"Though U.S. EPA has prevailed in one of its longest-running enforcement matters, there's some debate over whether the payoff was worth all the effort."
"Under a consent decree released this month and currently available for public comment, a Massachusetts cranberry farmer will have to restore 26 acres of wetlands and pay a fine of $75,000 to resolve charges that he violated the Clean Water Act when he built two sections of his farm in the late 1970s and '80s.
It took 22 years to reach that decision, and one legal and environmental expert involved in the proceedings estimates that the government spent well over $10 million to pursue the matter."
John McArdle reports for Greenwire March 19, 2012.
Source: Greenwire, 03/21/2012
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