March 28, 2003

EPA Proposes Fine for Fitchburg State

The Boston office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed fining Fitchburg State College $358,000 for violating hazardous-waste laws.

The college had improperly stored laboratory chemicals that could have exploded or released toxic vapors near two active classrooms, the agency said.

The EPA said last month that it had found numerous containers of materials improperly labeled and stored on the campus during inspections in April 2002. The materials turned out to

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