Dive summary:

• Joseph G. Scugoza, Crossridge Landfill, and C&D Disposal Technologies in Ohio have been ordered to pay the state $19 million after they were charged with ongoing violations at the Crossridge Landfill in Jefferson County Ohio.
• The companies were found to be in contempt of a 2003 order to cap and close the landfill and install a ground water monitoring plan, none of which were implemented.
• The landfill was given one year to be closed and capped when they first were charged in 2003, and now the owners only have 30 days to close down the landfill.

From the article:

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency praised the contempt order signed recently against Joseph G. Scugoza, Crossridge Landfill, and C&D Disposal Technologies immediately granting the state a $19 million judgment for stipulated penalties regarding ongoing violations at the Crossridge Landfill in Jefferson County. ...