Partly Cloudy
81°
Morris, IL
Partly Cloudy|Forecast »

ExxonMobil to investigate cause of oily release

Refinery also agrees to pay $70,000

CHICAGO — ExxonMobil Oil Corp. must investigate the cause of a burst of oil mist at the company’s refinery in Channahon Township on Oct. 19, and take specific actions to ensure it does not occur again.

Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow on Thursday filed an agreed order including that those requirements.

More specifically, ExxonMobil must complete the investigation within 14 days to determine the root cause of the release and submit recommendations to Madigan’s and Glasgow’s offices for implementing corrective and preventive measures based on the investigation. A detailed corrective work schedule for necessary improvements must also be submitted.

Story Archived

Only the most recent 7 days of articles are available for free. For articles older than 7 days there is a small fee for retrieval from our archive. If you are a registered member of the site, the content is free just by signing in below.

Please sign in with your Comment Member ID and password.

Did you purchase access?

Member ID:
Password:
Forgot Your Password?
Register to comment.

Purchase Access
To allow for flexibility, we offer a variety of options for purchasing articles:
Purchase options


Having trouble?

If you have any technical difficulties, either with your username and password or with the payment options, please contact us by e-mail at archivedesk@shawmedia.com


Reader Poll

Were you impacted by last week's flooding?

Yes, but only inconvenienced by closed streets
Yes, water got close, but everything worked out OK
Yes, I had to evacuate my home or workplace
Yes, my house sustained extensive damage
No, I managed to avoid it all