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Union Pacific Railroad to pay $155k penalty over toxic waste disposal violations in Oakland
Union Pacific Railroad will pay a $155,234 penalty for sending toxic waste in Oakland to a landfill that wasn’t authorized to accept it, among other violations, under a settlement announced Thursday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The penalty resolves violations of the Toxic Substances Control Act tied to a cleanup conducted in 2022 at […] The post Union Pacific Railroad to pay $155k penalty over toxic waste disposal violations in Oakland appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Union Pacific Railroad to pay $155k penalty over toxic waste disposal violations in Oakland, Union Pacific Railroad will pay a $155,234 penalty for sending toxic waste in Oakland to a landfill that wasn’t authorized to accept it, among other violations, under a settlement announced Thursday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The penalty resolves violations of the Toxic Substances Control Act tied to a cleanup conducted in 2022 at […] The post Union Pacific Railroad to pay $155k penalty over toxic waste disposal violations in Oakland appeared first on Local News Matters .
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