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Will this be the last major Air Quality enforcement by EPA for years? [1]
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Date: 2025-02-04
The US EPA and the State of New Mexico on January 17 (three days before the end of American Democracy) announced the settlement of Sinclair 0il refinery violations.
“Today, Jan. 17, the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Justice, and the New Mexico Environment Department announced a proposed settlement with HF Sinclair Navajo Refining LLC, an HF Sinclair Corp. subsidiary, resolving alleged Clean Air Act and New Mexico Air Quality Control Act violations at the company’s oil refinery operations in Artesia, NM.
Under the settlement, HF Sinclair Navajo must pay a civil penalty of $35 million, owed in equal shares to the United States and the state of New Mexico. The company must implement compliance measures at an estimated cost of $137 million, including significant capital investments, to reduce emissions at its refinery. Including reductions already achieved in response to EPA’s investigations, the compliance measures are projected to achieve reductions of:
180 tons per year of hazardous air pollutants, including benzene,
2,716 tons per year of volatile organic c ompounds (VOCs),
51 tons per year of NOx and
31 tons per year of sulfur dioxide (SO 2 )
These emission reductions have a related climate benefit of reducing 97,551 tons per year of carbon dioxide emission equivalence.”
Those pesky regulations strike again but how long will this type of enforcement action be allowed under the new Trump administration (same as the old Trump administration but now improved with a $billion dollar Petro-bribe). How much enforcement and oversight will actually be followed through by the new USEPA remains a question.
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