DuPont and 3 Other Companies Settle for $1.4 Million in Clean Up Costs for Decades Old Rye Brook Mercury Release - NewsBreak

On August 19, US Attorney Audrey Strauss, announced that DuPont and three other companies had settled a lawsuit filed against them for the disposal or treatment of mercury by Port Refinery, Inc. ("Port Refinery"), a mercury refining business in the Village of Rye Brook, New York, which led to releases of mercury into the environment. The consent decree provides for a combined payment of $1,412,255 by the Defendants for costs incurred by EPA in conducting clean-up activities at the site.