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Company: Garden Homes
Penalty: $225,000
Year: 2015
Date: May 29, 2015
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it have reached an agreement with Garden Homes and its affiliated companies to settle their alleged failure to control stormwater discharges. These failures potentially resulted in pollutant discharges to the Passaic, Hackensack, Rahway, Raritan, Saddle and Delaware River watersheds. The agreement requires Garden Homes to pay a $225,000 penalty and implement measures to improve the companys stormwater practices. In addition, the company has agreed to provide 108 acres of land for preservation within the Highlands Preservation Area in Morris County, New Jersey, protecting it from possible future development. This land contains approximately 23 acres of wetlands adjacent to the Berkshire Valley Wildlife Management Area and in the Highlands Preservation Area, a critical drinking water protection area for the state of New Jersey.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency referral to the Justice Department
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: New Jersey
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