IP sued by Texas county for river pollution from former Champion paper mill since 1960s; seeks hundreds of millions of dollars from several firms [From the web]

HOUSTON, Dec. 27, 2011 (Local News) - Harris County has filed a lawsuit in state court to recover hundreds of millions of dollars from local waste management companies and a Pasadena paper factory responsible for storage of a human carcinogen that has leaked into the San Jacinto River.

Named as defendants in the action, which seeks penalties of up to $25,000 a day dating to 1965, are McGinnis Industrial Maintenance Co., Waste Management Inc., Waste Management of Texas and International Paper Co.

The lawsuit, announced Tuesday by County Attorney Vince Ryan, centers on riverside waste disposal pits near the Interstate 10-San Jacinto River crossing opened in 1965 to contain dioxin, a toxic byproduct of paper production.

Houston Chronicle - County sues firms over San Jacinto River waste pits dating to 1965

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