EPA Touts Refinery Settlement As Fenceline Monitoring Win Amid EJ Doubts

EPA is touting a recent consent decree agreement with an Ohio refinery as a win for its growing fenceline air monitoring program and its broader push to address the concerns of environmental justice (EJ) communities, but the deal comes amid doubts about the agency’s ability to actually address “cumulative” EJ concerns in regulation. Under the proposed settlement announced by EPA and the Justice Department (DOJ) Sept. 27, Lima Refining Company (LRC), located in Lima, OH, must pay a civil penalty...