Elon Musk's Boring Company Fined Nearly $500,000 for Environmental Violations

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The Boring Company was fined nearly $500,000 for dumping drilling fluids into Las Vegas manholes and allegedly ignoring stop orders. Officials reported infrastructure damage and chemical waste cleanup costs exceeding $131,000. The company has faced prior safety and regulatory concerns tied to its tunnel projects.

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00:00It's Benzinga, bringing Wall Street to Main Street.

00:03The boring company owned by Elon Musk was fined nearly $500,000 by the Clark County

00:07Water Reclamation District for dumping drilling fluids into Las Vegas manholes,

00:12according to Fortune. Inspectors said the company ignored stop orders and resumed dumping once

00:17they believed officials had left. The district said 12 cubic yards of drilling mud and waste

00:22were removed from a sewage treatment plant, costing over $131,000 in cleanup expenses.

00:28The fluids contained chemicals which have caused burns to workers.

00:32Officials called the violations egregious and cited substantial infrastructure damage.

00:37The boring company has faced prior allegations of safety and regulatory violations during

00:41tunnel construction in Las Vegas. For all things money, visit Benzinga.com.

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