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Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection announced Thursday a civil penalty in connection to the June 2 implosion of two smokestacks at the former Cheswick Generating Station in Springdale. According to the DEP, Cheswick Plant Environmental Redevelopment Group, Controlled Demolition Inc. and Grant Mackay Co. violated the state’s Solid Waste Management

The companies responsible for demolishing two smokestacks at the former Cheswick Generating Station in Springdale Borough violated a state act and will pay a civil penalty of $39,100, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced Thursday.

State environmental officials say the 11-acre American Biodiesel Energy site “poses immediate and potential risks" to public health/the environment.