Dartmouth co. fined by DEP for oil spill

BOSTON – Excel Recycling LLC of Dartmouth has been penalized $15,100 by the Mass. Department of Environmental Protection to resolve the company’s failure to notify the department and conduct timely cleanup actions for a waste-oil spill at its Charlton facility.
According to a news release, in March 2013, during an unrelated inspection, the Charlton Fire Department observed heavy, black oil spreading across the company’s yard and traced it back to several scrap underground storage tanks. The tanks had been brought to the facility to be recycled and should have been empty, however two of them contained an estimated 150 gallons of waste oil.
The Department of Environmental Protection responded to the site, met with the facility operator and fire department and determined that a cleanup was necessary. Upon further investigation the department determined that Excel Recycling discovered the spill prior to the inspection, but did not take action or report it. •

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