Saturday, March 3, 2012

Developer fined $470,000 for Kilbuck site.

Byline: Larissa Theodore

Jan. 18--KILBUCK TWP. -- The developer of a proposed Wal-Mart-anchored shopping plaza in Kilbuck Township has been slapped with nearly a half-million dollars in civil penalties for failing to come up with sufficient plans to stabilize the site of a September landslide along Route 65.

The state Department of Environmental Protection filed a complaint Wednesday against Kilbuck Properties that carries civil penalties of $470,000, the maximum allowed under the state's "Clean Streams Law." The DEP also issued an order that establishes a strict timeline, stringent performance standards, daily 24-hour property monitoring and biweekly …

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