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EPA regulation of oil refineries
The paper's three-month investigation found clean-air enforcement actions at oil refineries were being scaled back and the country's worst air polluters were continuing to operate without repercussions. And though the Environmental Protection Agency made claims about efforts to make air cleaner, it let oil refineries miss court-ordered deadlines. Meanwhile, residents living nearby suffer the consequences.
Tags: oil; refinery; EPA; Environmental Protection Agency; pollution; air; petroleum; inspection; violation; Petroleum Refinery Initiative; pollutant; health; safety; chemical; environment
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Blowing Smoke: Even as the EPA was publicly touting its efforts to make the air cleaner, it was privately allowing 25 oil refineries to miss dozens of court-ordered deadlines
This series focuses on the EPA's promise to the public that it would force refineries to clean up their acts with the Petroleum Refinery Initiative. The EPA also required these companies, which consisted of 48 corporations in 24 states, to meet specific deadlines set by the courts in order to clear pollutants in the air. The Star-Telegram uncovered that the EPA allowed at least 17 of these companies to quietly miss deadlines "prolonging the exposure of hundreds of thousands of people to dangerous pollutants."
Tags: Environmental Protection Agency's Petroleum Refinery Initiative