Wow....you place the need for rust remediation above the welfare of our city and the health of it's citizens? Amazing!
You know what? If Sinclair and Sunoco were really two huge cancer petri dishes, EPA would have had their way with them years back and they'd be closed.
Most of the people who biznitch loudest about hazards and the stink seldom go near them. I've worked less than 1/2 mile from Sinclair for five years, and I exercize outdoors between or near Sunoco and Sinclair nearly every day. I can't attribute a single respiratory issue or other health problem to either of these refineries. I also rarely smell anything distinct coming off either refinery.
Listen to me know, believe me later. If either one shuts down, it will be blighted rot on our riverbanks for years while officials have a giant circle jerk trying to sort out where to start cleaning up. I think people have this idealized picture of there being a wildflower plot on top of an old refinery within a year of it being shut down. There's a lot of environmental impact from closing down a refinery. Whole lotta stuff you don't want unattended which could leech into ground water or wind up in our river.
Just being a truth-teller, FOTD.
