A Vacaville Recology worker pulls some rubbish out of the truck before he dumps the load into the recycling dump at the Vacaville landfill off of Hay Road, Tuesday. (Josh Redsun/Daily Republic)
DA: Caltrans sent contaminated waste from Bay Bridge demolition to Vacaville
FAIRFIELD — The California Department of Transportation took lead-contaminated hazardous waste from the Bay Bridge demolition and disposed of the material at the Recology landfill in Vacaville, the Solano County District Attorney’s Office says.
Five loads with 85 cubic yards of waste were disposed of in September 2013, according to the civil filing in Solano County Superior Court that names Caltrans.
Hazardous waste can only be disposed of at a permitted landfill, the filing said, and the landfill on Hay Road in Vacaville is not permitted for such material.
The disposal was also not reported to the state Department of Toxic Substances Control, the District Attorney’s Office said in its filing.
An Aug. 11 case management conference is scheduled in the case but the District Attorney’s Office cites a stipulation that the lawsuit will be settled without litigation by a $49,000 Caltrans payment.
The state Department of Toxic Substances Control will receive $20,000 and the District Attorney’s Office $14,500. The Solano County Department of Recourse Management will receive $14,500.
The county Department of Resource Management confirmed Tuesday that it will receive $14,500 in the settlement.
Robert Haus, Caltrans spokesman, said the state agency does not comment on current litigation. Sandy Nax with the Department of Toxic Substances Control said the state agency does not comment on current litigation.
Reach Ryan McCarthy at 427-6935 or [email protected].
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Ed from FairfieldApril 19, 2017 - 8:22 am
Sooo... Does any of the money in the stipulation go to remediation? Was the contaminated waste moved to an approved site? Maybe some of the money cited will be used for remediation and relocation by the departments listed.
ReplyBasics MatterApril 19, 2017 - 8:27 am
Every Citizen in Solano County would receive 5K for damages & harm.
ReplyBasics MatterApril 19, 2017 - 8:28 am
SHOULD .. (not would)
ReplyseawebApril 21, 2017 - 6:24 am
Yeah, where's the reporting about the lead-contaminated waste being removed from the Hay Road site and taken ... where? Also, where ELSE in the Bay Area did CALTRANS hide their lead-contaminated waste? They "settled" with the County pretty cheaply ... but does "without litigation" mean they bought their way out of criminal charges? I think this reporter has more work to do.
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