The Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday that the demolition of the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose has not started due to issues regarding landfill access.
The EPA is waiting on modification to the preferred landfill’s ‘Certificate of Designation’ to receive the demolition material.
According to the EPA, their response team and contractors have been working for many weeks on the plan, but they are unable to move forward until the agreement is in place.
The EPA said in a statement, “We regret this unfortunate delay and stand ready to initiate the demolition as soon as possible. We will continue to work diligently to move forward and are committed to initiating demolition and removal of the building once landfill access is secured.”
The demolition, which was supposed to start this week, is being delayed for a second time. The original demolition, which was scheduled for January 17th, was postponed due to scheduling issues.
