Click the link to read the article on the 9News.com website (Cole Sullivan). Here’s an excerpt:
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment called the June 1 “compliance advisory” the first step in its enforcement process to hold the company accountable. It details more than 100 alleged violations that occurred at the state’s only oil refinery from July 2021 to June 2022. State regulators will meet with Suncor to discuss the issues and require fixes before determining if penalties should be levied against the company. A Suncor spokesperson said the company self-reported the violations and is working with CDPHE to resolve the compliance advisory.
“The enforcement process can create meaningful, positive changes and outcomes,” a CDPHE spokesperson told 9NEWS. “For example, the division’s historic $9 million settlement announced in March 2020 resolved an enforcement action with Suncor.”
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The compliance actions have become an annual routine for the company, with records from the state indicating orders and advisories every year since 2013.
“It hasn’t proven to help,” said Ean Thomas Tafoya, who directs the Colorado chapter of environmental justice group GreenLatinos. “They’ve had one of the largest [fines] in the state’s history and yet they continue to have violations and more issues at this facility.”