Linde Agrees to Pollution Controls to End Clean Water Act Suit

Linde Inc. agreed to pay $134,000 and implement new practices to mitigate the potential discharge of polluted stormwater from two of its California industrial facilities, as part of a consent decree settling two environmental groups’ lawsuit against the company.

Los Angeles Waterkeeper and Communities for a Better Environment alleged in an October complaint that Linde is discharging stormwater polluted with aluminum, iron, pH and other chemicals from their facilities in Carson and Wilmington, Calif. The groups asserted that the company is violating the the Clean Water Act and its California stormwater permit.

• Linde agreed to pay LA Waterkeeper $104,000 for ...