Owners of Blackstone Dump Site Assessed $13,790 Penalty for Air Quality, Solid Waste Violations

Officers of the former Elm Manor Corporation of Milford have been assessed $13,790 in penalties by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) for air quality and solid waste violations discovered at their property, located at 110 Elm Street in Blackstone.

In the summer of 2005, MassDEP personnel inspected the former company's 110 Elm Street location, confirming reports of illegal dumping activity taking place at the site. The following year, and in the midst of its investigation of the property, MassDEP received reports from the Blackstone Fire Department and other town officials, of illegal open burning activities being conducted on the site.

In a recently finalized consent order, John H. Tweed of Sherborn and Alfred A. DaPrato of Bellingham, officers of the former Corporation, agreed to pay the $10,000 penalty, cleanup the site, and cease all open burning activities at the Elm Street location. MassDEP has agreed to suspend $3,790 of the penalty pending compliance with the order.

"The owners have indicated to MassDEP that they will fully comply with the consent orders for this site," said Martin Suuberg, director of MassDEP's Central Regional Office in Worcester.

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