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The petroleum coke a few months ago started to be produced in greater amounts at the nearby Marathon refinery in Detroit. The refinery completed a massive $2-billion facility upgrade last fall allowing it for the first time to process heavy Canadian crude oil brought in by pipeline from the Alberta oil sands.
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Although not officially listed as a toxic or hazardous product, petcoke can contain heavy metals or sulphur found inside oil sands crude, according to experts.
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MDEQ officials have continued to keep a watch on the petroleum coke, focusing of late on how the oil byproduct is being loaded on to freighters since the shipping season began about 10 days ago.
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“But subsequent visits by our air quality staff have identified issues with the petroleum coke as it’s being put on to the conveyor belts leading on to the ship. They did notice dust issues loading on to the conveyor. We have brought that concern to the company’s (Detroit Bulk Storage) attention and asked them to address it in their fugitive dust plan.”
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The state environmental regulators have requested the companies involved provide an official site plan for fugitive dust and storm water runoff before the end of this month. They have not yet received a response, Hartz said.
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