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DEP Signs Consent Order Including $10 Million In Penalties, Local Payments With Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County To Resolve Air Quality Violations; Plant To Restart May 24

PA Environment Daily

Shell will also pay additional monthly civil penalties for the rest of 2023 for any further exceedances. Following the COA, Shell plans to restart operations at the facility on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. On March 25, 2023 Shell suspended ethylene and polyethylene production to make repairs and perform maintenance.

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Oil Refineries: A Deadly Industry

Union of Concerned Scientists

Refineries have the highest rate of pollution in the oil industry, including air, water and soil pollution. Between 2017 and 2023 there were over 1500 injuries and seven deaths in 153 refineries across the US. It is one of the so-called criteria air pollutants , along with NOx, SOx, carbon monoxide (CO), and lead 5.

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Oil & Gas Facilities Self-Reported 13,432,713 Tons Of Air Pollution In PA In 2022; 101,741,616 Tons Total Since 2012

PA Environment Daily

tons - 1,3 Butadiene [EPA Hazardous Air Pollutant] -- 55.68 tons - 2,2,3 - Trimethylpentane [EPA Hazardous Air Pollutant] -- 71 tons - Acetaldehyde [EPA Hazardous Air Pollutant] -- 49.93 tons - Acrolein [EPA Hazardous Air Pollutant] -- 5.71 tons - Benzene [EPA Hazardous Air Pollutant] -- 1.81 tons - Ammonia -- 45.89