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YOUNGSTOWN The Ohio Attorney General’s Office has filed a civil action in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court attempting to hold George Kuriatnyk Sr. of Girard and his business, K & M Shingle Recycling of Girard, responsible for the dumping of demolition debris and 1,000 tires at 4136 East Dennick Ave. on the North Side.
The suit states that before May 31, 2017, Kuriatnyk was not the owner of the Dennick property, but he operated it. The site is not far from the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center.
The legal action states that in 2013, inspectors with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency observed construction and demolition debris, or C&DD, illegally disposed of on the Dennick property, and Kuriatnyk was notified of the violation. In 2016, the Ohio EPA director ordered Kuriatnyk to remove shingles and C&DD illegally dumped on the property, but he did not comply.