Cherokee Nation fines landfill more than $1M
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
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Environment
The Cherokee Nation Environmental Protection Commission has fined a landfill company more than $1 million for allegedly violating tribal and federal law.
The commission gave operator Indian Country Investments 30 days to pay the fine. The company could seek a hearing on the charges.
The landfill was fined for leakage from an unlined storage pond, failing to cover accumulated refuse adequately with soil, and excessive methane gas levels.
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Tribe levies $1 million fine against landfill
(The Tulsa World 9/5)
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