MIT Settles Charges of Environmental Lapses

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology agreed in April to spend $555,000 to settle charges that it violated federal environmental regulations. To come into compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency, the institution said it would spend $405,000 on three environmentally friendly projects and pay a $150,000 fine.

M.I.T.'s troubles stemmed from a May 1998 inspection of its campus by the E.P.A. Investigators reported instances of improper labeling or storage of hazardous

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