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2/7/2005
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SEPTA settles Paoli yard contamination lawsuit
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Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) recently settled a lawsuit with American Premier Underwriters Inc. (APU) over reimbursement costs for removing contaminants from soil at the 28-acre Paoli rail yard in Chester County, Pa.
Penn Central Railroad successor APU will pay SEPTA $23 million; SEPTA will pay Conrail $9 million of the funds.
In 1986, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ordered SEPTA, Conrail and Amtrak to clean up the site, which had become contaminated from a coolant used in rail-car transformers. The railroads complied, but in the early 1990s sued Penn Central, claiming the road was responsible for most of the contamination.
Penn Central Railroad successor APU will pay SEPTA $23 million; SEPTA will pay Conrail $9 million of the funds.
In 1986, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ordered SEPTA, Conrail and Amtrak to clean up the site, which had become contaminated from a coolant used in rail-car transformers. The railroads complied, but in the early 1990s sued Penn Central, claiming the road was responsible for most of the contamination.
