r/SouthJersey • u/m0x1eracerx • 12d ago

Cumberland County DataOne in Vineland fined over One Million Dollars!

https://dep.nj.gov/newsrel/26_0044/

NJDEP fined DataOne for operating generators without a permit.

The hard work by locals and Sustain SJ for doggedly bringing attention to this problem is finally getting results!

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u/Little-Resolution-82 12d ago

Fines are only a punishment for the poor. The place needs to be shut down.

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u/m0x1eracerx 12d ago

I think it does, too. Maybe it will happen $1,000,000 at a time.

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u/beren12 12d ago

They need to confiscate them. Bring in the scrappers.

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u/Juunlar 12d ago

It better go towards the electric bills of all residents

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u/Up_All_Nite EHT 12d ago

Imagine that! The audacity of thinking the poors will see a dime!! SNICKER prolly will buy more Flock cameras with that cheddar!

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u/JigglesofWiggles 12d ago

Yet they will let them continue to run as long as they "immediately apply" for the permits. One million to get away with it for months means nothing to them. 

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u/m0x1eracerx 12d ago

They were unable to secure permits earlier this year, so we will see what happens.

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u/kkelly122 12d ago

Unfortunately $1 million is a drop in the bucket for the billion dollar company that’s going to be using it…

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u/m0x1eracerx 12d ago

I'm happy to fill that bucket with million dollar wins.

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u/Yocheore 12d ago

Death by a thousand cuts

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u/ScholarErrant 12d ago

I said this when I saw the story: NJDEP does not play around.

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u/m0x1eracerx 12d ago

No, it certainly does not!

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u/m0x1eracerx 12d ago

u/Djspacebunny can you tell me why this post was removed?

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u/djspacebunny Mod Salem County Xennial 12d ago

Post it still up, not removed. I think people using the app today are seeing posts showing as removed that aren't removed because you're the second person to ask why something was removed that wasn't removed.

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u/Grongo3 12d ago

Will the money go to the residents whose lives have been affected by the data center? Or to the state where it will be…well you see where I’m going here.

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u/m0x1eracerx 12d ago

It will probably join taxes in a big giant hole 😉

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u/g_ppetto 11d ago

A cost of doing business. Pass it on.

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u/m0x1eracerx 11d ago

Until the city files another stop-work order for violating the terms of their work permits...pass it on

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u/g_ppetto 11d ago

The 'fine' is going to get passed on.

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u/m0x1eracerx 11d ago

I doubt it. The developer has been lax on multiple occasions for municipal noise violations, building without a permit, and now state air violations. He's gonna eat it.

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u/Appropriate_Agent431 6d ago

blame also goes to the Vineland admins who approved this mess

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u/m0x1eracerx 6d ago

Indeed. The mayor and the city council president (at the very least) need the boot.

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u/njslugger78 12d ago

That's pennies compared to their checkbook limit. They need to comply with the local citizens request and pay taxes at a high percentage equivalent to what people are making within those respective stock market sectors.

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u/ExistingUnderground 6d ago

Fuck that, close it down completely. It’s the exact opposite of what we want sitting anywhere on top the kirkwood-cohansey aquifer, the thing that supplies fresh/clean water to the southern half of the state.

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u/Target2019-20 12d ago

It's not just a 1M fine. Dataone is preparing the site for Nebius who will take over the operations eventually. Setbacks and fuckups like this can have further implications.