Cabot fined for 2005 ammonia spill

Cabot Creamery has been fined $50,000 and placed on two years’ probation for a 2005 ammonia spill that killed plants, fish and macroinvertebrates in the Winooski River.

Cabot Creamery pleads guilty to chemical spill

The Cabot Creamery has agreed to plead guilty to violating the Clean Water Act after an ammonia spill two years ago killed thousands of fish in the Winooski River. The Creamery will pay a $50,000 dollar fine, and another $50,000 to fund environmental projects.