Zurik: Feds investigate huge mess at Tangipahoa Parish landfill - FOX 8 News WVUE-TV
A new FOX 8 investigation looks at the federal probe and why the state says poor record keeping by Tangipahoa Parish authorities helped a government contractor earn millions of dollars more than it deserved. Several Tangipahoa Parish council members appeared stunned when we showed them the documents we uncovered. “I've never seen that document," Parish Councilman Carlo Bruno told us last week. The documents show the parish could be on the hook for millions of dollars in fines. Tangipahoa Parish owns a landfill , located roughly between Amite City and Independence. “I've never seen those piles of tires," Bruno said. The Louisiana Waste Tire Program was instituted several years ago to remove waste tires from the solid waste stream generally going into landfills. DEQ pays companies to recycle tires, including those tires brought to the Tangipahoa Parish landfill, where workers use the old tires as filler material. It's perfectly safe and legal - as long as the parish stores the tires according to DEQ regulations and the agency approves the storage ahead of time. DEQ now alleges that the agency did not approve the stockpiling of all of these tires at the landfill. Source: www.fox8live.com
