U.S. government announces settlement over Superfund site

The Akron Beacon Journal (Associated Press)

SAUGET, IL - Twenty-one companies have agreed collectively to pay $2.6 million to help defray the cost of cleaning up a long-closed landfill, the federal government announced Wednesday.

Under terms of the settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Justice Department, the companies - including Dow Chemical Co., Procter & Gamble Co., BASF Corp. and Exxon Mobil Corp. - will reimburse the government for the costs of the cleanup....Read more.