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Friday, April 21, 2006

Environment - ProLiquids bankruptcy hearing continued

"ProLiquids bankruptcy hearing continued: IDEM notifies firm it will likely face legal enforcement action" is the headline to this story by Steve Zabroski in today's Munster (NW Indiana) Times. Some quotes:

HAMMOND | An illegally operating north side waste treatment firm may have dodged a bullet Thursday, but there are plenty more big guns pointed in its direction.

ProLiquids Environmental Services continues to accept truckloads of waste at its 3 141st St. facility, despite the revocation last month of its state operating permits after an inspection discovered numerous hazardous waste violations there.

A hearing in federal bankruptcy court scheduled for Thursday afternoon -- which could have forced the company to immediately close with the liquidation of all its assets -- was continued to May 19.

But after an April 12 inspection at the site disclosed further illegal actions, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management notified ProLiquids on Wednesday that the firm would likely face legal enforcement action.

And the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to know what happened to drums of hazardous waste found on the property during a joint EPA, IDEM and Hammond Department of Environmental Management inspection in September 2005.

See also this Sept. 5, 2004 ILB entry (last item) and this one from Aug. 20, 2004 (third item).

Posted by Marcia Oddi on April 21, 2006 08:23 AM
Posted to Environment