N.Y. town orders transfer station shut down.Village officials of Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., have ordered the Metro Enviro en·vi·ro n. pl. en·vi·ros Informal An environmentalist. transfer station to stop accepting material on July 23, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report in the Journal News (White Plains, N.Y.). The shutdown shut·down n. A cessation of operations or activity, as at a factory. shutdown Noun the closing of a factory, shop, or other business Verb shut down order comes less than a week after the Court of Appeals ruled the village is entitled to close the station because of a history of operating violations, according to the report. Croton's attorney Michael Gerrand tells the Journal News that the order is "the culmination of two-and-a-half years of litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. ." He says the village board voted to close the facility in 2003. David Steinmetz, Metro Enviro's attorney, tells the paper that the company is "reviewing all of its potential procedural options" and that it is not clear whether the construction and demolition debris facility would close. The Journal News reports that the court ruled last week that Metro Enviro had violated its operating permit by accepting more material that permitted and falsifying fal·si·fy v. fal·si·fied, fal·si·fy·ing, fal·si·fies v.tr. 1. To state untruthfully; misrepresent. 2. a. records. Steinmetz argues that the facility has fixed problems. Metro Enviro is owned by Allied Waste Industries, based in Scottsdale, Ariz. |
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