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Texas Attorney General Charges Unauthorized Scrap Tire Facility for Violations of the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act
Texas Attorney General Charges Unauthorized Scrap Tire Facility for Violations of the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act   | brn_har_txbz, San Benito, Bobby Ray Waldrep, Waldrep Salvage, solid waste, solid waste disposal,

Texas Business reports:  SAN BENITO –The Texas Attorney General’s Office charged the operator of an unauthorized waste tire storage site with numerous violations of the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act.

According to the state’s enforcement action, Bobby Ray Waldrep of Waldrep Salvage failed to comply with Texas environmental laws by allowing dangerous conditions to persist, which led to an early August fire that consumed approximately 22,000 scrap tires.

The Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act requires persons who intend to operate such facilities to obtain the necessary permits from the state.

The state’s legal action cites Waldrep for failure to obtain mandated permits for outdoor burning and receipt of scrap tires, failure to maintain proper management of the site to prevent runoff and fire outbreaks, and failure to remove collected tires – tires that the state never authorized.

The enforcement action was referred to the Attorney General’s Office by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

 The Attorney General’s legal action seeks civil penalties of up to $25,000 for each day the facility operated in violation of state environmental laws, as well as reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs to investigate. The Attorney General also seeks court-ordered injunctive relief to require the defendant to clean up the site to comply with state law.