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US Settles With 4 Parties For Release Of Toxic Mercury In Westchester County Village
Four companies will pay out nearly half a million dollars to the federal government for their role in contaminating a Westchester County neighborhood with thousands of pounds of toxic mercury. As part of a consent decree settling a civil lawsuit filed Tuesday, Sept. 13, in federal court in White Plains, the four companies admitted to delivering mercury to Port Refinery, a mercury refining business in the Village of Rye Brook. Port Refinery operated out of a two-story garage that was bordered by private homes on three sides, according to the US Attorney’s Office in the Southern District. Th…
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Three Responsible For Release Of Mercury In Westchester Village Settle Case
Three companies have reached a settlement with the United States Attorney’s Office to clean up mercury at a Westchester County Superfund Site. Robert Khuzami, an Attorney for the United States announced that they have reached an agreement with Columbia Gas Transmission LLC, Henry Schein, Inc., and Union Carbide Corporation, to recoup funds the EPA incurred for more than a decade in connection with its clean-up of mercury at the Port Refinery Superfund Site in Rye Brook. As part of the agreement, the three companies have agreed to pay a combined $179,647. According to the U.S. Attorney…