A milling company has agreed to pay $940,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging multiple violations at a plant that was the scene of a fatal explosion in 2017, state Justice Department officials announced Wednesday.
The agency sued Didion Milling Inc. in November 2020 alleging state inspectors discovered 30 violations at the company's Cambria corn mill in 2019, including emissions, record-keeping and reporting violations. Didion spokesperson Scott Rippe didn't immediately respond to an email seeking comment on the settlement.
The state Department of Justice asked the Legislature's finance committee on Wednesday for permission to accept the settlement. Republicans passed a law in 2018 requiring the department to get the committee's permission before settling any lawsuit as a way of diminishing Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul's powers.
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