Water permit for Shell’s ethane ‘cracker’ plant raises concerns
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Shell Chemical Appalachia’s ethane “cracker” plant, running along the Ohio River in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, is stirring concerns over its water permit, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Built under a permit granted to a former since smelter run by Horsehead Corp., Shell’s cracker complex wouldn’t face any limits on discharges of dissolved solids into waterways.
While the company and state regulators claim Shell is working within the existing legal framework, environmental advocates are calling it a skirting of waterway regulations put in place in 2010.
Learn more: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette > Transfer permit could allow Shell to avoid pollution limits
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