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Article: Exxon Mobil hit with $6.1M pollution fine in US
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- December 17, 2008
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The Exxon Mobil Corp. has agreed to pay an additional $6.1 million penalty after it reneged on a promise to cut air pollution from four refineries in California, Louisiana and Texas, the Justice Department said Wednesday.
The payment stems from a 2005 agreement between the government and Exxon Mobil, part of a broader push by Environmental Protection Agency to reduce air pollution from refineries, in which the company agreed pay $14.4 million in civil penalties and for community-related environmental projects while also installing new air-pollution controls at the refineries.
Justice and EPA officials said Wednesday that Exxon Mobil violated the agreement by not adequately ...