Pa.-based builder fined $741,000 for pollution

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — National homebuilder Toll Brothers Inc. will pay a $741,000 fine and implement changes in managing stormwater runoff at its home construction sites, federal officials announced Wednesday.

The consent decree was filed in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia against Horsham, Pa.-based Toll Brothers, which was accused of more than 600 violations of the Clean Water Act at its home sites in 23 states.

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