OH AG Asks Court to Find Austin Master Services, CFO in Contempt

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is asking a Belmont County judge to find Austin Master Services (AMS) and Brad D. Domitrovitsch, who is in control of the company, in contempt for "failing to meet the court’s deadline to clean up the illegal levels of fracking waste stored at its recycling facility in Martins Ferry." AMS is a radiological waste management solutions company operating in Belmont County, OH, close to the Ohio River. Media accounts report that AMS has stored at least 10,000 tons of fracking waste (drill cuttings with low radioactivity) at the Martins Ferry facility. The facility is rated and permitted to hold 600 tons. In March, Yost requested Belmont County Common Pleas Court to block AMS from receiving any more waste and order it to comply with its rating (see Ohio AG Sues Austin Master Services for Unsafe Storage of Wastewater). The court granted both requests with a deadline of April 17 to comply (see Court Orders Austin Master to Clean Up Martins Ferry Frack Waste). The deadline came and went. Yost says AMS is still out of compliance, hence the request for an order holding the company in contempt.

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