Limetree Bay refinery agrees to resume air monitoring after EPA violation
5/6/2021
The owners of the troubled Limetree Bay refinery in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands have agreed to resume sulfur dioxide monitoring, days after the U.S. EPA notified the company that it was in violation of the Clean Air Act.
Reuters exclusively reported that the sulfur dioxide monitors near the refinery were not operating in March.
Recent incidents at the refinery released sulfur dioxide that prompted local school closures after students and staff reported feeling sick and forced some residents to shelter in their homes. Even short-term exposures to elevated levels of sulfur dioxide can harm the human respiratory system and make breathing difficult, according to the EPA.
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7 May, 2021, 2:07 am
FILE PHOTO: Installations of the Limetree Bay petroleum refinery are seen in St Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands June 28, 2017. REUTERS/Alvin Baez
(Reuters) – The owners of the troubled Limetree Bay refinery in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands have agreed to resume sulfur dioxide monitoring, days after the U.S. EPA notified the company that it was in violation of the Clean Air Act.
Reuters exclusively reported that the sulfur dioxide monitors near the refinery were not operating in March.
Recent incidents at the refinery released sulfur dioxide that prompted local school closures after students and staff reported feeling sick and forced some residents to shelter in their homes. Even short-term exposures to elevated levels of sulfur dioxide can harm the human respiratory system and make breathing difficult, according to the EPA.