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Alleged environmental violation prompts complaint against RI scrap recycler

Published March 10, 2015
By
Nicole Wrona Contributing Editor
Flickr; USEPA Envrionmental Protection Agency

Dive Brief:

  • A scrap metal recycling firm in Providence, RI, and its property owner received complaints filed against them in Superior Court.
  • Janet Coit, the director of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM), and the State Attorney General filed the complaint.
  • According to the DEM, this complaint comes after a notice of violation given in 2012 to Rhode Island Recycled Metals (RIRM), the operator of the scrap company, and its property owner, AARE LLC.

Dive Insight:

The court order seeks to stop all operations that add to the pollution of a nearby river from oil released on the property. Both companies involved have not acted upon a consent agreement dated July 25, 2013. Multiple on-site inspections by various agencies uncovered that the companies allegedly did not remedy the situation. The alleged failure to act to resolve the outlined issues caused the DEM and attorney general to move forward with the complaint.

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