Save
the Bay is urging state environmental agencies to take immediate action to end
what they say are ongoing violations at Rhode Island Recycled Metals in
Providence. The company operates a scrap yard and shipbreaking facility on Allens
Avenue that Save the Bay claims represents a serious and ongoing source of
pollution to the Providence River and its surrounding neighborhood.
Environmentalists
say every time it rains the discharge from the facility violates the Clean
Water Act. Save the Bay is urging the Department of Environmental Management
and the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council to take immediate
action to bring the facility into full compliance with the law and all
applicable permits.
Rhode
Island Recycled Metals General Manager Eddie Sciaba tells WPRO News that the
company has been working closely with the DEM and RICRMC to implement a plan.
He adds they have had several inspections, have not been fined and are in
compliance with the laws.
More,
with WPRO's Carolyn Cronin.
Source:
WPRO News. By Carolyn Cronin. 29 November 2011
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