The contractor who demolished the Flamingo Motel in Atwater never pulled a permit to do so from the Portage County Building Department, a required step that would have triggered testing for asbestos.
As a result of this oversight, and the failure of township trustees to verify the procedures were followed, Atwater is now on the hook for an EPA-sanctioned cleanup that could cost taxpayers nearly $100,000.
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