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Contaminants from the coal ash ponds are currently entering the Middle Fork through several discolored seeps on the riverbank. The Illinois EPA has issued to Dynegy two violation notices: one in 2012 for polluting the groundwater and another in 2018 for contaminating the Middle Fork

GRAPHIC: Fines for environmental violations dropped during Trump administration

By Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY Network Agriculture Data Fellow | February 18, 2021

Fines have ebbed and flowed over the years, but there was a drop off in the past four years.