Metro pleaded guilty to criminal charges of violating the Clean Water Act in a federal court Wednesday for discharging acidic wastewater used to clean Metrorail cars six years ago.
The transit agency agreed to pay $200,000 and serve 18 months probation under the plea deal in Greenbelt’s U.S. District Court for flushing the acidic wastewater from the Branch Avenue rail yard in Prince George’s County.
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