Jury finds Citgo guilty of violating Clear Air Act - Reuters

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Jury finds Citgo guilty of violating Clear Air Act
27 Jun 2007 19:11:29 GMT
Source: Reuters

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By Erwin Seba

HOUSTON, June 27 (Reuters) - A federal jury in Corpus Christi,
Texas, on Wednesday found Citgo Petroleum Corp. guilty on
two of four charges in the first criminal trial of a refiner under
the U.S. Clean Air Act, according to the court clerk's office.

In their third full day of deliberations, jurors determined
Citgo was guilty on two counts of operating oil-water
separators at the 156,000 barrel per day (bpd) refinery in
2001 and 2002 without pollution control equipment required
by the Clean Air Act.

The jury found Citgo not guilty on two counts of violating
limits for releasing cancer-causing benzene from the refinery
in 2001 and 2002.

Citgo's attorney said the company was pleased to be
acquitted on the benzene-release charges, but disappointed
by the guilty verdicts.

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[Ian David]

1. The only oil company ever found guilty of anything, and it HAS to be Hugo Chavez's?

Oh, come ON!

We've got American and British refineries EXPLODING... and they go after Citgo?

[musette_sf]

2. and of course Conoco, Shell, Texaco,

and all those other Houston-based oil companies' refineries are veritable paragons of compliance with the Clean Air Act! :sarcasm: and of course you all know that the mighty Citgo has more refineries in Texas than any other oil company! :sarcasm:

if you haven't had the pleasure of traveling through Refinery Row in Texas, or Cancer Alley in Louisiana, you should know that this is all about Chavez. disgusting cronyism.