* BP Amoco’s BP Oil unit has...
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* BP Amoco’s BP Oil unit has agreed to pay $1.75 million to help settle claims by the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that Cleveland-based BP Oil violated the federal Clean Air Act by emitting excess quantities of sulfur dioxide by unlawfully flaring gases containing high concentrations of hydrogen sulfide. Flaring is a high-temperature oxidation process used to burn combustible components of gases produced by refining operations. Sulfur dioxide emissions from flares contribute to acid rain, the Justice Department said.
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