Paying the Penalty

//July 8, 2005//

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Around the State-SouthVINELAND SP Industries, which produces glassware and equipment for the pharmaceutical industry, has agreed to pay $65,041 for contaminating groundwater at its glass facility in Vineland, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The settlement resolves the company?s natural resource damage liability for a 1.2-acre plume of volatile organic compounds in the groundwater at the site. The money will be pooled with other settlements to buy land protecting groundwater in Vineland?s watershed, the environmental agency said.