LOUISVILLE, Ky. AP – A Georgia company has agreed to pay $337,500 for violating air pollution laws at its western Kentucky aluminum processing plant, a penalty the Environmental Protection Agency calls the largest of its kind in the southeastern United States.
The U.S. Justice Department and the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet filed the lawsuit against Carrollton, Ga.-based Southwire Co., on the same day it filed the settlement in U.S. District Court on Thursday. Kentucky and the federal government will evenly split the penalty.
