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Group to Sue Builder for Alleged Violations

PITTSBURG, CA-A developer may have violated several federal and state laws, resulting in the destruction of wetlands and wildlife, when building a $1 billion housing project. Environmentalists have issued a notice of intent to sue.

By Michelle Savage | Updated on October 05, 2001

PITTSBURG, CA—Environmentalists have served legal notice of their plans to sue a Concord developer for violation of federal and state laws when building a $1 billion housing project.

The Center for Biological Diversity sent the city of Pittsburg and Concord-based West Coast Home Builders Inc., owned by A.D. Construction Co., a 60-day notice this week saying that the center intends to sue under the Federal Endangered Species Act for the developer’s alleged destruction of wetlands when building the project.

The California Department of Fish and Game had already ordered the developer not to fill, dredge or grade within 20 feet of any creek or pond at its San Marco subdivision or use water from the area in an August notice suspending the company’s Streambed Alteration permit.

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