Agency of Natural Resources v. Weston

¶ 1. Defendant Don Weston appeals from the environmental court’s order fining him approximately $15,000 for violating solid waste regulations and a condition of his Act 250 land use permit. We affirm the violations, but reverse the penalty imposed for the permit violation and remand the matter for reconsideration of the appropriate fine for the transgression.

¶ 2. Defendant owns and operates an excavating business. In March 1989, he purchased 146 acres of undeveloped land that was subject to an Act 250 permit. Seven months earlier, the seller of part of the land had obtained the permit to…