N.Y. Town Orders Transfer Station Shut Down

Village officials of Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., have ordered the Metro Enviro transfer station to stop accepting material on July 23, according to a report in the Journal News (White Plains, N.Y.).

The shutdown order comes less than a week after the Court of Appeals ruled the village is entitled to close the station because of a history of operating violations, according to the report.

Croton’s attorney Michael Gerrand tells the Journal News that the order is “the culmination of two-and-a-half years of litigation.” He says the village board voted to close the facility in 2003.

David Steinmetz, Metro Enviro’s attorney, tells the paper that the company is “reviewing all of its potential procedural options” and that it is not clear whether the construction and demolition debris facility would close.

The Journal News reports that the court ruled last week that Metro Enviro had violated its operating permit by accepting more material that permitted, falsifying records and taking in industrial waste.

Steinmetz argues that the facility has fixed problems, according to the report.

Metro Enviro is owned by Allied Waste Industries, based in Scottsdale, Ariz.