The Nation - News from Aug. 20, 1986

An administrative law judge declined to dismiss a $1.37-million fine levied against Union Carbide Corp. by federal officials, who accused the chemical giant of more than 200 safety violations at its plant in Institute, W. Va. Judge James Burroughs, in dismissing a company motion, said he would hold hearings on whether to uphold the fine, the largest ever issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Burroughs set no date for hearings on the citations, the result of a six-month inspection that followed a series of chemical leaks involving Union Carbide plants, including one in Bhopal, India, that killed more than 2,000.