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Armed personnel from the Environmental Protection Agency raided The Rooter Guys on Tracey Road Thursday morning.
"I have never seen that before," he said. "These guys were wearing bulletproof vests with 'federal agent' written across the back."
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The agents are investigating a possible illegal discharge, according Dan Redline, regional administrator of the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality.
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Illicit connections may be intentional or may be unknown to the business owner and often are due to the connection of floor drains to the storm sewer system.
If the violation has not been corrected pursuant to the requirements set forth in the Notice of Violation, or, in the event of an appeal, __ within days of the decision of the municipal authority upholding the decision of the authorized enforcement agency, then representatives of the authorized enforcement agency shall enter upon the subject private property and are authorized to take any and all measures necessary to abate the violation and/or restore the property. It shall be unlawful for any person, owner, agent or person in possession of any premises to refuse to allow the government agency or designated contractor to enter upon the premises for the purposes set forth above.
originally posted by: thisguyrighthere
Armed personnel from the Environmental Protection Agency raided The Rooter Guys on Tracey Road Thursday morning.
The agents are investigating a possible illegal discharge, according Dan Redline, regional administrator of the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality.
Todd Schaffer, an employee with The Rooter Guys, said the EPA came in and took all of the employees' names and contact information, but he wasn't interviewed.
"They just let us go back to work," he said. "We have to feed our kids, too."
It just said armed officers, doesn't even say if they had their weapons out, just that they were armed.
Todd Schaffer, an employee with The Rooter Guys, said the EPA came in and took all of the employees' names and contact information, but he wasn't interviewed.
"They just let us go back to work," he said. "We have to feed our kids, too."
I found out that we executed a search warrant at that location," said EPA spokesman Mark MacIntyre
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