Delaware City Refining Company will be emitting significantly higher-than-normal amounts of sulfur dioxide for several weeks.
The Department of Natural Resources said Thursday that the company has informed the state that it is making repairs on its coker carbon monoxide boiler. The refinery will shift from a primary pollution control process to secondary emissions control.
The refinery also switched to secondary emissions control for 17 days last year. DNREC said it will issue appropriate penalties for expected violations of emissions standards.
During the next approximately four weeks, according to DNREC, increased sulfur dioxide is expected to be released from the facility’s stack high into the air, and it would disperse into the atmosphere. There would be cause for public health of conditions cause the sulfur dioxide to be increased at ground level…