Clinton cleanup professional’s license suspended
A hazardous waste cleanup professional from Clinton has lost his state license for eight months after he allegedly concluded that there was no imminent hazard at a former dry cleaner in Ayer when, in fact, there was, according to a statement from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
Richard J. Cushing agreed to the suspension and waived his right to appeal in the agreement with the state’s Board of Registration of Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup Professionals. The agreement said Cushing did not admit to wrongdoing, according to the DEP.
The DEP’s environmental strike force filed a complaint with the board alleging that Cushing, whose business was based in Reading, was mistaken in his assessment on the building, which was occupied by a video rental store that had at least one full-time worker, the DEP statement said.
Cushing did not test the indoor air in the video store after more than 2 million parts per billion of vapor from tetrachloroethylene or “PCE,” were detected in soil gas, according to the DEP. He filed a report with the agency that did not mention the possibility of an imminent hazard. The DEP ordered the indoor air tested and found that the cancer risk calculated from the test results was six times higher than the threshold for an imminent hazard. The building was evacuated.
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