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"CONCORD, N.H. (Legal Newsline) - A New Hampshire man has agreed to pay up to $40,000 in penalties for violations of the state's shoreland and wetland laws.<br /><br /> The Rockingham Country Superior Court approved the settlement between Michael Pantaleo and Attorney General Michael A. Delaney and Thomas S. Burack, commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services.<br /><br />Pantaleo will pay $25,000 to the state with the remaining $15,000 permanently suspended provided he does not violate the settlement or state environmental laws again within a three year period following the entry of the settlement agreement.<br /><br />Pantaleo is alleged to have violated the Comprehensive Shoreland Protection Act and state wetland laws when he constructed a retaining wall along Arlington Pond. Pantaleo further violated the laws by constructing a large stone patio, firepit, stairway and other structures within a protected zone established by the Shoreland Act.<br /><br />All of the affected areas have been restored as part of the settlement, including the removal of all items that could not be approved by the Department of Environmental Services.<br /><br />\"Restoration is an important component of resolving all violations,\" Burack said. \"We cannot allow a penalty for a violation to simply be a cost of doing business.\"<br />"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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