Henderson County personnel accused of illegal dumping

HENDERSON COUNTY– A Henderson County Commissioner’s crew is accused of illegally dumping near the Trinity River. According to our news partner KETK, the Henderson County Fire Marshall received a complaint about County Commissioner Precinct 1 work crews dumping items on the property of the Trinity River Authority. The Trinity River Authority supervises the surface water resources of the Trinity River Basin. Due to the complaint, the Fire Marshall’s office and the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality are doing a joint investigation.

Precinct 1 County Commissioner Wendy Spivey said in a statement posted on her facebook page, “I was unaware of the County ever dumping any material in an eroded ditch, but apparently this has happened several times in the past 25 years.”

Spivey went on to say it has been common practice “by all county precincts” to dump excess dirt, concrete rubble and other leftover materials from road repairs into washouts, low spots and eroded areas “in the landowners property.” She said this have been done to “help the landowner and save the County taxpayers the cost to haul the excess materials off.”

Spivey said her office is investigating the situation.