Man accused of illegal dumping outside of Perryton paying thousands in fines
Published: Jun. 29, 2022 at 4:32 PM CDT
PERRYTON, Texas (KFDA) - The Texas Environmental Regulators approved an agreement today that will cost a man they say operated illegal dumping operations outside of Perryton.
Ramon Vela denied all the allegations, but will be paying a fine of about $29 thousand according to the agreement.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality says pits contained a variety of material including demolished buildings.
Another pit had about 2,000 burning tires in it.
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