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WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
VOLUME 121 | ISSUE 39
Gasoline company withdraws pipeline plan Unpopular proposal crossed Commerce City elementary school BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN
A gasoline distributor canceled its unpopular proposal for a major tank farm expansion across from a Commerce City elementary school in a neighborhood heavily impacted by air pollution, blaming a customer for backing out of a contract. Magellan Pipeline Company’s hotly controversial expansion near Dupont Elementary had galvanized neighbors, environmental and community activists and local officials in opposition to the permit application, which has now been withdrawn from further consideration by the state health department’s Air Pollution Control Division. Magellan, now a subsidiary of ONEOK, had said it wanted more tanks for storing and distributing reformulated gasoline, which emits fewer ozone-causing pollutants and was required by the EPA at northern Front Range gas stations this summer as one effort to bring
Colorado under strict federal caps for the toxic gas. Suncor, Colorado’s only petroleum refinery and another major source of pollution for Commerce City and Adams County, is the dominant provider of reformulated gasoline. Petroleum trade officials said Magellan’s contributions to reformulated gas in 2024 helped competition and lowered consumer prices for the fuel. Magellan “has withdrawn its air permit application for the proposed five-tank expansion at the company’s Dupont, Colorado, location. The proposed tanks are no longer necessary based on the customer’s decision to back out of the commercial contract,” read a statement emailed to media outlets from ONEOK spokesperson Annell Morrow. The statement said the company “will continue to meet customer needs through Magellan’s existing, valuable infrastructure in the area and looks forward to working with stakeholders.” SEE PIPELINE, P5
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