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Refinery operator continues to exceed federal limitations on hazardous air pollution, threatening the health of surrounding residents

Suncor has reported over 1,000 emissions exceedances or violations since 2019

Suncor ha informado más de mil excedencias o violaciones de emisiones desde 2019

Environmental and community groups to review to ensure strongest possible protections from air pollution

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

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

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

Ian Coghill, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “EPA’s inspection and violation notice is a big step in the right direction, but it is just a first step. There is still a long road toward holding Suncor accountable for its many violations.”

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

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.…

Ian Coghill, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “The reason that we felt compelled to go in this direction is Suncor’s chronic history of exceeding the limits in its air permit.”

Ian Coghill, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “Whatever the state is doing has not stopped Suncor from continuing its same history of these chronic exceedances. What enforcement is supposed to be about is bringing sources into compliance and deterring future violations, and what the state has done thus far clearly hasn’t been sufficient.”

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

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