United States v. Fidelity Development Group LLC

On September 16, 2024, prosecutors filed an information and plea agreement charging Fidelity Development Group LLC (Fidelity) with violating the Clean Air Act for failing to inspect for the presence of asbestos (42 U.S.C. §7413(c)(1)). The arraignment and plea hearing are scheduled for January 16, 2025.

In 2015 or 2016, Fidelity purchased a building and planned to renovate it into a mixed-use property. Fidelity failed to perform or acquire an asbestos survey of the building prior to renovations. Around April 2020, a certified asbestos company conducted an asbestos survey in the Fidelity Building and identified more than12,000 linear feet of 80% chrysolite asbestos pipe wrap insulation in friable condition. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Criminal Investigation Division conducted the investigation.