ST. LAKE CITY, Utah, March 3 (UPI) -- A Utah man has been indicted for alleged Clean Air Act violations at the Black Ridge Road Project, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday.
Alan Young of St. George was named in the three-count indictment.
The indictment said Young, while employed as a supervisor for a Utah road building corporation, allegedly directed the excavation and crushing of water pipes containing asbestos at the Black Ridge Road Project in St. George without complying with the work practice standards designed to control emissions and disposal of asbestos.
Asbestos is classified as a hazardous air pollutant which may cause an increase in mortality or illness.
The indictment alleges that Young directed other employees of the corporation not to tell inspectors that asbestos-containing material had been buried at the construction site, and Young, when questioned by a federal investigator, denied the material had been buried.
The maximum penalty for violating the act is five years and a fine of $250,000 per count, or twice the gross gain or loss resulting from the offense.
