According to an Albany Times-Union report, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has told TCI of NY to “to stop operating because they never got state permits” at its temporary location at the Port of Coeymans:
Officials from the state [DEC] told TCI of New York to immediately stop removing mineral oils and PCBs from electrical equipment for later recycling, DEC spokeswoman Lisa King said Thursday.
The firmness and alacrity of DEC’s response in Coeymans stands in stark contrast to their handling of the PCB handler’s catastrophic fire last summer in Ghent.Nearly 10 months since that disaster leveled the company’s Ghent facility, there is no evidence that DEC has taken any enforcement action against TCI. That apparent inaction is set against a backdrop of excuses from the State for canceling planned dioxin tests, and DEC inspectors declining neighbors’ pleas for them to analyze samples of oily debris which fell on their yards, homes, decks and pools.
The disparity suggests either a welcome change in DEC’s attitude, or else that somebody with pull in Albany must have a home near—or across the River—from Coeymans.
