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$1M Set Aside For Jersey Coast After Shipping Company Fined For Pollution $1M Set Aside For Jersey Coast After Shipping Company Fined For Pollution
$1M Set Aside For Jersey Coast After Shipping Company Fined For Pollution An Italian shipping company will pay a $4 million fine for dumping oily waste and other pollutants into the ocean and lying about it to the Coast Guard during a 2015 inspection in Bayonne, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said in a statement Wednesday.  The company, d'Amico Shipping Italia S.p.A., pleaded guilty to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. In addition to the fine, the company will be subjected to oversight by a court-appointed monitor for four years.  The oil tanker Cielo di Milano made repeated stops at ports in New Jersey, Maryland and Florida. From 2014 t…

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by Paul Milo
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Lawmaker: NJ Probes Pumping Into Stream From Mahwah/USR Construction Site Lawmaker: NJ Probes Pumping Into Stream From Mahwah/USR Construction Site
Lawmaker: NJ Probes Pumping Into Stream From Mahwah/USR Construction Site UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. – State environmental authorities on Monday will investigate the pumping of muddy water into a stream from a luxury-housing construction site at the former Apple Ridge Country Club in northwest Bergen County, state Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi said. ****** UPDATE: Following the release of a video by a concerned citizen, pressure from a state assemblywoman and coverage from Daily Voice, Bergen County authorities have ordered builders to stop pumping muddy water into a nearby stream from a site slated for dozens of luxury homes in Upper Saddle River and Mahwah. https…

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by Jerry DeMarco