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U.S. EPA Sues Westchester Refinery For Mercury Pollution Near High School U.S. EPA Sues Westchester Refinery For Mercury Pollution Near High School
U.S. EPA Sues Westchester Refinery For Mercury Pollution Near High School The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has sued a West Virginia company for $7 million for disposing scrap mercury at a refinery in Rye Brook, according to media reports. Steel of West Virginia Inc., a 111-year-old steel products company based in Huntington,  Va', was sued in federal court in White Plains for violating environmental laws. The lawsuit states that the company replaced furnace equipment that contained mercury, and it arranged shipment of 179 pounds of mercury to Port Refinery Co. in Rye Brook for treatment or disposal. Port Refinery, despite its industrial-sounding name, wa…

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