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The owner also failed to submit production, waste generation and well integrity reports for at least five years. Million Settlement, Largest Of Its Kind, Over 2019 Philadelphia Refinery Explosion [Includes Copy Of Proposed Settlement] -- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: EPA Reaches Historic $4.2
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penalty and $5 million restitution from the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County for airpollution violations; -- $1.4 million penalty against Halliburton Energy Services for 255 violations of the state Solid Waste Management Act; -- $1.5
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