Federal Environmental Protection Agency To Begin Demolition And Asbestos Abatement Work At Tech City

Partial Action to Begin Asbestos Remediation Will Begin Following Ginsberg’s Failure to Perform the Work

Site Owner Alan Ginsberg Remains Under Notice of Potential Liability for Asbestos and Demolition Cleanup and Any EPA Costs 

KINGSTON, N.Y. – Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan announced today that the EPA, starting as soon as next month, will begin an emergency partial cleanup of the Tech City industrial site including extensive demolition and asbestos abatement work as part of a federal action.

The work, subsequent to Ginsberg’s as yet unsatisfactory response to an EPA notice late last year that he would be liable for the proper removal and cleanup of asbestos laden demolition debris, includes EPA overseeing the complete demolition and removal of Tech City building 2, the sealing and securing of Building 1 and the sealing and securing of asbestos laden debris piles left over from the botched demolition of Building 25 in 2016. Read More.