Exide allowed to abandon Vernon battery recycling plant, leaving taxpayers to foot cleanup bill
ABC 7 (Los Angeles) –
Over the objections of state and local officials, a judge last week approved a bankruptcy settlement allowing Exide Technologies to abandon its former battery-recycling plant in Vernon. The ruling leaves the state — and taxpayers — on the hook to pay for continued environmental cleanup of the site.
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