Lawsuit: Mill still polluting Potomac Says tests show high levels of lead, mercury in paper plant runoff
Source: Capital (Annapolis, MD), May 30, 2020
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Though shuttered for a year, a Western Maryland paper mill’s byproducts continue to pollute the Potomac River, Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh charged in a federal lawsuit.
The suit filed Thursday, the latest in a battle against the Luke Mill in Allegany County, stems from a fisherman reporting in April 2019 that a black liquid was seeping into the North Branch of the river from the area of the plant. Read more.