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NFC: White River fish kill update
<A HREF="http://www.indystar.com/print/articles/settle18.html">IndyStar.com:
Article</A>
http://www.indystar.com/print/articles/settle18.html
This link will probably be up for several days.
Account is opened for river restitution
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At a glance: fish kill expenses
• Personnel costs: $539,591
• Legal expenses: $435,881
• Fish removal and disposal: $388,442
• Lab testing: $209,477
• Miscellaneous: $31,586
• Travel: $1,121
TOTAL: $1,606,097
City of Anderson
• Legal expenses: $390,000
• Biosolids disposal: $78,548
• Outside lab testing: $70,669
• Chemicals: $69,771
• Sample refrigeration: $24,562
• Overtime: $16,887
• Laboratory supplies: $15,373
• Miscellaneous: $5,497
TOTAL: $671,307
(Anderson figures are estimates)
By Matt Schwartz
Indianapolis Star
June 18, 2001
How much is Indiana owed for the White River fish kill?
Warring troops of attorneys negotiating the resolution to a joint
federal-state lawsuit against Guide Corp. are nearing an answer, according to
court documents.
A federal judge has created an account to hold any cash the Anderson
automotive parts maker agrees to pay in restitution for its part in the 1999
pollution that wiped out nearly 5 million fish along a 50-mile stretch of
White River, a major source of drinking water in central Indiana.
(The rest of the article is at the above link.)
Chuck Church
Indianapolis, Indiana USA