The Wyoming refinery arm of Salt Lake City-based Sinclair Oil has agreed to pay a $1.6 million penalty and to install additional pollution controls to resolve allegations that it violated emissions limits.
“This settlement holds Sinclair accountable for exceeding the emissions limits agreed to in a previous settlement for Clean Air Act violations,” said Gregory Sopkin, regional administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
It also “requires the company to implement additional pollution control measures to secure cleaner, healthier air for the people of Wyoming," he said.
The consent decree with the Sinclair Wyoming Refinery Company was announced Thursday by the EPA.