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​Facility Information

Site Background

In May 2014, Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC (Shell) submitted initial applications to DEP necessary to construct a petrochemicals complex in Potter Township, Beaver County. Shell has renamed the facility Shell Polymers Monaca Site. The facility includes several ethane cracking furnaces​ and polyethylene units that use ethane (a natural gas product) to produce polyethylene (a common type of plastic), and three gas powered electricity generating turbines. This first-of-its-kind facility in Pennsylvania required several complex environmental reviews, approvals, and permits from DEP for new construction, remediation of contamination from previous industrial activities on the property, and operation.

The facility has been constructed and began polyethy​lene production processes in fall 2022. Under Permitting/Approvals, the Title V Operating Permit section includes a recently submitted Title V Operating Permit Application that is currently under review.

Permitting/Approvals

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Compliance/Enforcement

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