Nev. settles with EPA over polluted Spooner Summit runoff
By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal
CARSON CITY — Nevada officials on Tuesday approved a $120,000 settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency over violations relating to polluted stormwater runoff from state Transportation Department-run facilities.
The consent decree, approved by the Board of Examiners, which includes Gov. Brian Sandoval, acknowledges past stormwater management violations and formalizes a plan to prevent future occurrences.
Sandoval said Nevada could have been fined millions of dollars for the violations, which involved transportation department facilities in Reno and at Spooner Summit.
