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Sunoco Petroleum Refinery Settlement

U.S. ANNOUNCES CLEAN AIR AGREEMENT WITH SUNOCO Petroleum Refiner to Reduce Emissions by 24,000 Tons Annually

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a comprehensive Clean Air Act settlement with petroleum refiner Sunoco that is expected to reduce harmful air emissions by more than 24,000 tons per year from four refineries in three states. The agreement will bring nearly 65 percent of domestic refining capacity into compliance with the law.

The states of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Oklahoma, and the city of Philadelphia joined EPA in the settlement. The agreement is part of EPA's national effort to reduce air emissions from refineries.

A consent decree filed today in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania will require Sunoco to spend more than $285 million to install and implement control technologies to reduce emissions at its refineries. Actions under this agreement are expected to reduce NOX by more than 4,500 tons and SO2 by more than 19,500 tons per year.


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Bruce Fergusson
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1200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20460-0001
(202) 564-1261
fergusson.bruce@epa.gov

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