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After they became involved in the remediation business, DuPont was issued one of the largest fines ever by TCEQ and Attorney General of Texas for a plume leaking from the Port Arthur, traveling under the adjacent river and contamination groundwater under private property as well as Waters of the State of Texas.</p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150717120050/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=609663828"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150717120050im_/http://graph.facebook.com/609663828/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> May 23 @ 1:03 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150717120050/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=609663828">David F. Reichert</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150717120050/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153241018020837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">penalties should be meaningful</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150717120050/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153241018020837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150717120050/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000050340777"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150717120050im_/http://graph.facebook.com/100000050340777/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> May 23 @ 1:41 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150717120050/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000050340777">Tangie Shelton</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150717120050/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153241018020837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">RIP Crystle Wise, miss u!!!</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150717120050/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153241018020837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150717120050/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1346268708"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150717120050im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1346268708/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> May 23 @ 2:16 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150717120050/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1346268708">Peter Parker</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150717120050/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153241018020837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Cannabis...zero deaths.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150717120050/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153241018020837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150717120050/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=517294189"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150717120050im_/http://graph.facebook.com/517294189/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> May 23 @ 3:16 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150717120050/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=517294189">Tim Hurst</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150717120050/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153241018020837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Blame Texas lax regulations and compliance laws. The stinking legislature is for big bidness only. They say "these things happen". Nothing good ever comes out of texas</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150717120050/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153241018020837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150717120050/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1399925636"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150717120050im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1399925636/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> May 23 @ 7:19 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150717120050/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1399925636">Joan Hardy</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150717120050/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153241018020837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">So why aren't these penalties more 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