Mealey's ( February 13, 2023, 7:32 PM EST) -- FRESNO, Calif. — A California federal judge’s determination that the city of Visalia, Calif., is responsible for 50% of the costs associated with perchloroethylene (PCE) cleanup at a former dry cleaning business precludes the city from pursuing a state court declaratory judgment of whether public bidding procedures under the California Public Contracts Code (PCC) apply to cleanup contracts entered into by the dry cleaner, a California appellate court ruled....