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EPA seeks to shave Bayer payout in fatal 2008 explosion
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/special_reports/chemical_plant_safety/epa-seeks-to-shave-bayer-payment-for-fatal-explosion-in/article_62a99730-dd4e-5abc-bfdf-45c509c04cf6.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share"Trump administration environmental regulators are seeking to reduce by nearly $1.4 million the amount Bayer CropScience will pay to resolve serious safety violations cited in the 2008 explosion that killed two workers at the Institute chemical plant, records show.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed to allow Bayer to cut the amount it spends on supplemental environmental projects under a legal settlement from $4.42 million to $3.05 million, according to EPA filings in federal court in Charleston.".....(more)
