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June 04, 2009
Worcester, MA Contractor Violates Clean Water Act
I can hardly believe that so many firms in the U.S. keep ignoring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rules concerning runoff, and those written in the Clean Water Act.
Once again, this time in Worcester, MA, Bailin & Associates, Inc., while building a 79-acre residential subdivision of townhouses (pictured), starting in 2003 neglected to get a water discharge permit or a NPDES General Permit for Storm Water Discharges from Construction Activities.
Then, both before and after Bailin received permit coverage on May 29, 2008, they formed a detention pond with a manually-activated submersible pump that discharged silt laden water to a wooded wetland, flowed through a channel into an unnamed tributary, through a series of ponds, then to Beaver Brook and ultimately to the Blackstone River.
Balin's fine for this example of stupidity, while yet to be finalized, can be up to up to $157,000, as reported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at June 4, 2009 07:29 PM
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