A plant situated near a number of larger noncompliant competitors is less likely to attract the attention of local regulators than is an isolated plant, and less attention means lower costs.

与一个独立的工厂相比，坐落在许多不合规的大型竞争者附近的工厂不太可能引起当地监管机构的注意，而较少的关注意味着更低的成本。

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On April 8, 1996, Koch reported to Texas regulators that its Corpus Christi plant had uncontrolled emissions of 0.61 metric tons for 1995, or 1/149th the quantity she had found.

1996年4月8日，科赫公司向德克萨斯州监管者汇报称1995年科珀斯克里斯蒂的精炼厂的未经控制的苯排放量0.61公吨，或为巴尼斯-索利兹所报告数量的1/149.

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Interestingly enough, subsequently the regulators did accept our arguments but at that point it was much too late to save the Yankee plant.

很有趣的，在调整者，接受了我们的参数之后，但是在当时，那对于拯救Yankee电站来说已经晚了。

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