The plant, owned by AdvanSix, has been under a consent order with the EPA since February 2023, after numerous violations in which the company released carcinogenic pollutants like benzene, phenol and sulfur dioxide into Hopewell’s air. Since then it has had three more leaks.
To give summer break a proper sendoff, the city, in partnership with the health department, held a back-to-school block party and resource fair Saturday.