From an
article by Mary Beth Schneider in the
Indianapolis Star:
Facing intense criticism for the state's decision to let BP America increase discharges into Lake Michigan, Gov. Mitch Daniels on Monday ordered a review of the state's environmental permitting process.
Daniels appointed James Barnes, former dean of the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs, to lead the review. . . .
Barnes, who teaches at IU, helped form the Environmental Protection Agency and now is chairman of the EPA's Environmental Finance Advisory Board. He is expected to begin his review next week, with his report to the governor due within six weeks.
Barnes was not available for comment Monday.
In June, the state Department of Environmental Management issued a new wastewater treatment permit to BP's Whiting refinery.
The new permit, plus a $3.8 billion expansion of the refinery, will allow BP to make an additional 620 million gallons of gasoline from Canadian crude oil. But the process will result in BP releasing 54 percent more ammonia and 35 percent more suspended solids into Lake Michigan, a major source of drinking water for Chicago and other cities.
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