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Ballston Spa mayor says library closed after tests found joint compound asbestos; preliminary cost estimate up to about $250,000
Summary
The village announced April 28 that testing at Ballston Spa’s public library found asbestos in joint compound inside some walls; the village will seek a variance and bundle repairs, and officials cited a preliminary worst‑case remediation estimate in the low‑hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Mayor Frank Rossi told the Board of Trustees on April 28 that testing at the Ballston Spa public library detected asbestos in joint compound inside some walls, prompting an immediate closure of at least parts of the building and a plan to bundle required remediation work into a single variance application to state environmental or health regulators.
"Joint compounds in some of the walls did show signs of asbestos," Rossi said, and the village will seek the proper variance and package related repairs so work can be done comprehensively rather…
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