Environmental Protection
2006 Environmental Protection Headlines
Callaway County man sued by Nixon jailed for violating court order to clean up waste tire dump
Fulton, Mo. — A Callaway County man who failed to clean up an illegal waste tire dump near Auxvasse and cease burning tires on the site as ordered by the court has been arrested by Callaway County authorities for violating the order. Richard Schneider, who lists addresses in Auxvasse and O'Fallon, was arrested in Wentzville on Dec. 13.
December 14, 2006
FAG Bearings to pay $183,000 to state, implement remedy for TCE contamination, in agreement obtained by Nixon
Joplin, Mo. — Attorney General Jay Nixon has reached an agreement with the owner of a ball bearing plant near Joplin to resolve long-standing issues about trichloroethylene (TCE) contamination from the plant affecting underground water in the area.
November 28, 2006
Nixon sues Howard County man for violating state clean air laws through open burning of gasoline
Fayette, Mo. — Attorney General Jay Nixon is seeking an injunction and penalties against a Franklin man who violated state environmental laws by openly burning gasoline and operating a hazardous waste treatment and disposal facility without a permit.
October 10, 2006
Man who illegally dumped thousands of waste tires near Smithville Lake ordered to pay $12,000 for cleanup
Plattsburg, Mo. — The Clinton County Circuit Court has ordered an Independence man to pay $12,000 to help with the cleanup of a waste tire dump near Plattsburg that at one time contained an estimated 125,000 tires. Attorney General Jay Nixon had sued Mike Libeer in June 2005 for the costs of removing the estimated 30,000 tires that remain at the site, which is near Smithville Lake.
August 4, 2006
Court orders defendants to pay $20,000 in Nixon lawsuit over infectious waste illegally stored at Columbia house
Columbia, Mo. — Two men associated with businesses that illegally stored and transported infectious waste at a home in Columbia have been ordered to pay civil penalties totaling $20,000.
July 21, 2006
Nixon sues gas station owners for failure to comply with state's underground storage tank law
Lebanon, Mo. — Attorney General Jay Nixon has filed a lawsuit against the owners of five gas stations in Laclede and Wright counties for their repeated refusal to comply with a state law designed to protect the health and safety of community residents.
June 30, 2006
Nixon sues to force cleanup of Phelps County dump containing thousands of used computer monitors
Rolla, Mo. — Attorney General Jay Nixon today filed a lawsuit to force the cleanup of a site in rural Phelps County containing several thousand used computer monitors. Nixon said the monitors, collected over a period of several years with a little-realized goal of recycling some of their components, pose a potential environmental and safety hazard because of toxic materials they contain, such as mercury and lead.
June 29, 2006
Nixon collects payment in full from St. Louis real estate developer hit with record $558,000 environmental penalty
St. Louis, Mo. — The state of Missouri today received the final payment of a record environment penalty assessed against a real estate developer who failed to make improvements to a north St. Louis County wastewater treatment plant.
June 28, 2006
Nixon obtains judgment requiring St. Joseph developer to pay $50,000 penalty for polluting area streams
St. Joseph, Mo. — A company that violated Missouri's Clean Water Law at two of its development sites in Buchanan County will pay a civil penalty of $50,000 and must implement a proper stormwater pollution prevention plan according to a consent judgment obtained by Attorney General Jay Nixon.
June 28, 2006
Raytown man pleads guilty to disposing oil and gasoline into city's sewer system
Kansas City, Mo. — A Raytown man who operated a lawnmower repair business has pleaded guilty to disposing gasoline and oil by pouring them into the city's sanitary sewer system after charges were brought against him by Attorney General Jay Nixon.
May 31, 2006
Nixon files pair of lawsuits against Blue Springs developers for polluting creeks with sediment from erosion
Kansas City, Mo. — Attorney General Jay Nixon is going to court to seek penalties and injunctions against developers in two separate Jackson County cases, both over charges that the defendants violated the Missouri Clean Water Law by not controlling erosion from their development.
May 10, 2006
Nixon sues Stone County subdivision developer to protect water quality at Table Rock Lake from erosion
Galena, Mo. — Attorney General Jay Nixon is suing the developer of the Tuscany Village subdivision in Stone County to stop sediment from eroding directly into Table Rock Lake. Nixon says the developer, Jedi Corp. and its president, Charles Bonnot, have ignored environmental laws and requirements to obtain necessary permits and implement adequate controls to prevent erosion.
May 4, 2006
Nixon charges Raytown lawnmower repairman with disposing oil and gasoline into city's sewer system
Kansas City, Mo. — A Raytown man who operates a lawnmower repair businessand allegedly disposed of gasoline and oil by pouring them into the city's sanitary sewer system faces a criminal charge filed by Attorney General Jay Nixon. Nixon charged Louis Mattoon in Jackson County Circuit Court with the misdemeanor of Introduction of Pollutants into a Sanitary Sewer System.
April 28, 2006
Nixon sues developers of Linn subdivision for improper maintenance of wastewater lagoon, pollution of creek
Linn, Mo. — Attorney General Jay Nixon has asked the Osage County Circuit Court to issue a preliminary injunction and assess penalties under the Missouri Clean Water Law against the developers of a subdivision in Linn who have failed to properly maintain its wastewater lagoon, leading to pollution in a nearby creek.
April 19, 2006
Nixon sues Monroe County chemical business for illegal, haphazard stockpile of old pesticides
Paris, Mo. — An agri-chemical retail business that haphazardly stockpiled hundreds of containers of useless pesticides collected from customers over a period of several years is the target of a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Jay Nixon. Nixon is seeking a court order for the pesticides to be removed immediately and disposed of properly.
March 23, 2006
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