The largest illegal dump site in Clinton County, the Blue Ridge dump, is now not only complete, but smoothed out and sewn in grass, almost making it impossible for anyone who did not already know that such a large dump site had even existed.

The cleanup was paid totally through a state Environmental Protection related grant and was completed at a total project cost of $183,900, which was under budget for the major project.

The contract was awarded by Clinton County Fiscal Court to B & S Transfer of London, Kentucky, which began the project in March and had it complete by the end of May. The company apparently told local officials the Blue Ridge site had been one of the larger illegal dump sites it had cleaned up in a while.

B & S Transfer has been in the dump cleanup business since 1993 and have worked in several area counties, as far away as Clay and Breathitt, and as close as neighboring Cumberland County.

The company uses various types of equipment for its projects and, in the case at Blue Ridge, utilized two excavators, a DC bulldozer, a skid steer with garbage bucket, a backhoe and dump trucks and demolition tractors and trailers to be able to handle the mass amount of debris that was removed from the site.

The Blue Ridge site was one of several dump sites being cleared this year with grant funds and through the Litter Abatement program. Smaller dumps are being cleaned up with local labor and equipment.

Solid Waste Coordinator Rick Stearns said that ‘No Dumping’ signs have been posted at Blue Ridge and officials will keep check on that and all other suspected illegal dumping locations, as illegal dumping is against the law and subject to fines and other penalties for violators.

The top photo shows just some of the tons of debris that was removed during the cleanup of the Blue Ridge illegal dump site. The photo left, shows contract workers planting trees at the site as part of the completion process and the above photo shows the large amount of tires alone that were picked up at the dump site.