29 Oct 2013 - 10:03 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
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BRASILIA, Brazil
The government of Brazil last week finally set the amount that companies can be fined for major oil spills in water bodies under the country’s National Contingency Plan. The fines can total as much as $461 million USD, it said.