ASBESTOS HAZARD CAUSED BY ILLEGAL CHURCH DEMOLITOIN
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, has been asked to take action against Ronnie E. McCoy of McCoy Construction by the IEPA.
McCoy owns the former Mount Sinai Baptist Church in East St Louis, which was demolished after many years of disuse. It is alleged that McCoy improperly handled asbestos, failed to have a licensed asbestos contractor oversee the demolition, and failed to notify the IEPA of the demolition,
Spokeswoman, Maggie Carson, said that, when the IEPA inspected the site after the demolition in response to a complaint, materials such as floor tile and pipe insulation tested positive for asbestos, so the attorney general was notified.