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EPA Still Detecting Elevated Levels of Sulfide Dioxide Odor From Anguilla Estate Near Airport

ST. CROIX — Even after a manhole located on the Anguilla estate near the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport releasing a toxic odor was covered, federal regulators continue to detect high levels of sulfide dioxide at the site, with the latest elevated reading being measured Friday morning. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, as recently as Friday morning, Estate Anguilla — where the EPA's Monitoring Station 1 is located — was releasing toxic and elevated levels of sulfide dioxide, called H2S, which prompted the EPA to notify the V.I. government. The EPA has installed five monitoring stations around the Limetree Bay facility in an effort to monitor the strong odors affecting the island, and to determine a source. Monitor Station 1 is located at Estate Anguilla near the drag racing facility, which is across the airport's runway facing east. See a map showing the monitoring stations here. Said the EPA on Friday: "On Friday, May 28, EPA got ten-minute average readings on one of our mo...