BP Agrees to $1 Million Payment Over Previous Pollution of Air Quality

 The BP refinery has agreed to a $1 million settlement to end litigation over its past pollution of Northwest Indiana air quality.

U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon approved a consent decree this week between the refinery’s corporation and the California-based Sierra Club. The settlement, which also requires BP to pay a $1.75 million in civil penalties to the U.S. Treasury, was announced in September.

Half of the $1 million portion of the settlement will go to buy, install and maintain indoor air filtration systems in East Chicago and Hammond schools, all located within eight miles of the refinery.

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