Union Pacific Railroad will pay a $155,234 penalty for sending toxic waste in Oakland to a landfill that wasn’t authorized to accept it, among other violations, under a settlement announced Thursday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The penalty resolves violations of the Toxic Substances Control Act tied to a cleanup conducted in 2022 at the railroad’s property on 73rd Avenue in Oakland — a property that has been undergoing environmental investigation and cleanup since 1998.
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