A local official said proper authorities were notified, but state regulators said they weren’t made aware of the blaze until an inspection two weeks after the fire began.
A public hearing is being held at the Oxford Civic Center Tuesday evening regarding proposed issuance of permits to Pillar Materials, LLC for a proposed quarry
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management has proposed a fine in the amount of $250,000 against Environmental Landfill, Inc., after its landfill burned for months.
Continental Carbon Co. has been ordered by the EPA to shutter a tire tread-grade carbon black plant near the Alabama-Georgia border that is has operated since the mid-1980s.