Air District will require Valero to expand fenceline monitoring program after “significant incidents” that polluted surrounded community, including a gasoil release in Dec. 2021 The Benicia Bridge, By Monica Vaughan, April 28, 2026 Valero Refining Company has agreed to pay an additional $3,250,000 penalty for air quality violations related to its now-idled Benicia refinery in a new settlement … Continue reading Valero fined another $3.25 million for 118 air quality violations at Benicia refinery →

Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Local Regulation, Valero

Valero fined $183,000 for 2010 incidents

March 28, 2014 Roger Straw

Repost from The Contra Costa Times [Editor: These fines are for violations in 2010. In October of 2013, Valero agreed to pay $300,300 in fines for violations occurring in 2011 and 2012 (see SFGate story, Benicia Herald story). At that time, Mayor Patterson and I asked the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (independently) to … Continue reading Valero fined $183,000 for 2010 incidents →

Air Quality, Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), Local Regulation, San Francisco Bay Area, Valero Benicia Refinery

Valero refinery in Benicia fined $122,500 for past air pollution violations

June 25, 2015 Roger Straw

Repost from the Contra Costa Times [Editor: It takes the Air District over 3 years to “settle” with Valero for polluting our air? In the past City officials have asked that these kinds of fines be redirected to the communities where the violations occur. My understanding is that BAAQMD Executive Officer Jack Broadbent indicated he would … Continue reading Valero refinery in Benicia fined $122,500 for past air pollution violations →

Benicia Fire Chief Josh Chadwick, Benicia Fire Department, City of Benicia, Valero Benicia Refinery

Benicia Fire Chief interview – On the ISO and Valero’s transition

April 26, 2026 Roger Straw

[BenIndy Editor: The following is excerpted from part 1 of a Stephen Golub interview of Benicia Fire Chief Josh Chadwick as it appeared in the Benicia Herald today, April 26. The whole interview is interesting , but especially so at the end when addressing Benicia’s Industrial Safety Ordinance (ISO) and the idling and transition of … Continue reading Benicia Fire Chief interview – On the ISO and Valero’s transition →