Kathy Nolan, senior researcher for Catskill Mountainkeeper, said the orders are good news to residents of the area.
“The DEC apparently looked at all the materials that had been submitted to them and they had inspected the site and they put together a list of dozens of violations that were present on the three properties owned by Joseph and Rachel Karolys and basically shut them down by informing them that it is illegal to proceed in the face of those regulations,” she said.