Air Pollution – Soil Vapor Intrusion
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Lawyer & Attorney ReferralsRedecorating, remodeling, and repairing as sources of indoor air contamination.
Posted By James J. Periconi, Esq. on June 1, 2008
Significant among office building activities are the frequent redecorating, remodeling and repair activities undertaken by new commercial tenants that often have very different spatial and other business needs from those of the prior tenant. These activities and objects lead to emissions from new furnishings; dust and fibers from demolition, including lead and asbestos; odors and volatile organic and inorganic compounds from paint, caulk, adhesives, and microbiological agents released from demolition or remodeling activities.
Often special-use areas and mixed-use buildings present their own problems. These sources include smoking lounges (if still permitted to exist), laboratories, print shops, art rooms, exercise rooms, beauty salons, and food preparation areas such as company cafeterias. Help exists for building owners and facility managers attempting to find and remedy indoor air pollution.
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James J. Periconi, Esq.
James Periconi’s practice focuses almost equally on commercial property transaction counseling, on environmental regulatory matters in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), and on environmental litigation in the federal and state courts. A former Chief of Solid and Hazardous Waste Enforcement for the State DEC and an Assistant New York Attorney General prosecuting civil and criminal environmental cases, he has in private practice since 1989 had substantial experience representing defendants in governmental actions brought for remediation of Superfund and other contaminated sites, and for prosecution and defense of private cost recovery actions for such sites.
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