MassDEP fines Northbridge company $31K over underground storage tanks
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2040 Providence Road in Northbridge
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection announced on Monday it has fined Northbridge’s D & G Recycling, Inc., of 2040 Providence Road, $31,000 to settle violations of the state’s waste site cleanup regulations.
The property has been used as an auto repair and auto salvage yard since 1936, and includes three underground storage tanks containing gasoline and waste oil, which were abandoned in place since 2005, according to MassDEP. The agency said soil, sediment and groundwater on the property and adjacent wetlands are contaminated with what MassDEP described as volatile organic compounds, petroleum compounds, and metals.
D & G was registered to Daniel Perry under the same address as the business, according to the Massachusetts Secretary of State’s office, although the LLC appears to have been dissolved in 2014
In 2014, D & G Recycling started cleanup but did not document the work’s completion and didn’t classify the site according to state regulations, per MassDEP.
“Companies must communicate with MassDEP and make all efforts to timely complete required cleanup actions to address environmental contamination,” said Mary Jude Pigsley, director of MassDEP’s Central Regional Office in Worcester, in a statement. “Working with MassDEP is the most efficient way of accomplishing this goal and is particularly so in the case of small businesses with limited resources.”
In March 2019, MassDEP issued D & G Recycling, Inc. a notice of noncompliance for failing to submit required documents pertaining to a reported release of oil and hazardous materials.
Under a consent order, the company must pay $7,750 of its fine, with the remaining amount suspended for a year so long as D & G follow the order and complete cleanup work, including removing the abandoned storage tanks.
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