by Associated Press Published: February 8,2013
Tags: bench, contaminater, court, ecosystem, environment, fasctory, fish, guilty, justice, kill, law, legal, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, mill, paper mill, plant, plea, pollution, wildlife
PEARL RIVER — A company that owned a Bogalusa paper mill has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from an August 2011 spill of pulp byproducts into the Pearl River that killed more than 500,000 fish. Austin, Texas-based Temple Inland faces a maximum fine of $200,000 for its guilty plea to violating the Clean Water Act. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 27,2012
Tags: contaminate, contamination, court, crime, death, ecosystem, environment, federal government, fish, justice, kill, law, legal, mill, mortality, paper, plant, pollutant, pollution, pulp, wildlife
PEARL RIVER — The Justice Department has filed two criminal misdemeanor charges against Temple-Inland, the former owner of a paper mill in Bogalusa, La., for violating federal environmental laws. The charges stem from a five-day spill of pollutants from the company’s paper plant into the Pearl River in August 2011. A bill of information filed [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 6,2012
Tags: closure, ecosystem, environment, fish, fishing, industriasl, industry, kill, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, pollution, state agency, swimming, wildlife
JACKSON COUNTY — State agencies say it is once again okay to fish and swim in Bayou Casotte and the adjacent waters of the Mississippi Sound. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources closed the Jackson County area to fishing and water contact last Sunday, after investigating a fish [...] [...]
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