A worker collects litter during a February 2019 inspection of Clover Flat Landfill. (Photo courtesy of CalRecycle)

A Napa Valley landfill will pay millions of dollars to settle an environmental lawsuit over a 2019 spill and other alleged violations, Napa County District Attorney Allison Haley announced Friday. 

In March 2019, Clover Flat Landfill spilled 40,000 gallons of leachate into nearby streams, which are tributaries of the Napa River, Haley said in a news release.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.