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Newport Rhode Island Asbestos Site Exposure List
Newport, Rhode Island is a maritime city that has realized significant growth since its incorporation in the 18th century that have resulted in ongoing concern about asbestos exposure. Some of the locations where individuals could have been exposed to asbestos in Newport, Rhode Island include the following:
- Coasters Island
- Gould Island Torpedo Site
- Melville Underground Oil Tank
- Naval Ordinance
- Naval Supply Depot
- Naval Training Station
- New England Steamship Company
- Newport Armory
- Newport Coastal Trawlers
- Newport County Electric Company
- Newport Creamery Warehouse Plant
- Newport Destroyer School
- Newport Electric Corporation
- Newport Gas Company
- Newport Naval Air Station
- Newport Naval Base
- Newport Naval Hospital
- Newport Naval Station Power
- Newport Naval Supply Center
- Newport Naval Yard
- Newport Navy Base
- Newport Sewage
- Newport Submarine Lab
- Newport Technical Service
- Newport War College
- Newport Weapon’s Development
- Old Colony St. Railway Company
- Quonset Point-Paulson Lab
- Williams & Manchester Shipyard
Newport Naval Yard and Naval Station Newport
Shipyards are one of the most notorious sites for asbestos exposure. Shipyards have exposed individuals to asbestos since the 1930s. Asbestos-containing materials were used to build ships and insulate boilers aboard them. Individuals who built ships or worked on them between the 1930s and 1970s could have been exposed to asbestos. The Newport Naval Yard was one potential source of asbestos exposure. It was constructed in 1861 to protect Union ships during the Civil War. The Naval Operating Base occupied this same location between 1941 and 1946. This site has been used to maintain inactive Navy ships. Additionally, the Naval War Academy and the Naval Underwater System Center are currently located at the site.
In 2010, a demolition project at Naval Station Newport resulted in three citations for violating federal asbestos laws. The EPA found that Naval Station Newport violated the Clean Air Act and the National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants and fined it and two other companies more than $14,000.
