Amador County – The Amador County Environmental Health Department on Monday announced that ACES Waste Service and Buena Vista Biomass Power recently cleaned up 40 yards of illegally dumped waste along Coal Mine Road in District 2 of Amador County.

Mike Israel, Director of Environmental Health for Amador County said Buena Vista Biomass and ACES performed clean-up of roadside dumping on a large scale, with the “donation of resources and services from management and employees” and the work “resulted in the cleanup of roadside trash along Coal Mine Road in the Buena Vista area.”

Israel said the cleanup took place between Feb. 21 and 22 and about “40 cubic yards of household trash, appliances, furniture and 14 waste tires were removed from the area. The project was also supported by the Amador County Departments of Transportation and Public Works and Environmental Health.”

He said Amador County Environmental Health Department “would like to extend its appreciation to David Ianni of ACES and Doug Tomison and Troy Owens” of Buena Vista Biomass Power “for their support and work performing this important community service project.”

Amador County’s Solid Waste Ordinance prohibits roadside dumping and provides for fines of up to $500 per violation, Israel said. Citizens in the county are encouraged to take trash to the Pine Grove Solid Waste Transfer Station at 19801 Berry Street in Pine Grove or the Western Amador Recycling Facility at 6500 Buena Vista Road in Ione.

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