KCBX Terminals explained

KCBX Terminals is a petcoke, coal, salt, slag, cement, and clinker processing facility and ocean freight docking and loading services facility[1] owned by Koch Industries[2] [3] located in Hegewisch, Chicago.

Pollution and protests

Residents around the facility have claimed that dust blowing from the facility into their neighborhood[4] is making them sick.[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] On April 12 and May 8 of 2014 KCBX was found to be in violation of air quality standards.[10] In 2014, the company announced that it would build an enclosure to the land by 2016 at a cost of $120 million.[11] [12] After requests for a time extension,[13] [14] it was announced in 2015 that the plant would be closed in late 2015.[15] The site currently handles over 11 million tons of petcoke per year.[16] In 2017, it was reported that the facility was a manganese polluter.[17] [18]

There have been numerous protests to close the plant.[19]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stocks . .
  2. Book: The Port of Chicago, Illinois. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Water Resources Support Center, Ports and Waterways Division, Navigation Data Center. 1995-01-01.
  3. Web site: Illinois pollution board rules against new limits on petcoke. america.aljazeera.com. 2015-12-31.
  4. Web site: Petroleum Coke on Chicago's South Side. www.epa.gov. 2015-12-31. 11 March 2014.
  5. Web site: City of Chicago :: What is Petroleum Coke?. www.cityofchicago.org. 2015-12-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20160101183442/http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/cdph/supp_info/environmental_permitsandregulation/what-is-petroleum-coke-.html. 2016-01-01. dead.
  6. Web site: Southeast Siders: No End in Sight For Pet Coke. Medill Reports Chicago. 19 March 2015. 2015-12-31. en-US.
  7. Web site: The Mountains of Black Dust Next Door Were Covering Them in Grime. So They Fought Back.
  8. Web site: KCBX takes the hint on petcoke. chicagotribune.com. 2015-11-25.
  9. Web site: How One Community Is Kicking The Koch Brothers' Harmful Black Dust Out Of Their Neighborhood. The Huffington Post. 27 February 2015. 2015-12-31.
  10. Web site: KCBX Denies Petcoke Dust Problem Despite Air Quality Violations. Chicago Tonight WTTW. 2015-12-31.
  11. Web site: Chicago 'Petcoke' Handler Says It'll Enclose Piles. 17 December 2014.
  12. Web site: KCBX to build $120 million petcoke enclosure. nwitimes.com. 2015-11-25.
  13. Web site: Emanuel denies KCBX request for more time to build petcoke storage facilities | Chicago Sun-Times . 2015-12-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160301093213/http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/7/71/372621/emanuel-denies-kcbx-request-time-build-petcoke-storage-facilities . 2016-03-01 . dead .
  14. Web site: KCBX Terminals requests more time to comply with city petcoke regulations. ABC7 Chicago. 17 September 2014. 2015-12-31.
  15. Web site: With Chicago's KCBX petcoke site set to close, Indiana environmentalists worry they're next WBEZ 91.5 Chicago . www.wbez.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150223044656/http://www.wbez.org/news/petcoke-out-chicago-indiana-groups-worry-its-heading-their-way-111595 . 2015-02-23.
  16. Web site: Just How Big Are Chicago's Petcoke Piles? They're Enormous. 15 July 2015.
  17. Web site: S.H. Bell: We're Not Sole Manganese Source on Chicago's Southeast Side. 2021-09-23. WTTW News. en.
  18. Web site: 2021-02-19. Feds Asked To Test Air Pollution At Site Of Planned Southeast Side Metal Scrapper. 2021-09-23. Block Club Chicago. en.
  19. Web site: 5 arrested during petcoke protest on Southeast Side. Chicago Tribune.

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