Pennsylvania DEP fines owner of Maryland demolition firm

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has ordered Stanley Boinovych, the owner and manager of Dilapidated Demolition, based in Cumberland, Maryland, to halt the unpermitted disposal of residential and commercial construction and demolition debris at a site in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. The state agency also issued a $13,500 civil penalty to the company for past violations.

According to the Pennsylvania DEP, on multiple occasions between February 2012 and June 2014, DEP inspectors observed C&D waste at a Boinovych-owned 85-acre commercial property in Colerain Township, Pennsylvania. DEP had not authorized or permitted the transportation or disposal of solid waste at the site.
“The Solid Waste Management Act regulates the disposal of such waste to protect the environment and the health and safety of local residents,” says DEP South-Central Regional Director Lynn Langer. “For more than three years, Mr. Boinovych has taken disposal matters into his own hands and repeatedly ignored the department’s requests to clean up the site and have him obtain the necessary permits. Such blatant disregard for the regulations of the Commonwealth cannot be tolerated.”

DEP issued a Notice of Violation to Boinovych in July 2014. He cancelled a scheduled meeting with DEP officials in February, and has ignored all further communications from the department, according to the DEP. DEP’s action orders Boinovych to cease the transportation and processing of the waste material at the site, and gives him 60 days to ensure that the site has been brought into compliance with department regulations.

Boinovych says that while he admits there were some problems at the facility under scrutiny, the site contained source separated wood, which could easily be recycled. The material was not solid waste as far as he was concerned. Because of this, Boinovych says that he will appeal the charge.