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Centex To Pay $40,000 Environmental Fine

INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, MN-The residential developer agreed to pay the penalty related to overflow from stormwater runoff. The problem occurred three years ago as part of the first phase of Lafayette Park Town Homes, a housing development located southwest of Seidl Lake Park.

By Jim McCartney | Updated on August 30, 2005

INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, MN-Centex Homes, a Minnetonka-based residential developer who is owned by Dallas-based Centex Corp., has agreed to pay a $40,000 penalty to resolve violations of state rules governing treatment of stormwater runoff at a housing development here three years ago, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said Monday.

The alleged violations took place at the first phase of Lafayette Park Town Homes. The company obtained a general permit for management of storm water runoff at construction projects and as part of stormwater management activities, the company built a basin at the site to collect runoff and settle out sediment.

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