Explosives Manufacturer Reaches Deal with Utah Environmental Officials
By Christy Burns
Published on February 21, 2007
Before closing its doors in February 2006, Ensign-Bickford manufactured explosives at a plant in Spanish Fork. The groundwater contamination occurred after large quantities of chemicals leaked into the area’s aquifer.
Under the settlement, Ensign-Bickford is required to pay $9.375 million for pumping and treating the polluted water. The company must also establish a $2.58 million trust fund that Mapleton can access to compensate for the natural-resource damage caused by the loss of the aquifer. The total settlement will cost Ensign-Bickford $12 million.
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