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Article: EPA TAKES ACTION AGAINST SAN FRANCISCO 'MUNI' FOLLOWING 2005 SF BAY OIL SPILL
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 3, 2009
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following press release:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking action against the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency following federal violations of the Clean Water Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
On behalf of the U.S. EPA, the Department of Justice has lodged a proposed consent decree with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the city and county of San Francisco for releasing at least 940 barrels of diesel fuel - some of which entered into Islais Creek, a tributary of the San Francisco Bay.
The proposed consent decree, subject to a 30 day public ...