A large spike in levels of sulfur dioxide emitted from Suncor’s Commerce City refinery was detected by air monitoring equipment north of the refinery at 5:18 a.m. Wednesday, according to Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
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Suncor released potentially unhealthy levels of benzene into Sand Creek after a December refinery fire, according to the Colorado Department of Health and Environment.
FILE PHOTO: The Suncor refinery is reflected in a puddle on Friday, Dec. 30, in Commerce City, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/The Denver Gazette)
A federal court case against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by a Colorado landowner whose property includes the Gold King mine near Silverton can proceed, federal Judge Armando O. Bonilla ruled.
Environmental Protection Agency's Gladstone mine waste filtration plant along Cement Creek above Silverton, Colo. The plant, built in 2015 on …
David H. Zook, who is the manager of the company that owns 806 E. Boulder St., has resisted the EPA's request for documents. He characterized the investigation as an egregious abuse of authority based on a disgruntled tenant's complaint, and argued, mistakenly, that chipped lead paint inside a home is not addressed under federal law.
EPA abused discretion by denying Suncor Colorado refineries exemption from clean air law, court says
Suncor's appeal to the 10th Circuit involved a straightforward question with an ambiguous answer: Does the company's facility in Commerce City, consisting of an East Refinery and a West Refinery that are physically adjacent, count as a refinery? Or as two refineries?
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