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"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. 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"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. 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Richmond currently lacks a separate fire marshal position.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beckles and Martinez want city officials to update the job specifications for fire marshal and look into the staffing levels at the department’s fire prevention division.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many of us on the City Council don’t believe that we’re living in a city where we can afford to have these two huge responsibilities be on the shoulder of one person,” said Beckles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The City Council has no power over such staffing decisions. Beckles said the proposal is aimed at convincing city officials to make changes, but she’s aware that it carries no official weight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can state very clearly that this is not something we are comfortable with,” said Beckles, who is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11655062\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">running for a seat in the state Assembly\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Tom Butt is opposed to the proposal. He criticized Beckles’ measure in an emailed newsletter to constituents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She should learn to understand city government first before asking you to move her to state government,” he wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor and Beckles recently got into an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11664626/a-political-spat-boils-over-in-richmond-with-angry-mayor-walking-out-of-council-meeting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">argument\u003c/a> during a City Council meeting that led Butt to storm out of the proceedings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beckles and Martinez are members of the Richmond Progressive Alliance, a group that has been involved in strong disputes with the mayor in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Butt released a letter that City Manager Bill Lindsay wrote to members of the council, urging them to table the item.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“First, let me state that there are important underlying policy issues that are contained in the agenda item put forth by councilmembers Beckles and Martinez,” wrote Lindsay. “Because these issues are important, it is most unfortunate that they have been framed as an unfounded personal attack on the fire chief.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lindsay, who is \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/03/08/richmond-city-manager-bill-lindsay-to-retire/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stepping down\u003c/a> later this year, noted that the City Council has already determined that the fire marshal job should be a stand-alone position and that the city’s human resources department has begun the process of recruiting for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also said the council could review staffing-level issues as it discusses the city’s upcoming budget. The issue about the city’s scrutiny of Chevron should be addressed separately, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A vote of ‘no confidence’ by the city council, relating to any city employee, undermines the proper administration of the personnel system of rules contemplated by city charter,” wrote Lindsay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sheppard declined to comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has said in the past that fire officials were concerned the sound of sirens during the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11650512/investigators-fail-to-find-cause-of-smoky-metal-yard-fire-in-richmond\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sims Metal Management fire\u003c/a> would have prompted people to flee their homes when the department wanted them inside because of the toxic smoke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year there were\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11662610/chevron-flaring-took-place-after-four-steam-boilers-malfunctioned\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> three malfunctions\u003c/a> at Chevron in a span of two months. 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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco Supervisor Mark Farrell wants to haul executives from the Chevron oil company to City Hall to explain why two malfunctions at their Richmond refinery may have sent toxic gas to San Francisco twice late last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prompted by \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/01/06/mysterious-s-f-odors-preceded-by-high-levels-of-toxic-gas-in-richmond/\" target=\"_blank\">KQED's reporting\u003c/a>, Farrell on Tuesday plans to call for a hearing into the series of refinery problems in Richmond that apparently sent large amounts of hydrogen sulfide into the air hours before dozens of residents on the other side of San Francisco Bay complained of a sulfurlike smell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"For two consecutive nights, a strange rotten-egg smell lingered in the air in San Francisco,\" Farrell said. \"Chevron must answer for their actions.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with Chevron, Farrell wants air district officials and air quality experts to appear before the Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"OK7nzEA0h5WAy0rYxiRAJKz3CQ5Okrnd\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He is the second elected leader in the Bay Area to call for more action from Chevron on the heels of two flaring incidents at the refinery on Dec. 27 and 28.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Gioia, the Contra Costa County supervisor who represents the area of the refinery and who sits on the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) board, said late last week that the air district believes the abnormally high amounts of hydrogen sulfide detected by one of Chevron's air monitors after flaring operations \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/01/06/air-district-says-chevron-refinery-in-richmond-probably-caused-mysterious-s-f-odors/\" target=\"_blank\">caused the sulfurlike smell\u003c/a> in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gioia says the oil company will probably be fined by the air district for violating air quality standards and by Contra Costa County authorities for waiting 13 hours to report its first flaring incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell is also unhappy about the oil company's late notification.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That extreme delay is unacceptable while people's lives and safety are at risk,\" Farrell said. \"The public deserves to know why they occurred in the first place, why there was a delay in reporting the flares, and what procedures are in place to protect against flaring.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron and other local refineries emphasize that flaring is a highly regulated safety method used to relieve pressure inside their facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company has pushed back against the theory that malfunctions at its Richmond facility caused the San Francisco odor and maintains that it's working with air regulators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We continue to meet and cooperate with BAAQMD on their investigation,\" company spokeswoman Leah Casey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The air district, which is still investigating, has not told Chevron that the refinery is the source of the odors, according to Casey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As required by the Contra Costa Health Services, we have prepared and submitted three 72-hour reports based upon our investigation of the flaring events that took place on Dec. 27 and Dec. 28,\" Casey said in a statement. \"This report includes a summary of data collected from air monitoring stations during the incidents and meteorological conditions. The data shows that emissions were well within applicable health standards.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The readings of hydrogen sulfide violated standards set by the air district, but they were not high enough to trigger a federal violation of air limits, according the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, Farrell is not the only one who wants answers. Local environmentalists want them as well. They were alarmed by the hydrogen sulfide readings -- which were so intense in one case that they maxed out Chevron's pollution monitoring equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We need to know much more about this disturbing incident to ensure this refinery doesn't continue endangering our air,\" said Hollin Kretzmann, an Oakland-based attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Public officials must hold Chevron accountable and require the giant oil company to track its dangerous air pollution throughout the Bay Area,\" Kretzmann said. \"They should also consider whether this problem-prone facility should cut the risk of pollution by reducing operations.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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