Comments on: EPA: “Neptune, Gateway Parks Violate EPA Asbestos Rules”

By: Zippo

Zippo — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 04:18:56 +0000

Maybe they can shove the whole place into that magic trash burner thingy the county dump bought a couple years ago…. a few old tires and some oxygen should get it hot enough…. wait till the wind is blowing toward Oregon though.

By: Aggrieved Party

Aggrieved Party — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 16:26:15 +0000

Forgiveness is far harder to get than permission when it comes to DEQ required cleanup of hazardous materials. Ryan may have indemified the previous owner at the time of sale, but I would like to think his crack team of attorneys made sure that he never made such an “newby to real estate mistake” like that! Doing one’s own demolition with a rented backhoe smacks of a low to no budget approach to dealing with the problems on this property. Some of the 216k in “loans” he received should have gone to a qualified demo company who could have prevented all these problems from the start. I smell a bankruptcy with the costs of remediation laid at the feet of the nearest municipality or county government to pay. (Again). Anyone want to buy a lightly used snow park venue complete with snow making machines? In the words of Meatloaf, “I want my money back!”

By: Eric T.

Eric T. — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 00:01:40 +0000

Neptune is getting an initial “get out of jail” card. If he complies he probably won’t get fined. Asbestos abatement isn’t cheap. But not complying isn’t a financially viable option. Whether he can come up with the funds to deal with the demo debris removal and disposal is another question given reports of a shaky financial situation. He should have not done demolition, that would have kept him out of this mess.