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San Bernardino County has reached a $2 million settlement in connection with a series of environmental violations.
The agreement is part of $14 million statewide settlement with BP West Coast Products LLC, BP Products North America and Atlantic Richfield Co., according to a statement released by the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office.
All three companies failed to comply with hazardous materials and hazardous waste laws at several hundred gas stations they either owned or operated in California, 67 of which were in San Bernardino County.
“BP failed to properly maintain and monitor their underground storage tank systems so as to prevent leaks of fuel into our groundwater supplies,” District Attorney Michael Ramos said in the statement.
“This result should send a strong message to would-be environmental violators: if you don’t follow the laws and rules designed to protect our natural resources, you will be prosecuted.”
The original complaint was filed in August 2013. A subsequent investigation found violations in 36 counties throughout California, according to the statement.
