...Agency under a new state Superfund law the same year, becoming one of MPCA's first major cleanup sites. Champion International Corp. bought St. Regis in 1985, and closed the plant near Cass Lake nine months later. Champion -- on the advice...

...withstand a type of weed killer. The poplar cuttings will be planted on less than an acre of land owned by Champion International Corp. of Connecticut, which produces paper for magazines and catalogs at a plant in Sartell. A Champion spokesman...

...said the work will be paid for by International Paper Co., which acquired the property when it merged with Champion International Corp. in 2000. The St. Regis Corp. operated the creosote plant from 1957 through 1985, dumping waste into ponds...