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Citizen digging triggers proposed ban on toxic chemical at Torrance refinery
When Torrance city officials agreed to let Torrance Refinery increase the strength of a toxic chemical used to manufacture gasoline, neither party informed the region’s air quality regulators. That omission, in the late 1990s, and the work of local activists to dig up details of the deal and the hazard the chemical poses is partly […]
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Congressman Ted Lieu Releases Statement On Proposed Ban Of Hydrofluoric Acid In South Bay Refineries
Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement regarding a proposed ban of highly dangerous hydrofluoric acid by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD). “I commend the South Coast AQMD for doing the right thing and proposing a ban on highly toxic hydrofluoric acid at South Bay […]
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AQMD proposes ban on toxic hydrofluoric acid at South Bay refineries
In a stunning move that relieved and surprised local activists, the region’s air pollution watchdog plans to seek a ban on a highly toxic acid used at oil refineries in Torrance and Wilmington, the Daily Breeze has learned. Susan Nakamura, acting assistant deputy executive officer with the South Coast Air Quality Management District [AQMD], said […]
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Torrance Refinery Fire Renews Community’s Safety Concerns
The fire occurred in the refinery’s alkylation unit, which is where a form of liquid hydrofluoric acid is used in the refining process. Residents living near the oil refinery in Torrance are concerned Wednesday after a fire broke out at the facility. No one was injured in the fire reported around 4:20 p.m. Tuesday in […]
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Weekend meeting on use of highly toxic acid at Torrance refinery postponed
The regional air pollution watchdog has postponed a Saturday public meeting in Torrance on commercially viable alternatives to the use of potentially lethal hydrofluoric acid at the Torrance refinery. South Coast Air Quality Management District officials said Thursday that representatives of Norton Engineering, a consulting firm that authored the study, were unavailable this weekend and […]
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Torrance meeting set for Saturday on alternatives to dangerous acid used at South Bay refineries
The regional regulatory agency overseeing the oil industry will hold a public meeting Saturday in Torrance to discuss potential alternatives to the use of potentially deadly hydrofluoric acid in two South Bay refineries, the only ones in the state that use the chemical. The South Coast Air Quality Management District town hall meeting begins at […]
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Torrance residents, politicians call for ban on hydrofluoric acid at refinery
South Bay area politicians and activists on Monday called for a ban on an acid used at the Torrance refinery, speaking just hours after residents were presented with an unplanned flareup at the facility. Hydrofluoric acid is used in the refining of petroleum to create gasoline, but it can pose a danger to the public […]
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Ridding Torrance refinery of toxic acid would be costly, study finds
Switching the Torrance refinery from using highly toxic hydrofluoric acid to a different commercial process would cost about $103 million, concludes a new study, although the figure is disputed as too low by owner PBF Energy. The 41-page study, commissioned by the South Coast Air Quality Management District, also noted that while such a conversion […]
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South Bay lawmaker, activists claim AQMD study of toxic acid used at Torrance refinery is flawed
A leading South Bay lawmaker and critic of safety at the former ExxonMobil refinery in Torrance has renewed his criticism of a regulatory study aimed at discovering whether a commercially viable alternative to the use of highly toxic hydrofluoric acid exists. In his second letter in the past three months to the South Coast Air […]
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L.A.-Area Environmentalists Call ExxonMobil Refinery a Danger
LOS ANGELES (CN) — Southern California regulators must put the brakes on an ExxonMobil refinery that emits 50 tons of hydrogen cyanide in Los Angeles each year, the Refinery Safety Network says in court. The nonprofit sued the South Coast Air Quality Management District on Wednesday in Superior, and named ExxonMobil Oil Corp. as a […]
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