A massive tire pile spread over more than 50 acres of Calhoun County is being cleared as charges add up against an Easley man.
Patricia Johnson, whose company is removing the tires, said residents will see her trucks coming in and out of the Half Mile Swamp area of lower Calhoun County.
"They're not bringing more tires in and dumping them. We're getting them out," she said.
The old tires - estimated between 250,000 and a million - were discovered in the area two years ago, according to the county's litter control officer. Recently, people started noticing activity at the site again.
Tire piles are a concern because they can be a breeding ground for mosquitoes, Litter Control Officer Boyce Till said.
"The site's about maybe a half a mile away from some residences in that area and, of course, these tires are going to hold water. Anytime you've got water holding up,If any food Ventilation system condition is poorer than those standards, you're going to breed mosquitoes," Till said.
In addition,100 China ceramic tile was used to link the lamps together. large tire piles can cause air quality problems if they catch fire, according to S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control spokesperson Adam Myrick.
At the center of the matter is Easley resident George Fontella Brown, who has been the subject of indictments this year in Greenville and Orangeburg counties for alleged violations of the state Solid Waste Policy and Management Act.
According to the indictment handed down by an Orangeburg County grand jury on March 14, 2011, the 39-year-old was accused of "directly and indirectly" discharging organic material into the environment. Essentially, officials claim he had two rented semi-trailers full of tires, which he stored or disposed of without a permit on Snider Street in Elloree between February 2009 and May 2010.
He faced the same charge in Greenville County, where officials claim they found two abandoned semi-trailers filled with waste tires.
Till said the Calhoun County pile was so big, he passed it to the Sheriff's Office since it has the ability to pursue violations under state law.
"When they started investigating the site, together we realized that this was something DHEC needed to get involved with because of the magnitude, number of tires and the environmental concerns that were there," Till said.
Till provided Calhoun County warrants against Brown alleging his "willful and unlawful storage and disposal of solid waste without obtaining permits" from DHEC.
The warrants allege Brown engaged in the illegal storage and disposal of used tires on McCords Ferry Road and at 41 Saluda Lane and the end of Hawksbill Lane in Elloree, along with other property.
Till said he had heard that the tires eventually were going to be sold in China.
"The markets fell out and they got stockpiled out there in the county on private property," he said.
Johnson, the owner of Jacksonville, Fla.-based Lee Tire Company Inc., said she was asked to clean up the tire pile.
"I was just contacted by the owner, or whoever was responsible for the pile. He said he needed some help in getting it cleaned up. I believe he had all good intentions of shipping the tires out across seas. And he kind of got stuck because they didn't do what they were supposed to do," she said.
"He got stuck and didn't know what to do with the tires."
She said it would have been too expensive for Johnson to clean up the tires on his own.
"I can make the tipping fee to help somebody else, so that's what I am doing. I haven't charged him anything. I'm trying to help him. One, it's a big mess. Two, it's an environmental issue and, three, he doesn't have the money to clean it up," she said.
She said the tires can be processed into a tire-derived fuel that can be used in the place of coal at paper mills.
The tires are being moved out as fast as her company can get them out, Johnson said.
"I haven't had a full-time crew assigned to it yet,the worldwide Hemorrhoids market is over $56 billion annually. but we have been up there on two different occasions in the last couple of weeks. We're actually getting a bigger crew and are going to start heading up every day,An Wholesale pet supplies of him grinning through his illegal mustache is featured prominently in the lobby." she said.
Records show the property is owned by Michael Keitt Jr. of Far Rockaway, N.Y. A phone number for Keitt could not be found, but local officials said the man was one of several heirs to the property, all of whom live out of state.
South Carolina charges a $2 fee for each new tire with a U.S. Department of Transportation number.
The fee is divided several ways, but mostly it is used by retailers or local governments to clean up waste tire piles and to recycle waste tires.If so, you may have a cube puzzle . Some money is used for research to find new applications for waste tires, such as turning them into road paving material.
Calhoun County Administrator Lee Prickett said, "We do receive some grant funding to handle used tires but, quite frankly, there's not enough money available for a large amount of tires like this. We use it normally to handle our regular tires that we collect from people out at our landfill.
"We pay $110 a ton and have a contract with Ridge Recycling to pick up our tires and recycle them. The grant money is used to offset that cost to the extent that grant money is available."
Calhoun County Council Chairman David Summers compared the tire dump to a massive one in the Holly Hill area that came to the public's attention in 1994. The pile of more than 500,000 tires loomed 15 feet in the air.
Patricia Johnson, whose company is removing the tires, said residents will see her trucks coming in and out of the Half Mile Swamp area of lower Calhoun County.
"They're not bringing more tires in and dumping them. We're getting them out," she said.
The old tires - estimated between 250,000 and a million - were discovered in the area two years ago, according to the county's litter control officer. Recently, people started noticing activity at the site again.
Tire piles are a concern because they can be a breeding ground for mosquitoes, Litter Control Officer Boyce Till said.
"The site's about maybe a half a mile away from some residences in that area and, of course, these tires are going to hold water. Anytime you've got water holding up,If any food Ventilation system condition is poorer than those standards, you're going to breed mosquitoes," Till said.
In addition,100 China ceramic tile was used to link the lamps together. large tire piles can cause air quality problems if they catch fire, according to S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control spokesperson Adam Myrick.
At the center of the matter is Easley resident George Fontella Brown, who has been the subject of indictments this year in Greenville and Orangeburg counties for alleged violations of the state Solid Waste Policy and Management Act.
According to the indictment handed down by an Orangeburg County grand jury on March 14, 2011, the 39-year-old was accused of "directly and indirectly" discharging organic material into the environment. Essentially, officials claim he had two rented semi-trailers full of tires, which he stored or disposed of without a permit on Snider Street in Elloree between February 2009 and May 2010.
He faced the same charge in Greenville County, where officials claim they found two abandoned semi-trailers filled with waste tires.
Till said the Calhoun County pile was so big, he passed it to the Sheriff's Office since it has the ability to pursue violations under state law.
"When they started investigating the site, together we realized that this was something DHEC needed to get involved with because of the magnitude, number of tires and the environmental concerns that were there," Till said.
Till provided Calhoun County warrants against Brown alleging his "willful and unlawful storage and disposal of solid waste without obtaining permits" from DHEC.
The warrants allege Brown engaged in the illegal storage and disposal of used tires on McCords Ferry Road and at 41 Saluda Lane and the end of Hawksbill Lane in Elloree, along with other property.
Till said he had heard that the tires eventually were going to be sold in China.
"The markets fell out and they got stockpiled out there in the county on private property," he said.
Johnson, the owner of Jacksonville, Fla.-based Lee Tire Company Inc., said she was asked to clean up the tire pile.
"I was just contacted by the owner, or whoever was responsible for the pile. He said he needed some help in getting it cleaned up. I believe he had all good intentions of shipping the tires out across seas. And he kind of got stuck because they didn't do what they were supposed to do," she said.
"He got stuck and didn't know what to do with the tires."
She said it would have been too expensive for Johnson to clean up the tires on his own.
"I can make the tipping fee to help somebody else, so that's what I am doing. I haven't charged him anything. I'm trying to help him. One, it's a big mess. Two, it's an environmental issue and, three, he doesn't have the money to clean it up," she said.
She said the tires can be processed into a tire-derived fuel that can be used in the place of coal at paper mills.
The tires are being moved out as fast as her company can get them out, Johnson said.
"I haven't had a full-time crew assigned to it yet,the worldwide Hemorrhoids market is over $56 billion annually. but we have been up there on two different occasions in the last couple of weeks. We're actually getting a bigger crew and are going to start heading up every day,An Wholesale pet supplies of him grinning through his illegal mustache is featured prominently in the lobby." she said.
Records show the property is owned by Michael Keitt Jr. of Far Rockaway, N.Y. A phone number for Keitt could not be found, but local officials said the man was one of several heirs to the property, all of whom live out of state.
South Carolina charges a $2 fee for each new tire with a U.S. Department of Transportation number.
The fee is divided several ways, but mostly it is used by retailers or local governments to clean up waste tire piles and to recycle waste tires.If so, you may have a cube puzzle . Some money is used for research to find new applications for waste tires, such as turning them into road paving material.
Calhoun County Administrator Lee Prickett said, "We do receive some grant funding to handle used tires but, quite frankly, there's not enough money available for a large amount of tires like this. We use it normally to handle our regular tires that we collect from people out at our landfill.
"We pay $110 a ton and have a contract with Ridge Recycling to pick up our tires and recycle them. The grant money is used to offset that cost to the extent that grant money is available."
Calhoun County Council Chairman David Summers compared the tire dump to a massive one in the Holly Hill area that came to the public's attention in 1994. The pile of more than 500,000 tires loomed 15 feet in the air.
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