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RAILROAD ;railroad on three years' probation imburse costs incurred during the,, and San Joaquin County Environ- 1 I on condition it: investigation and prosecution•by mental Health. .. "`"`"' ■ Pay $300,000 in fines for ille- the state Fish & Game Depart- ■ Place the letter of apology as a Continued from A•t 1 p P newspaper advertisement. DECEMBER 2 Y gal y polluting the water. went, the state Department oC to understand that," Crosby 0 Make a one-time grant of Toxic Substances Control,the San 0 Cooperate with appropriate 1992 added. $250,000 to the San Joaquin Joaquin County Environmental federal, state and local agencies in Health Division and the district at County Environmental Health Di- - avoiding further pollution as the, < f Accepting a plea agreement, __ . torney'eoffice. Stockton Municipal Court Jude vision Trust Fund. .. trestle project continues over the FINAL '` P g ■ Pay a total of $25,627 to re- la Ciean up the damaged wet- next four to five years, Thomas B Teaford Jr. placed the lands,with review by Fish&Game EDITIONint - _� ` ---_-- h e, Ord 1 11 SERVING SAN JOAQUIN^ COUNTY/A GANNETT -NEWSPAPER 35CENrs I . lb RidwAdto 'big iin marsh pay By Hogb Wright spanned 1,600 feet between Old - TheStocktonRecord Railroad bridge River and Middle River north of When the Santa Fe Railway be- Discovery Bay. The cleanup and lY =than a trestle in the Del- 1.5 th monitoring process are continuing. ! more than a year ago, railroad d The railroad's thiel executive workers tossed thousands of tons officer, Robert Krebs, has drafted of creosoted timber,paint and epo- T ',: a letter of apology to the'public xy cans, and other trash into the 'J that will be placed as an advertise v fragile marsh. Rat I ment in The Stockton Record On Tuesday, the railroad's gen- I I ^ e within 10 days t eral counsel entered no-contest 4 We just want to say to the cin a° pleas to five misdemeanor water- tens of San Joaquin County that + us' +• I, pollution counts and agreed to pay Discovery 1'Y $550,000 in fines in the biggest Y Y we think that this was a situation u that was unfortunate in the way it wildlife deaths, although the cre- + ^m pollution case in San Joaquin g developed," said the railroad's County history. shote and other materials put a general counsel,Gary Crosby,who sheen on Delta waters and the With the fines and a required weight of the trash crushed some traveled to Stockton from the rail- S, y' cleanup, the entire episode will of the wetlands. w'ay's headquarters near Chicago ~'` tti trr�.• -. cost the railroad an estimated$1.5 for Tuesday's court date. "We va- +► j million to $2 million, District At- After they were told to stop pol- lue our reputation as a member of torney John D.Phillips said. luting the wetlands, railway of- this community, and we want ev- Fla photo cials eventually hired a contractor eryone in the community DELTA MESS: Until they were recently cleaned up, discarded railroad ties littered the fields along the There were no reports of fish or to clean up the debris — which Sine RAILROAD,Back page bridge between Old and Middle rivers. .v .