| Pa. files lawsuit
over August spill of contaminated water, ash Nov. 21 Pennsylvania is suing over the Aug. 23 spill of more than 100 million gallons of contaminated water and fly ash into the Delaware River from the Martins Creek power plant in Lower Mount Bethel Township in Northampton County. The state Department of Environmental Protection filed the lawsuit against PPL Generation LLC and PPL Martins Creek LLC in Commonwealth Court for damage to Pennsylvania´s natural resources, the state said. "This was a major incident that had a serious effect on our environment," DEP Secretary Kathleen McGinty said. "This legal action ensures PPL continues to take all necessary cleanup measures, strengthens the commonwealth´s standing to collect penalties and preserves the state´s rights to recover damage claims resulting from the incident."
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