June 9, 2011
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Exxon Suit, WEEE Fraud, RoHS2, 3E
A federal judge has said that the Sierra Club and Environment Texas can sue for enforcement of federal pollution standards at the nation’s largest oil refinery, Reuters reports.
The environmental groups said that, according to notices filed by Exxon Mobil with state and federal regulators, the company’s Baytown, Texas refinery and chemical plant have in the past five years released over 8 million more pounds of pollutants than what is permitted under the Clean Air Act.
Exxon had asked federal Judge David Hitner to throw out the lawsuit because the….
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