(March 5, 2018, 3:57 PM EST) -- FRESNO, Calif. — A federal judge in California on March 1 approved an updated consent decree that requires the operator of a former wood preservation facility to remove contaminated soil from a site where it conducted operations and pay $57,450.38 to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for past cleanup costs (California Department of Toxic Substances Control v. Coast Wood Preserving Inc., et al., No. 96-CV-6055, E.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 33782)....