California settles over BKK Landfill

The California Department of Toxic Substances Control and 27 defendants have entered into a consent decree regarding the BKK Landfill in West Covina, California.

The decree partially settles a suit the state filed against the defendants. The defendants will provide up to $5.2 million to help pay for work conducted before the defendants take over maintenance of the site. The landfills at the site accepted both hazardous and nonhazardous waste from various periods from the mid-1960s to the mid-1990s.