The following is from the City of Martinez:
Thank you to all who attended the City’s virtual town hall on Monday night regarding recent events at the Martinez Refinery.
The city created a dedicated webpage — www.cityofmartinez.org/martinezrefinery — where a link to the video of Monday’s town hall is available, along with general information about events that have occurred, any related reports from Contra Costa Health (CCH) and the Air District, and ways the community can stay informed on these matters.
There were many great questions that were shared at the Town Hall with participation from local elected officials, regulatory agencies, City and County officials and staff, and the Refinery. We are confident that future investigatory steps taken by the County will help answer many of these questions. We plan to establish a “Q&A” section on our webpage to track these questions.
Contra Costa Health has also shared the following information with us about their next steps, which include:
- An enforcement case referral they plan to make to the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office ~ Friday, January 6, 2023.
- A tentatively scheduled meeting of the Industrial Safety Ordinance Ad Hoc Committee of the County Board of Supervisors on Thursday, January 12, 2023, at 9:30 a.m. Once an agenda is published, we will share widely with the community. At this meeting, the establishment of oversight committee with the responsibility of conducting an independent investigation and a community risk assessment of the spent catalyst release on November 24-25, 2022, will be recommended by CCH.
CCH has already issued two inspection reports on December 15 to the Martinez Refining Company identifying their failure to notify CCH officials of a chemical release and on a discharge of hazardous materials into the stormwater system. This information will be included with the enforcement case referral.
Resources:
- Watch the Town Hall recording
Stay informed by following: www.cityofmartinez.org/martinezrefinery
2 comments
Supervisor Glover falls asleep during this meeting.. booo..
harsh penalty should be impose to MRC and the money should go to Martinez Citizen instead of giving to the air district.
There should be additional penalty for the accident but also for not immediately reporting the accident and playing coy about the potential contaminants in the ash.
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