EPA searches for evidence of illegal dumping in Pike Township
BY Malcolm Hall
The Canton Repository
PIKE TWP - Concerns that hazardous and solid waste materials are being dumped on a Riceford Road SW property brought state law-enforcement and environmental authorities here Tuesday.
The investigation is focused on a 42.5-acre site that is the home of Charles "Sonny" Alborn. Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation agents secured the property, on which several junk automobiles and 55-gallon drums were scattered.
"There have been allegations made that there has been hazardous waste illegally dumped and stored on-site, and solid waste as well," said Richard Fair, a BCI special agent who supervises the environmental enforcement unit. "We are here to assist the Ohio EPA (Environmental Protection Agency). They still are in the process of looking and seeing what they got."...Read more.
The Canton Repository
PIKE TWP - Concerns that hazardous and solid waste materials are being dumped on a Riceford Road SW property brought state law-enforcement and environmental authorities here Tuesday.
The investigation is focused on a 42.5-acre site that is the home of Charles "Sonny" Alborn. Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation agents secured the property, on which several junk automobiles and 55-gallon drums were scattered.
"There have been allegations made that there has been hazardous waste illegally dumped and stored on-site, and solid waste as well," said Richard Fair, a BCI special agent who supervises the environmental enforcement unit. "We are here to assist the Ohio EPA (Environmental Protection Agency). They still are in the process of looking and seeing what they got."...Read more.
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