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Stantec to pay $4m for violating EPA grant procurement rules

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Vlada Gurvich

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Stantec will pay to settle claims that it improperly drafted project specifications for EPA grants and then bid on the same work.

Stantec Inc, a Canadian engineering and environmental consulting firm, has agreed to pay $4m to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false certifications in applications for US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields Assessment Grants.

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