Ecological Rights Foundation sued PacifiCorp and one of its units, Pacific Power, on Wednesday alleging that it violated the Clean Water Act by discharging pollutants from its yard in California.
The nonprofit told the US District Court for the Northern District of California that the company has been releasing toxic pollutants from its Crescent City location since June 2018.
The pollution comes from treated wooden utility poles and treated wood waste that have toxic wood preservative formulations, the group said. Storm water flushes the pollutants into the sewer system, groundwater, and nearby bodies of water such as Elk Creek, which ...
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