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Article: Settlement for $3M OK'd in 2005 coal ash slide in Forward
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- September 16, 2009
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A $3 million settlement will pay 25 residents and the state for
damages and cleanup resulting from the 2005 collapse of a coal ash
embankment and related subsidence in Forward, the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection said Tuesday.
The agreement resolves litigation in connection with the ash
slide. The state will receive $1.8 million for cleanup costs and
monitoring. The rest will compensate residents on or near Rostosky
Ridge Road.
"It's been a long time coming," said Timothy Lenhart, one
resident involved in the settlement. "We're glad it's over with. But
we still don't have the check in hand."
An embankment of coal ash deposited decades ago near River Hill
Road collapsed ...