FIRM FINED FOR DUMPING TIRES.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer LITTLEROCK - A waste-hauling company that illegally dumped more than 200,000 used tires has been fined $300,000, state officials said Thursday. Import Tires was fined by an administrative law judge administrative law judge n. a professional hearing officer who works for the government to preside over hearings and appeals involving governmental agencies. They are generally experienced in the particular subject matter of the agency involved or of several agencies. in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. for storing waste tires without a permit and failing to provide adequate fire protection. The company forfeited for·feit n. 1. Something surrendered or subject to surrender as punishment for a crime, an offense, an error, or a breach of contract. 2. Games a. its year-old waste-tire hauler registration when the California Integrated Waste Management Board discovered the operation was unloading tires at an unpermitted site at 90th Street East and Avenue R-4. In California, any facility storing 5,000 or more tires must obtain a major waste-tire facility permit from the state. ``Companies like Import Tires that violate conditions of their waste-tire hauler permit and endanger en·dan·ger tr.v. en·dan·gered, en·dan·ger·ing, en·dan·gers 1. To expose to harm or danger; imperil. 2. To threaten with extinction. the public and environment with reckless acts like this should understand they put their own businesses at risk,'' Waste Board Chairman Dan Eaton Dan Eaton is the former guitarist in 13 Winters. He was replaced by Matthue Schildroth. He is currently playing in Shadar Logoth. said. ``We consider the illegal storage of tires a serious matter.'' The tire pile is described as being 100 yards long, 120 feet wide and up to 6 feet deep in places. The cleanup of the site by a state contractor is about halfway completed. The state earmarked $130,000 for the job, but the cost could rise. Typically, it costs about $2 to dispose of To determine the fate of; to exercise the power of control over; to fix the condition, application, employment, etc. of; to direct or assign for a use. See also: Dispose a tire, said waste board spokesman Lanny Clavecilla. If the Sylmar-based company does not pay the fine, the waste board can file liens against property or assets owned by the operator. Import Tires violations came to the waste board's attention when staff received a call from a passer-by. The company received a waste-tire hauler registration from the waste board in October 1997. The registration was effective for 1998. The waste board denied a renewal for the registration in January 1999 after the tire pile had been discovered. |
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