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Saturday, June 07, 2008
Environment - More on "Flares at heart of BP air permit appeal"
Updating this ILB entry from June 1st, Daniel Human of the Gary Post-Tribune reports about decision in Illinois in a lengthy story that begins:
A recent EPA ruling in Illinois might set a precedent that could help environmentalists in their appeal against BP's air permit, but the company stands by the permit it's been granted in Indiana.A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency appeal board stripped ConocoPhillips of its air permit for the expansion of the company's refinery in Roxana, Ill., last week.
In the appeal, the Natural Resources Defense Council presented a case pertaining to the refinery's flares, which release pressure by burning off extra and harmful gases but in turn release other pollutants into the air.
Ann Alexander, senior attorney for the council, said the ConocoPhillips appeal was similar to the BP case in Whiting, and the outcome of the ConocoPhillips appeal could help the environmentalists' BP appeal.
"It's absolutely a persuasive precedence," she said.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 7, 2008 08:31 AM
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