I saw the approved permit/s myself and all looks kosher and in compliance with Bridgeport building regulations. I’m curious to know if the original poster on here actually saw the inspection “fail” themselves or if they’re simply making bogus claims. The progress being made on this lot looks wonderful and I know many of us are looking forward to seeing the final product and welcoming this family into our neighborhood. As for the few folks who seem to be outraged over this construction and constantly yelling at the clouds, well, they had the opportunity to purchase this lot themselves and they chose not to. So it goes. I hope they find peace and can enjoy this lovely summer weekend approaching.

If the owners of 108 Beacon St followed the rules and codes, there'd be no outrage.

The man that the owners of 108 Beacon St have hired to manage the site was sentenced in 2015 to a year and one day in a federal prison for a "felony count of treating, storing, and disposing of hazardous waste without a permit, in violation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act." The judge is quoted as telling Brian Davis at sentencing, "you're somebody who likes to skate around regulations ..."

Read below.

Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Northern District of New York

Subject: Tioga County Man Sentenced To Prison For Environmental Crime Brian Davis to Serve One Year and One Day in Prison for Illegally Treating, Storing, and Disposing of Hazardous Chemicals in Owego, New York

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndny/pr/tioga-county-man-sentenced-prison-environmental-crime

Tioga County Man Sentenced To Prison For Environmental Crime
Brian Davis to Serve One Year and One Day in Prison for Illegally Treating, Storing, and Disposing of Hazardous Chemicals in Owego, New York

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Brian Davis 46, of Owego, New York, was sentenced to serve one year and one day in federal prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to one felony count of treating, storing, and disposing of hazardous waste without a permit, in violation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian, Vernesa D. Jones-Allen, Special Agent in Charge, New York Area Office, Criminal Investigation Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA CID") and Basil Seggos, Acting Commissioner, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ("DEC"). In addition to the prison sentence, Davis was sentenced to pay a $5,000 fine and to serve a three-year term of supervised release after release from prison.

In June 2013, Davis, the owner of Large Car LLC, a company in Owego that installs and removes old industrial plating equipment for re-use or recycling, agreed to remove various hazardous chemicals, including arsenic, chromium, lead, and selenium, from a bankrupt waste generator facility in New Hampshire. Davis did not have a permit or environmental license to remove these chemicals, but nevertheless transported them to the Large Car LLC facility in Owego, New York, where he treated, stored, and disposed of them over the course of nearly a year. Davis stored the hazardous waste without labeling, and failed to properly isolate incompatible materials, or protect them from the elements. Davis also treated and disposed of much of this waste by igniting and evaporating it, mixing it with other materials, and shipping it to offsite locations without listing it on manifests, as required.

United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian said: "The illegal disposal of hazardous chemicals contaminates the environment and endangers public health. The defendant’s disregard of the statutory requirements that protect people and natural resources risked great harm. Prosecution of such conduct is a high priority."

"Industrial waste can pose serious threats to human health and the environment, so it’s imperative that companies dispose of their waste properly in order to protect local communities," said Special Agent in Charge Vernesa Jones-Allen, who oversees EPA’s criminal enforcement program in New York. "Today’s sentence demonstrates that when individuals refuse to comply with the law and put the public at serious risk, they will be held accountable for their actions." DEC Acting Commissioner Basil Seggos stated, "Violations of New York State’s environmental laws and regulations are serious offenses with serious consequences. This sentencing is the result

of the collaborative efforts of local, state and federal partners working together to accomplish a shared mission to protect our citizens and communities and should send a strong message that New York State has zero tolerance for those who shirk environmental policies and procedures put in place as protections."

This case was investigated by special agents and criminal investigators with EPA CID and DEC, and it was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Michael F. Perry.

https://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/public-safety/2015/11/24/owego-business-owner-gets-1-year-1-day-over-toxic-waste/76301732/

Business owner gets year in prison over toxic waste
John R. Roby
jroby@pressconnects.com | @PSBJRoby Nov 24, 2015

An Owego businessman will spend a year behind bars for improperly storing and disposing of hazardous waste, including repeatedly setting materials on fire and evaporating them.

A federal judge in Binghamton sentenced the owner of an Owego industrial recycling business to one year and one day in federal prison Tuesday for improperly storing and disposing of hazardous waste.

Brian Davis, 46, pleaded guilty May 12 to one felony count of violating the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Davis owns Large Car LLC, at 3481 Waverly Road in Owego.

As part of his sentence, Davis will also serve three years of supervised release and pay a $5,000 fine.

In his plea agreement, Davis acknowledged that for a period of 300 days between July 2013 and May 2014, he stored hazardous materials, including toxic heavy metals, without properly isolating them, protecting them from the elements, fencing their storage area or labeling them as hazardous.

Davis also admitted to disposing of “significant quantities of hazardous waste at the facility … by repeatedly igniting and evaporating it, thereby contaminating the environment, by mixing it with other materials, and by giving it away to others without manifesting it.”

He had faced up to five years in prison and a $15 million fine. Prosecutors had recommended a prison term of between 24 and 30 months, three years of supervised release and a fine of $50,000.

In presentencing motions, Davis' attorney had requested his client serve probation only, saying he "has been completely honest and upfront with his family, friends and business associates about his culpability, and since entering a guilty plea has continued to work diligently to repair his personal and business relationships."

On Tuesday, Binghamton attorney Patrick Kilker asked U.S. District Court Judge Thomas McAvoy to lessen the sentence, considering Davis "operates a unique business, one of the only businesses in the area capable of cleaning the environment."

Kilker requested "some combination of probation and home confinement so (Davis) can continue to work and be a productive member of society."

Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Perry pressed McAvoy for prison time as well as probation.

"Mr. Davis presents as an individual who knows only enough about environmental laws to be dangerous," Perry said.

In presentencing filings, prosecutors had argued that Davis' efforts at cleanup had been "anything but proactive."

“The defendant took so long and was so difficult to deal with during the cleanup process that the (overseeing) agencies were forced to threaten multiple times to take over the cleanup work entirely," prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum dated Nov. 12. "Even when the defendant was allowed to continue his cleanup efforts, his methods were questionable at times, including one instance in which the teenage son of the defendant's girlfriend, who was not wearing appropriate protective gear, was allowed to either work or play (it was difficult to tell which) among the barrels of hazardous waste illegally stored on site.”

Before sentencing, Davis disputed the characterization. No minor child was allowed to handle waste, he said, prompting the judge to ask if the young man was not there. He was present, Davis said, but was not near anything toxic.

"I would never expose anyone to hazardous waste," he said.

After pronouncing the sentence, McAvoy described Davis as "a study in contrasts."

"You're a bright guy, and you have some good in you," McAvoy said. "But I think you're somebody who likes to skate around regulations. You can't live that way anymore. You've got a lot of mountains to climb, but I think you're the kind of guy who can do it."

The case was investigated by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Criminal Investigation Division and by criminal investigators with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

Follow John R. Roby on Twitter @PSBJRoby.

Attention All Concerned,
We are the owners of 108 Beacon St.
It has been quite the introduction to the community.
We have been bullied and disparaged.
Not what we expected when we happily bought in where we thought was a welcoming environment.
There have been some exceptions and to those we are grateful.
However difficult this has been we are committed to making a home for our family and friends in our new home on Beacon.
We have hired only the most reputable professionals in their fields.
From our site contractor Brian Davis, architects, civil engineer, plumbers, electricians ...
They have assured us that our build has the standards of safety and compliance we and the City require.
Thus our permits have been issued.
Although it has at times been discouraging and the process has caused more inconvenience than necessary to everyone.
We are pleased that all is moving along full steam ahead.
We hope to live peacefully among you.
This house is all about our family and our peeps and if we make a couple of friends along the way its a bonus.

Marc & Maggie Walowitz

Acknowledged

Thank you for reporting the issue to the City of Bridgeport. The information was forwarded/assigned to the Building Department, for follow up on the issue.

Administrative Specialist-Tamar Morales assigned this issue to Building Official 4-Grabowski

6/28/22 Site Visit: 1:30 PM

The Contractor was not on site at time of visit. The orange card that is in question was a field inspection card that the Plumbing Inspector gave to the contractor. There were no visible violations on this site.

Building Official 4-Grabowski, the plumbing inspection card is dated 6/6/22. What the post above concerns is another Inspector seen issuing a red slip on 6/24/22.

On 6/17/22, AFTER the utility trench had been buried by the contractor, an inspector came by 108 Beacon St to inspect it. Before they got buried, before the Inspector came by to "inspect" buried trench, the lines in the utility trench for the electrical work looked as shown in this photo. Why are they not 4 feet deep down with sand on the bottom? Why are the pipes allowed to be on top of one another? Is that safe?

UI showed up today. It seems that UI wants to know if the electric line that was installed by the crew at 108 Beacon St to the pole is in fact within the boundaries of 108 Beacon St. City inspector?

Can the City of Bridgeport Building Dept please provide the contractor of record's CT state license here? How hard is that?

In 2022, Mr. Davis has been working the site at 108 Beacon St as the "contractor of record" under the "Inactive" CT license of Sergio S. Filho HIC.0654049 -- the "contractor of record" documented at the City of Bridgeport Building Dept. Note: The CT license is someone else's and it is inactive. How about some legal compliance?

Good to see that Mr. Davis has a CT state license. NHC.0016820 First issuance date on record / effective date 6/23/2022 Thank you!

NOPE

This map is from the Bridgeport website. It is clear that this property is outside of the historic district. Lying about this fact calls international question ALL of the “facts” stated by these whining neighbors.

J Stone, you should ask the Connecticut State Historic Preservation Association (1) how the 1978-established Black Rock Harbor historic district, which included this parcel, was changed legally (answer: it has not been), an then (2) what is the legal process for changing a historic district (answer: not what the City of Bridgeport Historic District Commission did in late 2019; the HDC itself can't change a historic district, much less try to enact such a change via a letter without so much as a vote by the HDC in the minutes!). Mark these words: A superior court judge will be taking care of this soon.

J Stone, the map you put up is incorrect and the only such incorrect map anywhere. The other maps you'll find, if you actually do more than scan your phone from the bleachers, do reflect the historic district and parcel in question. Here's a portion of one, from the City of Bridgeport no less, from 2011.

How come the well-compensated professionals at City Hall and the esteemed members of the Historic District Commission cannot figure this out? What's in it for them? What were they doing back in 2018 when suddenly this parcel -- hard to sell, needed some help for an old pal? -- seemingly appears outside the historic district in the screwy City of Bridgeport map you've put up as evidence. Laughable really.

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why don't the anonymous say their names. ???? pete spain. marge hiller , etc etc. ??? My husband and I have been bullied and disparagd by these same folks. so to the Walowitzs, I agree why didn't they buy the plot. and why are some peoples concerns more significant than others? I would like to tell you the sense of entitlement from this group will dissipate in time , but it won't , speaking from 25 yrs of living in black rock. It is sad.

and zoning changes - I agree its not historic district. In fact many may not have noticed but the couple who were on the zoning committee got their house slipped into the area with the swipe of a red pen. their house is on grovers not beacon st. and that is not historic district. so you know the corruption just seeps in every where. so my question is when is it okay to manipulate and when or at what point does it become not okay ? slippery slope huh?

M. Cook, the facts are clear that 108 Beacon St is in the Black Rock Harbor historic district. No idea what you're referring to about "the couple who were on the zoning committee." Rest up.

I am sure you do know what I am talking about and is was vacant land for a long time. why don't you go thru the step by step changes that the rezoning did in bridgeport. the changes are there. And you know what ? your "rest up " comment only substantiates that disparaging is what you all do . I would make my usual comment to people like you but it would get edited out.

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