[CPEO-BIF] "Amphenol agrees to $1M settlement in [TCE] contamination lawsuit, " Sidney, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Amphenol agrees to $1M settlement in contamination lawsuit

by Steve Reilly
Binghamton Press and Sun-Bulletin (NY)
November 20, 2012

SIDNEY - A federal lawsuit accusing one of the Southern Tier’s  
largest employers of contaminating the ground beneath a Delaware  
County neighborhood has ended in a settlement worth nearly $1 million.

Last year, a group of residents and property owners alleged Sidney- 
based Amphenol Corp. was liable for the release of “a plume of toxic  
chemicals” that migrated through soils and groundwater into a  
neighborhood adjacent to the plant, releasing toxic vapors into homes.

In a settlement signed in September and approved by U.S. District  
Court Judge David E. Peebles on Oct. 22, Amphenol did not admit  
liability or fault but agreed to pay the plaintiffs $725,000.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20121119/NEWS01/311190046/ 
Amphenol-agrees-1M-settlement-contamination-lawsuit

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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