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Washington (UPI) Jan 14, 2011 The U.S. Justice Department says an Indiana power company has agreed to a $600 million settlement for violations of the Clean Air Act. Northern Indiana Public Service Co. has agreed to invest approximately $600 million in pollution control technology, a Justice Department release said Thursday. The proposed settlement, which will require NIPSCO spend $9.5 million on environmental mitigation projects and pay a civil penalty of $3.5 million, covers all of NIPSCO's coal-fired power plants, located in Chesterton, Michigan City, Wheatfield and Gary, Ind. The mitigation actions will result in annual reductions of nitrogen oxide emissions by 18,000 tons and sulfur dioxide emissions by 46,000 tons. "This settlement will bring substantial reductions in sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter and carbon dioxide emissions that will benefit the health and environment of residents across Indiana and the surrounding area," said Ignacia S. Moreno, assistant attorney general for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Department of Justice. "The pollution reductions achieved in this settlement will ensure that the people of Indiana and neighboring states have cleaner, healthier air to breathe," said Cynthia Giles, assistant administrator for the EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.
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