Atlanta — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined two Triangle-area developers for violating the Clean Water Act.
The violations stem from excessive stormwater runoff from their projects into nearby creeks. Runoff is a leading cause of pollution and sediment in nearly 40 percent of bodies of water nationwide that don't meet water-quality standards, officials said.
Wendell Falls Development LLC was fined $21,000 for three violations at its Wendell Falls subdivision in Wendell, while Lake Glad Commercial LLC was fined $5,000 for violations at the Highland Trails Commercial Center in Creedmoor.



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What? A lot of it is about resources. DENR is a state agency. Can you imagine the manpoer that would be needed to oversee all DOT projects? And guess where those salaries would come from? Taxpayers.
October 20, 2009 5:07 p.m.
October 20, 2009 4:06 p.m.
And a whole paragraph devoted to explaining why it's alright that some of those contaminants are in there.
October 20, 2009 3:28 p.m.
Atlanta Is involved because that is the local office for this region.
The permitting and NOI process is getting more and more difficult to get approved. For the record Highways with extremely small right of ways are some of the hardest areas to provided E/S controls for, because of large drainage areas and velocity of the runoff on steep slopes.
October 20, 2009 1:59 p.m.
October 20, 2009 1:07 p.m.