The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), and four private parties have been fined $100,000 for allegedly violating the Clean Air Act (CAA) during construction at the John W. McCormack Post Office and Court House Building in Boston.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) alleges the GSA, Goody Clancy and Assoc., ATC Assoc., Suffolk Construction Co. and Fleet Industrial Services violated federal CAA requirements for failing to properly remove, handle and dispose of asbestos during the building’s renovations in 2007.

GSA is the owner/operator of the building, and the private companies were asbestos abatement contractors, and architectural and construction contractors to GSA during the time of the renovations and violations, according to a statement.

The violations were discovered during joint inspections by EPA and the Massachusetts Division of Occupational Safety. Following the inspections, EPA issued an immediate compliance order requiring GSA and the companies to quickly remedy their actions.

GSA and the companies expeditiously complied with the order, and EPA is not aware of any harm to human health and the environment caused by the alleged violations.