The Pala Band of Mission Indians will pay $915,000 to settle allegations over illegal dumping into the San Luis Rey River in California.

The tribe will pay a $370,000 penalty to the federal government and donate $545,000 to The Nature Conservancy, a conservation group. The amount is higher than the $695,000 that tribal officials said they were going to pay to settle a Clean Water Act dispute.

As part of consent decrees filed in federal court, the tribe did not admit to wrongdoing. The tribe said a company it was working with was responsible for dumping materials into the river.

Get the Story:
Government files consent decrees in dispute with Pala (The North County Times 11/7)

Relevant Links:
Pala Band of Mission Indians - http://www.palaindians.com

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