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Documents obtained by NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit indicate that top Public Works financial officials were alerted back in 2018 that Recology had been overcharging garbage collection customers by millions of dollars.
City Attorney Dennis Herrera said Thursday that ousted DPW director Mohammed Nuru had learned about the overcharging by Recology, but he did not provide details. “It was something that was known – DPW did nothing about it,” he said. “Recology knew about it at the time and did nothing about it.” Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories.
EPA links PFAS contamination in New Hampshire to Coakley Landfill Superfund site
The agency says it has found some level of PFAS in all of the two dozen wells that have been sampled near Greenland, New Hampshire.
Federal officials say they have linked three contaminated water wells in Greenland, New Hampshire, to the Seacoast’s Coakley Landfill Superfund site.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it now knows that the landfill has impacted three nearby homes with well water that are above state limits on two harmful chemicals PFOA, which is a common kind of PFAS, and 1,4 dioxane.
The agency says it will continue testing area water supplies for chemicals indefinitely. The EPA has already found some levels of PFAS in all of the two dozen nearby wells they ve sampled. They say they still can t be sure it s all from Coakley, though neighbors remain skeptical.
San Francisco ratepayers will soon get back $100 million in overpaid garbage collection fees in what appears to be the biggest revelation yet in the city’s.
Teamsters Local 350 Supports $100 Million Settlement For Recology Rate Payers
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DALY CITY, Calif., March 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera announced a $100 million settlement to be paid by Recology to its rate payers in connection to an ongoing investigation into alleged corruption committed by former Director of the Department of Public Works, Mohammed Nuru. The following is an official statement from Teamsters Local Union 350 Secretary-Treasurer John Bouchard on the settlement. Teamsters Local 350 is proud of the work our members do at Recology to help protect public health and keep our city beautiful, said Local 350 Secretary-Treasurer John Bouchard. We were angered to hear about the alleged corruption within the Department of Public Works and that a member of management at one of our largest employers was allegedly involved. We believe it s the right course of action to refund the
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“An old adage says, ‘Continue to do what you’ve done, you’ll get what you got,’” California Gov. Gavin Newsom said during a press briefing Thursday in Stockton.
The reference came after the governor had recounted some of the state’s efforts to lower the barriers for vaccine access in areas that have felt a disproportionate share of the pandemic’s pain, while also bluntly acknowledging that the state was still “falling short” on the issue. Those disparities in vaccine access have fallen “disproportionately on the Latino community in the state of California,” Newsom said.