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The refinery company is owned and operated by PBF Energy, based in Parsippany, New Jersey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tzvieli said the soil testing and an associated risk assessment “confirms that the primary health risk from the spent catalyst release occurred in the initial hours and days after the refinery release.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The soil-testing results were released to \u003ca href=\"https://ccc.cchealth.org/hazmat/mrc/\">a community oversight committee\u003c/a> formed after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101892741/martinez-residents-seek-answers-on-toxic-refinery-release\">releases\u003c/a>, which occurred last Nov. 24–25, on Thanksgiving and the following day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tzvieli added during a media briefing that followed the committee meeting that because PBF failed to immediately notify officials about the release, questions remain about what health effects residents might experience because of their exposure to the toxic dust immediately after it settled on their neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We weren’t able to do measurement in real time because we didn’t know this was going on until several days later,” Tzvieli said. “So had we been able to do measurement in real time, we would have been able to look at concentrations — what was in the air.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the heavy metals in the dust, such as nickel, pose health concerns, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of those can have effects on the immune system, some of these metals can be carcinogenic. So it is a concerning incident,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, he added, the inability to measure the November release as it was occurring makes it hard to distinguish the hazard the incident posed from the impact of ongoing refinery emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So that’s why it’s hard to give people specific information about the risks that stemmed from this particular release,” Tzvieli said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consultants hired by the county analyzed soil samples from 14 sites stretching from El Sobrante to Benicia for more than a dozen metals that may have been associated with the release of 24 tons of refinery dust — material described as “spent catalyst” used in the refining process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The results for most of the heavy metals the samples were analyzed for, including aluminum, copper, nickel, zinc and chromium, all came back both within an expected regional background range and below residential health limits set by the state Department of Toxic Substances Control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenny Phillips, a toxicologist employed by consultant TRC, reported that samples of arsenic and lead were close to or exceeded state health limits at a handful of sites. But she added that the higher levels of those two toxic metals were probably unrelated to last November’s refinery release. TRC’s report will be made available to the public sometime in the next two weeks, and it will be open for comment for 45 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Tony Semenza, Martinez resident and member of the oversight committee\"]‘One hundred ninety-four days after the release, we are now at the point where we’re telling people it’s OK to eat the fresh fruits and vegetables. The process is flawed.’[/pullquote]Matt Kaufmann, Contra Costa County’s deputy health director, emphasized that the investigation of the Martinez incident is far from over. The county has hired a consultant to perform an independent root cause analysis of the release, and county prosecutors are weighing potential charges against the refinery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaufmann criticized the refining company for failing to immediately notify local officials when the incident occurred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The test results released Thursday “do not excuse the Martinez Refining Company for the lack of notification at the onset of this incident,” he said. “The lack of timely notification negated our ability as health officials to protect our community, including those most vulnerable, namely the medically compromised, the elderly and the children within our community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, PBF Energy spokesperson Brandon Matson said the company was “pleased” the county had released the soil-testing analysis and lifted its health advisory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The results are in line with our initial statements about the material,” Matson said. He also offered the latest in a string of apologies the company has offered to Martinez residents, saying the company has investigated the release, has identified corrective actions and is committed to implementing them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tony Semenza, a Martinez resident serving on the oversight committee, expressed frustration that it has taken so long to assess the hazard posed by the releases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One hundred ninety-four days after the release, we are now at the point where we’re telling people it’s OK to eat the fresh fruits and vegetables,” Semenza said. “The process is flawed. This should have been done much quicker, a while ago. … I’m upset with the way the process works.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='More Refinery Coverage' postID=news_11947977]The test results come less than two weeks after the FBI confirmed it has launched a joint investigation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency into the Martinez plant’s spent catalyst release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of the refinery accountability group \u003ca href=\"https://www.healthymartinez.org/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Healthy Martinez\u003c/a> welcomed the largely reassuring test results, but expressed continuing misgivings about PBF and the refinery. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m grateful that the Thanksgiving release no longer poses serious danger and that Contra Costa Health has demonstrated leadership in this process, but I still don’t trust the refinery that didn’t report it,” said Martinez resident group member Jillian Elliott. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today’s results are only one piece of the larger issue,” said Heidi Taylor, a longtime Martinez resident and Healthy Martinez member. “It doesn’t change the fact that this oil refinery dumped toxic metals on our community (and) didn’t report it to county health.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Healthy Martinez has also called on PBF to install improved emissions control and air monitoring equipment at the refinery. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FBI agents and EPA personnel have gone door to door asking residents about their experience during and after the incident. The probe also has included circulation of an online survey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martinez resident Wendy Ke said representatives from both federal agencies approached her late last month and asked a series of questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was primarily, ‘Do you have photos, do you have videos, do you have factual documentation? Did you touch the spent catalyst? Did you see it?’” Ke said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the morning after Thanksgiving, her neighborhood was coated with what looked like ash, as if there had been a major wildfire nearby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But it did look a little bit different,” she said. “It didn’t have a light-weight ash to it, like flaky ash. It seemed a little more sticky.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same morning, resident Zachary Taylor found his neighborhood covered in dust.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just a consistent coating across everything, almost like a snowfall, like a light dusting, but then we go out across the street and absolutely everything is covered with it,” Taylor said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11952523\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11952523\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/060723-MARTINEZ-DUST-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A fine white powder collected on the edges and near the windshield wiper of a car shown in close detail.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/060723-MARTINEZ-DUST-KQED.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/060723-MARTINEZ-DUST-KQED-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Refinery dust known as ‘spent catalyst’ from the PBF Energy plant sits on a car windshield in Martinez in late November 2022. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Anna Encarnacion)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Refinery catalyst is a powdered chemical compound used in the process of breaking down crude petroleum into products like gasoline. Spent catalyst is the material left over after the high-temperature refining process and contains a mix of potentially hazardous components.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Thursday’s test results were released, county health officials told Martinez residents that \u003ca href=\"https://ccc.cchealth.org/hazmat/pdf/MRC-Catalyst-Release-FAQs.pdf\">the dust that coated homes, vehicles, lawns, gardens and a nearby schoolyard included heavy metals (PDF)\u003c/a>, including aluminum, chromium, nickel, vanadium and zinc. The county health department said there could have been short-term respiratory problems from breathing in the dust right after the incident, and that potential long-term health impacts would depend on each person’s exposure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa County hired TRC, a Connecticut-based consulting and engineering firm, to take \u003ca href=\"https://cchealth.org/hazmat/mrc/pdf/Proposed-Sample-Locations-2023-0427.pdf\">soil samples in 14 locations (PDF)\u003c/a> from El Sobrante to Martinez to Benicia. Those locations were chosen after local air regulators \u003ca href=\"https://legistarweb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/pdf/1867499/Martinez-City-Meeting-MRC_Incident_Slides-v5.pdf\">mapped fallout from the release (PDF)\u003c/a>. Crews began collecting samples in May. Health officials say the samples were taken to a lab to see which health risks they might pose through touching, inhaling or consuming food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March, months after the refinery accident, \u003ca href=\"https://ccc.cchealth.org/press-releases/2023/0307-Safety-Advice-Near-Martinez-Refinery-Health-Advisory.pdf\">the health department urged residents to refrain from eating food grown in soil that might contain the refinery dust (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department also asked local prosecutors to file charges against PBF Energy. That request is under review, according to Ted Asregadoo, a Contra Costa County District Attorney spokesperson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asregadoo said the office is investigating whether PBF violated the law by failing to report an actual or threatened hazardous material release to county officials and whether the company made illegal discharges into the county stormwater system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County officials have emphasized that \u003ca href=\"https://ccc.cchealth.org/press-releases/2022/1130-Hazardous-Materials-Release-at-Martinez-Oil-Refinery.php\">they learned about the releases not from the refinery but instead from residents\u003c/a>. The refinery initially told residents that its testing suggested the release consisted of only nontoxic material. The company also offered free carwash vouchers to Martinez residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has said \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/compliance-and-enforcement/incident-reports/2022/updated-incident-report-pbf-mrc-120922-draft-eg-pdf.pdf?la=en&rev=26aa2da8823e4d11b06437a9be2e9717\">the release was caused by a malfunction (PDF)\u003c/a> within the refinery’s fluid catalytic cracking unit. The air district has issued 21 notices of violation against PBF in connection with the November release and continues to investigate the incident, according to district spokesperson Ralph Borrmann.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PBF representatives have apologized for the releases, noting the company has cooperated with regulators and made changes to prevent a repeat of the Thanksgiving incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, some refinery neighbors say their sense of safety has been shattered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At this point I feel very uncertain about what I’m breathing, knowing what the potential is for release on a daily basis,” said Ke, who has lived in Martinez for more than a decade.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"November 2022 incident spread nearly 50,000 pounds of powdered industrial chemicals over town, alarming residents and prompting advisory to avoid consuming food grown in soil affected by fallout. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1686334325,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":46,"wordCount":1744},"headData":{"title":"Martinez Refinery's Chemical Release Poses No Long-Term Hazard, Tests Find | KQED","description":"November 2022 incident spread nearly 50,000 pounds of powdered industrial chemicals over town, alarming residents and prompting advisory to avoid consuming food grown in soil affected by fallout. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Martinez Refinery's Chemical Release Poses No Long-Term Hazard, Tests Find","datePublished":"2023-06-08T23:35:42.000Z","dateModified":"2023-06-09T18:12:05.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"WpOldSlug":"martinez-refinerys-dust-release-poses-no-long-term-hazard-tests-find","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11952517/martinez-refinery-chemical-release-poses-no-long-term-hazard-tests-find","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 6:10 p.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa County health officials announced Thursday that soil testing conducted in the months after a Martinez oil refinery released nearly 50,000 pounds of powdered industrial chemicals last November has found no long-term health risks to residents in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa Health Officer Dr. Ori Tzvieli said the county is immediately lifting \u003ca href=\"https://ccc.cchealth.org/press-releases/2023/0307-Safety-Advice-Near-Martinez-Refinery-Health-Advisory.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a March 7 advisory (PDF)\u003c/a> that recommended residents refrain from consuming fruits and vegetables grown in soil that had received fallout from the Martinez Refining Company’s release. The refinery company is owned and operated by PBF Energy, based in Parsippany, New Jersey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tzvieli said the soil testing and an associated risk assessment “confirms that the primary health risk from the spent catalyst release occurred in the initial hours and days after the refinery release.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The soil-testing results were released to \u003ca href=\"https://ccc.cchealth.org/hazmat/mrc/\">a community oversight committee\u003c/a> formed after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101892741/martinez-residents-seek-answers-on-toxic-refinery-release\">releases\u003c/a>, which occurred last Nov. 24–25, on Thanksgiving and the following day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tzvieli added during a media briefing that followed the committee meeting that because PBF failed to immediately notify officials about the release, questions remain about what health effects residents might experience because of their exposure to the toxic dust immediately after it settled on their neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We weren’t able to do measurement in real time because we didn’t know this was going on until several days later,” Tzvieli said. “So had we been able to do measurement in real time, we would have been able to look at concentrations — what was in the air.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the heavy metals in the dust, such as nickel, pose health concerns, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of those can have effects on the immune system, some of these metals can be carcinogenic. So it is a concerning incident,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, he added, the inability to measure the November release as it was occurring makes it hard to distinguish the hazard the incident posed from the impact of ongoing refinery emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So that’s why it’s hard to give people specific information about the risks that stemmed from this particular release,” Tzvieli said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consultants hired by the county analyzed soil samples from 14 sites stretching from El Sobrante to Benicia for more than a dozen metals that may have been associated with the release of 24 tons of refinery dust — material described as “spent catalyst” used in the refining process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The results for most of the heavy metals the samples were analyzed for, including aluminum, copper, nickel, zinc and chromium, all came back both within an expected regional background range and below residential health limits set by the state Department of Toxic Substances Control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenny Phillips, a toxicologist employed by consultant TRC, reported that samples of arsenic and lead were close to or exceeded state health limits at a handful of sites. But she added that the higher levels of those two toxic metals were probably unrelated to last November’s refinery release. TRC’s report will be made available to the public sometime in the next two weeks, and it will be open for comment for 45 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘One hundred ninety-four days after the release, we are now at the point where we’re telling people it’s OK to eat the fresh fruits and vegetables. The process is flawed.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Tony Semenza, Martinez resident and member of the oversight committee","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Matt Kaufmann, Contra Costa County’s deputy health director, emphasized that the investigation of the Martinez incident is far from over. The county has hired a consultant to perform an independent root cause analysis of the release, and county prosecutors are weighing potential charges against the refinery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaufmann criticized the refining company for failing to immediately notify local officials when the incident occurred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The test results released Thursday “do not excuse the Martinez Refining Company for the lack of notification at the onset of this incident,” he said. “The lack of timely notification negated our ability as health officials to protect our community, including those most vulnerable, namely the medically compromised, the elderly and the children within our community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, PBF Energy spokesperson Brandon Matson said the company was “pleased” the county had released the soil-testing analysis and lifted its health advisory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The results are in line with our initial statements about the material,” Matson said. He also offered the latest in a string of apologies the company has offered to Martinez residents, saying the company has investigated the release, has identified corrective actions and is committed to implementing them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tony Semenza, a Martinez resident serving on the oversight committee, expressed frustration that it has taken so long to assess the hazard posed by the releases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One hundred ninety-four days after the release, we are now at the point where we’re telling people it’s OK to eat the fresh fruits and vegetables,” Semenza said. “The process is flawed. This should have been done much quicker, a while ago. … I’m upset with the way the process works.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"More Refinery Coverage ","postid":"news_11947977"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The test results come less than two weeks after the FBI confirmed it has launched a joint investigation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency into the Martinez plant’s spent catalyst release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of the refinery accountability group \u003ca href=\"https://www.healthymartinez.org/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Healthy Martinez\u003c/a> welcomed the largely reassuring test results, but expressed continuing misgivings about PBF and the refinery. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m grateful that the Thanksgiving release no longer poses serious danger and that Contra Costa Health has demonstrated leadership in this process, but I still don’t trust the refinery that didn’t report it,” said Martinez resident group member Jillian Elliott. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today’s results are only one piece of the larger issue,” said Heidi Taylor, a longtime Martinez resident and Healthy Martinez member. “It doesn’t change the fact that this oil refinery dumped toxic metals on our community (and) didn’t report it to county health.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Healthy Martinez has also called on PBF to install improved emissions control and air monitoring equipment at the refinery. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FBI agents and EPA personnel have gone door to door asking residents about their experience during and after the incident. The probe also has included circulation of an online survey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martinez resident Wendy Ke said representatives from both federal agencies approached her late last month and asked a series of questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was primarily, ‘Do you have photos, do you have videos, do you have factual documentation? Did you touch the spent catalyst? Did you see it?’” Ke said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the morning after Thanksgiving, her neighborhood was coated with what looked like ash, as if there had been a major wildfire nearby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But it did look a little bit different,” she said. “It didn’t have a light-weight ash to it, like flaky ash. It seemed a little more sticky.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same morning, resident Zachary Taylor found his neighborhood covered in dust.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just a consistent coating across everything, almost like a snowfall, like a light dusting, but then we go out across the street and absolutely everything is covered with it,” Taylor said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11952523\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11952523\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/060723-MARTINEZ-DUST-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A fine white powder collected on the edges and near the windshield wiper of a car shown in close detail.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/060723-MARTINEZ-DUST-KQED.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/060723-MARTINEZ-DUST-KQED-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Refinery dust known as ‘spent catalyst’ from the PBF Energy plant sits on a car windshield in Martinez in late November 2022. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Anna Encarnacion)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Refinery catalyst is a powdered chemical compound used in the process of breaking down crude petroleum into products like gasoline. Spent catalyst is the material left over after the high-temperature refining process and contains a mix of potentially hazardous components.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Thursday’s test results were released, county health officials told Martinez residents that \u003ca href=\"https://ccc.cchealth.org/hazmat/pdf/MRC-Catalyst-Release-FAQs.pdf\">the dust that coated homes, vehicles, lawns, gardens and a nearby schoolyard included heavy metals (PDF)\u003c/a>, including aluminum, chromium, nickel, vanadium and zinc. The county health department said there could have been short-term respiratory problems from breathing in the dust right after the incident, and that potential long-term health impacts would depend on each person’s exposure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa County hired TRC, a Connecticut-based consulting and engineering firm, to take \u003ca href=\"https://cchealth.org/hazmat/mrc/pdf/Proposed-Sample-Locations-2023-0427.pdf\">soil samples in 14 locations (PDF)\u003c/a> from El Sobrante to Martinez to Benicia. Those locations were chosen after local air regulators \u003ca href=\"https://legistarweb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/pdf/1867499/Martinez-City-Meeting-MRC_Incident_Slides-v5.pdf\">mapped fallout from the release (PDF)\u003c/a>. Crews began collecting samples in May. Health officials say the samples were taken to a lab to see which health risks they might pose through touching, inhaling or consuming food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March, months after the refinery accident, \u003ca href=\"https://ccc.cchealth.org/press-releases/2023/0307-Safety-Advice-Near-Martinez-Refinery-Health-Advisory.pdf\">the health department urged residents to refrain from eating food grown in soil that might contain the refinery dust (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department also asked local prosecutors to file charges against PBF Energy. That request is under review, according to Ted Asregadoo, a Contra Costa County District Attorney spokesperson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asregadoo said the office is investigating whether PBF violated the law by failing to report an actual or threatened hazardous material release to county officials and whether the company made illegal discharges into the county stormwater system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County officials have emphasized that \u003ca href=\"https://ccc.cchealth.org/press-releases/2022/1130-Hazardous-Materials-Release-at-Martinez-Oil-Refinery.php\">they learned about the releases not from the refinery but instead from residents\u003c/a>. The refinery initially told residents that its testing suggested the release consisted of only nontoxic material. The company also offered free carwash vouchers to Martinez residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has said \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/compliance-and-enforcement/incident-reports/2022/updated-incident-report-pbf-mrc-120922-draft-eg-pdf.pdf?la=en&rev=26aa2da8823e4d11b06437a9be2e9717\">the release was caused by a malfunction (PDF)\u003c/a> within the refinery’s fluid catalytic cracking unit. The air district has issued 21 notices of violation against PBF in connection with the November release and continues to investigate the incident, according to district spokesperson Ralph Borrmann.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PBF representatives have apologized for the releases, noting the company has cooperated with regulators and made changes to prevent a repeat of the Thanksgiving incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, some refinery neighbors say their sense of safety has been shattered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At this point I feel very uncertain about what I’m breathing, knowing what the potential is for release on a daily basis,” said Ke, who has lived in Martinez for more than a decade.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11952517/martinez-refinery-chemical-release-poses-no-long-term-hazard-tests-find","authors":["258","222"],"categories":["news_19906","news_457","news_8"],"tags":["news_2036","news_20389","news_20023","news_18543","news_227","news_20455","news_21107","news_226","news_29527","news_2920","news_26179","news_2919"],"featImg":"news_11952522","label":"news"},"news_11947977":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11947977","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11947977","score":null,"sort":[1682647275000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"operators-of-east-bay-refinery-fined-27-5-million-over-pollution","title":"Operators of East Bay Refinery Fined $27.5 Million Over Pollution","publishDate":1682647275,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Operators of East Bay Refinery Fined $27.5 Million Over Pollution | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 3:25 p.m. Friday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The operators of a Bay Area oil refinery have agreed to pay $27.5 million for violating a 2016 agreement to reduce air pollution at the facility, federal regulators announced Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tesoro Refining and Marketing Co. of Los Angeles was penalized for violating a consent decree at its refinery in Martinez, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tesoro failed to install adequate pollution controls and failed to limit emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOX) that contribute to smog, the agencies said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The settlement will reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides and other air pollutants by hundreds of tons each year, regulators said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As this settlement shows, EPA will seek substantial penalties when companies delay installing appropriate pollution controls to meet environmental obligations,” said a statement from Larry Starfield, acting assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Larry Starfield, acting assistant administrator, EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance\"]‘As this settlement shows, EPA will seek substantial penalties when companies delay installing appropriate pollution controls to meet environmental obligations.’[/pullquote]Tesoro was acquired by Marathon Petroleum Corp. in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Marathon has a demonstrated history of continually improving our environmental performance across our operations, and we are committed to protecting the environment we all share,” the company said in a statement. “The origins of this matter predate Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s acquisition of the Martinez refinery, and we are glad to have resolved this matter with the U.S. government.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The penalty is part of a settlement that requires the refinery to adhere to strict pollution controls and to give up emission credits, which companies can use to offset their pollution or trade to other companies to use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The City of Martinez government supports the state and federal agencies charged with protecting the health and well-being of the residents of Martinez and our surrounding communities through compliance monitoring of our area refineries,” Martinez Mayor Brianne Zorn said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Questions remain as to whether a fine will make much of a difference in the long run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The sad truth is the Bay Area has some of the country’s worst air pollution, and these refineries in the Bay Area are largely responsible for that,” said Hollin Kretzmann, senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity. “The $27 million [fine] is really a slap on the wrist for a company that made $16 billion in profits last year. These major oil companies consider it as just the cost of doing business … And so if they get slapped with a fine, they’ll pay it or they’ll have their lawyers contest it, but ultimately they keep doing business as usual and these refineries keep spewing harmful pollution for these frontline communities that have been dealing with it for decades.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kretzmann said he believes the only long-term solution would be to decommission the refineries and transition to what he called “a safer and healthier future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need a plan to move away from our fossil fuel dependence … in California and move to safe forms of renewable energy so we don’t need to be living next to these dangerous refineries and being scared about how much it’s going to impact our health and our kids’ health,” added Kretzmann.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Martinez plant, which is about 30 miles northeast of San Francisco, had a refining capacity of approximately 161,000 barrels of oil per day and was the fourth-largest petroleum refinery in California, the EPA said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plant suspended operations in 2020. It is being converted to produce fuels from renewable sources such as vegetable oils. The refinery is expected to come online this year and produce up to 48,000 barrels of renewable fuels per day, according to the EPA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regulators said the agreement does not prohibit Tesoro from resuming petroleum refining. But if it does, the company must install specific air pollution control technology to meet NOX emission limits — at an expected cost of $125 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The Environmental Protection Agency says Tesoro Refining was penalized for violating a consent decree at its refinery in Martinez, with regulators saying Tesoro failed to install adequate pollution controls and to limit emissions of nitrogen oxides that contribute to smog.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1682720476,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":18,"wordCount":712},"headData":{"title":"Operators of East Bay Refinery Fined $27.5 Million Over Pollution | KQED","description":"The Environmental Protection Agency says Tesoro Refining was penalized for violating a consent decree at its refinery in Martinez, with regulators saying Tesoro failed to install adequate pollution controls and to limit emissions of nitrogen oxides that contribute to smog.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Operators of East Bay Refinery Fined $27.5 Million Over Pollution","datePublished":"2023-04-28T02:01:15.000Z","dateModified":"2023-04-28T22:21:16.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"nprByline":"The Associated Press and KQED News Staff","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11947977/operators-of-east-bay-refinery-fined-27-5-million-over-pollution","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 3:25 p.m. Friday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The operators of a Bay Area oil refinery have agreed to pay $27.5 million for violating a 2016 agreement to reduce air pollution at the facility, federal regulators announced Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tesoro Refining and Marketing Co. of Los Angeles was penalized for violating a consent decree at its refinery in Martinez, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tesoro failed to install adequate pollution controls and failed to limit emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOX) that contribute to smog, the agencies said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The settlement will reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides and other air pollutants by hundreds of tons each year, regulators said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As this settlement shows, EPA will seek substantial penalties when companies delay installing appropriate pollution controls to meet environmental obligations,” said a statement from Larry Starfield, acting assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘As this settlement shows, EPA will seek substantial penalties when companies delay installing appropriate pollution controls to meet environmental obligations.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"Larry Starfield, acting assistant administrator, EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Tesoro was acquired by Marathon Petroleum Corp. in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Marathon has a demonstrated history of continually improving our environmental performance across our operations, and we are committed to protecting the environment we all share,” the company said in a statement. “The origins of this matter predate Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s acquisition of the Martinez refinery, and we are glad to have resolved this matter with the U.S. government.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The penalty is part of a settlement that requires the refinery to adhere to strict pollution controls and to give up emission credits, which companies can use to offset their pollution or trade to other companies to use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The City of Martinez government supports the state and federal agencies charged with protecting the health and well-being of the residents of Martinez and our surrounding communities through compliance monitoring of our area refineries,” Martinez Mayor Brianne Zorn said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Questions remain as to whether a fine will make much of a difference in the long run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The sad truth is the Bay Area has some of the country’s worst air pollution, and these refineries in the Bay Area are largely responsible for that,” said Hollin Kretzmann, senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity. “The $27 million [fine] is really a slap on the wrist for a company that made $16 billion in profits last year. These major oil companies consider it as just the cost of doing business … And so if they get slapped with a fine, they’ll pay it or they’ll have their lawyers contest it, but ultimately they keep doing business as usual and these refineries keep spewing harmful pollution for these frontline communities that have been dealing with it for decades.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kretzmann said he believes the only long-term solution would be to decommission the refineries and transition to what he called “a safer and healthier future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need a plan to move away from our fossil fuel dependence … in California and move to safe forms of renewable energy so we don’t need to be living next to these dangerous refineries and being scared about how much it’s going to impact our health and our kids’ health,” added Kretzmann.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Martinez plant, which is about 30 miles northeast of San Francisco, had a refining capacity of approximately 161,000 barrels of oil per day and was the fourth-largest petroleum refinery in California, the EPA said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plant suspended operations in 2020. It is being converted to produce fuels from renewable sources such as vegetable oils. The refinery is expected to come online this year and produce up to 48,000 barrels of renewable fuels per day, according to the EPA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regulators said the agreement does not prohibit Tesoro from resuming petroleum refining. But if it does, the company must install specific air pollution control technology to meet NOX emission limits — at an expected cost of $125 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11947977/operators-of-east-bay-refinery-fined-27-5-million-over-pollution","authors":["byline_news_11947977"],"categories":["news_31795","news_19906","news_8"],"tags":["news_20455","news_226","news_18991","news_32681"],"featImg":"news_11947982","label":"news"},"news_11897450":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11897450","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11897450","score":null,"sort":[1637894704000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"california-has-rejected-dozens-of-fracking-permits-but-one-county-is-now-suing-the-state-over-the-denials","title":"California Has Rejected Dozens of Fracking Permits. But One County Is Now Suing the State Over the Denials","publishDate":1637894704,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>California regulators haven’t approved permits for the controversial oil and gas extraction process known as fracking since February, effectively phasing out the process ahead of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2024 deadline to end it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s Geologic Energy Management Division, known as CalGEM, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Citing-climate-risks-California-is-denying-16643010.php\">has rejected an unprecedented 109 fracking permits in 2021, The San Francisco Chronicle reported\u003c/a>. That’s the most denials the division has issued in a single year since California \u003ca href=\"https://www.conservation.ca.gov/calgem/Pages/Well-Stim-National-Lab-Scientific-Review.aspx\">began permitting fracking in 2015\u003c/a>. Fifty of the permits, mostly from Bakersfield-based Aera Energy, were denied based solely on climate change concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11897239\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/GettyImages-110400756-1020x680.jpg\"]State oil and gas supervisor Uduak-Joe Ntuk wrote in a September letter to Aera that he could “not in good conscience” grant the permits “given the increasingly urgent climate effects of fossil-fuel production” and “the continuing impacts of climate change and hydraulic fracturing on public health and natural resources.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom called in 2020 for state lawmakers to ban the practice by 2024. But a proposal before lawmakers failed, leading Newsom to direct CalGEM to proceed with the timeline on its own. It’s only one piece of Newsom’s climate change agenda, which includes a complete end to oil and gas production in the state by 2045, long after he’s left office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kern County, where most fracking in the state occurs, and the Western States Petroleum Association have sued the state over the denials. WSPA’s lawsuit, filed in October, argues state law requires CalGEM to permit fracking if it meets technical requirements and that the denials amount to a de facto ban on the process that hasn’t been approved by the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A hearing in the Kern case is scheduled for Monday and the state must respond to WSPA’s lawsuit by Dec. 2.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"science_1977748\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2021/11/003_SanFrancisco_YouthClimateStrike_10292021-1020x680.jpg\"]Fracking is the process of injecting a high-pressure mix of mostly water with some sand and chemical additives into rock to create or expand fractures that allow for the extraction of oil and gas. Permitted fracking operations account for just 2% of oil production in California. But the practice is controversial due to concerns about the chemicals used in the fracking fluid contaminating groundwater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmental justice organizations representing lower-income communities and communities of color — typically the most affected — have protested fracking for its potential water contamination and the methane released by the process. Methane is a highly potent greenhouse gas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Juan Flores, a community organizer based in Kern County with the \u003ca href=\"https://crpe-ej.org/\">Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment\u003c/a>, said by denying the permits Newsom and his administration are living up to expectations set by voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a type of action that we expected,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>WSPA said in its lawsuit that the state’s permitting process includes stringent requirements designed to protect public health and safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These actions “don’t really deliver the positive benefits for a fight against climate change, but what they do is impose big impacts on Californians — to their finances, to their freedoms and, essentially, how they live and work every single day,” WSPA President Catherine Reheis-Boyd told the Chronicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label ='Related Coverage' tag='environment']CalGEM has approved just 12 fracking permits this year, down from 83 in 2020 and 220 in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his letter to Aera explaining why the state denied permit applications, Ntuk cited extreme heat, drought and wildfires as examples of the dangers caused by climate change. He argued that CalGEM must ensure the activities it regulates match the state’s environmental, public health and climate change goals. He said a 2014 law that gave the agency permitting power over fracking does not require the state to approve permits even if applications are complete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kathy Miller, an Aera spokesperson, did not respond to an email seeking comment.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"California regulators haven't approved fracking permits since February, effectively phasing out the process ahead of Gov. Gavin Newsom's 2024 deadline to end it.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1638211297,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":17,"wordCount":691},"headData":{"title":"California Has Rejected Dozens of Fracking Permits. 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But One County Is Now Suing the State Over the Denials","datePublished":"2021-11-26T02:45:04.000Z","dateModified":"2021-11-29T18:41:37.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11897450 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11897450","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2021/11/25/california-has-rejected-dozens-of-fracking-permits-but-one-county-is-now-suing-the-state-over-the-denials/","disqusTitle":"California Has Rejected Dozens of Fracking Permits. But One County Is Now Suing the State Over the Denials","nprByline":"The Associated Press","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","path":"/news/11897450/california-has-rejected-dozens-of-fracking-permits-but-one-county-is-now-suing-the-state-over-the-denials","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>California regulators haven’t approved permits for the controversial oil and gas extraction process known as fracking since February, effectively phasing out the process ahead of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2024 deadline to end it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s Geologic Energy Management Division, known as CalGEM, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Citing-climate-risks-California-is-denying-16643010.php\">has rejected an unprecedented 109 fracking permits in 2021, The San Francisco Chronicle reported\u003c/a>. That’s the most denials the division has issued in a single year since California \u003ca href=\"https://www.conservation.ca.gov/calgem/Pages/Well-Stim-National-Lab-Scientific-Review.aspx\">began permitting fracking in 2015\u003c/a>. Fifty of the permits, mostly from Bakersfield-based Aera Energy, were denied based solely on climate change concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11897239","hero":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/GettyImages-110400756-1020x680.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>State oil and gas supervisor Uduak-Joe Ntuk wrote in a September letter to Aera that he could “not in good conscience” grant the permits “given the increasingly urgent climate effects of fossil-fuel production” and “the continuing impacts of climate change and hydraulic fracturing on public health and natural resources.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom called in 2020 for state lawmakers to ban the practice by 2024. But a proposal before lawmakers failed, leading Newsom to direct CalGEM to proceed with the timeline on its own. It’s only one piece of Newsom’s climate change agenda, which includes a complete end to oil and gas production in the state by 2045, long after he’s left office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kern County, where most fracking in the state occurs, and the Western States Petroleum Association have sued the state over the denials. WSPA’s lawsuit, filed in October, argues state law requires CalGEM to permit fracking if it meets technical requirements and that the denials amount to a de facto ban on the process that hasn’t been approved by the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A hearing in the Kern case is scheduled for Monday and the state must respond to WSPA’s lawsuit by Dec. 2.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"science_1977748","hero":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2021/11/003_SanFrancisco_YouthClimateStrike_10292021-1020x680.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Fracking is the process of injecting a high-pressure mix of mostly water with some sand and chemical additives into rock to create or expand fractures that allow for the extraction of oil and gas. Permitted fracking operations account for just 2% of oil production in California. But the practice is controversial due to concerns about the chemicals used in the fracking fluid contaminating groundwater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmental justice organizations representing lower-income communities and communities of color — typically the most affected — have protested fracking for its potential water contamination and the methane released by the process. Methane is a highly potent greenhouse gas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Juan Flores, a community organizer based in Kern County with the \u003ca href=\"https://crpe-ej.org/\">Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment\u003c/a>, said by denying the permits Newsom and his administration are living up to expectations set by voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a type of action that we expected,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>WSPA said in its lawsuit that the state’s permitting process includes stringent requirements designed to protect public health and safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These actions “don’t really deliver the positive benefits for a fight against climate change, but what they do is impose big impacts on Californians — to their finances, to their freedoms and, essentially, how they live and work every single day,” WSPA President Catherine Reheis-Boyd told the Chronicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Related Coverage ","tag":"environment"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>CalGEM has approved just 12 fracking permits this year, down from 83 in 2020 and 220 in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his letter to Aera explaining why the state denied permit applications, Ntuk cited extreme heat, drought and wildfires as examples of the dangers caused by climate change. He argued that CalGEM must ensure the activities it regulates match the state’s environmental, public health and climate change goals. He said a 2014 law that gave the agency permitting power over fracking does not require the state to approve permits even if applications are complete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kathy Miller, an Aera spokesperson, did not respond to an email seeking comment.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11897450/california-has-rejected-dozens-of-fracking-permits-but-one-county-is-now-suing-the-state-over-the-denials","authors":["byline_news_11897450"],"categories":["news_19906","news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_28708","news_3605","news_16","news_30303","news_20320","news_21390","news_226"],"featImg":"news_11897453","label":"news"},"news_11751084":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11751084","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11751084","score":null,"sort":[1559673944000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"chevron-flaring-incidents-already-match-last-years-total-which-were-highest-in-a-decade","title":"Chevron Flaring Incidents Already Double Last Year's Total — Which Was Highest in a Decade","publishDate":1559673944,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 4:00 p.m. Tuesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron's Richmond refinery has experienced 17 malfunctions that resulted in the facility sending gases to its flares during the first five months of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means the refinery has already almost doubled the number of flaring episodes it committed in all of 2018, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11733638/chevrons-richmond-refinery-flaring-incidents-at-highest-level-in-more-than-a-decade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">marked the highest tally of such incidents in 12 years\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Air regulators say the high frequency of \u003ca href=\"http://www.baaqmd.gov/plans-and-climate/emission-tracking-and-monitoring/flare-minimization-plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flaring\u003c/a> episodes at Chevron is tied to the refinery's new hydrogen plant that began operating in late 2018 and began having trouble about the same time. The flaring incidents are the subject of more than 20 ongoing investigations by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), according to Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia, who sits on the district's board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Clearly, the refinery should have anticipated these issues when starting this new unit,\" Gioia said. \"The number of incidents that Chevron has had is well in excess of what all of us would expect.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flaring episodes this year include at least four refinery malfunctions that led to the cumulative release of more than 56,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide, according to notification reports filed with Contra Costa County health officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Short-term exposure to \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/so2-pollution/sulfur-dioxide-basics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sulfur dioxide\u003c/a>, which is a pollutant, can harm the human respiratory system and make breathing difficult, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Chevron Refinery Coverage\" tag=\"chevron\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Refinery malfunctions led Chevron to send gas to its flares five times in January and then three times every month for the next four months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local air regulators say the \u003ca href=\"https://w3.calema.ca.gov/operational/malhaz.nsf/f1841a103c102734882563e200760c4a/9a9e8878110e11f088258409005de9a9?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,chevron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest flaring episode \u003c/a>took place last week on May 29. The release was caused by the startup of a process unit, according to Chevron spokesman Braden Reddall, who declined to offer more details. The company filed an incident report with the Contra Costa County Hazardous Materials Program that said the unit in question was shut down and that an undetermined amount of sulfur dioxide was released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reports filed with the agency about several other flaring episodes reveal more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company told the county that a \u003ca href=\"https://w3.calema.ca.gov/operational/malhaz.nsf/f1841a103c102734882563e200760c4a/8c29de3f6da492ad8825839500338e99?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,chevron,refinery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Feb. 2 flaring incident\u003c/a> was caused by a \"power dip.\" It led to the release of more than 19,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide over two days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \"upset\" \u003ca href=\"https://w3.calema.ca.gov/operational/malhaz.nsf/f1841a103c102734882563e200760c4a/b662684f99ccfa12882583ac006b10fa?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,chevron,refinery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Feb. 24\u003c/a> led to the release of close to 8,000 pounds of the gas over about 75 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On March 6 another power issue at Chevron led to the release of around 10,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide over close to six hours, prompting several residents in the area to complain about odors from the refinery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And on \u003ca href=\"https://w3.calema.ca.gov/operational/malhaz.nsf/f1841a103c102734882563e200760c4a/4f3f06b2dc673589882583db002cb46c?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,chevron,refinery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 13\u003c/a>, as the refinery was restarting a unit, it sent gases to its flares, leading to the release of more than 18,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide over three hours and 20 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is a concern that their flaring incidents have increased,\" said Anthony Wexler, director of the Air Quality Research Center at UC Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gioia said the power problems associated with some of the flaring incidents have been corrected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron also suffered two other chemical releases so far this year. The refinery experienced a gas leak on \u003ca href=\"https://w3.calema.ca.gov/operational/malhaz.nsf/f1841a103c102734882563e200760c4a/e21517dc9d8bb5f188258387007edbdf?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,chevron,refinery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jan. 17\u003c/a> that led to the release of 100 pounds of hydrogen sulfide, and on \u003ca href=\"https://w3.calema.ca.gov/operational/malhaz.nsf/f1841a103c102734882563e200760c4a/4e65b9bfb3216623882583c20001e3b4?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,chevron,refinery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 17\u003c/a> there was a small oil spill from the facility into San Francisco Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, environmentalists are expressing anger over the number of flaring episodes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's unacceptable that these pollution-spewing mishaps are happening more frequently and can emit thousands of pounds of pollution at a time,\" said Hollin Kretzmann, an Oakland-based lawyer for the Center for Biological Diversity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Chevron has a sulfur problem,\" said Matt Krogh with San Francisco-based Stand.earth. \"You're seeing incident after incident after incident happening with no real action taken by the regulators.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Air regulators and industry representatives have emphasized that flares burn refinery gases that would otherwise be directly released into the atmosphere and the practice is designed to protect nearby communities and refinery workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The recent flaring activity is primarily related to startup activities of the new hydrogen processing unit. The refinery will continue to operate safely and expects to continue building on our strong record of reducing flaring activity,” Chevron’s Reddall said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The hydrogen plant is part of the refinery’s modernization project,” he added. “Once the project is completed, these improvements will result in an overall decrease in emissions, as well as safety enhancements that far exceed regulatory requirements.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the air district has not issued any notices of violation against Chevron for its flaring episodes in 2019, according to agency spokeswoman Simrun Dhoot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gioia said the agency's focus is on Chevron's hydrogen plant, which creates hydrogen that's used in other parts of the refinery. It began operating last November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's an impressive amount of time. We're seeing seven months of trying to get it right. And they're trying to get it right by releasing toxics into the air,\" said Stand.earth's Krogh. \"That's an unacceptable way to do business.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The number of flaring incidents at Chevron is much higher than at most of the other Bay Area refineries this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a hazardous materials spill \u003ca href=\"https://www.caloes.ca.gov/schools-educators/plan-prepare/hazmat-spill-release-reporting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">database\u003c/a> maintained by the Governor's Office of Emergency Services, the Phillips 66 refinery in Rodeo and the Marathon facility in Martinez each have had two flaring episodes this year. Shell's Martinez refinery had one such incident this year. (You can see the number of flaring incidents each local refinery had between 2005 and 2018 \u003ca href=\"http://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/compliance-and-enforcement/flares/graphs/flare-emissions-charts/frequency-pdf.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other local refinery that's had problems this year is Benicia's Valero facility. In March, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11746990/valero-says-it-faces-342000-in-penalties-over-benicia-refinery-pollution-incident\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">serious malfunction\u003c/a> at the Solano County refinery led to two weeks of releases of petroleum coke dust, culminating in a refinery shutdown and brief health advisory. Several government investigations are under way into Valero's breakdown in March and its gradual restarting that took place in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated to include information from a statement provided by Chevron after publication.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Flaring incidents at the refinery in Richmond have led to the release of more than 28 tons of sulfur dioxide this year.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1559689521,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":33,"wordCount":1041},"headData":{"title":"Chevron Flaring Incidents Already Double Last Year's Total — Which Was Highest in a Decade | KQED","description":"Flaring incidents at the refinery in Richmond have led to the release of more than 28 tons of sulfur dioxide this year.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Chevron Flaring Incidents Already Double Last Year's Total — Which Was Highest in a Decade","datePublished":"2019-06-04T18:45:44.000Z","dateModified":"2019-06-04T23:05:21.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11751084 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11751084","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2019/06/04/chevron-flaring-incidents-already-match-last-years-total-which-were-highest-in-a-decade/","disqusTitle":"Chevron Flaring Incidents Already Double Last Year's Total — Which Was Highest in a Decade","path":"/news/11751084/chevron-flaring-incidents-already-match-last-years-total-which-were-highest-in-a-decade","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 4:00 p.m. Tuesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron's Richmond refinery has experienced 17 malfunctions that resulted in the facility sending gases to its flares during the first five months of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means the refinery has already almost doubled the number of flaring episodes it committed in all of 2018, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11733638/chevrons-richmond-refinery-flaring-incidents-at-highest-level-in-more-than-a-decade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">marked the highest tally of such incidents in 12 years\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Air regulators say the high frequency of \u003ca href=\"http://www.baaqmd.gov/plans-and-climate/emission-tracking-and-monitoring/flare-minimization-plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flaring\u003c/a> episodes at Chevron is tied to the refinery's new hydrogen plant that began operating in late 2018 and began having trouble about the same time. The flaring incidents are the subject of more than 20 ongoing investigations by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), according to Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia, who sits on the district's board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Clearly, the refinery should have anticipated these issues when starting this new unit,\" Gioia said. \"The number of incidents that Chevron has had is well in excess of what all of us would expect.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flaring episodes this year include at least four refinery malfunctions that led to the cumulative release of more than 56,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide, according to notification reports filed with Contra Costa County health officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Short-term exposure to \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/so2-pollution/sulfur-dioxide-basics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sulfur dioxide\u003c/a>, which is a pollutant, can harm the human respiratory system and make breathing difficult, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Chevron Refinery Coverage ","tag":"chevron"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Refinery malfunctions led Chevron to send gas to its flares five times in January and then three times every month for the next four months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local air regulators say the \u003ca href=\"https://w3.calema.ca.gov/operational/malhaz.nsf/f1841a103c102734882563e200760c4a/9a9e8878110e11f088258409005de9a9?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,chevron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest flaring episode \u003c/a>took place last week on May 29. The release was caused by the startup of a process unit, according to Chevron spokesman Braden Reddall, who declined to offer more details. The company filed an incident report with the Contra Costa County Hazardous Materials Program that said the unit in question was shut down and that an undetermined amount of sulfur dioxide was released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reports filed with the agency about several other flaring episodes reveal more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company told the county that a \u003ca href=\"https://w3.calema.ca.gov/operational/malhaz.nsf/f1841a103c102734882563e200760c4a/8c29de3f6da492ad8825839500338e99?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,chevron,refinery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Feb. 2 flaring incident\u003c/a> was caused by a \"power dip.\" It led to the release of more than 19,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide over two days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \"upset\" \u003ca href=\"https://w3.calema.ca.gov/operational/malhaz.nsf/f1841a103c102734882563e200760c4a/b662684f99ccfa12882583ac006b10fa?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,chevron,refinery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Feb. 24\u003c/a> led to the release of close to 8,000 pounds of the gas over about 75 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On March 6 another power issue at Chevron led to the release of around 10,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide over close to six hours, prompting several residents in the area to complain about odors from the refinery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And on \u003ca href=\"https://w3.calema.ca.gov/operational/malhaz.nsf/f1841a103c102734882563e200760c4a/4f3f06b2dc673589882583db002cb46c?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,chevron,refinery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 13\u003c/a>, as the refinery was restarting a unit, it sent gases to its flares, leading to the release of more than 18,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide over three hours and 20 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is a concern that their flaring incidents have increased,\" said Anthony Wexler, director of the Air Quality Research Center at UC Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gioia said the power problems associated with some of the flaring incidents have been corrected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron also suffered two other chemical releases so far this year. The refinery experienced a gas leak on \u003ca href=\"https://w3.calema.ca.gov/operational/malhaz.nsf/f1841a103c102734882563e200760c4a/e21517dc9d8bb5f188258387007edbdf?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,chevron,refinery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jan. 17\u003c/a> that led to the release of 100 pounds of hydrogen sulfide, and on \u003ca href=\"https://w3.calema.ca.gov/operational/malhaz.nsf/f1841a103c102734882563e200760c4a/4e65b9bfb3216623882583c20001e3b4?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,chevron,refinery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 17\u003c/a> there was a small oil spill from the facility into San Francisco Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, environmentalists are expressing anger over the number of flaring episodes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's unacceptable that these pollution-spewing mishaps are happening more frequently and can emit thousands of pounds of pollution at a time,\" said Hollin Kretzmann, an Oakland-based lawyer for the Center for Biological Diversity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Chevron has a sulfur problem,\" said Matt Krogh with San Francisco-based Stand.earth. \"You're seeing incident after incident after incident happening with no real action taken by the regulators.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Air regulators and industry representatives have emphasized that flares burn refinery gases that would otherwise be directly released into the atmosphere and the practice is designed to protect nearby communities and refinery workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The recent flaring activity is primarily related to startup activities of the new hydrogen processing unit. The refinery will continue to operate safely and expects to continue building on our strong record of reducing flaring activity,” Chevron’s Reddall said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The hydrogen plant is part of the refinery’s modernization project,” he added. “Once the project is completed, these improvements will result in an overall decrease in emissions, as well as safety enhancements that far exceed regulatory requirements.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the air district has not issued any notices of violation against Chevron for its flaring episodes in 2019, according to agency spokeswoman Simrun Dhoot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gioia said the agency's focus is on Chevron's hydrogen plant, which creates hydrogen that's used in other parts of the refinery. It began operating last November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's an impressive amount of time. We're seeing seven months of trying to get it right. And they're trying to get it right by releasing toxics into the air,\" said Stand.earth's Krogh. \"That's an unacceptable way to do business.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The number of flaring incidents at Chevron is much higher than at most of the other Bay Area refineries this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a hazardous materials spill \u003ca href=\"https://www.caloes.ca.gov/schools-educators/plan-prepare/hazmat-spill-release-reporting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">database\u003c/a> maintained by the Governor's Office of Emergency Services, the Phillips 66 refinery in Rodeo and the Marathon facility in Martinez each have had two flaring episodes this year. Shell's Martinez refinery had one such incident this year. (You can see the number of flaring incidents each local refinery had between 2005 and 2018 \u003ca href=\"http://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/compliance-and-enforcement/flares/graphs/flare-emissions-charts/frequency-pdf.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other local refinery that's had problems this year is Benicia's Valero facility. In March, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11746990/valero-says-it-faces-342000-in-penalties-over-benicia-refinery-pollution-incident\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">serious malfunction\u003c/a> at the Solano County refinery led to two weeks of releases of petroleum coke dust, culminating in a refinery shutdown and brief health advisory. Several government investigations are under way into Valero's breakdown in March and its gradual restarting that took place in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated to include information from a statement provided by Chevron after publication.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11751084/chevron-flaring-incidents-already-match-last-years-total-which-were-highest-in-a-decade","authors":["258"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_19906","news_457","news_8","news_356","news_1397"],"tags":["news_424","news_4223","news_226"],"featImg":"news_11076796","label":"news_72"},"news_11666438":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11666438","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11666438","score":null,"sort":[1525467607000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"from-shelter-in-place-to-settlement-in-place","title":"From 'Shelter in Place' to Settlement in Place","publishDate":1525467607,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Mark Fiore: Drawn to the Bay | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":18515,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Chevron and the city of Richmond \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/fiorechevronsettlement\">settled for $5 million\u003c/a> to end a lawsuit over a 2012 refinery fire that caused 15,000 nearby residents to seek medical treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amid rising oil prices, Chevron reported first quarter profits of \u003ca href=\"https://chevroncorp.gcs-web.com/static-files/a82bac31-8a7a-42f8-8533-dd737a8a2652\">over $3.6 billion\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the rate the oil giant realized profits in the first three months of 2018, it made enough money to pay the $5 million settlement in just under three hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Chevron and the city of Richmond settled for $5 million to end a lawsuit over a 2012 refinery fire that caused 15,000 nearby residents to seek medical treatment.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1525737323,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":5,"wordCount":75},"headData":{"title":"From 'Shelter in Place' to Settlement in Place | KQED","description":"Chevron and the city of Richmond settled for $5 million to end a lawsuit over a 2012 refinery fire that caused 15,000 nearby residents to seek medical treatment.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"From 'Shelter in Place' to Settlement in 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caused 15,000 nearby residents to seek medical treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amid rising oil prices, Chevron reported first quarter profits of \u003ca href=\"https://chevroncorp.gcs-web.com/static-files/a82bac31-8a7a-42f8-8533-dd737a8a2652\">over $3.6 billion\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the rate the oil giant realized profits in the first three months of 2018, it made enough money to pay the $5 million settlement in just under three hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv 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a \u003ca href=\"https://legistarweb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/pdf/73476/1._Two-Step_Agenda_Request_-_Industrial_Ordinance_Patterson_May_16.2017_v.2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proposal \u003c/a>set to be unveiled at the Benicia City Council meeting on Tuesday—a potential reform prompted by \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/05/10/after-valero-refinery-outage-three-probes-and-rising-gas-prices/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the major outage at the facility\u003c/a> earlier this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Elizabeth Patterson is proposing the city develop regulations similar to those in Contra Costa County, home to several refineries. That county's \u003ca href=\"http://cchealth.org/hazmat/iso/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">industrial safety ordinance\u003c/a>, considered to be one of the strongest in the country, requires oil refining facilities to undergo safety audits and have risk management plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, after a major refinery problem, like the one at Valero on May 5, the county can order the company to provide a preliminary report 72 hours later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's the case in Contra Costa County, but the Valero facility is in Solano County and therefore not subject to the same rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"VihDcvotb6JMyj33FnGeRaKPmj9bqgLI\"]\"When everything started going out of the smokestacks, it was very alarming and there was no information about what was going out,\" said Patterson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The outage only lasted 18 minutes, but to relieve pressure the refinery sent gases to its flares. Flaring is a process refineries use to relieve pressure when their facilities undergo malfunctions. The flares sent up flames and a plume of smoke into the sky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initial flaring sent at least a dozen people to the hospital, and prompted an evacuation of a nearby industrial area and shelter-in-place orders for two elementary schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It has taken the refinery at least two weeks to get fully back on-line, causing intermittent flaring in the mean time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Patterson's proposal the oil company would pay for the enforcement of the safety ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Valero would pay the fair costs of what it takes to protect the citizens of Benicia,\" said Patterson, adding that fees Valero pays to Benicia in property and sales taxes would help fund the work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valero has not responded yet to request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patterson is also floating the idea of having Benicia contract with Contra Costa County to help administer a future safety ordinance. That would be similar to the way Richmond enforces a similar ordinance governing the Chevron refinery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one Contra Costa lawmaker is on board with the idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The refinery should be held to higher safety standards, the same standards that the four refineries in Contra Costa are held to,\" said Supervisor John Gioia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The number of serious refinery accidents in Contra Costa have dropped since the industrial safety ordinance was adopted in 1999, according to Gioia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It gets refineries to change the way they look at risk, minimize and reduce risk,\" Gioia said. \"It's an effective ordinance.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa's law was adopted after a fire at the Tosco refinery in Martinez killed four refinery workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/05/10/after-valero-refinery-outage-three-probes-and-rising-gas-prices/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Valero outage is under investigation\u003c/a> by California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA), the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and Solano County hazardous materials specialists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after the outage, the air district issued \u003ca href=\"http://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/communications-and-outreach/publications/news-releases/2017/2017_045_valeronovs_050917-pdf.pdf?la=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">six notices of violation\u003c/a> against Valero in connection with the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The oil company has blamed PG&E for the outage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The May 5 PG&E incident was solely the result of electrical work PG&E was doing on its power lines,\" the company wrote to Benicia City officials in a letter read out loud at last week's city council meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco-based utility has said the outage was triggered by an \"inadvertent operation\" to protect power circuits, but has avoided accepting outright blame for the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E hired a third party engineering firm, Exponent, to review the cause of the outage, according to company spokeswoman Deanna Contreras.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The ordinance would be modeled off Contra Costa County's, considered to be one of the strongest in the country.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1495582925,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":25,"wordCount":641},"headData":{"title":"Valero Outage Prompts Benicia to Consider Industrial Safety Ordinance | KQED","description":"The ordinance would be modeled off Contra Costa County's, considered to be one of the strongest in the country.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Valero Outage Prompts Benicia to Consider Industrial Safety Ordinance","datePublished":"2017-05-23T07:30:03.000Z","dateModified":"2017-05-23T23:42:05.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11471818 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11471818","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/05/23/valero-outage-prompts-benicia-to-consider-industrial-safety-ordinance/","disqusTitle":"Valero Outage Prompts Benicia to Consider Industrial Safety Ordinance","path":"/news/11471818/valero-outage-prompts-benicia-to-consider-industrial-safety-ordinance","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>City officials would have greater oversight over the Valero refinery under a \u003ca href=\"https://legistarweb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/pdf/73476/1._Two-Step_Agenda_Request_-_Industrial_Ordinance_Patterson_May_16.2017_v.2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proposal \u003c/a>set to be unveiled at the Benicia City Council meeting on Tuesday—a potential reform prompted by \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/05/10/after-valero-refinery-outage-three-probes-and-rising-gas-prices/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the major outage at the facility\u003c/a> earlier this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Elizabeth Patterson is proposing the city develop regulations similar to those in Contra Costa County, home to several refineries. That county's \u003ca href=\"http://cchealth.org/hazmat/iso/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">industrial safety ordinance\u003c/a>, considered to be one of the strongest in the country, requires oil refining facilities to undergo safety audits and have risk management plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, after a major refinery problem, like the one at Valero on May 5, the county can order the company to provide a preliminary report 72 hours later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's the case in Contra Costa County, but the Valero facility is in Solano County and therefore not subject to the same rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\"When everything started going out of the smokestacks, it was very alarming and there was no information about what was going out,\" said Patterson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The outage only lasted 18 minutes, but to relieve pressure the refinery sent gases to its flares. Flaring is a process refineries use to relieve pressure when their facilities undergo malfunctions. The flares sent up flames and a plume of smoke into the sky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initial flaring sent at least a dozen people to the hospital, and prompted an evacuation of a nearby industrial area and shelter-in-place orders for two elementary schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It has taken the refinery at least two weeks to get fully back on-line, causing intermittent flaring in the mean time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Patterson's proposal the oil company would pay for the enforcement of the safety ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Valero would pay the fair costs of what it takes to protect the citizens of Benicia,\" said Patterson, adding that fees Valero pays to Benicia in property and sales taxes would help fund the work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valero has not responded yet to request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patterson is also floating the idea of having Benicia contract with Contra Costa County to help administer a future safety ordinance. That would be similar to the way Richmond enforces a similar ordinance governing the Chevron refinery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one Contra Costa lawmaker is on board with the idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The refinery should be held to higher safety standards, the same standards that the four refineries in Contra Costa are held to,\" said Supervisor John Gioia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The number of serious refinery accidents in Contra Costa have dropped since the industrial safety ordinance was adopted in 1999, according to Gioia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It gets refineries to change the way they look at risk, minimize and reduce risk,\" Gioia said. \"It's an effective ordinance.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa's law was adopted after a fire at the Tosco refinery in Martinez killed four refinery workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/05/10/after-valero-refinery-outage-three-probes-and-rising-gas-prices/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Valero outage is under investigation\u003c/a> by California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA), the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and Solano County hazardous materials specialists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after the outage, the air district issued \u003ca href=\"http://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/communications-and-outreach/publications/news-releases/2017/2017_045_valeronovs_050917-pdf.pdf?la=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">six notices of violation\u003c/a> against Valero in connection with the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The oil company has blamed PG&E for the outage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The May 5 PG&E incident was solely the result of electrical work PG&E was doing on its power lines,\" the company wrote to Benicia City officials in a letter read out loud at last week's city council meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco-based utility has said the outage was triggered by an \"inadvertent operation\" to protect power circuits, but has avoided accepting outright blame for the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E hired a third party engineering firm, Exponent, to review the cause of the outage, according to company spokeswoman Deanna Contreras.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11471818/valero-outage-prompts-benicia-to-consider-industrial-safety-ordinance","authors":["258"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_19906","news_457","news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_20389","news_20902","news_226","news_20022"],"featImg":"news_11441704","label":"news_6944"},"news_11363807":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11363807","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11363807","score":null,"sort":[1489787499000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"bay-area-lawmakers-outraged-over-trumps-push-to-eliminate-federal-refinery-regulator","title":"Bay Area Lawmakers Outraged Over Trump's Push to Eliminate Federal Refinery Regulator","publishDate":1489787499,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Local leaders and health officials in Contra Costa County, home to four oil refineries, are blasting a part of President Trump's budget that calls for cutting all money for the federal agency that investigates chemical accidents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump's spending plan aims to eliminate funding for the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), which has conducted hundreds of probes, including one into the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency gained prominent attention in the Bay Area when it investigated the 2012 fire at Chevron's Richmond refinery that prompted 15,000 people to seek medical treatment for breathing problems. The Chevron incident prompted the board to \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/16/chevron-fire-report/\" target=\"_blank\">call for changes\u003c/a> in how California oversees its oil refineries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year the agency \u003ca href=\"http://www.csb.gov/csb-releases-final-report-on-facility-safety-culture-following-a-series-of-sulfuric-acid-releases-at-the-tesoro-martinez-refinery-in-california/\" target=\"_blank\">blamed Tesoro\u003c/a> for two major acid releases that injured four workers at the company's Martinez refinery in 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's just crazy, like the rest of the budget,\" said Contra Costa County congressman Mark DeSaulnier in an interview Friday. \"It's counterproductive to public health, to the environment and to business.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The chemical safety board's annual budget is about $12 million. It's among a number of independent agencies the president is looking to kill. \"The budget eliminates hundreds of programs and focuses funding to redefine the proper role of the federal government,\" Trump's budget \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/03/16/520379061/read-president-trumps-budget-blueprint\">blueprint \u003c/a>states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeSaulnier was among a number of federal legislators who pressured former CSB chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso to resign in 2015 amid management problems at the agency. Since then, DeSaulnier said, the board had made significant strides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>House Democrats and Republicans will work to save the agency, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If they don't, the region will be in trouble, according to Contra Costa County's chief environmental health and hazardous materials officer, Randy Sawyer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If Congress approves the defunding of the Chemical Safety Board, the public and the workers at the refining and chemical facilities will lose,\" said Sawyer, whose office audits local refineries and responds to facility malfunctions, in an email. \"I also believe the chemical industry will be the biggest loser.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The industry group that represents oil refineries in California is taking a wait-and-see approach to the president's proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These are issues that we are monitoring closely,\" said Catherine Reheis-Boyd, president of the Western States Petroleum Association in an emailed statement. \"Our member companies believe in transparency and operate in an environment that is highly regulated by federal, state and local agencies.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked for reaction to the proposal, a Chevron spokesman deferred to the American Petroleum Institute, which has yet to respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a Tesoro official rejected the idea of eliminating the board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The industry does not support the abolition of the agency,\" Stephen Brown, vice president of federal affairs at the company, told \u003ca href=\"https://www.bna.com/cutting-chemical-safety-n57982085347/\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the chemical board goes away, local and state regulators will have to fill a void in regulation, according to Contra Costa Supervisor John Gioia, who represents the area of Chevron's Richmond refinery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We will step up our own investigations if the U.S. Chemical Safety Board is not around,\" Gioia said in an interview Friday. \"It will mean greater resources spent by local and state agencies to replace the work that the board has done.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The critique from environmentalists is more harsh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Chemical Safety Board saves lives and holds dangerous facilities accountable,\" said Maya Golden-Krasner, a senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Millions of Californians live near refineries where life-threatening explosions and chemical releases are not uncommon,\" Golden-Krasner said. \"Without the board's oversight, the root causes and full extent of accidents that we've seen at Chevron and other refineries most likely would never be known.\"\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"'It's just crazy, like the rest of the budget,' said East Bay Rep. Mark DeSaulnier.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1489787499,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":22,"wordCount":632},"headData":{"title":"Bay Area Lawmakers Outraged Over Trump's Push to Eliminate Federal Refinery Regulator | KQED","description":"'It's just crazy, like the rest of the budget,' said East Bay Rep. 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The Chevron incident prompted the board to \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/16/chevron-fire-report/\" target=\"_blank\">call for changes\u003c/a> in how California oversees its oil refineries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year the agency \u003ca href=\"http://www.csb.gov/csb-releases-final-report-on-facility-safety-culture-following-a-series-of-sulfuric-acid-releases-at-the-tesoro-martinez-refinery-in-california/\" target=\"_blank\">blamed Tesoro\u003c/a> for two major acid releases that injured four workers at the company's Martinez refinery in 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's just crazy, like the rest of the budget,\" said Contra Costa County congressman Mark DeSaulnier in an interview Friday. \"It's counterproductive to public health, to the environment and to business.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The chemical safety board's annual budget is about $12 million. It's among a number of independent agencies the president is looking to kill. \"The budget eliminates hundreds of programs and focuses funding to redefine the proper role of the federal government,\" Trump's budget \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/03/16/520379061/read-president-trumps-budget-blueprint\">blueprint \u003c/a>states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeSaulnier was among a number of federal legislators who pressured former CSB chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso to resign in 2015 amid management problems at the agency. Since then, DeSaulnier said, the board had made significant strides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>House Democrats and Republicans will work to save the agency, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If they don't, the region will be in trouble, according to Contra Costa County's chief environmental health and hazardous materials officer, Randy Sawyer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If Congress approves the defunding of the Chemical Safety Board, the public and the workers at the refining and chemical facilities will lose,\" said Sawyer, whose office audits local refineries and responds to facility malfunctions, in an email. \"I also believe the chemical industry will be the biggest loser.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The industry group that represents oil refineries in California is taking a wait-and-see approach to the president's proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These are issues that we are monitoring closely,\" said Catherine Reheis-Boyd, president of the Western States Petroleum Association in an emailed statement. \"Our member companies believe in transparency and operate in an environment that is highly regulated by federal, state and local agencies.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked for reaction to the proposal, a Chevron spokesman deferred to the American Petroleum Institute, which has yet to respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a Tesoro official rejected the idea of eliminating the board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The industry does not support the abolition of the agency,\" Stephen Brown, vice president of federal affairs at the company, told \u003ca href=\"https://www.bna.com/cutting-chemical-safety-n57982085347/\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the chemical board goes away, local and state regulators will have to fill a void in regulation, according to Contra Costa Supervisor John Gioia, who represents the area of Chevron's Richmond refinery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We will step up our own investigations if the U.S. Chemical Safety Board is not around,\" Gioia said in an interview Friday. \"It will mean greater resources spent by local and state agencies to replace the work that the board has done.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The critique from environmentalists is more harsh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Chemical Safety Board saves lives and holds dangerous facilities accountable,\" said Maya Golden-Krasner, a senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Millions of Californians live near refineries where life-threatening explosions and chemical releases are not uncommon,\" Golden-Krasner said. \"Without the board's oversight, the root causes and full extent of accidents that we've seen at Chevron and other refineries most likely would never be known.\"\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11363807/bay-area-lawmakers-outraged-over-trumps-push-to-eliminate-federal-refinery-regulator","authors":["258"],"programs":["news_6944","news_72"],"categories":["news_19906","news_457","news_8","news_13","news_356"],"tags":["news_226"],"featImg":"news_120958","label":"news_72"},"news_11118491":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11118491","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11118491","score":null,"sort":[1475795861000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"valero-agrees-to-157800-fine-for-benicia-refinery-violations","title":"Valero Agrees to $157,800 Fine for Benicia Refinery Violations","publishDate":1475795861,"format":"standard","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Valero Refining Company-California agreed on a settlement this week that will force the oil company to pay a $157,800 fine for mismanagement of hazardous waste and toxic chemicals at its Benicia crude oil refinery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The EPA cited the oil company for illegally disposing benzene -- a \u003ca href=\"http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/intheworkplace/benzene\" target=\"_blank\">known human carcinogen\u003c/a> -- into an unlined stormwater retention pond in violation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), which governs the management and disposal of hazardous waste. The settlement also covers violations of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, where Valero failed to inform the public about all of its toxic chemical releases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The violations were discovered during a routine EPA inspection of the facility in May 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This settlement was primarily driven by difficulty we experienced on a handful of occasions during some extreme weather events that occurred a number of years ago, and the agreement outlines what we are doing improve the refinery's ability to handle extreme rainfall events in the future,\" said Valero spokeswoman Lillian Riojas in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of the settlement, Valero will have to improve its piping by June 2017 to prevent similar toxic releases in the future. These improvements would allow hazardous waste to be recycled into the system instead of discharged into a stormwater basin, and the EPA estimates they will prevent 5,000 pounds of benzene from being released into the environment over the next 10 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Any stormwater that could potentially get into the groundwater and/or into the bay are major concerns with the violations,\" said Joel Jones, assistant director for enforcement for EPA Region 9. Jones said that even though these were relatively minor violations, the dense population surrounding the Benicia refinery makes it crucial that Valero comply with regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In any case where there are violations, we take it very seriously even if they're minor,\" Jones said, \"and the companies are fairly responsive to solving those issues.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other violations covered by the settlement include failing to determine if solid waste generated at the Benicia refinery was hazardous, failing to minimize the risk of unplanned chemical releases and failing to maintain complete and accurate records at the facility.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The settlement covers the release of benzene and failure to inform the public of chemical releases.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1475795861,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":10,"wordCount":382},"headData":{"title":"Valero Agrees to $157,800 Fine for Benicia Refinery Violations | KQED","description":"The settlement covers the release of benzene and failure to inform the public of chemical releases.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Valero Agrees to $157,800 Fine for Benicia Refinery Violations","datePublished":"2016-10-06T23:17:41.000Z","dateModified":"2016-10-06T23:17:41.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11118491 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11118491","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/10/06/valero-agrees-to-157800-fine-for-benicia-refinery-violations/","disqusTitle":"Valero Agrees to $157,800 Fine for Benicia Refinery Violations","nprStoryId":"496946087","path":"/news/11118491/valero-agrees-to-157800-fine-for-benicia-refinery-violations","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Valero Refining Company-California agreed on a settlement this week that will force the oil company to pay a $157,800 fine for mismanagement of hazardous waste and toxic chemicals at its Benicia crude oil refinery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The EPA cited the oil company for illegally disposing benzene -- a \u003ca href=\"http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/intheworkplace/benzene\" target=\"_blank\">known human carcinogen\u003c/a> -- into an unlined stormwater retention pond in violation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), which governs the management and disposal of hazardous waste. 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(Stephen Schiller/Flickr) \u003ccite>(Stephen Schiller/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the wake of the \u003ca title=\"On Anniversary of Richmond Fire, Activists to Remember; Chevron Pays\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/08/06/105779/\" target=\"_blank\">Chevron refinery fire in Richmond last year,\u003c/a> which sent thousands of local residents to the hospital, a federal report today recommended big changes to how California oversees its oil refineries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.csb.gov/in-wake-of-chevron-2012-pipe-rupture-and-fire-in-bay-area-csb-draft-report-proposes-overhaul-of-refinery-industry-regulatory-system-in-california-and-urges-adoption-of-the-safety-case-regime-to-prevent-major-chemical-accidents/\" target=\"_blank\">The U.S. Chemical Safety Board report\u003c/a> calls for a replacement of “the current patchwork of largely reactive and activity-based regulations” with a more rigorous safety case system that regulates based on performance. Similar systems have been adopted in the U.K., Norway and Australia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The draft report, which can be read in its entirety below, will be available for public comment until Jan. 3.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Cy Musiker spoke with State Senator Loni Hancock, who represents Richmond and has followed the issue since the 2012 fire. Hancock said the report was an important step in the right direction, because it, in no uncertain terms, laid out the problems with the current regulatory system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/125194027&color=ff6600&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It confirms what previous reports have told us that California safety requirements and inspections are not adequate,” said Hancock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also criticized the state for allowing Chevron to ignore its own workers’ recommendations, run the refinery “to failure” until there was an explosion and then pay “a meaningless small fine that is just really the cost of doing business.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musiker also spoke with refinery and pipeline safety expert Richard Kuprewicz, who said the changes recommended could work. But, for them to it’s important that state regulators have “real clout,” he said – something they have not had to date. 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Similar systems have been adopted in the U.K., Norway and Australia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The draft report, which can be read in its entirety below, will be available for public comment until Jan. 3.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Cy Musiker spoke with State Senator Loni Hancock, who represents Richmond and has followed the issue since the 2012 fire. 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