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Article: Wal-Mart to pay 3.1 million dollars fine for storm water runoff
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- May 12, 2004
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Wal-Mart to pay 3.1 million dollars fine for storm water runoff
WASHINGTON, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the largest
retailer in the United States, has agreed to pay a 3.1 million
dollars penalty for storm water runoff from its store construction
sites across the country, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
said Wednesday.
Wal-Mart also agreed to reduce storm water runoff at its
construction sites by instituting better control measures, thereby
setting an industry standard for developers and contractors, said the
EPA in a press release.
Storm water runoff carries sediment and dirt into waterways,