[MA]Allegations over RR tie disposal settled

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Thursday, May 23, 2013

Allegations over RR tie disposal settled

BOSTON — State environmental authorities and a railroad
have settled allegations that thousands of rail ties
were improperly disposed of in Central and Western
Massachusetts between 2004 and 2007.

Boston & Maine Corp. and its parent company
Pan Am Railways Inc. were fined $57,747, with $10,000
of the penalty suspended, the Department of
Environmental Protection said today in a news release.
The companies must follow a plan to recycle ties that
can be reused and properly dispose of others
left at the side of rail lines, the state said.

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