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EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA) announced on September 27, 2023, that the U.S. According to EPA, the complaint seeks The post EPA and DOJ Claim eBay Unlawfully Sold Pesticides, Banned Chemical Products, and Devices That Defeat PollutionControls on Motor Vehicles appeared first on Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
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million in fines and upgrade pollutioncontrols at its 240,000 b/d Port Arthur, Tex., refinery to settle federal charges that it violated the CleanAirAct, the US Department of Justice and the EnvironmentalProtection Agency said May 1. Total to pay $2.9 agreed to pay $2.9
million in fines and upgrade pollutioncontrols at its 240,000 b/d Port Arthur, Tex., refinery to settle federal charges that it violated the CleanAirAct, the US Department of Justice and the EnvironmentalProtection Agency said May 1. Total to pay $2.9 agreed to pay $2.9
million in fines and upgrade pollutioncontrols at its 240,000 b/d Port Arthur, Tex., refinery to settle federal charges that it violated the CleanAirAct, the US Department of Justice and the EnvironmentalProtection Agency said May 1. Total to pay $2.9 agreed to pay $2.9
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