Indiana BP Refinery Discharges Industrial Waste Above Limits

An operational issue has caused BP's large northern Indiana refinery near the southern shore of Lake Michigan to discharge about five times more industrial waste into the lake than allowed. The Times of Northwest Indiana reports that the refinery has been dealing with the problem at its wastewater treatment plant since Friday. BP discovered in a test Tuesday that the total suspended solids discharged rose to more than 26,600 pounds.