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Settling the Scourge
AEP settlement exempts company from enforcement for 10 years |
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11 Oct 2007 |
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| Posted at 10:56 AM on 11 Oct 2007 Earlier this week brought news of a settlement agreement between utility giant American Electric Power and the U.S. EPA in which the company agreed to install some $4.6 billion in pollution controls at some of its power plants and pay over $70 million in penalties and cleanup costs. Today, The Washington Post reported that the agreement contained language exempting the company from ... |
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| Topics: business, litigation, news, United States, US EPA (all these topics) |
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