Showing posts with label US federal standards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label US federal standards. Show all posts

July 31, 2007



BP gets OK to dump mercury into Lake Michigan
The permit exempts the BP plant at Whiting, Ind., 3 miles southeast of Chicago, from a 1995 federal regulation limiting mercury discharges into the Great Lakes to 1.3 ounces per year.The permit was issued July 21 in connection with the plant's $3.8 billion expansion, but only late last week began to generate public controversy. It gives the company until at least 2012 to meet the federal standard.


Posted Jul 31, 2007 08:16 AM PST
Category: SCIENCE/HEALTH

Unflipping believable

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