(April 1, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT) -- HAMMOND, Ind. — A natural gas and electriccompany has agreed to pay $11.8 million and other fees to clean up soil contamination at individual residences resulting from the distribution of contaminated coal ash as landscaping fill in an Indiana town, resolving its liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act and state law, according to a consent decree filed March 3 in a federal court in Indiana....