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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 Clean Air Act, 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 Clean Air Act, 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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