Xcel Energy, railroads settle Ashland contamination lawsuit

ASHLAND - Xcel Energy and two railroads have settled a lawsuit over contamination at the lakefront in Ashland.

Xcel says the Soo Line and Wisconsin Central have agreed to pay $10 million to help cleanup contamination caused, in part, by a gas plant that operated near Chequamegon Bay from the late 1800s to the 1940s.

The Daily Press (http://bit.ly/1A1CGWW ) says Soo Line owned the land and operated a railroad corridor at the site from at least the 1870s through 1987 when it was acquired by Wisconsin Central. Xcel subsidiary, Northern States Power, says the settlement money is only a fraction of the total cleanup cost, estimated at $100 million.

Full story: WJFW

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