DEP grants Shell air quality permit for Monaca, Pennsylvania, ethane cracker
Monday, June 22, 2015
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has granted Royal Dutch Shell an air quality permit for the company’s proposed ethane cracker plant in Monaca, Pennsylvania, according to The Business Journal.
Shell’s project, called the Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC, has also received its stormwater discharge permit and a water obstruction and encroachment permit.
The air permit was approved June 18 and allows Shell to emit 2.25 million tons of carbon dioxide per year. It expires June 18, 2019.
Via: The Business Journal > Shell Cracker Plant Gets Air Quality Permit
More about the cracker plant:
- Shell closes on Monaca, Pennsylvania, site for cracker plant June 20, 2015
- Pennsylvania DEP to hold hearing on air quality permit for Shell cracker plant April 2, 2015
- Possible cracker plant site in Monaca prepares for construction Dec. 9, 2014
- Ethane cracker plant proposed near Monaca, Pennsylvania Oct. 15, 2014
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