Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 29

I Friday August 17 199QB7 CcrpaiOingiCallrMai Landowners miss state deadline for cleaning Refugio dump site I I i I Back to School Savings 2E3Bt MENS STRAW HATS PRICE 07 09 Leopard MEN'S DEPT SHORT SLEEVE SHI BUY 1 GET 1 RESISTOL AND STETSON LONG SLEEVE SHIRTS BUY 3 GET 2 ALL ACCESSORIES BELTS BUCKLES JEWELRY MENS COLORED WRANGLER JEANS (REG 3095) OFF P10E0DE0 WRANGLERS $1095 (REG SUM FIT) 1-f with the cleanup the ones that put the tires out there" Johnson said Thursday "They had my permission at the time but I didn't know it was going to be illegal" Refugio City Secretary Lillian Linney said the Refugio City Council decided Tuesday night to examine the possibility of having the Refugio Fire Department do controlled burning to rid the property of some of the brush She said the city has not decided what to do about the tires "Our attorney advised us not to get into something be sorry about" Linney said "She doesn't want us to set a Refugio City Attorney Deborah Bauer declined to comment further because of possible litigation Refugio Mayor Bart Wales was out of town and could not be reached for comment The health department first discovered the site when Jim Johnson a Ryals heir filed a complaint with the state Johnson vice president of Tank Automation an environmental testing company in New Jersey said he is concerned about the heirs' poten lial liability for the dump Although soil samples taken by the Texas Water Commission showed no contamination Johnson is skeptical and believes the site may pose a health hazard By Bavarly Martindale SWTWWrER REFUGIO Eight months and 10000 later the heirs to the John Ryals esute have missed a second Texas Department of Health deadline for cleaning up an illegal dump site in Refugio Ctounty The health department had given the property owners until Aug IS to dispose of more than 4S truckloads of wood debris brush household garbage tires old mattresses a charred house discarded furniture and construction materials on the 1 16-acre Ryals estate outside the city limits of Refugio The debris was originally dumped into gullies on the property in an effort to stop erosion The dumping is in violation of the Texas Department of Health's Municipal Solid Waste Management Regulations because it is being done without a permit according to the health department After a December 1989 inspection the health department gave the heirs until April I to clean up the trash When the heirs couldn't agree on the extent of the cleanup the state extended the deadline to Aug IS Jack Johnson a Ryals heir living in Refugio said that while some tires have been removed from the property the job is nowhere near being finished But he added it it it it i It it it it It it it i it it it i it it it it it it it no SODEO COWBOY CUT $2095 44 8MgMQNhf EZZBSEES ALL LADIES JEANS ft BLOUSES WRANGLER ROCKY MT PAN HANDLE SUN ROPER LEE SILVERLAKE OFF not too worried about missing the state's deadline will take another SIS000 to S23000 to finish the job" Johnson said Thursday "And keeping in touch with the state all the time" Joe Gonzales a health department field inspector based in the Corpus Christi regional office said Thursday that the health department has not yet had a chance to inspect the property and determine if another extension is warranted "We do a lot of inspections and we try to work them in so we get the most out of our travel funds" Gonzales said In the meantime the heirs have asked the city of Refugio to help i I i ALL CHILDRENS ft STUDENT JEANS WRANGLERS LEE OFF One-car wreck on SPID kills man critically injures another twice reports state Samora died at the scene The passenger in the car 24-year-old Lee Edward Mora of Corpus Christi was in critical condition at Memorial Medical Center Thursday night a spokeswoman said SPECIAL TABLE OF CHILDRENS AND LADIES JEANS BUY 1 GET 1 One Corpus Christi man was killed and another critically injured in a one-car accident just after am Thursday Jacob Richard Samora 21 was driving a 1989 Chevrolet Beret la west on South Padre Island Drive at a high rate of speed when the car failed to make the curve onto the Crosstown Expressway according to police reports The car struck the crash cushions and went into the air landed on its right side and rolled over i it it it 3 It JUSTIN MENS LADIES ORIGINAL ROPERS Men' 6 13 UdlM44 $88o TENT SALE CLEARANCE ULATIQNS JUSTIN MENS ft LADIES LACE UP ROPERS Mcn'i 6-13 LmAm9 $1Q)80 I i-A I COLORS 1 MaNwy MU dm Lm i 1 MUmNMCm LaUrt' MTaCwIUi Tt Cmm Nmv Tmpm 20 JUSTIN iwjo- YOUTH ROPERS LACE UP) 1UI Nell Collin Aransas Pass on your Jtn Weddina Anniversary We Loveu! 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