EXIDE VERNON UPDATE: U.S. Bankruptcy judge approves agreement to allow Exide and South Coast Air Quality Management District to enter into mediation over $80 million lawsuit; In lawsuit, SQAQMD claims Exide failed to comply with rules for lead and arsenic emissions from its Vernon lead smelter
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Exide and California regulator head into mediation over lawsuit
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The South Coast Air Quality Management District had sued Exide in state court and alleged the company failed to comply with rules for lead and arsenic emissions at a now shuttered plant in Vernon, California, near downtown Los Angeles, that was at the heart of the company’s bankruptcy.