The Montana Public Service Commission will consider a fine amount later this month against North Star Development, the utility of a Helena-area subdivision whose residents have been under repeated water restrictions.
PSC President Brad Molnar made the announcement at the agency’s July 8 business meeting — and a resident of the subdivision said he hopes the commissioners have the political will to push for a steep penalty.
“I hope they set the heaviest fine they can,” resident Duane Schlabach told the Daily Montanan in a phone call.
Molnar said the fine will require court action.
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The North Star utility is a small, privately-owned water service that serves roughly 270 residents in the North Star subdivision near Helena. Schlabach said some neighbors have grown increasingly frustrated with repeated water restrictions, and others have thrown up their hands.
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