January 30, 2019
The U.S. Department of Justice has reached an agreement with P.H. Glatfelter Co. requiring the paper company to pay $20.5 million that will largely be used to pay for the cleanup of polychlorinated biphenyl contamination at a Superfund site in Wisconsin.
January 18, 2017
NCR Corp. has agreed to spend $200 million to finish the environmental remediation work at a Wisconsin Superfund site contaminated by paper industry activity, reaching a settlement with state and federal agencies that ties up major loose ends in the sprawling, multitrack litigation over the site.
January 04, 2017
The judge overseeing a federal enforcement action over a Wisconsin Superfund site polluted by paper industry activity rejected Tuesday a bid by P.H. Glatfelter Co. to present evidence questioning the allocation of previous settlement money in the case.
November 22, 2016
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday asked a Wisconsin federal judge to rule that NCR Corp. and P.H. Glatfelter Co. owe $33 million in costs for cleanup of the Lower Fox River Superfund site.
November 04, 2016
The federal judge overseeing the litigation surrounding a Wisconsin Superfund site has refused to rescind his approval of a deal letting paper maker Appvion Inc. and the federal government drop their claims against each other, saying the settlement doesn't need to explain its implications for other parties.
August 25, 2016
A Wisconsin federal judge on Thursday denied the U.S. government's request for judgment that its liability in response costs relating to the Lower Fox River Superfund site should be capped at $4.5 million, saying the pleadings stage is not the appropriate time to make that call.
June 14, 2016
Paper coating company Appvion Inc. on Monday told the Wisconsin federal judge overseeing the Lower Fox River Superfund site litigation that Kimberly-Clark Corp. cannot dodge cost recovery claims for its share of liability at the site.
May 16, 2016
The federal government on Monday asked a Wisconsin federal judge to rule that it's already paid its share of the response costs for the Lower Fox River Superfund site to paper coating company Appvion Inc.
April 28, 2016
Paper coating company Appvion Inc. on Thursday told the Wisconsin federal judge overseeing the Lower Fox River Superfund site litigation it should be allowed to recover some of its cleanup costs from the federal government.
April 12, 2016
The federal government on Tuesday asked a Wisconsin federal judge to approve a deal that would require NCR Corp. and Georgia Pacific LP to pay $67 million to settle a portion of the total cleanup cost in 2015 of a large Superfund site.