CONTACT: Edmund Coletta
(617) 292-5737
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

Marlborough, MA – June 21, 2004
Capital Group Properties LLC, a Southborough company and owner of an office building at 853 Donald Lynch Boulevard in Marlborough, has paid a $10,000 penalty to the Commonwealth for violating state regulations governing sewer connections permits.

In March 2004, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) learned that Capital Group Properties had installed a sewer connection and pump station to service its office building without first obtaining the required DEP permit. Under a settlement with the Department, the company ceased all sewer activity at this site until it had obtained the required permit and paid a penalty of $10,000. This is the second such penalty DEP has issued in the past year to a developer for sewer permit violations at this Marlborough site near the Solomon Pond Mall.

?Developers must be aware of their obligation to comply with the permit process,? said Martin Suuberg, director of DEP?s Central Regional Office in Worcester.

The Department of Environmental Protection is responsible for ensuring clean air and water, safe management of solid and hazardous wastes, timely cleanup of hazardous waste sites and spills, and the preservation of wetlands and coastal resources.