Cabot Corp., the second largest carbon black manufacturer in the U.S., agreed Tuesday to pay a $975,000 civil penalty and spend an estimated $84 million on technology to control air pollution at its three facilities in Franklin and Ville Platte, La., and Pampa, Texas, federal officials said.
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, a co-plaintiff in the case, will receive $292,500 of the penalty, according to the proposed consent decree outlined by the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency.
