North Pole Refinery - Project Home

Aerial photograph of the Flint Hills Refinery, North Pole.

State-Directed Priorities Are To:

• Eliminate exposure to sulfolane.

• Pursue aggressive on-site remediation.

• Eliminate off-site contaminant migration.

• Achieve and maintain source control:

• Maintain an inspection process that eliminates releases or leaking issues and minimizes the potential for new spills.

• Aggressively respond to and clean up any new spills.

• Understand the size and shape of the contaminant plume and its potential for future movement in order to develop a comprehensive and protective cleanup plan.

• Complete an evaluation of risk that accounts for all exposure pathways and cumulative risk.

Look At What's Happening

• New documents available for download: Groundwater Monitoring Report 4th quarter 2012, Site Characterization Addendum (December 2012), Site Characterization Work Plans for 2013, and Interim Remedial Action Plan Addendum (January 2013)

• New map showing monitoring for benzene and petroleum compounds on refinery property

• DEC Sulfolane Investigation Update - February 2013

• Developing a Groundwater Cleanup Level for Sulfolane

• TPT Meeting Summary

• Laboratory Key Elements for Sulfolane Analysis in Water, Soil and Plants

Other project news

• DHSS Sulfolane Health Consultation and Press Release

• ATSDR Sulfolane Health Consultation

• North Pole Garden Sulfolane Sampling Results and Press Release