Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.

According to a news release from the claims processing agent for W.R. Grace & Co. Bankruptcy, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware has set a Bar Date for Zonolite Attic Insulation (ZAI) claims to be filed in the W.R. Grace Bankruptcy case. To preserve a claim against W.R. Grace & Co. and related entities (”Grace”), all persons and entities with ZAI claims must file on or before Oct. 31, 2008. Grace filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code on April 2, 2001. More information and a downloadable claim form is available on the WR Grace Bankruptcy Claims Information Site.

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Judge Donald Molloy has set a status hearing for all parties involved in the W.R. Grace criminal case in Missoula, Montana, Oct. 24. The criminal charges were initially filed in 2005, and alleges W.R. Grace knowingly endangered the lives of mine workers and other Libby, Montana, residents. The company is charged with charged with violating the Clean Air Act by releasing asbestos-contaminated vermiculite from its mine there. Asbestos disease devastated the town of Libby, affecting miners who worked in the now-closed vermiculite mine.

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Residents of Libby, Montana, and Environmental Protection Agency officials were stumped July 1 when a large chunk of vermiculite asbestos was found in Riverfront Memorial Park, a site that had been cleaned three previous times for asbestos contamination. Libby is the location of one of the most well known and widespread asbestos contamination episodes in the United States, and is a multi-million dollar Superfund cleanup site.

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About a month ago, this site shared information about the latest investigation of Chicago’s Oak Street Beach, which has been examined several times by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) because of asbestos contamination. In June, the Environmental News Service, an independently owned and operated daily international wire service for environmental news, reported the beach has been inundated with asbestos fibers from the Johns-Manville Asbestos Superfund site for the past 20 years.

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The discovery of a vein of asbestos on the site of the $100 million state prison in Grayson County, Virginia, has halted construction, according to a report published today by the Winston-Salem Journal. The project is on hold while developers determine how to remove or contain the mineral. Exposure to asbestos fibers is linked to the development of mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases.

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