Nature/Conservancy
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Riverkeeper Commends DEC’s Swift Response to Halt Illegal Landfill Pollution
Lehigh Cement fined $50,000, ordered to halt illegal discharges and remediate contaminated wetlands
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. - September 23 - Riverkeeper today commended the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) for responding quickly to halt the illegal discharge of landfill leachate into wetlands and the Hudson River from Lehigh Northeast Cement Company's closed cement kiln dust landfill in Catskill, NY.
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