BP Refinery Pollution Violations Result in $15M Clean Air Act Penalty
BP will pay $15 million to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for violations of federal air pollution laws that occurred at its Texas City oil refinery. …
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BP will pay $15 million to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for violations of federal air pollution laws that occurred at its Texas City oil refinery. …
Federal environmental regulators have launched an investigation into benzene problems at BP’s Texas City oil refinery, a facility that has already racked up hundreds of millions of dollars in government fines and court judgments for disregarding environmental regulations and safety failures that have resulted in injuries and deaths. …
The federal government has issued a record fine against BP for failing to properly upgrade its Texas City oil refinery after a fatal 2005 explosion. …
A $10 billion toxic tort class action lawsuit has been filed against BP over alleged emissions from its troubled Texas City oil refinery, alleging that workers and residents in the area were exposed to benzene and other chemicals. …
A worker at BP’s Texas City oil refinery has been awarded $1.72 million by a Galveston jury in an industrial accident lawsuit.…
A federal jury has awarded more than $100 million to 10 workers who were exposed to toxic fumes at the BP Texas City, Texas oil refinery, mostly involving punitive damages after evidence was submitted about the company’s history of problems at the refinery.…
Congressmen from around the Great Lakes are urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to investigate problems at a British Petroleum (BP) oil refinery in Indiana, where illegal amounts of benzene, a known carcinogen, were allegedly released.…
A toxic tort lawsuit has been filed on behalf of 143 people who worked at or lived near an oil refinery owned by BP America in Texas City, alleging that they were exposed to benzene and other harmful chemicals that were released into the air in April 2007.…
A government pollution lawsuit over benzene emissions at a refinery in Texas City, Texas, has resulted in a settlement where BP Products North America, Inc. will pay nearly $180 million in fines and improvements for their pollution control.…
A toxic tort lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a Texas man who alleges that he developed a fatal form of cancer, known as chronic lymphocytic leukemia, after 30 years of benzene exposure while working around solvents and chemicals at an Amoco refinery.…