Twelve U.S. companies forced to pay for toxic waste cleanup
17:59, 2 April 2010
LOS ANGELES. April 2. KAZINFORM. Twelve U.S. companies will pay millions of dollars to clean up toxic waste at a Monterey Park site near Los Angeles after 36 years of dumping, the federal government announced Thursday; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
Under a settlement filed with the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, the companies agreed to pay for past and future cleanup work and other costs at the site, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Justice Department said in remarks broadcast by Southern California public radio KPCC.
Each of these companies "contributed" more than the equivalent of 110,000 gallons of commercial liquid waste to the Operating Industries Inc. Superfund site, the report quoted the EPA as saying.
The companies that agreed to pay for the cleanup include Ameron International Corporation; B&C Plating Company; California Dairies, Inc.; Casex Co. and Energy Production & Sales Co.; Kazinform cites Xinhua.