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...Environmental Conservation Commissioner Larry Hartig also said a team of agencies that has worked with the Flint Hills Resources refinery to study the issue is talking to national experts. The state estimates about 200 wells in and near North...
...on-site power generation feeding Railbelt utilities, possibly by 2012. A pipeline to North Pole, home of a Flint Hills Resources' refinery and electric generation facilities, would cost about $110 million and could be operational by 2014, he...
...protect the public, including bottled water provided to about two dozen residents in the affected area near the Flint Hills Resources refinery. Trace amounts of the chemical sulfolane were found in a city well, which has since been turned off. Private...
NORTH POLE - At least six households near the Flint Hills Resources refinery at North Pole recently learned their drinking water is contaminated by a chemical called sulfolane that's used to make fuel...
...state officials say the guidelines were set low as a precaution. Sulfolane is used in fuel refining. The Flint Hills Resources refinery in North Pole announced the contamination last fall, and an estimated 60 private wells are tainted as well...
...have been no studies involving its effect on humans. "North Pole is the case study," Tallant said. The Flint Hills Resources refinery disclosed the contamination last fall, with an estimated 60 private wells tainted. The spill occurred more...
...respectively own 1.4 percent and 3 percent of the line, also asked for increases. Koch, which also owns the Flint Hills Resources refinery in North Pole, will boost rates from $4.41 to $4.75. Chevron's rate goes from $3.92 to $4...
...drill new wells that can feed the city's water system. Trace amounts of an industrial chemical used at the Flint Hills Resources refinery have been found in two wells that provide water for the city 14 miles south of Fairbanks. Operations vice...
...area. Wilson said another priority concern is tainted wells in North Pole. At least six households near the Flint Hills Resources refinery have wells that are contaminated with an industrial chemical used in the making of fuel. The company is testing...
ANCHORAGE - State officials are hoping to avoid a shutdown of the Flint Hills Resources refinery in North Pole. If the refinery was to shut down, it could impact the Anchorage economy, as well as the Ted Stevens Anchorage...