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Two years after ‘red mud’ escaped alumina refinery, LDEQ hasn’t penalized company

  • Wesley Muller

More than two years after environmental regulators first documented industrial ‘red mud’ waste from the Atalco Gramercy alumina refinery escaping into public waterways, the state has yet to fine or penalize the company.  Instead, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality remains engaged in confidential settlement negotiations with the company while a federal judge has kept […]