大陆碳公司日前收到的俄克拉荷马州西区美国地方法院的最后批准书通告,指控该公司庞卡城工厂排放的炭黑使附近居民财产受损的两宗集体诉讼案达成了和解协议。在2009年7月28日举行听证会后,法院进入审批此前所达成的和解办法的最后命令阶段。第一宗诉讼案即该州庞卡的印第安部落 Continental Carbon recently received notice of final approval from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma alleging that the carbon black emitted by the company’s Ponca City factory has resulted in a settlement agreement in the two class actions filed to damage nearby residents. Following a hearing on 28 July 2009, the court entered the final order phase of the review and adjudication of the settlements reached earlier. The first lawsuit was the Indian tribe in Ponca, the state