A hearing is expected in state district court this week, in order to file the final paperwork in the resolution of a major illegal dumping suit, involving a famous demolition company’s handling of debris from Texas A&M University-Commerce.
But Hunt County Civil Attorney Daniel Ray said it will probably be after the first of the year before the litigation against A&R Demolition Inc. can be completely settled.
A hearing is scheduled Monday in the 196th District Court.
“We have some paperwork we are going to get to the judge,” Ray said.
While Hunt County and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) have approved the settlement in the case, the Texas Attorney General has yet to issue a formal approval of the settlement.
Ray said the final settlement is awaiting a 30-day publication period, which has not yet expired.
“I am going to ask the judge to reset it to the end of January, to give the Attorney General enough time to sign off on the agreement,” Ray explained, adding the settlement payment came to $5,600.
The county and the TCEQ filed the suit against the Travis County demolition company, which made headlines when it destroyed two north Texas sports landmarks, in July 2011, alleging the business illegally disposed of debris from Texas A&M University-Commerce.
Attorneys notified the 196th District Court in July 2013 that an agreement had been reached in the case. A&R Demolition was responsible for the destruction of Texas Stadium in Irving in April 2010 and Reunion Arena in Dallas in November 2009.
According to the suit, A&R Demolition tore down the former West Halls dormitories on the university campus beginning in July 2010, then illegally disposed of the debris at locations on County Road 4904 — identified in the suit as “the McGee property” — near Wolfe City and on County Road 4204 — identified in the suit as “the Jones property” — between Neylandville and Campbell.
The company and another defendant named in the litigation, Jim Rawson of Justin, had filed general denials of all claims raised in the suit.