One of the region’s most prominent property rights activists has been indicted by a Clinton County grand jury on criminal charges of “environmental endangerment,” according to the Plattsburgh Press-Republican.<\/p>\n
Both the Douglas Corp. and Douglas are accused of endangering “the public health, safety or the environment” \u2014 a third-degree felony \u2014 according to the indictment signed by Clinton County District Attorney Andrew Wylie.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Douglas is accused of spilling waste oil on his land near Silver Lake in 2008.<\/p>\n
The indictment also carries six misdemeanor counts: prohibited disposal of solid waste, disturbance of streambeds without a valid permit, failure to register a petroleum bulk-storage facility, failure to provide overfill prevention and secondary containment systems, failure to report spills or leaks and failure to properly close petroleum bulk-service tanks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Douglas has been a prominent figure in the anti-Adirondack Park Agency movement, repeatedly alleging that he’s being harassed by state agencies in an effort to force the sale of his land.<\/p>\n