Company Fined for Illegal Transfer Station
WILLIAMSPORT -- The Department of Environmental Protection has fined Hugill Sanitation Inc. of LaJose, Clearfield County, $6,000 for operating an illegal transfer station at a waste vehicle staging area in Chest Township, Clearfield County, in September 2011.
“Hugill was storing containers of various types of waste on its property without obtaining a DEP transfer station permit,” DEP North-central Regional Director Nels Taber said. “Bringing waste back to an unpermitted site is not allowed, even if the waste is kept in roll-off containers. It’s a violation of the state’s Solid Waste Management Act and we will continue to work to ensure that kind of activity stops.”
In response to a complaint, DEP conducted an inspection on Sept. 16, 2011, and found 21 containers on the property filled with municipal and residual waste. All of the containers were on the ground in Hugill’s storage yard.
The agency sent the company a notice of violation and conducted a follow-up inspection in early October 2011. By then, all of the waste had been removed and taken to a DEP-permitted landfill for proper disposal.
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“Hugill was storing containers of various types of waste on its property without obtaining a DEP transfer station permit,” DEP North-central Regional Director Nels Taber said. “Bringing waste back to an unpermitted site is not allowed, even if the waste is kept in roll-off containers. It’s a violation of the state’s Solid Waste Management Act and we will continue to work to ensure that kind of activity stops.”
In response to a complaint, DEP conducted an inspection on Sept. 16, 2011, and found 21 containers on the property filled with municipal and residual waste. All of the containers were on the ground in Hugill’s storage yard.
The agency sent the company a notice of violation and conducted a follow-up inspection in early October 2011. By then, all of the waste had been removed and taken to a DEP-permitted landfill for proper disposal.
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