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May 7, 2010

Developer fined $134K for damaging streams

By JOURNAL STAFF

The state Department of Ecology said it fined real estate developer David Milne $134,000 for violating laws regarding stormwater runoff from construction sites. Ecology said Milne's mismanagement of a 40-acre construction site destroyed steelhead and salmon streams in Mount Vernon in 2008.

“This series of violations is one of the most egregious we've seen from a construction site,” said Ecology Director Ted Sturdevant in a prepared statement. “The destruction of habitat and blatant disregard for neighboring property is unacceptable. This was entirely preventable.”


 
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