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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The Southern Union gas company has appealed an $18 million penalty for illegally storing hazardous mercury waste.

The Texas company was convicted last year of storing liquid mercury without a permit at a neglected and rundown building in Pawtucket. The material was exposed to the public after vandals broke in five years ago and dumped it on the ground of a nearby apartment complex.

U.S. District Judge William Smith this month fined Southern Union $6 million and ordered an additional $12 million in community service payments.

The company has submitted a notice of appeal to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston. It wants the conviction and the penalty overturned.

 Tags  Pawtucket RI Southern Union

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