ApocaDocs: IDEM stops giving fines, punishments

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Posted Sun Dec 28 2008: from Merrillville Post-Tribune:


	IDEM stops giving fines, punishments http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1230485093 The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has stopped issuing fines against other state agencies in Indiana that violate their environmental permits. For instance, the Indiana Department of Transportation violated wastewater permits for rest stops across the state more than 550 times over four years. It discharged sludge and ammonia into streams, causing algae blooms and potential damage to aquatic life. But INDOT got no fines. It got off with a legal slap on the wrist. Environmentalists are appalled, calling it a "creeping lack of accountability" and commitment to enforcing the law.

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