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Fish, Birds Dead After Chemical Spill Richmond: Dozens of fish and two mallard ducks were found dead in an irrigation ditch after a toxic solvent leaked from a chemical plant
| The solvent reached the waters of San Pablo Bay. Thousands of gallons of toluene were released from the plant after thieves stripped critical valves from factory equipment. 20 hazardous materials specialists have been using vacuum trucks to pump liquid out of the drainage ditches
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Chemical Spill Reaches San Pablo Bay| Richmond: An unknown quantity of a flammable substance that was found spilled in Richmond appeared to have made its way into San Pablo Bay | |
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| May.5 |
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Shelter-in-place after chemical leak| Richmond: Authorities briefly issued a warning to 1,500 homes after a chemical leak. 3,000 gallons of toluene had escaped from Reaction Products | |
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| Apr.5 |
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Man sues city for toxic pollution| Pinole: Toxie Myers is suing the city, claiming officials allowed his neighbor to burn toxic materials that he believes caused his wife's cancer | |
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Dead birds washing up on Richardson Bay
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| Apr.17 |
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Chevron Flares Increase In Bay Area Richmond: Richmond refinery has increased its flaring by 80% since 2005 when the Air Quality Management District passed a new limit
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| May.1 |
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 Refinery Mishap Causes Level 3 Warning Rodeo: A community warning for Rodeo, Tormey, and Crockett was following a power outage at the ConocoPhillips refinery
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| Oct.31 |
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Uncontrolled hydrocarbon release Crockett: The discharge at the Conoco-Phillips refinery resulted in a 3 hour shelter in place warning for Crockett and Rodeo
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| Jun.6 |
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Water break sends gasoline into creek Rodeo: A water main had broken and the water was picking up old gasoline from the soil
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| Aug.10 |
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Shelter in Place Order After Refinery Leak Richmond: A hydrogen sulfide was leaked into the air as a result of a flare compression problem
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| Jul.15 |
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Bleach Spill After Amtrak Collision Rodeo: A train with dozens of passengers onboard slammed into a tanker truck carrying bleach
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Water Main Break, Possible Contamination
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| Jan.24 |
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Diesel spill at refinery Rodeo: Less than one barrel of hydrocarbon fluid was released in the spill
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| Aug.19 |
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Loud boom of piles ripping fish apart Richmond: Officials have seen fish floating in the water near the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge after pile driving
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| Jul.10 |
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Refinery release Rodeo: Residents near the Phillips Petroleum were ordered to stay in their homes after black smoke billowed from the facility
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| May.3 |
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2,000 sue chemical company Richmond: 5 lawsuits have been filed against General Chemical one year after a caustic release at a chemical plant
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| Apr.25 |
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Fined for releasing pollutants into Strait Crockett: C&H Sugar has been fined nearly $400,000 by the Regional Water Quality Control Board
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| Jan.31 |
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Shelter-in-place warning Richmond: There was an upset at the sulfur-recovery unit at the Chevron Refinery. Hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide were released
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Sulfur gas release
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| Dec.1 |
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Second leak over 24 hours Richmond: General Chemical plant released a cloud of sulfur trioxide, later determined not to be hazardous
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| Nov.30 |
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Company Accused of Delaying Richmond: General Chemical is being asked to explain why it waited an hour to notify authorities about a sulfur trioxide leak
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| Nov.29 |
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Chemical released from plant| Richmond: Shelter-in-place ordered after sulfur trioxide was released from General Chemical Corp. | | |
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| Jul.10 |
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Refinery fined $300,000 Richmond: Chevron has agreed to pay fines for failing to meet air quality standards. 52 violations from 1998
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| May.2 |
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A second toxic leak Richmond: A chemical leak was related to an incident which ended just a few hours earlier. 25 people were treated at hospitals
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| May.1 |
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Chemical leak Richmond: Leak forced residents to stay inside for much of the day while crews worked to contain a cloud of sulfur dioxide
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