EPA: Texas permit violates Clean Air Act

Published: May 26, 2010
Tags: benzene, BP PLC, butadiene, Chevron Corp, Citgo Petroleum Corp, Clean Air Act, Environmental Protection Agency, Exxon Mobil, gasoline, kerosene, oil refinery, polymers, Texas, University of Texas

Ramit Plushnick-Masti AP Writer Houston — The Environmental Protection Agency has moved to end a long-running dispute with Texas over how the state regulates emissions, including cancer-causing toxins such as benzene and butadiene, from dozens of refineries that produce a third of the nation’s gasoline and billions of dollars of petrochemicals. In a step it [...]