AVX Corp.

 A federal court has accepted a $366 million settlement to remove PCB's from New Bedford Harbor.   Attorney General Martha Coakley said Wednesday that she's pleased the United States District Court has accepted the settlement.   Coakley called the ruling ``an important step for the economic development of the harbor'' which will provide ``significant public health benefits for the community ... Re

Mayor Jon Mitchell is joining the Attorney General and AVX Corporation in asking a Federal Court to approve a $366 million settlement with AVX to remove pcb's from New Bedford Harbor.  The funding, if approved, would enable the cleanup to be finished within five to seven years, compared to 40 years without it...