Northern California used auto parts company to pay more than $2.5 million for hazardous waste infractions

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Pick-n-Pull was illegally disposing auto fluids, aerosols, batteries, according to a coalition of Northern California district attorneys.

A self-service used auto-parts company will pay more than $2.5 million as part of a settlement with 14 California district attorneys over the company’s illegal disposal of hazardous waste, authorities said Friday.

The settlement consists of $1.85 million in civil penalties, $350,000 in enforcement costs, and $350,000 to be given to environmental projects. In Contra Costa County, that includes the Contra Costa Fish and Wildlife Propagation Fund.

 

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