EPA: Marathon to Cut Air Pollution From Detroit Refinery
Source: Associated Press
EPA: Marathon to Cut Air Pollution From Detroit Refinery
By COREY WILLIAMS, ASSOCIATED PRESS DETROIT — Jun 9, 2016, 4:20 PM ET
Marathon Petroleum and the federal government have reached an agreement that that calls for the Ohio-based company to reduce air pollution at a refinery in southwest Detroit.
Some residents living near it have complained about pollution from the facility.
"The Detroit area has one of the highest asthma rates in the nation," EPA Regional Administrator Robert Kaplan said Thursday in a joint news release with the U.S. Department of Justice. "
The) agreement is a step in the right direction to improve air quality in a neighborhood that has been overburdened by pollution."
Marathon will spend about $6 million to shut down a flare — a usually-elevated mechanical device used to combust waste gases — at the Detroit refinery's fence line, as well as $36 million to install systems that capture and recycle gases that otherwise would be sent to flares.
Sulfur dioxide emissions from the Detroit refinery are expected to be reduced by 28 tons per year starting in July and then reduced by an additional 7 tons per year starting in 2019, the government said. Volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxide, other pollutants and greenhouse gases also will be cut through the required upgrades.
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