A BP subsidiary will pay a $40 million penalty and install technology to control releases of benzene and other contaminants at its Whiting oil refinery on the Indiana shoreline of Lake Michigan, Biden administration officials said Wednesday.
BP's Whiting oil refinery on the Indiana shoreline of Lake Michigan has been ordered to pay $40 million fine for pollution violations. The refinery must also install nearly $200 million worth of new technology to control future environmental contaminations.A BP subsidiary will pay a $40 million penalty and install technology to control releases of benzene and other contaminants at itsoil refinery on the Indiana shoreline of Lake Michigan, Biden administration officials said Wednesday.
"This settlement will result in the reduction of hundreds of tons of harmful air pollution a year, which means cleaner, healthier air for local communities," said Larry Starfield, acting assistant administrator of EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. It has a record of pollution rule violations, reaching settlements in 2019 and 2022 over releases of sooty "particulate matter" linked to asthma and other respiratory diseases.A new federal complaint accused the BP unit of breaking rules limiting benzene in refinery wastewater streams and emissions of hazardous and volatile air contaminants.
Under the agreement, BP will add equipment to strip benzene from wastewater streams flowing to its lakefront treatment plant.Additionally, it will step up pollution surveillance, placing one monitoring device on the refinery grounds, three at the fence line and 10 beyond.
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