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Illegal Dumping Yearly Breakdown

Yearly Breakdown of Illegal Dumping Cases in Tompkins County

	1990*	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
January	0	23	29	16	4	14	17	14	21	11	7	17	7	9	16	21
February	0	18	32	7	11	9	28	20	20	15	16	10	7	7	8	18
March	0	26	28	12	10	32	17	17	20	18	24	12	12	18	17	18
April	47	30	25	46	51	20	28	28	31	24	24	38	16	25	27	38
May	33	22	25	25	26	31	29	22	25	18	32	19	28	21	18	27
June	32	17	25	16	30	26	18	22	18	19	27	16	19	19	18	25
July	24	28	26	18	16	22	20	18	18	23	22	28	26	8	28	30
August	19	16	29	20	22	31	21	20	25	18	21	26	31	27	28	41
September	20	19	4	13	16	14	27	18	14	17	32	17	24	21	27	37
October	19	14	11	19	25	15	30	18	27	24	28	23	20	17	32	26
November	18	16	28	11	20	15	23	10	21	26	23	26	13	21	36	37
December	17	16	10	8	17	10	15	12	20	27	14	15	8	14	50	29

Totals	229	245	272	211	248	239	273	219	260	240	270	247	211	208	305	347

* Monthly figures through September, 1992 are estimated using Sheriff Department monthly and annual reports and statistics from the Ithaca Police Department.

Breakdown of Illegal Dumping Investigations

Number of Illegal Dumping Cases Recorded	4024
Number of Cases with No Traceable Evidence	1444
Number of Cases Resolved	1975
Cases Initiated by Enforcement Officer	291
Number of Civil Penalties Issued	1308
Amount Recovered for Clean Up Plan	$23169

Breakdown of Illegal Dumping Cases by Municipality

	Number of Cases Recorded	Tickets/Fines Issued	Est. Tonnage of Materials Dumped
CAROLINE	156	25	14.26
DANBY	259	20	23.35
DRYDEN	550	78	40.37
ENFIELD	241	38	41.16
GROTON	152	12	13.07
ITHACA	352	43	16.51
LANSING	311	35	13.43
ULYSSES	108	10	4.31
CITY OF ITHACA	1644	405	66.38
NEWFIELD	251	17	26.31

TOTAL	4024	*1164	259.14

*Some in unspecified areas

Percentage of Resolved Cases to Total

	% of Illegal Dumping Cases
1990	19.65
1991	10.61
1992	13.24
1993	51.66
1994	39.52
1995	52.72
1996	67.77
1997	62.56
1998	60.00
1999	51.67
2000	61.11
2001	70.04
2002	60.66
2003	61.06
2004	51.15
2005	53.03