Mealey's (July 19, 2021, 9:44 AM EDT) -- FRESNO, Calif. — A California federal judge on July 14 approved a consent decree that settles a group’s claims that a glass manufacturing plant violated its Clean Air Act (CAA) permit 62 times in the last five years by bypassing controls and exceeding opacity and carbon monoxide emissions limits. The $160,000 settlement reimburses the group for its investigation and litigation costs and funds air pollution-reduction projects....