Eugene man must pay $1.5 million for asbestos violation
Daniel Desler, 68, has been ordered to repay the Environmental Protection Agency $1.5 million — the cost the agency accrued for cleaning up his poor building demolition, which failed to integrate safeguards to keep asbestos particles out of the air. His demolition process led the agency to classify the area as Superfund site in 2007, according to The Register-Guard.
A federal grand jury found Desler guilty on nine counts of failing to safely remove the asbestos materials from the building located at 2210 Tamarack St. in Sweet Home.
EWEB employees to assist in Sandy repairs
Twelve EWEB linesman are en route to New Jersey to help repair the state’s infrastructure following landfall of Hurricane Sandy, according to The Register-Guard.
Along with their 80 lb. toolkits, the linesman will arrive in New Jersey via a chartered flight around 4 p.m. Thursday to begin restoring power to a state with 65 percent of residents without power.
Civil War blood drive begins Thursday
Fans of the University of Oregon and Oregon State University will partake in a blood-drive race beginning Thursday, Nov. 1, according to civilwarblooddrive.com.
The 11th annual blood drive will pit fans of each university against one another to see who can donate more blood. The event runs through Nov. 17.
Springfield police searching for hit-and-run suspects
A 12-year-old girl was struck by a car in a crosswalk on Oct. 15 by a burnt orange sedan that failed to remain at the scene, according to The Register-Guard.
The girl was reportedly on her way to volleyball practice when the driver of the sedan, described as a white male in his 40s, slammed on his brakes and hit the girl. She suffered bruised ribs along with wrist and shoulder injuries in the incident.