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Oil pipeline company hit with record fine for pollution.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

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| April 01, 2003 | Borenstein, Seth | COPYRIGHT 2003 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Seth Borenstein

WASHINGTON _ America's largest refined-oil pipeline company will pay a record $34 million civil fine for pollution, the Bush administration announced Tuesday, saying that multimillion-dollar penalties for other polluters are on the way.

Administration officials, trying to counter criticism that they have been too soft on polluters, trumpeted Tuesday's settlement with Colonial Pipeline Company of Atlanta as "Exhibit A" of their zeal to enforce environmental laws, said John Peter Suarez, chief of enforcement for the Environmental Protection Agency.

"Stay tuned," Suarez said. "There are some big ones coming."

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