Thursday, January 16, 2014

BNSF Railway to pay $140,000 over chemical spill near Port of L.A.

BNSF Railway, which failed to report the June 2012 spill when it occurred, pleads no contest to criminal charges. The agreement includes paying a port police officer's medical expenses.



BNSF Railway has pleaded no contest to criminal charges and agreed to pay $140,000 in penalties, medical expenses and emergency response costs stemming from a 2012 spill of hazardous chemicals near the Port of Los Angeles, the city attorney announced this week.



via L.A. Times - Science http://ift.tt/1dvpNaD

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