Pelletier’s Building Supply Co. of Fitchburg and Gardner has been fined $15,000 by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for discharging vehicle wash water into the Nashua River at its Fitchburg facility.
The company has agreed to pay a $2,000 penalty and develop storm water pollution prevention plans for both of its facilities. The remaining $13,000 was suspended pending compliance, the DEP said.
The DEP inspected the facility in February, 2006, in response to a complaint. In addition to the improper wastewater disposal, the company also failed to comply with numerous other hazardous waste management regulations, according to the DEP.
