The US Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Monday it revised its settlement with StarKist Co. and its subsidiary, Starkist Samoa Co., to resolve federal environmental violations at their tuna processing facility in American Samoa.
In addition to the $6.3 million (€5.3 million) penalty announced in September, Starkist will pay $200,000 (€167,560) to address alleged Clean Water Act (CWA) violations.
The American Samoa government was added as a co-plaintiff in the revised action and under the agreement, Starkist will pay $2.6
