Lemont officials said they have reached out to representatives of Citgo following resident complaints alleging the company released high amounts of harmful chemicals in the air without notifying the public, and hope to get more answers at a Nov. 20 meeting.

The complaints are a part of an decades-long dispute between the Environmental Protection Agency and Citgo facility near Lemont over alleged violations to the Clean Air Act, including an almost $2 million civil penalty in 2016, and a more than $700,000 fine for alleged Clean Air Act violations in 2013 following a failed compressor incident and dating back to an EPA citation in 2001 .

Residents rallied at a village meeting Oct. 20 alleging the EPA documents revealed the company released 40 to 70 parts per billion of benzene into t

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