TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (May 24, 2012) – Hitachi America, Ltd., Industrial Components and Equipment Division, announced that it is relocating its Charlotte, N.C., facility to a larger facility. While remaining in Charlotte, the new facility is 38,400 sq. ft., increasing the company’s working space by 42 percent. The larger facility is needed to accommodate projected growth in sales. The company anticipates that the relocation will be completed by the end of June 2012.

WASHINGTON (May 24, 2012) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that BP North America Inc. has agreed to pay an $8 million penalty and invest more than $400 million to install state-of-the-art pollution controls and cut emissions from BP’s petroleum refinery in Whiting, Ind.