QUESTION
Have there been any repeat offenders caught illegally dumping waste?
1:39:00
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Commissioner Jessica Tisch confirms that there has been at least one repeat offender caught illegally dumping waste.
- The department issues summonses of $4,000 for illegal dumping offenses.
- Vehicles used for illegal dumping are also impounded, and offenders must pay cleanup costs.
- The use of cameras has been effective in enforcing against illegal dumping.
- The department is on track to exceed last year's record number of enforcement actions against illegal dumping.
Rafael Salamanca
1:39:00
My My my my second question has to do with cameras.
1:39:04
I I do see here that in your statement, you stated that last year there were over 300 services.
1:39:11
There were summons each summons were about $4000.
1:39:15
Have you have you kept track?
1:39:17
Have they been repeat offenders?
1:39:20
From these illegal dumpers
Jessica Tisch
1:39:22
in, like, illegal?
1:39:23
It shocked me.
1:39:24
But, yes, we have had, I think, at least, like, at least one repeat offender that I know of and maybe more.
1:39:35
But as you know, the penalty is the stiffness penalty that we can give.
1:39:39
It's not just the $4000 summons.
1:39:41
We also impound the vehicle and make them pay the costs of of cleanup.
1:39:49
But the cameras have worked.
1:39:51
We're on pace right now to out pace last year's record breaking enforcement numbers around illegal dumping.