California contractor to pay $240,000


Monday, August 18, 2008 | 1 comment(s)

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PORTLAND (AP) — A California contractor will pay a $48,000 penalty and $192,000 for stream improvement projects to compensate for erosion on a U.S. 20 improvement project west of Corvallis.

The $240,000 agreement between Granite Construction and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is the third-highest settlement of an environmental violation in the past decade.

The state said Granite cleared 160 acres of forest without adequately considering the effect on salmon and trout streams. Dirt reduced the ability of the fish to feed and reproduce.

Construction resumed this summer on the seven-mile highway segment to replace a winding section of U.S. 20 between Corvallis and Newport.

A criminal investigation is continuing.
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Tony wrote on Aug 18, 2008 7:51 PM:

Granite pays $240 thousand for 160 acres of clearing. How are they going to pay for that? Oh, thats right they negotiated a $40 million raise on their ODOT road work as part of Yaquina Bay JV. See details under ODOT Bid Letting. Does that not work out to 160 times their fine?

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