National Grid agreed to pay $5.38 million to state and federal agencies to resolve claims over environmental damage caused by the defunct Gloucester Gas Light Company, officials said Friday.
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Hazardous chemicals released by the plant, which operated from 1854 to 1952, contaminated soil, groundwater and sediment in Gloucester Harbor, officials said.
National Grid has agreed to pay state and federal agencies over $5 million for environmental damage caused by a long-defunct Massachusetts gas plant.
The plant transformed coal and oil into gas, yielding tar, sludge and oil as byproducts. After the plant closed, ownership changed to the North Shore Gas Company, then later to National Grid.
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