'Egregious' Sediment Runoff Led to Fines

March 14, 2005

NCTimes.com
By: DAVID FRIED - Staff Writer

ESCONDIDO ---- Longstanding failure to prevent runoff during heavy rains at the Escondido Research and Technology Center construction site resulted in the hefty $1.26 million fine a regional water board levied against the center’s developer this week, said officials familiar with the complaint. The Regional Water Quality Control board assessed the fine against JRMC Real Estate because the developer had consistently failed to implement erosion protection measures, according to Bob Morris, senior engineer for the board’s northern region watershed protection division.

“Although there was a large rainfall this season, the amount of erosion that came off this site was egregious,” Morris said Friday...Read More

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