Contra Costa Health Services announced they were notified by the Martinez Refining Company that maintenance will occur and will cause intermittent flaring. The flaring should be visible to the surrounding…
Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors Chair John Gioia and Vice-Chair Federal Glover met with management representatives from PBF Energy’s Martinez Refining Company (PBF) this afternoon to discuss concerns about…
Contra Costa Health (CCH) today launched an unannounced inspection at Martinez Refining Company – owned and operated by PBF Energy, Inc. (PBF) – to request records and observe its operation…
On Friday, Contra Costa Health issued a health advisory due to a strong chemical odor in Martinez, possibly associated with flaring at Martinez Refining Company. The initial Level 1 flaring…
Martinez, California – Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s Chief Counsel Alexander Crockett, announced a joint civil enforcement action against the…
Contra Costa Health (CCH) deployed a hazardous materials team to investigate a reported release of petroleum coke dust from Martinez Refining Company (MRC) about 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 6. The…
More than 540 runners and 42 generous sponsors raised $101,000 in the 21st Annual MRC-MEF Run for Education on September 30, 2023. The cool weather was perfect for people to…
Laboratory analysis shows that samples of coke dust collected by Contra Costa Health (CCH) following Tuesday’s hazardous materials release at Martinez Refining Company (MRC) did not contain high levels of…
I am deeply disappointed and quite frankly, downright angry upon learning of yet another potentially hazardous release by the Martinez Refining Company (MRC), the second incident to have occurred in less than…
The Contra Costa Health Services HazMat responded to the release of dust from Martinez Refining Company Tuesday morning. Material from the release is visible on the ground in surrounding neighborhoods.…
Investigation Continues into Refinery’s Failure to Notify the Public of Hazardous Materials Release A toxicologist hired by Contra Costa Health has determined that a release of spent catalyst in November…
The City of Martinez City Council and staff are actively monitoring the recommendations from Contra Costa Health (CC Health) following the release of spent catalyst at the Martinez Refining Company…
With spring and gardening season arriving, Contra Costa Health (CCH) is advising residents near the refinery in Martinez not to eat produce grown in soil that may have been exposed…
Contra Costa Health Services said Thursday it continues to look into the Nov. 24-25 release of heavy metals by Martinez Refining Company. They say its possible spent catalyst made its…
Contra Costa County seeks community volunteers for a committee to oversee an independent investigation and risk assessment of the Nov. 24-25 release of heavy metals into the surrounding community by…
On Wednesday, Contra Costa Health (CCH) formally requested that the District Attorney consider taking legal action against the Martinez Refining Company (MRC) for not notifying the County after the refinery…
The Martinez Refining Company issued a statement Friday on planned, unplanned, and intermittent flaring that could occur during our upcoming maintenance project, known as “a turnaround” in the City of…
Less than a week after the City of Martinez held a townhall on recent flaring events at the Martinez Refining Company, Martinez residents were greeted to another flaring event. The…
The City of Martinez announced after several recent events at the Martinez Refining Company (MRC) impacting the community and causing concern – the City is hosting a Town Hall on…
Contra Costa Health (CCH) will recommend to the Contra Costa Industrial Safety Ordinance (ISO) Ad Hoc Committee, which is appointed by the County Board of Supervisors, that the county lead…
At 4:50 pm Friday, Contra Costa County Fire responded to a report of flaring at the Martinez Refining Company in the 3400 block of Pacheco Blvd. in the city of…
A powdery substance released into the community by Martinez Refining Company (MRC) last week contained higher-than-normal amounts of heavy metals, tests of samples collected by Contra Costa Health (CCH) show.…
On November 25, the residents in the City of Martinez were greeted with white ash-like substance found on buildings and cars in the downtown area. Samples have been taken. On…