Foxborough Business Fined $60,000 by MassDEP

FOXBOROUGH, MA — A company in Foxborough has been fined for violating solid waste regulations in Barre.

Resource Control, Inc was recently hit with $60,000 penalty by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) for violating solid waste regulations at their Barre (Martone) Landfill facility.

MassDEP regulations require compliance with permit conditions and approved operating procedures. During site inspections in April and October of 2015, MassDEP inspectors observed numerous environmental violations, including disrepair of facility stormwater channels and migration of sediment off-site to the Ware River, disposal of liquid waste, and damage to a silt fence around an existing cover repair project, the department said in a release.

RCI has implemented measures to prevent another migration of sediment off-site, has had no recurrences and has returned to compliance by replacing the silt fence and repairing the stormwater swale.

In a recent consent order, the company agreed to comply with the applicable regulations and pay $15,000 of the penalty. The remaining amount, $45,000, will be directed towards the transfer of 3.57 acres of landfill property RCI owns to the Town of Barre under MassDEP's policy for Supplemental Environmental Projects.

The transferred property will allow the town to expand its existing facility for composting and recycling operations.

Information in this article was provided by the MassDEP.

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