EGLE Settles With Verso Corp. For 2020 Fish Kill On Escanaba River In Delta County

Press release from Michigan DNR:

Jan. 5, 2022

Contact: Jay Parent (EGLE), 906-236-9611 Agency: Natural Resources

Jan. 5, 2022

Verso to pay nearly $250,000 in civil penalties and natural resource damages

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Note to editors: An accompanying photo is available below for download. Caption information follows. Credit: Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy.

River: A couple of dead fish are shown along the Escanaba River in Delta County in August 2020. In all, more than a dozen species of fish were killed in the release to a wastewater treatment plant of an organic pollutant, called "black liquor" from a nearby Verso paper mill.

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