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Groups seek lower PFAS limits and shorter compliance schedules to help protect communities

State provided little time for intervening groups to review key documents before approving settlement

A separate enforcement action announced today penalizes Suncor for repeated air pollution violations

Michael Freeman, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “This permit gives Suncor an extraordinarily long time to comply with permit limits. The company won’t have to meet its PFAS limits for three years. For several other pollutants, Suncor will get more than six years to comply. That timeline is problematic because this is only a five-year permit.…

Colorado was provided 90 days to revise Suncor’s Title V permit after EPA’s objection

Conservation and environmental justice groups filed an administrative appeal challenging aspects of the Suncor refinery’s Clean Water Act discharge permit.

Ian Coghill, attorney with Earthjustice’s Rocky Mountain Office, speaks with KGNU’s Alexis Kenyon

La intervención busca proteger tanto el plan de monitoreo reforzado para Suncor, como la propia Ley de Monitoreo de Alambrado

Intervention seeks to protect Suncor's strengthened monitoring plan and Fenceline Monitoring Law itself

Suncor filed a suit against the state to block fenceline monitoring requirements for its refinery, but community and environmental groups quickly moved to intervene and ensure they remain in place

Community and conservation groups filed a response to the recently-announced Suncor Energy fenceline monitoring settlement agreement, expressing frustration and concern over the plan approved by the Colorado Air Pollution Control Division.

Petition argues that Suncor has shown it is incapable of consistently complying with emission limits

La petición argumenta que Suncor ha demostrado que es incapaz de cumplir consistentemente con los límites de emisión

Division sent compliance advisory to Suncor for benzene and solids exceedances

From Editorial Board of The Denver Post

Groups call for CDPHE to issue strongest possible water discharge permit for refinery

Draft permit fails to fully scrutinize recent modifications to Suncor's West Plant

Caitlin Miller, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Regional Office: “Suncor is still unable to reliably control its discharges. Science has come a long way on PFAS just in a short amount of time. And we know that PFAS are toxic at significantly lower levels.”