Anne Marie Mueser ofNew York tasted victory after fighting for 10 years against a companythat built one of the largest utilityprojects in northeast US. Recently,the Iroquois Pipeline OperatingCompany, its former president andthree other former executivesadmitted that they had violatedfederal environmental laws byfailing to install required erosion-control devices. Since 1987, AnneMarie had blocked the company'sefforts to lay a pipeline through herown property in Dutchess County.The company has agreed to payUS $22 million in fines.