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Unior ' acific fined �2 million <br /> The Union Pacific Railroad Company has been fined $2 <br /> million for violations of California's Hazardous Materials <br /> and Hazardous Waste laws <br /> Union Pacific to pay$2 million in Placer County <br /> environmental settlement <br /> Sacramento Business Journal Online <br /> Merk Anderson <br /> January 2{I21111) <br /> 339 wIn ds <br /> English <br /> SACBJO <br /> --/ <br /> 95 2019 American City Business Journals,Inc.All rights reserved. <br /> Yprf ry. <br /> Union Pacific Railroad agreed to develop new compliance programs and to pay$2 million in civil damages <br /> for allegedly mishandling hazardous materials at its rail yards in Placer,Nevada,San Joaquin and San _` f <br /> Bernardino counties. <br /> The settlemeK approved by Placer County Superior Court Judge Alan Pineschi in December,resolves a , r <br /> multi jurisdictional suit against the main subsidiary of Union Pacific Corp.[NYSE:UNP)- <br /> The suit accused the Omaha.Nebraska-based railroad company of mishandling hazardous wastes and <br /> materials in storage tanks,failing to keep accurate hazardous material records and spilling hazardous d v, 4T3i <br /> substances and fuel over an eight-year period_ <br /> a <br /> Placer County is home to Union Pacific's J-R_Davis Yard,formerly the Roseville Marshalling Yard,which �essyy r <br /> compiles trains for long trips.It is the largest rail yard on the West Coast,according to Union Pacific. > <br /> The settlement calls for the company to develop and follow an environmental compliance program at its <br /> yards,create a position for a compliance officer to monitor safety,train employees and maintain records on <br /> compliance. <br />