Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced today her office has reached a settlement with two Illinois companies for environmental damage caused by herbicides sprayed near the Short Fork Seep Nature Preserve in McDonough County.
Under the terms of the settlement, McDonough Power Cooperative and Spoon River Electric Cooperative must pay $10,000 in civil penalties and $7,500 for the nature preserve’s restoration costs. The defendants are also required to develop plans to prevent…
