State of Texas Sues BP Over Air Pollution
Christopher Weber
Correspondent
Posted:
08/10/10
The state of Texas has filed suit against BP and, no, it's not related to the oil spill in the Gulf.
The Lone Star State's attorney general accuses the oil giant of illegally emitting nearly 500,000 pounds of air pollutants at its Texas City refinery for more than a month in the spring of this year, The Associated Press reported.
Texas blames shoddy operation and maintenance on the part of BP for what the state called 46 days of illegal pollution at the facility near Houston.
The state's Commission on Environmental Quality accused BP of multiple "egregious" violations and said the company has a
poor compliance history, the AP said. The regulatory agency turned those findings over to the attorney general, who filed the lawsuit.
The company could be fined up to $25,000 per day for each violation. BP hasn't commented on the suit.
The Lone Star State's attorney general accuses the oil giant of illegally emitting nearly 500,000 pounds of air pollutants at its Texas City refinery for more than a month in the spring of this year, The Associated Press reported.
Texas blames shoddy operation and maintenance on the part of BP for what the state called 46 days of illegal pollution at the facility near Houston.
The state's Commission on Environmental Quality accused BP of multiple "egregious" violations and said the company has a
poor compliance history, the AP said. The regulatory agency turned those findings over to the attorney general, who filed the lawsuit.The company could be fined up to $25,000 per day for each violation. BP hasn't commented on the suit.