EPA Fines Companies for Filling Wetlands

Three Taunton, Mass., construction companies have been ordered to pay a total of $137,500 to settle claims by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that they filled nine acres of Taunton wetlands without obtaining permits, according to a report in the Boston Business Journal.

Taunton Development Corp., Condyne LLC, and G. Lopes Construction Inc., have been fined for reported violations that occurred two years ago while the companies were preparing the 244-acre site for a 1 million-square-foot warehouse, according to the Boston Business Journal.