“There will be sampling of the soils, of the groundwater, of the surface water, of sediments, of fish,” Matsikoudis said. He outlined some of what the settlement will now require. Their focus, he said, was on Tennessee River cleanup.

He said the lawsuit settlement didn’t involve any money for the group. The group’s attorney Bill Matsikoudis also spoke Tuesday night. The Tennesee Riverkeeper group sued 3M, Decatur, Morgan County and others in 2016. John lawsuit was part of the announced settlements last week.Īlong with cleanup and monitoring of properties, Cells 2-11 of the Decatur Morgan County Regional Landfill with the aim of using modern technology to prevent PFAS tainted runoff. The lawsuit in state court focused on damage to property caused by PFAS chemicals. The initial claims dating back to 2004 included a class of defendants in a case known as the St.

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