Environmental Exposures and Lender Concerns

Environmental Assessments (cont.) 404/Wetlands Permit issue - not contamination Wetlands-Mississippi: Corporation Pleads Guilty to Illegally Filling Protected Wetlands The United States Department of Justice ("DOJ") obtained a guilty plea from Mississippi-based Hancock County Land, LLC to the unpermitted filling of wetlands near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi in violation of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. HCL agreed to pay a one million dollar fine and take remedial measures for two alleged felony violations of the Clean Water Act. 34

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