Environmental Group Hails Clean Air Settlements & Nightly Roundup

01/21/10 A group of environmental activists is hailing settlements reached by a container glass-maker and a cement manufacturer with the federal government. The Justice Department says Saint-Gobain Containers Inc. of Muncie, Ind., and Lavarge North America Inc. of Herndon, Va., could end up paying $282 million to cut emissions at 28 plants around the country under the Clean Air Act settlements.

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WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Saint-Gobain to add pollution controls

03/13/11 WHAT HAPPENED? In January 2010, Saint-Gobain Containers, headquartered in Muncie, agreed to install $112 million in pollution-control equipment at 15 glass manufacturing plants throughout the country, including one in Dunkirk, to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act.

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