EPA Casts Shadow Over Future of Shuttered St. Croix Refinery
- Inspection found corrosion, safety hazzards at Limetree Bay
- Massive, long-troubled facility was briefly reopened in 2021
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An inspection of the shuttered Limetree Bay Refinery in the US Virgin Islands found corroded valves, flanges and pipes, as well as other serious health and security violations that cast a shadow over plans to restart what was once one of the hemisphere’s largest fuel processing plants.
The Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, said it had inspected the St. Croix facility in September and was particularly concerned about the “poor condition of the system” containing ammonia and flagged “the serious potential for release.”