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BP P.L.C.

Violations of the Clean Air Act

Date: 07/25/2000 (Date of Administrative Agreement)

Misconduct Type: Environment

Enforcement Agency: EPA

Contracting Party: None

Court Type: Administrative

Amount: $510,000,000

Disposition: Administrative Agreement

Synopsis: On July 25, 2000, the EPA and Justice Department reached an agreement with BP Amoco. “Under the agreement, BP Amoco, the nation's second-largest refiner, is expected to spend more than $500 million on up-to-date pollution-control technologies and work practices at nine refineries to reduce emissions from all sources - from stacks, leaking valves, wastewater vents and flares… In addition, BP Amoco agreed to pay a $10 million penalty.”