The California Department of Transportation is requesting the public’s help as it investigates “a series of illegal hazardous material dumpings along Highway 101 in Mendocino County,” officials reported.
In a press release, Caltrans reported that on April 21, its personnel was assisted by the California Highway Patrol, the Mendocino County Environmental Health Department and the Redwood Empire Hazmat Incident Response in removing “19 barrels containing hazardous waste … from an embankment south of Leggett near the Empire Rest Area. The cost of the cleanup and disposal of the materials is estimated at $30,000.”
“Luckily, we’ve avoided any major environmental hazards thus far,” Caltrans District 1 Hazardous Materials Manager Danny Figueiredo is quoted as saying. “At the cleanup site on Monday, the materials were only 10 feet away from dropping over a cliff with a drop of about 50 to 75 feet right into the creek. The creek has fresh running water, with fish, and that would have been disastrous.”
Caltrans explains that “the string of incidents began in November with illegal dumping occurring twice in Hopland, again last month in Laytonville near the Shamrock Ranch, and most recently south of Leggett, (and that) the evidence collected indicates that the materials found at all four sites originated from the Bay Area, possibly from an old construction or roof insulation company in Livermore.”
Anyone with information on this incidents, or who may have seen any suspicious activity regarding the dumping of barrels of commercial hazardous waste along U.S. 101 in Mendocino County, is asked to contact the CHP at 707-932-6100.
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