Current：Home > StocksFive companies agree to pay $7.2 million for polluting two Ohio creeks -Secure Horizon Growth
Five companies agree to pay $7.2 million for polluting two Ohio creeks
SignalHub Quantitative Think Tank Center View
Date：2025-04-07 11:37:35
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Five companies have agreed to pay the federal government more than $7.2 million overall to resolve claims stemming from longstanding pollution in two adjacent creeks in the Maumee River watershed in northwestern Ohio.
The settlement with Ohio Refining Co., Chevron USA, Energy Transfer LLC, Pilkington North America and Chemtrade Logistics was announced Monday by the U.S. Department of Justice. Officials said a federal judge must approve the deal before it takes effect.
According to a complaint, the companies are liable for historic industrial discharges of oil or hazardous substances at the Duck & Otter Creeks site near Toledo. The site is just east of the Maumee River and encompasses the creeks, adjoining wetlands, floodplain areas and uplands.
The two creeks flow into Maumee Bay in Lake Erie and provide key habitats for migratory birds and fish, and also support hunting and fishing activities for local residents, according to federal wildlife officials.
veryGood！ (63595)
Related
- Small twin
- Warming Trends: What Happens Once We Stop Shopping, Nano-Devices That Turn Waste Heat into Power and How Your Netflix Consumption Warms the Planet
- New nation, new ideas: A study finds immigrants out-innovate native-born Americans
- NFL Star Ray Lewis' Son Ray Lewis III Dead at 28
- Rams vs. 49ers highlights: LA wins rainy defensive struggle in key divisional game
- Protests Target a ‘Carbon Bomb’ Linking Two Major Pipelines Outside Boston
- One of the world's oldest endangered giraffes in captivity, 31-year-old Twiga, dies at Texas zoo
- On Climate, Kamala Harris Has a Record and Profile for Action
- Sonya Massey's father decries possible release of former deputy charged with her death
- Michael Cera Recalls How He Almost Married Aubrey Plaza
Ranking
- DoorDash steps up driver ID checks after traffic safety complaints
- ‘At the Forefront of Climate Change,’ Hoboken, New Jersey, Seeks Damages From ExxonMobil
- Covid Killed New York’s Coastal Resilience Bill. People of Color Could Bear Much of the Cost
- Listener Questions: Airline tickets, grocery pricing and the Fed
- Finally, good retirement news! Southwest pilots' plan is a bright spot, experts say
- A Sprawling Superfund Site Has Contaminated Lavaca Bay. Now, It’s Threatened by Climate Change
- Cross-State Air Pollution Causes Significant Premature Deaths in the U.S.
- Southwest Airlines apologizes and then gives its customers frequent-flyer points
Recommendation
Romantasy reigns on spicy BookTok: Recommendations from the internet’s favorite genre
Clean Energy Loses Out in Congress’s Last-Minute Budget Deal
Read Ryan Reynolds' Subtle Shout-Out to His and Blake Lively's 4th Baby
Nature is Critical to Slowing Climate Change, But It Can Only Do So If We Help It First
At site of suspected mass killings, Syrians recall horrors, hope for answers
Coinbase lays off around 20% of its workforce as crypto downturn continues
Larry Nassar stabbed multiple times in attack at Florida federal prison
Sen. Schumer asks FDA to look into PRIME, Logan Paul's high-caffeine energy drink