Drug drop-off nets nearly a ton
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EDWARDSVILLE Nearly a ton of prescription and over-the-counter medications have been collected by the Madison County Sheriff’s Office’s “Rx 4 Safety” prescription drug initiative.
Madison County Sheriff John D. Lakin, in partnership with Madison County Planning and Development and all of the police chiefs in the county, reports more than 1,860 pounds of prescription and over-the-counter medications. The medications have been disposed of at a federally regulated location approved by the EPA.
Since the program began in April 2015, the sheriff’s office has disposed of more than 11 tons of medication.
The sale will now move to the state s Public Utility Commission (PUC) for final approval. A decision from the PUC is expected later this year or early 2022.
With the sale, PA-American will not increase rates for York residents for the first three years and will retain all of the current staff. In addition, a $20 million deposit will be given to the city to help balance the 2021 budget. PA-American Water has also announced it will contribute at least $50,000 to nonprofit organizations throughout the city. With this agreement, York’s future is bright – free from the debt and financial pain that have held us back for so long,” Mayor Michael Helfrich said in a statement. “This is a new day for York, one filled with an unwavering optimism as our residents and businesses can finally breathe a sigh of relief for the first time in decades.”
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March 8, 2021
Weirton Area Water Board and the City of Weirton, West Virginia, (together Weirton) sued Corteva, Inc., Dupont de Nemours, Inc., AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc., Archroma U.S., Inc. Dynax Corporation, Solvay Specialty Polymers, USA, LLC, and Solvay USA, Inc. last Friday. The civil suit for damages alleges that the defendants’ design, manufacture, and sale of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) products has caused widespread drinking water contamination costing the plaintiffs to incur testing, treatment, and infrastructural costs, in addition to loss of consumer confidence.
A similar suit was filed by the Pennsylvania-American Water Company last month, and in January, DuPont de Nemours, Corteva, and The Chemours Company announced a $4 billion PFAS settlement and the resolution of separate Ohio multidistrict litigation for $83 million.
Christiaan A. Marcum | Richardson Patrick
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania-American Water Company is suing a large group of corporations beginning with 3M, for their alleged actions in causing groundwater contamination in its local wells through the use of its products containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Pennsylvania-American Water Company of Mechanicsburg first filed suit in the Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas on Oct. 21 versus 3M, E.I. DuPont De Nemours and Company, The Chemours Company LLC, Tyco Fire Products, LP and dozens of other companies.
(The defendants later removed the suit to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on Feb. 11.)
Bill would exempt Iowa public utilities from tax to decrease customers’ rates by Mary Stroka, The Center Square | February 22, 2021 11:00 AM Print this article
Private corporations that provide water, sanitary sewage or storm water drainage service to the public may be exempt from state corporate income taxes.
Bills currently considered by Iowa legislators would grant the tax exemption to corporations that provide the above services by piped distribution or collection system.
Customers would be entitled to resulting cost reductions, according to
HF 607, which was introduced Feb. 18. Companion bill
SF 297 was in a Ways and Means subcommittee as of Feb. 16.
“The agreement is, if we were to exempt the corporate income tax because they are acting as a public utility, that that savings for them would not be their profit, but would actually, penny for penny, go back to the consumer, so that should lower the water bills for the people who