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OREGON MAN INDICTED FOR ILLEGAL ASBESTOS REMOVAL ON INDIAN LANDS
Release Date: 10/07/99
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FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, OCT. 7, 1999
OREGON MAN INDICTED FOR ILLEGAL
ASBESTOS REMOVAL ON INDIAN LANDS
ASBESTOS REMOVAL ON INDIAN LANDS
Bruce A. Anderson, who oversaw economic development for the Coquille Indian Tribe Reservation in Coos Bay/North Bend, Ore., was indicted on Sept. 28, in U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon in Portland for allegedly violating the Clean Air Act (CAA) and for allegedly making false statements to a federal officer. These charges
are the result of an alleged failure to follow prescribed CAA work practices for handling asbestos material. In May 1995, while Anderson was President of the Coquille Economic Development Council, he allegedly ordered the removal of asbestos containing wallboard during a building renovation without adhering to the CAA requirements for the safe handling of asbestos. He also allegedly ordered the illegal disposal of the asbestos wallboard by burial as well as by burning on the Reservation. Finally, the defendant is alleged to have made false statements to a federal law enforcement officer concerning his knowledge of the alleged illegal asbestos activities. This case was investigated by EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division, EPA’s Region 10 Air Division, the FBI, the Oregon State Police and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and is being prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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