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Last Updated on Friday, 8 August 2008 01:00 Written by rslcpol Friday, 8 August 2008 01:00
From Legal News Line:
Honeywell International Inc. will pay $6 million to settle claims it broke water-quality and hazardous-waste laws at its facility near Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix over the past three decades, state Attorney General Terry Goddard said.
Officials alleged that Morris Township, N.J.-based Honeywell released a bevy of chemicals, including jet fuel and vinyl chloride, into the city’s sewer system from 1974 to 2004 without a permit.
Pollutants also allegedly leaked into the groundwater, contributing to a subterranean pollution plume that stretches 7 miles across Phoenix.
The settlement requires Honeywell to pay a $5 million fine and contribute $1 million to an air-quality cleanup project.