Litigation Over Lake Michigan Cyanide Spill Ends In Consent Decree

Mealey's (May 9, 2022, 2:23 PM EDT) -- HAMMOND, Ind. — Allegations by the federal government and the state of Indiana that a Burns Harbor, Ind., steel mill discharged excess cyanide into Lake Michigan were resolved May 6, when an Indiana federal judge endorsed a proposed consent decree as “fair, reasonable, consistent with the goals of the environmental statutes, and in the public interest.”...