Kent State Agrees to EPA Settlement

Kent State University has agreed to pay more than $500,000, including a $50,000 fine, to resolve a citation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

EPA officials said the level of smoke from the university's coal-fired heating plant, which has since been replaced, violated the Clean Air Act.

Kent State promised to set aside in perpetuity 39 acres of its land, worth an estimated $499,200, for land conservation and wetland conservation, according to the settlement, which was

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