CLEVELAND — Baard Energy has failed to meet a July 14 court deadline to respond to a lawsuit. for unpaid bills filed by contractor CH2MHill, according to the docket of the U.S. District Court for the Southern Division of Ohio. CH2MHill sued Baard in March for “over $75,000” for work performed for the Baard Energy proposed coal refinery in Wellsville, Ohio. Baard has not only failed to answer the lawsuit, but has not even registered the name of an attorney to represent the company in the case.
CH2MHill is apparently not the only contractor whom Baard has allegedly not paid for its work on this project. In a deposition filed at the Ohio Environmental Review Appeals Commission, a representative of Civil and Environmental Consultants of Pittsburgh claimed the company is owed “a significant amount” of money, estimated at “over half” of its half a million dollar billings.
— Sandy Buchanan, Executive Director, Ohio Citizen Action
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