CHRISTIANSTED — Governor Albert Bryan issued the following statement in response to the EPA’s announcement of conditions, including additional emissions monitoring, for resumption of refinery operations at Limetree
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Limetree Bay Refinery Must Install 18 Air Monitors To Resume Operating: EPA
CHRISTIANSTED — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is requiring the troubled Limetree Bay refinery to install 18 air monitors in St. Croix after ordering the
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Stock In Troubled Limetree Bay Refinery Now Rated As ‘Worthless,’ Disclosure Says
CHRISTIANSTED — U.S. private equity firm Arclight Capital Partners LLC, which invests the retirement savings of Maine teachers, NFL football players and Mayo Clinic doctors,
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Bryan Says Sulfuric Odor ‘Might Not’ Be Originating From Limetree Bay Refinery
CHRISTIANSTED — During the Government House weekly press briefing today, Governor Albert Bryan praised the Class of 2021 and praised the principals, administrators and the
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EPA Orders Limetree Bay To Shut Down For 60 Days, Putting Plant Restart In Peril
CHRISTIANSTED — U.S. regulators on Friday ordered the Limetree Bay refinery on St. Croix to cease operations for at least 60 days, throwing the multibillion-dollar
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REFINERY FROM HELL! Limetree Bay Shuts Down After Spewing Oil On St. Croix Roofs
CHRISTIANSTED — Limetree Bay has suspended production and residents of Enfield Green in Frederiksted are being asked to disconnect their cisterns after the refinery sprayed
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St. Croix Wants Answers From Limetree Bay Refinery, But Its Bigwigs Are Unseen, Mute
KINGSHILL — St. Croix residents are demanding answers from the Limetree Bay oil refinery, and from the officials regulating it, in the wake of a
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Investigators Try To Snuff Out The Source Of St. Croix’s Gaseous Stench
CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands government has so far failed to identify the cause of a persistent chemical stench on St. Croix, and the Environmental
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Limetree Bay Refinery Agrees To Resume Air Monitoring After EPA Violation Sticks
CHRISTIANSTED — The owners of the troubled Limetree Bay refinery have agreed to resume sulfur dioxide monitoring, days after the EPA notified the company that
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Toxic Gas Forces St. Croix Schools To Close Today; DPNR Investigating Origin Point
FREDERIKSTED — Early dismissals were announced for three St. Croix District schools today due to a gaseous odor affecting the air quality on the campuses,
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