RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - The Environmental Protection Agency has settled with a construction company over allegations they had been dumping industrial waste into the Truckee River.

CEMEX Construction Materials Pacific LLC will pay $310,000 over violations of the Clean Water Act. The EPA says the violations occurred on their sand and gravel mine in Wadsworth.

Money collected from the penalties will be used to restore floodplain and habitat within Truckee River Watershed.

“We do not allow the dumping of industrial waste on Tribal nations. EPA is taking this action to ensure that wastewater discharges do not degrade our precious water resources,”said EPA Pacific Southwest Region Administrator Josh F.W. Cook . “Through the agreement announced today, CEMEX will take the necessary steps to prote

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