should inform the community about the clean up project but then no email was received as declared by Co-chair Robert Adams. The EPA further says that the air testing operations resulted to only one asbestos fiber that drifted and all else were non-detect for asbestos. It was also observed that the workmen were not properly suited for the clearing project and the EPA had a change of position and required their workers to wear appropriate suits and protective gears while on the job.

Source: Group claims that EPA violated its own guidelines

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