The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has ordered developer Kip Walker to pay a fine of $197,250 for actions taken by his company, Hanley Holdings NWFL, that led to pollution of Mulat Bayou off the Avalon Beach subdivision near Milton.
Thomas Cornelison, who was committing environmental violations in the same neighborhood at the same time Walker was, was likewise ordered to pay the state $67,500.
“The proposed penalty for Mr. Walker would be the largest stormwater fine DEP has imposed in the past decade,” DEP spokeswoman Alexandra Kuchta said in an email announcing the proposed fines…