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scandal prompted Celco's chief executive to resign in June 2005 and the company to pledge to adopt cleaner technologies. The plant was temporarily closed by authorities but then allowed to reopen two months later at limited production capacity. Several legal actions were finally settled in the company's favor at the
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promised to pay CLP$ 2 million monthly for three years to promote tourism. Chile's equivalent of an
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than had been approved by the regulating agencies into the river from a waste tube that had been approved by the authorities. It had also been producing far above levels approved in its
Environmental Impact Assessment, and was cited for multiple violations of environmental and health laws. The
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