( May 8, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT) -- LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The owner and operator of a New Mexico oil refinery has implemented a series of remediation projects and will pay the federal government more than $1 million for violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and New Mexico Air Quality Control Act (AQCA) through a consent decree reached after reports of high benzene levels from the facility’s property boundary monitoring program....