LOS ANGELES : $45.7-Million Settlement OKd for Coastal Pollution
A Los Angeles federal court gave final approval Monday to a $45.7-million settlement in the nation’s largest offshore chemical contamination case.
The money will be used to either remove or treat underwater sediments off the Palos Verdes Peninsula, which were contaminated with toxic industrial chemicals, or to restore wildlife. The settlement stems from a suit filed in 1990 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, among other agencies, against Montrose Chemical Corp., several other companies and 130 cities and special districts.
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