BP gets to keep on dumping ammonia/indus.sludge into lake Mich.

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because they are going to hire 80 people..........


http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-pollute_15jul15,1,647384.story?track=rss&ctrack=3&cset=true


BP gets break on dumping in lake
Refinery expansion entices Indiana


The massive BP oil refinery in Whiting, Ind., is planning to dump significantly more ammonia and industrial sludge into Lake Michigan, running counter to years of efforts to clean up the Great Lakes.

Indiana regulators exempted BP from state environmental laws to clear the way for a $3.8 billion expansion that will allow the company to refine heavier Canadian crude oil. They justified the move in part by noting the project will create 80 new jobs.

Under BP's new state water permit, the refinery -- already one of the largest polluters along the Great Lakes -- can release 54 percent more ammonia and 35 percent more sludge into Lake Michigan each day. Ammonia promotes algae blooms that can kill fish, while sludge is full of concentrated heavy metals.

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He said regulators still are unsure about the ecological effects of the relatively new refining process BP plans to use. "We ratcheted it down quite a bit from what it could have been," Higginbotham said.
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is prison too good for Indiana politicians?