The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has settled with CEMEX Construction Materials Pacific, LLC over Clean Water Act violation claims at its sand and gravel mine located in Wadsworth, Nevada, on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Reservation.
CEMEX will pay $310,000 in penalties and work to restore floodplain and habitat within the Truckee River Watershed.
“We do not allow the dumping of industrial waste on Tribal nations,” said EPA Pacific Southwest Region Administrator Josh F.W. Cook. “EPA is taking this action to ensure that wastewater discharges do not degrade our precious water resources. Through the agreement announced today, CEMEX will take the necessary steps to protect the Truckee River and the people of Nevada.”…