Indiana landfill receiving toxic waste from Ohio train derailment has past violations - Cincinnati E

[GGoss]

Indiana landfill receiving toxic waste from Ohio train derailment has past violations - Cincinnati Enquirer

The Indiana landfill selected to house hazardous waste from the train derailment in Ohio has a history of violations, according to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency site.

It has had 12 quarters of noncompliance dating back to the spring of 2020, the EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online database shows. It is unclear what the specific violations are.

The landfill sits outside of Roachdale, a small town about 40 miles west of Indianapolis. Operated by Heritage Environmental Services, it is certified to handle hazardous waste. On its website, Heritage said in a release that it has roughly 14 million cubic yards of permitted landfill capacity and added that the landfill is geologically isolated.

Neither the EPA nor Heritage Environmental Services have responded to IndyStar questions regarding the facility's compliance issues.

Link: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2023/03/01/indiana-landfill-getting-toxic-waste-from-train-has-past-violations/69957840007/

Let that sink in... "It has had 12 quarters of noncompliance dating back to the spring of 2020"

There have ONLY BEEN 11 or 12 quarters since Spring of 2022 !!!

[ProfessorGAC]

1. Indiana Is VERY Lax In Enforcement

Willful, repeated violations, for many years have been punished by nominal fines.
Criminal or civil cases against responsible individual parties are exceedingly uncommon.
Way more than illinois, Michigan or Ohio.
I worked with a guy who was convicted of violations in handling waste from solvent recovery. That was Ohio, not Indiana. Not sure how he was still working in the chemical industry, especially at our company who had a stellar reputation at EPA, both federally and at the state level where we had operating sites.