A federal judge on Monday declined ExxonMobil’s request to reconsider a $20 million fine he ordered the energy giant to pay earlier this year for spewing millions of pounds of unauthorized air pollution from Houston-area industrial facilities.
In April, U.S. District Judge David Hittner said the the company should pay $19.95 million for repeatedly busting air pollution limits at its sprawling Baytown complex. From 2005 to 2013, the company’s refinery and chemical plants released 10 million pounds of pollution in excess of its state-issued air permits, according to the ruling.
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