The Environmental Protection Agency plans a crack down on Colorado’s only oil refinery after studies show it released more air pollution than others its size.
Tests showed Suncor had more excess releases of sulfur dioxide-laden tail gas than any of 11 comparable refineries according to the Region 8 EPA study.
“We will use this information and other targeting tools to focus our efforts for future inspections and enforcement,” said Region 8 EPA Administrator KC Becker, a former Democratic Speaker of the House at the Colorado legislature reported the Colorado Sun.
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