Westminster Window February 15, 2024

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VOLUME 79 | ISSUE 17

WEEK OF FEBRUARY 15, 2024

ROAMING FREE

Users post petition to preserve Westminster Hills as off-leash space P2

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Colorado hits Suncor with $10.5 m settlement BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado has issued a $10.5 million penalty on the Suncor refinery in Commerce City over three years of air pollution violations, calling it the largest-ever action against a single facility, and also settled a suit resulting in a doubling of fenceline monitoring at the troubled fuel plant. The agreement surpasses a $9 million deal in 2020 for similar releases. Colorado director of public health Jill Hunsaker Ryan called it a “historic enforcement package” to “demonstrate our unwavering commitment to environmental protection and the health of our residents.” “We will continue to use every tool available to prevent Suncor from having future violations,” Hunsaker Ryan said. The $5 million in required plant improvements in the 2020 settlement have made a measurable difference in SEE SETTLEMENT, P6

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