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[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army settles water funding lawsuit with New Brighton


By Mike Munzenrider
East Side Review (MN)
January 27, 2015

City to receive nearly $60 million for future water treatment

The U.S. Army and the City of New Brighton have settled a lawsuit the  
city filed May 21, 2014, over the military's attempts to modify a  
1988 settlement of a suit over contaminated water.

The city announced the settlement Jan. 27. The city council will vote  
formally on accepting the settlement at an upcoming regular meeting.

The Army will pay the city a sum of $59.4 million, advanced funding  
for future water treatment needs stemming from groundwater pollution  
that originated at the former Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant in  
neighboring Arden Hills.


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For the entire article, see
http://eastsidereviewnews.com/articles/2015/01/27/army-settles-water- 
funding-lawsuit-new-brighton

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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