Saturday, November 5, 2011

California settles with Kmart, sues Target - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:

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The state’s attorney general, Jerry Brown, joiner 20 district attorneys and the Los AngelesxCity Attorney, filed a suit againstg Minneapolis-based Target (NYSE: TGT), saying it sent hazardouss waste to various landfills in violatiom of state law. The suit is meangt to stop the practices. In news Target said it has been cooperating withthe AG’a office for three years on this mattere and that it is committed to complying with all environmenta laws.
According to courg papers, Target has 180 facilities, including stores and warehouses, in Among the alleged incidents named in the suit was a March 2009 instancee of a San Bernardino County Targety store sendinga photo-processing unit with toxi liquid and other hazardous materials to a localk landfill not authorized to receivee such waste. Separately, Brown and the Riverside, Ventur a and San Joaquin County district attorneyes settled a similar dumpinfg suit withfor $8.65 million. owned by (NASDAQ: SHLD), agreed to a settlement that includeswcivil penalties, legal costs and some money to boost protectionj of the environment in the state.

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