Calif. Waste Facility Operator To Pay $762K In Fees In Leachate Discharge Case

( November 22, 2024, 11:19 AM EST) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal judge in California has ordered the operator of a California recycling and waste facility that allegedly violated the Clean Water Act (CWA) and state law by discharging stormwater-contaminated leachate into a wetland preserve and the Sacramento River to pay more than $762,000 in attorney fees and costs to an environmental nonprofit, stating that the nonprofit is a prevailing party and eligible for reasonable compensation....