NY DEC Cites Trucks for Idling, Leaks, Waste Violations
DEC's Division of Law Enforcement said Environmental Conservation Police Officers in Region 3 ran an area-wide commercial-vehicle detail in October across Orange, Rockland and Westchester counties. The agency described several cases. On October 19 in Tuxedo, officers found trucks dumping fill contaminated with construction debris at a site and ticketed drivers for lacking a waste tracking document and for transporting waste without the required registration. On October 21 in Tarrytown, a stop of a waste-oil vacuum truck turned up an expired diesel-emissions inspection sticker and an expired Part 364 waste-transporter registration; the company was ticketed for both. On October 24 in Ramapo, officers found a truck idling nearly 10 minutes while leaking fluid from a wheel hub and cited the driver for exceeding the five-minute diesel-idling limit and for depositing an unwholesome substance on a highway. An October 31 sweep in Yonkers produced 13 tickets and a written warning for unregistered waste transporters and uncovered solid-waste loads. DEC said it routinely patrols Yonkers as an Environmental Justice community.
What's next
- No additional enforcement dates or penalty amounts were disclosed in the release.
- Watch for further DEC Region 3 commercial-vehicle details in these counties.
All sources
- Environmental Conservation Police on Patrol: Commercial Vehicle Detail, Orange/Rockland/Westchester Counties — Government site: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Law Enforcement, 2026-11-09
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