Five Companies Will Pay a $7.2 Million Settlement for Natural Resource Damages to Watershed Areas in Ohio

Ohio Refining Co., Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Energy Transfer (R&M) LLC, Pilkington North America Inc. and Chemtrade Logistics Inc. all agreed to a $7.2 million settlement to resolve claims of natural resource damage at the Duck & Otter Creek Natural Research Damage Assessment (NRDA) site.
A complaint filed alleges that these five companies repeatedly dumped oil discharge or other hazardous substances, like polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), arsenic and lead, into the Duck & Otter Creeks NRDA site in Toledo.
The site is east of the Maumee River includes several creeks, wetlands, floodplain and uplands that flow into Lake Erie.
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