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Settlement includes largest-ever Clean Air Act penalty and mandates significant emissions reductions at North Dakota facilities.
- Marathon Oil to pay $64.5 million civil penalty, the largest for Clean Air Act violations at stationary sources.
- Company will invest $177 million in compliance measures to cut emissions from over 200 facilities.
- Settlement aims to reduce 2.25 million tons of CO2 emissions over five years, equivalent to removing 487,000 cars from the road.
- Marathon Oil's emissions have significantly impacted the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation and other North Dakota communities.
- The agreement is part of a broader effort by the Biden administration to enforce environmental regulations in the oil and gas sector.
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- Marathon Oil Petroleum refineries company
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