Chemical plant owner to pay more than $180M for pollution in Maine
Source: https://www.newscentermaine.com/, October 11, 2022
By: Patrick Whittle
The owner of a former chemical plant that dumped mercury into the Penobscot River must pay at least $187 million to remove the contamination in a resolution to a decades-long legal battle.
A federal judge on Tuesday approved the settlement calling for Mallinckrodt U.S. LLC to pay for remediation of mercury released by the now defunct HoltraChem plant in Orrington. Read more.