Fairbanks Superior Court Decision Finds Former Refinery Owner Must Pay Damages to State for Sulfolane Pollution in North Pole Drinking Water
January 04, 2020
January 04, 2020
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 4 -- Alaska Attorney General Kevin G. Clarkson issued the following news release:
The Superior Court in Fairbanks issued a decision holding Williams Alaska Petroleum, Inc. (Williams) liable for releasing large quantities of a refinery solvent known as sulfolane into the groundwater under the North Pole Refinery, polluting hundreds of residents' drinking water wells.
The State of Alaska filed suit against past refinery owner Williams in 2014 . . .
The Superior Court in Fairbanks issued a decision holding Williams Alaska Petroleum, Inc. (Williams) liable for releasing large quantities of a refinery solvent known as sulfolane into the groundwater under the North Pole Refinery, polluting hundreds of residents' drinking water wells.
The State of Alaska filed suit against past refinery owner Williams in 2014 . . .