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EPA says Smurfit-Stone agrees to pay penalty of $325,000

Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:12am EDT

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March 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA) said Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises Inc. has agreed to pay penalties totalling $325,000 to settle a complaint over alleged clean-air violations at a printing plant.

The company, which makes cardboard and corrugated packaging, has agreed to pay $162,500 to the EPA and $162,500 to the state of Illinois, the EPA said in a news statement.

Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. SSCC.O.

(Reporting by Sweta Singh in Bangalore)

((Editing by Valerie Lee; Reuters messaging: sweta.singh.reuters.com@reuters.net; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780; outside U.S. +91 80 4135 5800)) Keywords: SMURFIT STONECONTAINER COMPLAINT/

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