Breaking: Delaware City Refinery Burning

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1. El Somnambulo says:

   March 11, 2020 at 2:18 pm

   Does this seem suspicious to you?:

   “New Castle County Local Emergency Planning Committee Chairman David Irwin said the refinery’s in-house fire department did not call for outside help with the fire, which he described as a “process fire.”

   Process fire strikes me as a euphemism for ‘we’re burning stuff we shouldn’t be burning, but we don’t want to alert the powers-that-be’. I mean, it’s not as if we see ‘process fires’ every day.

2. bamboozer says:

   March 11, 2020 at 3:07 pm

   Having had the eyes nearly burned out of my head going past the refinery late at night from the fumes when going over the old St. Georges bridge I find that believable.

3. jason330 says:

   March 11, 2020 at 3:17 pm

   It is easier and cheaper to pay “slap on the wrist” fines than do things legally.

   “Two Notices of Violation sent to the Delaware City Refining Company by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) last month claim the refinery violated its air emissions permits several times last summer and fall.

   A notice dated Feb. 6 claims an incinerator at the plant exceeded its permitted emissions levels for sulfuric acid during a stack test in August. A subsequent stack test showed it returned to compliance by the end of October.

   A second notice dated Feb. 14 claims the refinery released 550 pounds total of sulfur dioxide through two flaring events— one on July 31 and another on Oct. 23, 2019. While the refinery’s flare system is permitted by DNREC, the permit does not allow discharge of any pollutants from the system, according to the notice.”

4. Alby says:

   March 11, 2020 at 4:13 pm

   News-Journal now reporting that two were seriously injured.

   • El Somnambulo says:

     March 11, 2020 at 4:26 pm

     And no outside help was called for?

     Too big to be shut down, I guess.

5. liberalgeek says:

   March 11, 2020 at 7:11 pm

   I think the refinery is currently in shutdown mode for maintenance.

6. Mouse says:

   March 12, 2020 at 11:34 am

   Failed corrupt mafia energy policy