Litigation by the state Division of Law brought in $29.9 million for toxic-site cleanups in the past fiscal year, the most since recoveries began to be tracked in 1992, officials announced Wednesday.

Most of the money — topping the previous records of $27.6 million in fiscal 1999 and $20.3 million in fiscal 2000, came from two settlements, Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa said.

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