A manufacturer of commercial gasoline in West Virginia has agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle allegations that it violated the Blank Water Act via dumping copper, aluminum, residual chlorine, iron and phenolics into the Ohio River at ranges above what was once approved, federal regulators mentioned Friday.
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A West Virginia gasoline plant has agreed to settle a Blank Water Act violation case for almost $2 million.
Messer LLC produces liquid nitrogen, oxygen, argon, krypton and xenon on the facility in New Cumberland.
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In keeping with the EPA, the power violated its air pollution discharge allow no less than 186 instances since 2016. Messer assumed legal responsibility for the violations when it received the power in 2019, the EPA mentioned.
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Along with the civil penalty for exceeding discharge allows, which can be paid in equivalent quantities to the state and federal governments, Messer agreed to construct a brand new remedy gadget and do extra to investigate cross-check stormwater discharges, the observation mentioned.
