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Please select one: Yes No I haven't been here long enough to know Thursday March 16, 2006 home : news : local news 3/16/2006 5:15:00 PM Email this article • Print this article Despite one-day delay, testing will end todayCertain ISAT materials tardy By Jeanne MillsapHerald Correspondent If all goes well, most of Saratoga School’s ISAT testing will wrap up today, Thursday, one day later than the district had originally planned.

A foul-up in shipment of some of the Illinois Standards Achievement Test materials, such as labels and special education supplies, delayed the testing of the third through eighth graders by one day.The three days of testing was originally to begin Monday.Saratoga was not alone in receiving the ISAT materials late.

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EPA fines California Department of Transportation and construction contractor for asbestos violations Release date: 03/16/2006 Contact Information: Mark Merchant, (415) 947-4297 ( 03/16/05 San Francisco ) SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency has fined W.C.

Maloney, Inc.

of Stockton, Calif.

and the California Department of Transportation $7,700 for an alleged violation of the federal Clean Air Act asbestos regulations.

In 2003, the California Department of Transportation hired W.C.

Maloney, Inc.

to demolish the Adobe Road Overcrossing Bridge located at Interstate 5 and Adobe Road in Red Bluff, Calif.

The U.S.

EPA and California Air Resources Board inspectors found that Maloney and the California Department of Transportation failed to submit a written notification of its intention to demolish it to the EPA before demolition began, a violation of the federal Clean Air Act.

“Because asbestos poses such a significant threat to human health, the EPA will vigorously enforce the federal regulations to ensure that companie...

... New asbestos law no panacea / Rigid criteria mean many lung-disease sufferers will be left out in cold : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri) Subscribe JAPANESE Home National Sports Business World Features Columns Editorial Top Cabinet Lineup Home>National Weather Editorials(audio) New asbestos law no panacea / Rigid criteria mean many lung-disease sufferers will be left out in cold The Yomiuri Shimbun A new law that provides financial aid to victims of asbestos-linked diseases such as mesothelioma and lung cancer will go into effect March 27, and the government will begin accepting applications for compensation from Monday.

Environment Minister Yuriko Koike says the purpose of the new law is to provide assistance to all sufferers of such diseases, but the strict criteria being applied regarding eligibility will leave some victims out in the cold.

"I'm suffering from a disease similar to an asbestos-induced illness, but I'm not eligible for assistance," said a 67-year-old man from Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture.

The man has asbestos pleural effusion, a disease that leads to fluid accumulating in the lungs.

Few victims of the disease have been cured.

The man began coughing heavily about 10 years ago and becomes breathless after climbing just three stairs.

He often has to lie on his back all day, as he cannot bear to sit up because doing so makes his chest fell painful.

To make matters worse, he is ineligible for assistance under the new law.

In 1961, his ...