DEP fines contractor for I-99 violations that led to creek pollution

“In this case our office decided not to pursue it because our usual stance when we find violations like that is that we give them a chance to fix it up and come into compliance. But DEP has the prerogative to pursue it themselves.”

State environmental regulators said Tuesday they have fined an Interstate 99 contractor $20,000 for sedimentation control violations in northern Blair County three years ago that led to pollution of South Bald Eagle Creek tributaries.

The Department of Environmental Protection fined A&L Inc. of Belle Vernon, Westmoreland County, for violating the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law in late 2004 and early 2005 during excavation of Interstate 99 in Blair County, DEP Regional Director Robert Yowell said. Read more