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Four Large-Scale Solar Projects Fined $1.34M for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

November 17, 2022

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have settled to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act with four separate large-scale solar farm owners in Alabama, Idaho, and Illinois. The solar farm owners—all subsidiaries of large international finance and investment companies—used a common construction contractor for their farms.

The federal agencies on Nov. 14 said the four settlements—a combined $1.34 million in civil penalties—resolved violations of construction permit violations and stormwater mismanagement alleged in four separate complaints filed on Monday. The states of Alabama and Illinois joined in the Alabama and Illinois settlements.

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