EPA Sues Alltel
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
The federal Environmental Protection Agency
today says Alltel would pay a one million dollar fine and carry
out anti-pollution audits nationwide under a settlement reached
with the EPA.
The EPA says the consent decree was filed today at federal
court in Little Rock. That`s where the federal government also
filed a suit today accusing the company of failing to get required
permits and keep required records at 205 facilities in 18 states.
The agency says Little Rock-based Alltel agreed to carry out the
environmental-compliance audits at more than 75-hundred sites
around the nation.
The telecommunications company says the complaint and settlement
dealt with record keeping and reporting requirements, and that
Alltel never allowed the improper release of any material that
would harm the environment or the public.
Posted by Mike Hellgren
