Verso Corp. to Pay $1 Million to Settle Maryland Pollution Case

Verso Corp. will pay more than $1 million to settle claims that its improper handling or disposal of waste led to toxic contamination in the Potomac River, according to a consent decree approved by a federal judge in Maryland on Thursday.

A byproduct of the paper-making process known as black liquor was seeping from the company’s now-closed paper mill into the river, according to the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Potomac Riverkeeper Inc. alleged an angler reported seeing pools of the black waste on the West Virginia side of the river near the ...