据ICIS网站1月21日消息 美国司法部周四表示，根据与监管机构达成的和解协议，陶氏化学将在减少空气污染的项目上斥资2.94亿美元，并支付300万美元的民事罚款。
监管机构称，该公司及其两家子公司违反了《清洁空气法》，未能正确操作和监测石化设施的工业火炬，导致排放超标。
陶氏在一份声明中称，自2013年以来，其一直与美国环境保护署（EPA）积极合作，以满足新的燃烧效率预期，用于升级火炬系统的资金是公司资本支出预算的一部分。
陶氏及其子公司Performance Materials NA和Union Carbide 公司同意安装和运行空气污染控制和监测技术，以减少路易斯安那州哈恩维尔、路易斯安那州普拉克明、德克萨斯州弗里波特、德克萨斯州奥兰治等地26处设施的燃烧和空气污染。
周二与协议一起提交的这项申诉指控陶氏及其子公司过度燃烧火炬，未能遵守确保挥发性有机化合物（VOCs）和其他污染物得到有效燃烧的其他措施。
陶氏表示，2015年开始升级火炬系统，所有项目预计将在2025年完成。
王磊 摘译自 ICIS
原文如下：
Dow to spend $294m to lower emissions in settlement with US
US-based Dow will spend $294m Regulators alleged that the company and two of its subsidiaries violated the Clean Air Act by failing to properly operate and monitor industrial flares at their petrochemical facilities, which resulted in excess emissions.
Dow said in a statement that it has been working actively with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) since 2013 to meet new combustion efficiency expectations. The money to be spent Dow and subsidiaries Performance Materials NA and Union Carbide Corp agreed to install and operate air pollution control and monitoring technology to reduce flaring and air pollution from 26 industrial flares at facilities in Hahnville, Louisiana; Plaquemine, Louisiana; Freeport, Texas; and Orange, Texas.
The complaint, filed Tuesday along with the settlement, alleges that Dow and its subsidiaries oversteamed flares and failed to comply with other steps that ensure the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and other pollutants were effectively combusted.
Dow said that it began upgrading its flare system in 2015 and that all projects are expected to be completed by 2025.