Stow Company To Pay $16,000 Penalty
for Violating Waste Site Cleanup Requirements

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has penalized J. Melone & Sons, Inc. of Stow $16,000 for violating Waste Site Cleanup regulations connected to the company's property at 77 White Pond Road.
      
In May 2005, J. Melone & Sons had entered into a consent order with MassDEP for prior violations of the waste site cleanup regulations at its property. In the ensuing years, the company completed a portion of the required work, but failed to comply with a number of the deadlines, terms and conditions agreed to and contained in that order.

MassDEP and J. Melone & Sons have recently negotiated a second settlement agreement, which establishes new cleanup deadlines, and requires the payment of $16,000 in stipulated penalties contained in the original order.

"Violations of deadlines established and agreed upon by both parties for a cleanup can not be taken lightly," said Martin Suuberg, director of MassDEP's Central Regional Office in Worcester.

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