The heirs of Bert Smith, known as 'Mr. Sagebrush Rebellion,' were ordered to pay $2.3 million to the federal government after the EPA says it spent $5 million in remediation costs during the Ogden Swift Building Superfund cleanup.
EPA reports the site, chock-full of thousands of containers with dangerous materials, cost $5 million to remedy.
For decades, Bert Smith stored thousands of containers of flammable, corrosive and explosive chemicals at an industrial complex on the banks of the Weber River known as the Swift Building.. Ogden City then bought the property in 2017, largely sight unseen. But upon entering the structures, city officials found an astonishing array of substances like mercury, acids and poisons. Some of the floors of the former five-story meatpacking building had collapsed.
Surplus lots are likely how Smith ended up with an arsenal of hazardous substances. Decades ago, the Department of Defense would package an assortment of goods together in its sales.
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