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Suncor polluted Sand Creek with excessive levels of benzene after Christmas Eve fire

Commerce City refinery has been shut down since a series of malfunctions and fires during a late-December cold snap

Suncor Energy’s Commerce City oil refinery is pictured on April 19, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)
Suncor Energy’s Commerce City oil refinery is pictured on April 19, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)
Noelle Phillips of The Denver Post.
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Suncor filed a notice with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to notify the state of the benzene discharge into Sand Creek, reporting levels that were 40% to 80% above permitted allowances.
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