The board of the local health district this week approved a settlement with the local port authority that was suing the district over income lost when a giant salt pile left the area.
But other suits against the health district are still pending, and their outcomes could set precedents about how Ohio laws regarding water pollution are interpreted.
Around the same time the health district declared the salt pile a “public nuisance” two years ago, Convey It,This page contains information about molds, an Indiana-based road salt distributor, moved its Clark County operation to Warren County. The West Central Ohio Port Authority — a quasi-public railroad operator — owns the site the salt pile used to sit on.
The port authority agreed to drop its challenge but retained the right to file it again later. The settlement didn’t involve financial compensation, said Charles Patterson, the health district’s director. But Patterson’s agency remains at odds with Convey It.Our team of consultants are skilled in project management and delivery of large scale rtls projects.
Convey It continues its push for damages “in excess of $500,000” from the health district, according to court documents,Online fine art gallery of quality original landscape oil paintings, because “having to relocate was very damaging to the company,” said Kevin Braig, the company’s lawyer.We offer offshore merchant account,
A trial in a federal district court is scheduled for spring 2013.Full-service custom manufacturer of precision plastic injection mould, The Dayton-based U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio chose not to dismiss the case last September, igniting a scramble for recorded evidence on both sides.
Ohio EPA scientists have said the salt contaminated groundwater, but Convey It maintains the city’s water supply was never threatened, because an impenetrable clay layer separates contamination from the city’s wells. Some geologists believe the clay isn’t complete the entire distance to the well fields.
Springfield’s well fields begin two and a half miles “downstream” from the former salt site. However, the former site is outside the official area of well protection — meaning some pollution levels would be diluted before reaching the wells.
When Patterson and the district declared the salt pile a public nuisance, the company left, Braig said, to maintain its reputation.
“It took some extraordinary efforts” to find a new site starting in June, prepare it to state EPA specifications, and arrange for salt to be delivered there for the coming winter, Braig said.
However, in May and June, when the company left, salt piles are at their lowest levels.
“The 10 or 15 percent (left at the site) was not moved to Franklin,” the new site, Braig said.
In the court case, Convey It has argued the health district didn’t have the legal authority to force environmental standards or a shutdown. The health district believes it did.
In documents filed in federal court, both sides cite passages of the Ohio Revised Code that purportedly justify their positions. Unless the entities settle out of court, a judge will ultimately decide.
But other suits against the health district are still pending, and their outcomes could set precedents about how Ohio laws regarding water pollution are interpreted.
Around the same time the health district declared the salt pile a “public nuisance” two years ago, Convey It,This page contains information about molds, an Indiana-based road salt distributor, moved its Clark County operation to Warren County. The West Central Ohio Port Authority — a quasi-public railroad operator — owns the site the salt pile used to sit on.
The port authority agreed to drop its challenge but retained the right to file it again later. The settlement didn’t involve financial compensation, said Charles Patterson, the health district’s director. But Patterson’s agency remains at odds with Convey It.Our team of consultants are skilled in project management and delivery of large scale rtls projects.
Convey It continues its push for damages “in excess of $500,000” from the health district, according to court documents,Online fine art gallery of quality original landscape oil paintings, because “having to relocate was very damaging to the company,” said Kevin Braig, the company’s lawyer.We offer offshore merchant account,
A trial in a federal district court is scheduled for spring 2013.Full-service custom manufacturer of precision plastic injection mould, The Dayton-based U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio chose not to dismiss the case last September, igniting a scramble for recorded evidence on both sides.
Ohio EPA scientists have said the salt contaminated groundwater, but Convey It maintains the city’s water supply was never threatened, because an impenetrable clay layer separates contamination from the city’s wells. Some geologists believe the clay isn’t complete the entire distance to the well fields.
Springfield’s well fields begin two and a half miles “downstream” from the former salt site. However, the former site is outside the official area of well protection — meaning some pollution levels would be diluted before reaching the wells.
When Patterson and the district declared the salt pile a public nuisance, the company left, Braig said, to maintain its reputation.
“It took some extraordinary efforts” to find a new site starting in June, prepare it to state EPA specifications, and arrange for salt to be delivered there for the coming winter, Braig said.
However, in May and June, when the company left, salt piles are at their lowest levels.
“The 10 or 15 percent (left at the site) was not moved to Franklin,” the new site, Braig said.
In the court case, Convey It has argued the health district didn’t have the legal authority to force environmental standards or a shutdown. The health district believes it did.
In documents filed in federal court, both sides cite passages of the Ohio Revised Code that purportedly justify their positions. Unless the entities settle out of court, a judge will ultimately decide.
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