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From the USDOJ:
“Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, December 3, 2015
General Electric to Pay $2.25 Million for Violating Federal and State Environmental Laws in Waterford, New York

The General Electric Company (GE) has agreed to pay a $2.25 million civil penalty to resolve a complaint alleging violations of federal and state environmental laws in connection with GE’s use of an incinerator at a manufacturing facility that it once owned and operated in Waterford, New York, announced the Department of Justice, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York and , the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the New York State Attorney General’s Office and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). Both the complaint and the settlement agreement were filed today in U.S. District Court in Albany.

According to allegations in the complaint, GE owned the Waterford facility from…