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Article: U.S., Indiana Settle with Guide Corp. on White River Fish Kill For More Than $10 Million.
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- June 18, 2001
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CHICAGO, June 18 /PRNewswire/ --
The U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5, U.S. Department of the Interior and the State of Indiana today announced that Guide Corp. (Anderson, Ind.) will pay more than $10 million in settlement of a civil lawsuit over one of the largest fish kills in Indiana history. The company, an automotive lighting manufacturer, agreed to pay $6 million into two White River Restoration Funds, $2.025 million to reimburse the costs that agencies used to respond to the fish kill and $2 million in penalties. In a separate action today, Guide agreed to plead guilty to criminal violations of the Clean Water Act ...