Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper
Jim Gallagher of Danville paddles his kayak across the calm surface of Lake Chillisquaque, White Hall, Pa., while heading back to shore following sundown Wednesday evening, Nov. 5, 2008. Gallagher heads to the lake about three times a week because he enjoys listening and watching the different types of water fowl. (AP Photo/Bloomsburg Press Enterprise, Jimmy May)
The owners of the Montour Power Plant signed a settlement agreement with a clean water organization last week which pledges to close a coal ash waste disposal site and donate a 165-acre lake, 640-acre nature preserve and $1.2 million to conservation efforts.
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A $300 million settlement that will reduce industrial flare pollution at two Louisiana chemical plants strengthens arguments that the federal standards governing such flares need to be overhauled, according to an environmental attorney.
The recent settlement announced by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will cut air pollution by more than 5,600 tons annually at petrochemical facilities in Texas and the Louisiana communities of Hahnville and Plaquemine.
Dow Chemical Co. and two of its subsidiaries agreed to the settlement, which was filed in the Eastern District of Louisiana. A federal complaint alleged that the companies had “oversteamed” their flares, which are devices that destroy pollutants in waste gases vented by the plants. The result was excess pollution spewing from the facilities, the complaint alleged.