A septage hauler will pay $500,000 in penalties and fees for illegally disposing of wastewater. In addition, Midstate Sewerage of Millbury, Massachusetts, will not seek state or municipal contracts for two years as part of a settlement with the state, according to the office of Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy. The settlement ends a lawsuit filed in 2018.
Midstate was accused of dumping septage into a Millbury municipal pump station instead of hauling it to the Upper Blackstone Water Pollution Abatement District, news reports say. By doing so, the company avoided paying thousands of dollars in disposal fees.At the same time,
