Cooper Land company agrees to settle lawsuit.Cooper Land Development Inc. of Rogers, a luxury home development company, will pay a civil penalty of $513,740 and implement a stormwater compliance program at its construction sites to settle violations of the Clean Water Act, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and announced last week. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a consent decree A settlement of a lawsuit or criminal case in which a person or company agrees to take specific actions without admitting fault or guilt for the situation that led to the lawsuit. A consent decree is a settlement that is contained in a court order. filed in U.S. District Court in Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , Mo., Cooper Land Development has agreed to settle the allegations that it failed to properly manage construction site stormwater runoff and implement erosion control at five of its housing developments in Missouri, West Virginia and Arkansas. The penalty will be paid in four annual installments, plus interest. Additionally, Cooper Land Development must implement a company-wide stormwater compliance program that provides for improved environmental performance and increased oversight of its operations at all of its current and future construction sites. In addition to its Creekmoor development at Raymore, Mo., and Glade Springs Village near Daniels, W.Va., those sites include Bella Vista Village, Hot Springs Village and Sienna sienna: see ocher. Lake, all in Arkansas. The consent decree, lodged in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, is subject to a 30-day public comment period and approval by the federal court. |
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