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Article: Firms settle waste suit in New Bedford
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- September 4, 1992
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The last two companies accused of polluting New Bedford Harbor
with toxic waste in the 1970s have agreed to pay $21 million to help
repair the damage, ending the lawsuit over the worst PCB
contamination case in US history, sources say.
Under a deal with federal and state officials to be announced
today, Federal Pacific Electric and Cornell-Dubilier Electronics will
help pay to burn PCB-laced harbor sediment. They also will pay into
an innovative fund that will carry out environmental projects such as
building fish ladders and improving public access to the harbor.
"We have completed the litigation stage. We are into the cleanup
and restoration stage," said one source, who spoke on ...