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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'> The date is this Friday, March 14 not
the 24! Sorry.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>What:
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Indiana</st1:State></st1:place>
Department of Environmental Management public hearing on the BP Whiting
Refinery air permit<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>When:
Friday, March <font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>1</span></font>4, 20008<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Time:
Informal question period at 5:30 p.m. and formal public hearing at 6:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Where: <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Hammond</st1:City></st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Civic</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">5825 Sohl
Ave.</st1:address></st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Hammond</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">IN</st1:State></st1:address> (west of <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">Calumet Ave.</st1:address></st1:Street> at 158<sup>th</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Why:
BP expansion to refine tar sands oil from <st1:State w:st="on">Alberta</st1:State>
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region> will increase air
pollution <font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>and threatens the Boreal <st1:place
w:st="on">Forest</st1:place> and Boreal birds.</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>IDEM helps BP avoid soot reductions<br>
</span></font></b><span class=smtext1><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-weight:bold'>(<a
href="http://www.post-trib.com/news/833243,bphurry.article"
title="http://www.post-trib.com/news/833243,bphurry.article">http://www.post-trib.com/news/833243,bphurry.article</a>)</span></font></b></span><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>March 9, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>By Gitte Laasby Post-Tribune staff writer <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>WHITING
-- Approval of an air permit for BP is moving along faster than
environmentalists would like -- and faster than IDEM's normal standards -- with
BP standing to gain. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Environmentalists
say IDEM's rushing undermines the public's opportunity to comment and that it
happens at the expense of public health. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>"This
time frame is extremely rushed. It really is not a meaningful opportunity for
public comment. Just to read the documents is more time than they've given
us," <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Ann Alexander</st1:PersonName>, senior
attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council, said. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=smtext1><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>(<a
href="http://www.post-trib.com/news/833243,bphurry.article"
title="http://www.post-trib.com/news/833243,bphurry.article">http://www.post-trib.com/news/833243,bphurry.article</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=smtext1><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Carolyn Marsh<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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