Katahdin Paper in Millinocket has agreed to pay a $106,000 fine for wastewater discharges that caused a massive algae bloom last summer.
The company has also accepted lower, albeit temporary, pollution discharge requirements, although Katahdin officials say the mill no longer discharges the phosphorous that caused the algae bloom, according to the Bangor Daily News. The company will pay the settlement to the state, the Penobscot Nation and several pollution prevention and detection projects, the paper said.
