"This tough financial penalty holds Wal-Mart accountable for its reckless and illegal business practices that threatened both the public and the environment," said Tammy Dickinson, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Missouri, in the release. Wal-Mart also pleaded guilty yesterday to six counts of violating the Clean Water Act in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Coupled with previous actions brought by the states of California and Missouri, as well as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Wal-Mart is required to pay more than $110 million for its violations of federal and state environmental laws, the release said.[[In-content Ad]]