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Environment & Energy
May 14, 2021, 6:44 PM

U.S. Tells Limetree Bay Refinery in St. Croix to Halt Operations

By Vivek Shankar

Vivek Shankar
Vivek Shankar
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ordered the Limetree Bay refinery in St. Croix, Virgin Islands, to halt operations for two months because it poses public health risks.

  • The refinery’s “repeated incidents raise significant environmental justice concerns,” EPA says in a statement
  • NOTE: Limetree Bay Says Coker Work Causing Light Hydrocarbon Odor

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Vivek Shankar in Washington at vshankar3@bloomberg.net

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Kasia Klimasinska at kklimasinska@bloomberg.net

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