E. & J. Gallo Winery will pay a fine of nearly $380,000 for discharging more than 90,000 gallons of wastewater into the Merced River.
The survey counted over 36 million dead trees, which is a dramatic increase, but there still may be more that were not counted.“Discharges like these put the health of our waterways at risk, and the penalty reflects the seriousness of this violation,” Clay Rodgers, assistant executive officer of the control board, said in a release. “Gallo has also agreed to steps to prevent this from happening again in the future.
Along with paying the fine, Gallo has installed additional equipment in its pipelines to prevent wastewater from entering the waterway. Half of the fine will be used for an environmental project in Merced County; the rest will be paid to the State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account.The company did not respond Tuesday to a request for comment.
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