ALBANY, N.Y. - The United States claims in a federal complaint that MPM Silicones LLC polluted the Waterford, New York, area between 2006 and 2008 by placing its rotary kiln incinerator in a calibration mode thousands of times, hamstringing automatic-shutdown procedures that are supposed to limit hazardous emissions.
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