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Exxon Mobil fined for air pollution violations
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Exxon Mobil fined for air pollution violations
Posted: 07:33 PM ET
By Terry Frieden
Justice Producer

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Federal officials have fined Exxon Mobil more than $6 million after it violated a three-year-old agreement to decrease air pollution at four of its refineries.

The Justice Department announced Wednesday that the oil giant agreed to pay $6.1 million after Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials determined the company had not sufficiently reduced sulfur emissions in its refineries in Baytown and Beaumont, Texas; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Torrance, California.

Exxon Mobil had paid a $7.7 million fine in its original 2005 agreement with the government and promised to install new emissions controls at the refineries