描述
In a settlement with the United States and the states of Alabama and Oklahoma, Continental Carbon Company has agreed to install pollution control technology that will significantly cut emissions of harmful air pollutants at manufacturing facilities in Alabama, Oklahoma and Texas, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced. The settlement will resolve claims that Houston-based Continental violated the Clean Air Act by modifying their facilities in a way that caused the release of excess sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOx). The settlement requires Continental to pay a civil penalty of 650,000, which will be shared with Alabama and Oklahoma, co-plaintiffs in the case. Continental must also spend 550,000 on environmental projects to help mitigate the harmful effects of air pollution on the environment and to benefit local communities, including at least 25,000 on energy efficiency projects in the communities near each of the three facilities.