by Muskegon Critic
BP, also known as the British Petroleum of the oil world, is undeterred by its Gulf catastrophe from expanding one of their oil refinery plants in Indiana, which will dump more "ammonia" and "industrial sludge" into Lake Michigan. Indiana regulators, back in 2007, exempted BP from state environmental laws so that BP could expand its plant and process heavier Canadian crude oil...BP may be moving forward with that expansion soon. [2007]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. [snip] The company will now be allowed to dump an average of 1,584 pounds of ammonia and 4,925 pounds of sludge into Lake Michigan every day. The additional sludge is the maximum allowed under federal guidelines. -- Article
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