C&H Sugar Company Inc. has agreed to a $500,000 settlement involving 2022 odor violations at one of its facilities in the unincorporated Contra Costa County community of Crockett.

The violations occurred between Sept. 8 and Oct. 14, 2022, and involved “excessive sewage odors” at the company’s wastewater treatment plant on Dowrelio Drive, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday.

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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.