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Rhode Island’s apical ineligible main says a Massachusetts operation institution volition wage $11 cardinal to settee transgression charges that it illegally dumped thousands of tons of contaminated capable during a road operation project
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island's apical ineligible main announced Wednesday that a Massachusetts operation institution has agreed to wage $11 cardinal to settee transgression charges that it illegally dumped thousands of tons of contaminated capable successful the Ocean State's Capitol metropolis during a road operation project.
According to Attorney General Peter Neronha's office, Barletta Heavy Division Inc. of Canton not lone violated authorities instrumentality erstwhile it disposed the contaminated capable successful Rhode Island but besides “deceived authorities regulators” erstwhile pressed astir the root of the fill.
Neronha filed authorities transgression charges against Barletta successful aboriginal 2023 aft the institution agreed to wage $1.5 cardinal successful a colony with the national authorities implicit the aforesaid operation fill.
“When the national lawsuit against Barletta was resolved immoderate clip ago, I powerfully believed that Rhode Islanders deserved a amended outcome, and truthful we proceeded with our authorities case," Neronha said successful a statement. “I americium pleased that now, due to the fact that of our demonstrated willingness to instrumentality this lawsuit to trial, Barletta has paid an unprecedented monetary magnitude of $11 cardinal dollars to resoluteness our case.”
Barletta oversaw a $247 cardinal project, that started successful 2018, to rebuild the Route 6/10 interchange. The charges progressive construction-fill disposal that took spot successful 2020, wherever investigators accidental the institution transported backfill from different projects to the Route 6/10 site. The task has since been completed.
“With today’s colony statement and the dismissal with prejudice of each transgression and civilian charges successful this case, Barletta is pleased to enactment this substance down america and looks guardant to continuing our agelong past of successfully and responsibly delivering satellite people nationalist infrastructure projects," said Shannon Reilly, an lawyer representing Barletta.
When the authorities transgression charges were filed, the institution said the ungraded was “urban fill " — commonly recovered successful metropolis settings passim the U.S. The lawyer general's bureau maintained that the capable contained hazardous materials and the institution disposed much than 4,500 tons successful Rhode Island.
"Whether Barletta learns from this acquisition remains to beryllium seen. But they person paid a dense terms for their unlawful, irresponsible, and deceptive behavior, and deservedly so,” Neronha said.
Proceeds of the $11 cardinal colony volition beryllium utilized to money dental attraction services for Providence metropolis youth, Neronha added.
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