FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2014

WV-DEP files case against area developer

DAVID BEARD TheDPost.com

MORGANTOWN — The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is asking Monongalia County Circuit Court to assess $25,000 per day penalties against a Morgantown developer for alleged environmental violations at a Cheat Lake-area industrial park. DEP’s Division of Water and Waste Management filed the “complaint for enforcement” Thursday, May 22. It issued 12 notices of violation (NOVs) from Sept. 16, 2010, through May 9, 2013, to defendant LPG Land & Development Corp., based on Fairchance Road (Monongalia County 857). Paul Panson is LPG’s president. The 18-acre industrial park is sited between Fairchance and the Mon-Fayette Expressway, just north of the Interstate 68 and Mon-Fayette interchange. An LPG representative said Thursday that management hadn’t seen the complaint yet and couldn’t comment.