Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Site-Ready lawyers struck a deal with Tiverton officials last week and said it would stop receiving recyclables from Fall River.
Site-Ready Materials lawyers told Tiverton officials the company would stop receiving single-stream recyclables from Fall River during a hearing on Friday in Newport County Superior Court. The town levied a complaint against Site-Ready Materials on Monday, Feb. 25 allegeing that the Eagleville Road company was engaging in trash recycling and transfer, quarrying, and the composting of yard waste without the proper permits and in violation of town zoning ordinances. After Site-Ready conceded on the recycling, lawyers for Tiverton said the town would no longer pursue a restraining order against alleged quarrying on the company’s Eagleville Road property, reports the Fall River Herald. Site-Ready agreed to discontinue the recycling transfer …
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
A lawsuit filed on Monday by the town of Tiverton against Site-Ready Materials accuses the Eagleville Road company of conducting commercial activities in violation of town ordinance.
The Town of Tiverton filed a lawsuit Monday in Newport County Superior Court against the recently controversial Site-Ready Materials, seeking to permanently stop and penalize alleged violations of town zoning ordinances, reports The Sakonnet Times. In the lawsuit, the town claims that Site-Ready is engaging in trash recycling and transfer, quarrying, and the composting of yard waste, constituting "a threat to public health, safety, and the general welfare of the citizens of the Town of Tiverton.” Tiverton requires permits for waste transfer, recycling and composting, however Site-Ready never applied for them. Any quarrying or blasting is explicitly prohibited in Tiverton ordinances. Site-Ready came under the scruity of residents and local …
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Engineers discussed safeguards that would protect Site-Ready's Eagleville Road location from contaminants if the transfer station is approved. The company will return before the Planning Board on Jan. 8 to discuss the findings of its traffic study.
Almost two hours of discussion on environmental safeguards that would protect Eagleville Road properties and the town's reservoir watershed area from contamination if Site-Ready Materials' transfer facility is approved did little to quell residents' opposition to the proposed expansion on Tuesday night. The Tiverton Planning Board heard from Site-Ready lawyers and engineers who described conceptual facility designs that would contain pollution on site and be subject to stringent approval and maintenance guidelines by the state Department of Environmental Management (DEM). "Our biggest concern is the pollution," said Jeff Nagle, of 330 South Christopher Ave. "Our concern is it getting into our water supply. So when you mentioned that you …
KSilvia
11:38 am on Sunday, March 10, 2013
I agree. Sounds like the legal budget is not the issue. If we have personnel actions that are leading to lawsuits, then that is a HR issue. more ›