![]() Image uploaded from a quicklink (Image by Unknown Owner) Details DMCA | With the world focused on a BP rig explosion in the spring of 2010 that caused the worst oil spill in U.S. history, a massive release of pollutants from the company's Texas City refinery went largely unnoticed. The public became aware of the release only after it ended May 16, 2010. Regulations required BP to give notice to state officials within 24 hours of the start of the gas release and within two weeks of its conclusion, but notice to the public was not required. |




