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Malibu mobile home park receives reduced fine for sewage spills; Paradise Cove has been ordered by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Board to pay only $54,500 of a $1.65-million penalty, a move that has angered Heal the Bay

Posted by: Maven on November 19, 2009 at 6:13 am

paradise coveFrom the Los Angeles Times:

“A Malibu mobile home park that was hit with a proposed fine of $1.65 million in February for repeatedly allowing raw or partially treated sewage to spill into the ocean and local creeks will be ordered to pay a mere fraction of the penalty, an outcome that has infuriated a key environmental group.

The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Board slashed to $54,500 its proposed fine against the owners of Paradise Cove, which sits on one of the most polluted beaches along Santa Monica Bay.

Calling the action a “travesty of justice,” Heal the Bay President Mark Gold excoriated the board’s staff and attorneys for making what he called “egregious” procedural errors. The revised order was issued late Tuesday.

“This inaction sends a loud message that it’s a lot cheaper to pollute than it is to comply with the Clean Water Act and protect public health,” Gold said in an interview. In an e-mail, he described the errors that led to the whittling down of the fine as “inexcusable and unconscionable.” … “

Click here to read more from the Los Angeles Times.

Click here to read Mark Gold’s response on the Spouting Off blog.

November 19, 2009 · Filed Under Southern California

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