Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.money From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: ENERGY Date: Sat, 14 Nov 92 08:11:37 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: ENERGY Publication Date: Friday November 13, 1992 BYLINE: Mobil Settles Air Pollution Suit With EPA: Mobil Oil Corp. has agreed to pay $950,000--the largest penalty imposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in California for violation of the federal Clean Air Act--to settle charges stemming from a Bakersfield plant's emissions. The facility, which makes polystyrene foam, was charged with emitting too many volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, from 1983 to 1985. VOCs in sunlight produce ozone. Bakersfield is among those California areas that still fail to meet federal standards limiting ozone emissions. This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM