DNR bills Ameren for Taum Sauk cleanup

Friday, May 5, 2006

ST. LOUIS -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has billed Ameren Corp. nearly $495,000 to pay for the agency's oversight of clean-up efforts resulting from the collapse of Ameren's Taum Sauk Reservoir. The reservoir collapsed Dec. 14, sending more than 1 billion gallons of water rushing through Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park.

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