12:58 PM EDT, 07/11/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Marathon Oil ( MRO ) agreed to a $241.5 million settlement with the US government for allegedly violating the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice said Thursday.

The settlement resolves claims the company's oil and gas production operations on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota resulted in thousands of tons of illegal pollution.

Marathon will pay a civil penalty of $64.5 million and invest $177 million in "extensive compliance measures" to resolve the claims, according to a statement from the EPA and DOJ.

Marathon Oil ( MRO ) did not immediately respond to a request for comment from MT Newswires.

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