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Company Admits Responsibility In Rye Brook Mercury Contamination, Will Pay Clean-Up Costs Company Admits Responsibility In Rye Brook Mercury Contamination, Will Pay Clean-Up Costs
Company Admits Responsibility In Rye Brook Mercury Contamination, Will Pay Clean-Up Costs A company will be required to pay thousands of dollars in clean-up costs after admitting that it contributed to mercury contamination in Westchester.  New York-based United Alloys and Steel Corporation has agreed to pay $260,000 in clean-up costs after admitting that it arranged for the disposal and treatment of mercury at a Rye Brook refinery site that led to the contaminant being released into the environment, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Wednesday, March 8.  According to federal officials, the corporation contributed to t…

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