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The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is monitoring the situation at BP’s refinery in Whiting after two separate tank leaks spread a chemical odor across nearby communities in Indiana and Illinois, the agency told the Post-Tribune on Thursday. On the afternoon of Jan. 18, a storage tank at the refinery’s tank field began leaking, according to a company spokesperson. The leak was .