Wednesday, October 12, 2016 11:15 am

GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (From WLUK) -- The ongoing legal battle regarding who will pay for Fox River cleanup has gotten a bit simpler.

Appvion, the state of Wisconsin and the federal government have eliminated claims against each other, according to the 10-page document filed this week.

However, NCR Corporation, Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP, and P.H. Glatfelter Company must continue and complete the cleanup ongoing work in the Fox River under a set of prior court rulings, according to Wyn Hornbuckle, spokesman for the U.S. Dept. of Justice.

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The United States and the State will continue their lawsuit against NCR and Glatfelter for recovery of unreimbursed cleanup planning and cleanup oversight costs paid by EPA and Wisconsin DNR. Georgia-Pacific and other parties settled with the government and paid their share of those costs.

Although Appvion will no longer be litigating with the governments, Appvion and NCR are still pursuing their own separate lawsuit against Georgia-Pacific, Glatfelter, and others to have a judge divide up the total costs among the parties that caused the PCB contamination. The United States is not involved in that lawsuit, Hornbuckle said.

A March 27 trial is scheduled.