KEOKUK, Iowa (AP) — A company that runs a grain processing plant in southeastern Iowa will pay a $4.1 million penalty to settle allegations that it repeatedly dumped industrial waste into the Mississippi River, authorities announced Tuesday.
Roquette America Inc. will also be required to take other steps that could cost more than $17 million to upgrade its sewer and wastewater treatment plant to prevent future discharges from its Keokuk plant into the Mississippi and a nearby creek, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
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