The U.S. Department of Justice and environmental groups filed two lawsuits alleging similar complaints that Campell's plant in Napoleon, Ohio, has allowed wastewater and pollutants to flow unchecked into the Maumee River
The U.S. Department of Justice and environmental groups filed two lawsuits against Campbell accusing the soup giant of polluting Lake Erie.Both lawsuits were filed in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Ohio hours apart alleging similar complaints that Campbell's manufacturing plant in Napoleon, Ohio, has allowed wastewater and pollutants to flow unchecked into the Maumee River, which flows into Lake Erie, for years.
'We will continue to work with regulators and other stakeholders to improve our operations and comply with all environmental regulations.'The government's lawsuit, brought on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, called for 'injunctive relief and civil penalties' for violations of the Clean Water Act. Last May the Supreme Court narrowed the scope of the act and curbed the authority of the EPA to regulate wetlands.
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