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BP to Pay $50.6 Million Penalty for 2005 Refinery Explosion

By Heidi Schwartz, on August 16, 2010, at 9:49 am

Last week, OSHA announced that BP Products North America Inc. will pay a full penalty of $50.6 million stemming from the 2005 refinery explosion that killed 15 workers and injured 170 others.

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Clean Air Act Claims to be Settled

By Heidi Schwartz, on August 31, 2009, at 9:16 am

D.D. Williamson and Co. and First Chemical Corp. have agreed in separate settlements to pay a combined total of $1,331,000 in civil penalties and to implement corrective measures to settle Clean Air Act claims resulting from a 2003 explosion at D.D. Williamson’s Kentucky plant and a 2002 explosion at First Chemical’s Mississippi plant.

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