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Indian Hills Community College was fined $4,000 for soil runoff at its new academic building construction site. A routine inspection at the construction site found several parts of the perimeter soil controls damaged or failing.
As a result, the soil eroded into waterways, which, according to the Department of Natural Resources, “Failure to properly manage stormwater runoff from construction sites degrades surface water quality and deposits excess sediment in water channels.” The extent of pollution was unclear in the order.
In another recent case, the Department of Natural Resources fined Interstate Land Properties $6,500 for soil erosion from a residential construction site. Due to nonexistent and failing soil controls, sediment from the area went into two tributaries of Ballard Creek.