URBANA – A river conservation group is pleased that more ideas will be considered in restoration of area rivers as a result of a final consent decree involving an ammonia spill six years ago that killed tens of thousands of fish.
U.S. Chief District Judge Michael McCuskey on Feb. 7 approved a consent decree that settles a federal lawsuit filed against the University of Illinois, the Champaign-Urbana Sanitary District and CEDA Inc., the university's cleaning contractor.
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