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Five takeaways: Toxic risks in the Twin Ports
The News Tribune on Sunday took a long, hard look at the use of hydrogen fluoride at the Husky Energy refinery in Superior and other chemical risks in the Twin Ports. Here are five key takeaways to get caught up on the issue. Hydrogen fluoride, also known as hydrofluoric acid, is used to raise the […]
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The risk remains — refinery’s use of hydrogen fluoride not going anywhere fast
Storage tanks damaged by fire frame several refining towers at the Husky Energy refinery in Superior. The refinery experienced a large fire earlier this year that damaged much of the infrastructure at the facility. — Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com1 / 4 As burning asphalt poured a plume of black smoke over Douglas County on April […]
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Twin Ports faces numerous chemical risks
For decades, the majority of the Twin Ports lived under the threat of a concentrated chlorine spill, which could have spread over 10 miles and sickened up to 128,000 people in an unlikely, though technically possible, worst-case scenario. Then in 2006, Western Lake Superior Sanitary District decided to do away with the risk altogether. “While […]
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Superior, Wis., residents unsettled a month after refinery explosion and fire
A month after the explosion in Superior, people aren’t sure how safe their soil and air are. Mike Nelson, Associated PressFILE – In this April 26, 2018, file frame from video smoke rises from the Husky Energy oil refinery after an explosion and fire at the plant in Superior, Wis. The mayors of the Lake […]
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Concerns linger in fallout of Husky fire
(Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com) Smoke from the fire at Husky Energy could be seen for miles. More than 100 people turned out Wednesday night at Zion Lutheran Church to hear from scientists and a water protector from the Fond du Lac tribe about the potential lasting effects of a fire April 26 at Husky Energy […]
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Metro eyes St. Paul Park refinery following Superior explosion
ST. PAUL PARK — The St. Paul Park refinery, recently sold to Marathon Petroleum, is under fire from legislators and the community for housing hydrogen fluoride after the explosion at Husky Energy refinery in Superior, Wis. The Star Tribune reported last week that records found at the Chicago Environmental Protection Agency office record a “worst-case” […]
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In Worst-Case Scenario, Chemical Release At Superior Refinery Would Double Evacuation Area
Entire City Of Superior, Much Of Duluth Would Be Affected A tank containing hydrofluoric acid at the Husky Energy oil refinery recently forced a temporary evacuation in Superior after a series of explosions and fires there. The highly toxic chemical could have prompted an evacuation of more than 25 miles if that tank had been […]
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Minnesota congresswoman calls on refinery to stop using highly toxic chemical
U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum said the use of hydrogen fluoride in a major population center is “unacceptable.” U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum is asking Marathon Petroleum to stop using hydrogen fluoride at its St. Paul Park refinery, citing EPA records that say an accidental leak of the highly toxic chemical could, in the worst-case scenario, put […]
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Superior refinery fire exposes toxic risk of hydrogen fluoride to metro area
Release of hydrogen fluoride in metro could imperil 1.7 million people. Ten miles south of downtown St. Paul, on the banks of the Mississippi River, sits an oil refinery that is by far the largest repository of hydrogen fluoride in Minnesota. In the nearly 80 years the plant has been operating, it has never experienced […]
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Superior Refinery Explosion Occurred during Crude Oil Heating, Extraction Process
The initial explosion at a refinery in Superior, Wisconsin, occurred in the fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit, according to a senior adviser with the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board. The FCC unit is a part of the distillation process during which crude oil is heated and extracted to create gasoline and petroleum-based products, […]
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