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Article: PROPERTY OWNERS STUCK WITH METH CLEANUP BILLS
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- Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
- Article date:
- April 5, 2009
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INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana's methamphetamine epidemic is leaving
property owners paying cleanup bills long after the meth labs have
been dismantled by police.
An Indiana law that took effect two years ago says the cost of
cleanup falls to property owners even though they likely had nothing
to do with cooking the illegal drug.
High tab
That tab, said Phil Ball of Aegis Environmental Inc. in
Greenwood, can run anywhere from $5,000 to $35,000.
More landlords are liable to face such bills. Indiana State
Police and other agencies uncovered 1,092 labs in the state in 2008,
a 31 percent increase from 2007.
Homes, apartments, house trailers, hotels and motels all can be
havens for meth labs, which often ...