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CLEANUP WORK ON THE FOX RIVER IS SET TO MOVE AHEAD
WPR News - Cleanup work on the Fox River is set to move ahead
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Tuesday May 01, 2012
by Patty Murray
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(UNDATED) A federal judge's ruling means clean-up work on the Fox River will continue this summer. The decision follows a dispute between two paper companies. It was the latest in years of court fights, and a local environmental activist fears it won't be the last.
The dispute involved Papers and NCR Corporation. The two have worked together to dredge PCB's out of the Fox River in the Green Bay area. They became embroiled in which company should continue paying and how much.
Friday, (4/27) a U.S. district court judge ruled NCR will be on the hook for dredging this summer and fall.
Rebecca Katers spent years publicly pressuring the EPA for a superfund designation. She says if that had been done decades ago the river might be clean by now, "Instead what we ended up with stuck in this voluntary cooperative effort trying to get voluntary donations from these companies. It was never going to work. You have seven companies that competed with each other. It was never realistic."
A total of 14 companies are involved in the clean-up. The ruling will let NCR pursue payments from other companies if it is determined that the company is overpaying on the project.
Katers fears that may mean more legal wrangling, "And so it's still possible something could happen even at this late date. But this sounds encouraging, this latest decision."
Work this year will concentrate on a three mile stretch of the river from De Pere, north through downtown Green Bay, and to the mouth of Green Bay.
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