Man Sentenced for Reselling Asbestos-Tainted Items From Virginia Tech

A Virginia man has been sentenced to six months of house arrest for telling others to resell asbestos-containing window frames during a 2007 building-renovation job at Virginia Tech.

Edward Durst of Chesterfield County was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Roanoke.

He pleaded guilty in April to improper disposal of regulated, asbestos-containing materials in violation of the Clean Air Act, the Roanoke Times reported.

Durst was working for Waco Inc. supervising a team working on renovations of Cowgill Hall.
 
According to court documents, he directed workers resell the tainted window frames instead of disposing them at an approved facility in Peterstown, W.Va.

Prosecutors say Durst had other metal related to the Virginia Tech project shipped off the job site for recycling, generating payments of about $17,500.
 
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