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Tompkins County Board of Health approves enforcement actions for parks and housing sites, seeks further penalties for repeat violations
Summary
The Tompkins County Board of Health approved three environmental‑health items addressing water outages and sewage discharges at Bailey Park, a state mobile‑home park, and Kensho Village Memorial District; staff will pursue system upgrades and may return with additional penalties after inspections.
The Tompkins County Board of Health voted unanimously to approve three environmental‑health enforcement items addressing intermittent potable‑water outages and sewage discharges at local sites.
Environmental health staff Skip said the department issued a notice of violation at Bailey Park after an extended period of intermittent water caused by a leak. "We did issue a notice of violation and they did end up meeting the requirements of that notice violation," Skip said, adding that the department is not proposing a monetary fine for Bailey Park but is seeking distribution‑system improvements (valves and isolation capability) so future leaks…
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