Spector has signed a consent order with DEC to resolve an enforcement action that alleged in 1996 and 1997 the company accepted more waste than allowed by its State permit to operate the transfer station on Avion Drive. The department also required Sidney Spector, the owner of the company, to give up ownership of the facility. As a result, Spector and the facility were recently purchased by Republic Industries, Inc., which will continue to operate it as a transfer station.
Permit limits are much more than just necessary paperwork.
In 1996 and 1997, Spector exceeded that limit on numerous ocassions, with average daily tonagges reaching as high as 606 tons a day in the second quarter of 1997. The new owner of the transfer station, Republic Industries, Inc. is a public corporation headquartered in Florida, which reported providing solid waste services in at least 18 states in 1996, including 43 transfer stations. They will continue to operate the station under the terms of Spector's permit, meaning it will be capped at an average of 385 tons a day.