A Pennsylvania hauling company was charged with five felony counts of criminal mischief and 11 misdemeanor accounts of unlawful conduct after illegally dumping construction and demolition waste in several counties, a report by The Standard Speaker says.
MS Recycling LLC, Glendon Pennsylvania, dumped several tractor trailers worth of waste in Schuylkill, Carbon, Lackawanna and Northampton counties from December 2013 to August 2014, the report says. Its owner, Michael L. Stine, was arraigned and released on $5,000 unsecured bail.
Investigation began in August 2014 after a referral from the state’s Department of Environmental Protection. During the investigations, the report says, officials reported six dump sites.
Grinding Acres, a grinding company in Freemansburg, Northampton County, rented part of its property to MS Recycling between December 2013 and May 2014 to grind clean wood pallets for a power plant, the report says. After the property owner discovered Stine was hauling plastic flowerpots to his site along with the pallets, he locked the gate to the property. But MS Recycling unlocked the gates and dumped loads at night, the report says.
A Plus Powerwash Inc., Taylor, Lackawanna County, reported a similar incident when DEP official found waste dumped on their site and a MS Recycling vehicle nearby, according to the report. The owner of A Plus Powerwash halted MS’ access to the property.
The cost to clean up the 40 tons of waste in Kline Township totaled $7,574.85, while a total of 215 tons of waste were cleaned up at the other sites with a cost of $43,475.32, the report says. Around 15,000 tons of construction and demolition waste were dumped at Grinding Acres, based on a $56 per ton disposal cost, and costed $840,000 to clean up while the 8,200 tons dumped at A Plus Powerwash costs $459,200.
According to the report, one driver told an agent that Stine asked him to get rid of the waste he was hauling for a Staten Island, New York, company because the DEP had rescinded the company’s right to dump. Another driver claimed the company had to find new dumpsites after it was stopped from delivering to the business in Northampton County, the report says. One of the drivers also claimed Stine paid the drivers $100 to transport the loads and would pay $300 to the property owners who took the waste.
MS Recycling LLC, Glendon Pennsylvania, dumped several tractor trailers worth of waste in Schuylkill, Carbon, Lackawanna and Northampton counties from December 2013 to August 2014, the report says. Its owner, Michael L. Stine, was arraigned and released on $5,000 unsecured bail.
Investigation began in August 2014 after a referral from the state’s Department of Environmental Protection. During the investigations, the report says, officials reported six dump sites.
Grinding Acres, a grinding company in Freemansburg, Northampton County, rented part of its property to MS Recycling between December 2013 and May 2014 to grind clean wood pallets for a power plant, the report says. After the property owner discovered Stine was hauling plastic flowerpots to his site along with the pallets, he locked the gate to the property. But MS Recycling unlocked the gates and dumped loads at night, the report says.
A Plus Powerwash Inc., Taylor, Lackawanna County, reported a similar incident when DEP official found waste dumped on their site and a MS Recycling vehicle nearby, according to the report. The owner of A Plus Powerwash halted MS’ access to the property.
The cost to clean up the 40 tons of waste in Kline Township totaled $7,574.85, while a total of 215 tons of waste were cleaned up at the other sites with a cost of $43,475.32, the report says. Around 15,000 tons of construction and demolition waste were dumped at Grinding Acres, based on a $56 per ton disposal cost, and costed $840,000 to clean up while the 8,200 tons dumped at A Plus Powerwash costs $459,200.
According to the report, one driver told an agent that Stine asked him to get rid of the waste he was hauling for a Staten Island, New York, company because the DEP had rescinded the company’s right to dump. Another driver claimed the company had to find new dumpsites after it was stopped from delivering to the business in Northampton County, the report says. One of the drivers also claimed Stine paid the drivers $100 to transport the loads and would pay $300 to the property owners who took the waste.
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