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BP dumps mercury in lake

Although the federal government ordered states more than a decade ago to dramatically limit mercury discharges into the Great Lakes, the BP refinery in northwest Indiana will be allowed to continue pouring small amounts of the toxic
metal into Lake Michigan for at least another five years.

A little-noticed exemption in BP's controversial new state water permit
gives the oil company until 2012 to meet strict federal limits on mercury
discharges. In documents, Indiana regulators predict the refinery won't be able
to comply and will ask to continue polluting after that date.

Federal records analyzed by the Tribune show BP puts 2 pounds of mercury
into the lake every year from its sprawling plant 3 miles southeast of Chicago
in Whiting, Ind. That amount is small compared with the mercury that falls into
the water from air pollution, but mercury builds up in the environment and is so
toxic that even tiny drops can threaten fish and people.