Federal charges filed in 2011 paper mill spill

Published December 27, 2012 7:24pm ET



The Justice Department has filed two criminal misdemeanor charges against a Bogalusa, La., paper mill, saying it violated federal environmental laws.

The charges stem from a five-day spill of pulp byproducts into the Pearl River in August 2011.

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