• Hearing on the P66 refinery’s EIR continued to May 13th

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By Tom Lochner (Contra Costa Times)

Staff needs more time to address questions posed by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and to do an analysis of possible risks to public health. The city of Martinez raised concerns over the storage and transport of oil in railroad cars.

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http://www.contracostatimes.com/contra-costa-times/ci_25499523/hearing-rodeo-refinery-project-continued-may-13

• Crude rail derailment anywhere in the Delta could threaten California’s water supply

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By Roger Straw, BenIcia Independent Editor
With expert analysis by Dr. Phyllis Fox

California’s water supply could be in danger if crude oil trains traveling from the P66 facility in So. Cal. to the Rodeo refinery derail over the aging bridge that spans over the Delta…..a little something that was missing in the EIR.

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http://beniciaindependent.com/wp/expert-analysis-by-dr-phyllis-fox-socal-refinery-plans-for-crude-oil-trains-planned-to-pass-over-the-benicia-railroad-bridge/

• Richmond and Berkeley pass anti-crude by rail resolutions on the same night

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by Jean Tepperman (East Bay Express reprint/Benicia Independent)

Refinery expert Phyllis Fox looks at the Santa Maria P66 EIR and figures out the refinery’s dirty, explosive secret: Bakkan crude is going to rolling through major cities in Northern California on Amtrak commuter rail lines.

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http://beniciaindependent.com/wp/east-bay-express-richmond-and-berkeley-oppose-oil-by-rail

• Tesoro thwarts federal investigators from probing recent refinery accident near Martinez

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By Rober Roger (Contra Costa Times/San Jose Mercury News)

Wild, wild West, revisited:  Texas-owned Tesoro Refinery in Martinez does it own twist on a line from the novel, Treasure re Of the Sierra Madre : “Badges? We don’t got to honor no stinkin’ badges!”

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http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_25200052/tesoro-bars-federal-safety-agency-from-martinez-refinery

 

• Official P66 report on 6/15/12 incident

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By Sam Parino, (P66 report)

“Sour water” tank ruptures at the Rodeo refinery and releases hydrocarbons and hydrogen sulfide vapors that release as far North as Crockett. The Emergency Response System finally notified 6 hours later.

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htttp://www.phillips66.com/EN/about/our-businesses/refining-marketing/refining/SFRPA/Documents/Tank%20294%20Incident.pdf

….and the County’s report:

http://cchealth.org/hazmat/pdf/2012_0615_phillips66_72hr_report.pdf