An abandoned boat filled with garbage bags was removed from a dump site along Talmage Road in Ukiah Thursday, the Mendocino County District Attorney's Office reported.
The office of DA David Eyster reported that Eyster and his "Chief Investigator came upon a dump site on Talmage Road just east of Babcock Lane" that included a boat and trailed full of plastic garbage bags and other debris, with more garbage, engine parts, petroleum products, and debris spread on the ground around the boat."
Of special concern to DA personnel were the "full motor oil containers on the ground ... along with empty cans, bottles, miscellaneous garbage and disassembled engine parts all within feet of a nearby creek that runs east to the Russian River," and they noted that "California Fish and Game Code section 5652 makes it a crime to abandon, dispose of, or throw away within 150 feet of the high-water mark of creeks and rivers any cans, bottles, garbage, motor vehicle or parts thereof, rubbish, litter, refuse, waste, or other debris."
Eyster explains that "DA Investigator Robert Simas, a retired CHP officer, was assigned to further investigate the abandonment and environmental issues," and began the process of abating what Eyster's office "deemed both a public and environmental nuisance."
The DA's office noted that "no responsible party has yet been identified, (and) rather than refer the matter to the Mendocino County vehicle abatement program, the DA authorized the use of environmental penalty fees on account with his office to have the site immediately remediated by a local business. As of the close of business Thursday, the boat, its contents of garbage, and all the garbage and other debris surrounding it has been gathered, towed away, and readied for proper disposal (to accomplish)an immediate fix to keep this particular dump site from expanding."
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