In 2005, Texas Parks and Wildlife discovered what became known as the San Jacinto Waste Pits in Pasadena, where Champion Paper Mill had once contracted with a company to dispose of industrial waste. That company chose to place that waste in pits along the San Jacinto river.
In 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency declared the pits a Superfund site. In 2011, a cap was installed to stem the flow of toxins from the pits to the river.
Now, a settlement has been reached to fix it.
We learn the latest from News 88.7 energy and environment reporter Dave Fehling, and Scott Jones, the director of advocacy for the Galveston Bay Foundation.
(Above: Harris County officials visit a dioxin-contaminated site along San Jacinto River east of Houston. Photo: Dave Fehling, Houston Public Media)