Home Depot fined over clean water laws
By Todd Hartman, Rocky Mountain News
Published February 27, 2008 at 12:05 a.m.
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Home Depot has agreed to pay a $1.3 million fine to resolve allegations it failed to follow clean water laws at 30 construction sites in 28 states, including three sites in Colorado.
The settlement, filed Tuesday in federal court in Delaware, includes a $30,000 payment to Colorado, according to Mark Salley, a spokesman for the state's Department of Public Health and Environment.
Home Depot allegedly failed to obtain proper environmental permits before starting work, and failed to take steps to prevent silt, dirt and debris from flowing off construction sites during rainstorms, according to court papers.
The Colorado sites included two in Aurora and one in Evergreen.
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