Petrochemical Pollution

There are ve major petrochemical Vallejo

reneries located in the San Valero
Francisco Bay Area. These reneries $
Phillips 66
emit enormous quantities Benicia
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of air toxins each year, with Shell
lasting negative eects on Rodeo
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air quality, the
environment, and Martinez

public health.
Chevron

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Richmond

Flaring
Flaring happens at petrochemical reneries when ammable gas is released by a pressure relief valve
and is burned o using a are stack. Reneries often have multiple are stacks; the number of are
stacks range from two to seven per renery in the San Francisco Bay Area. Each are stack emits a
unique mix of pollutants into the atmosphere. The graph below shows the total pollution released from
aring activity at each of the ve reneries during 2015 and 2016.

Amount of pollution ared in 2015 and 2016

Valero

Tesoro

Shell

Phillips 66 Sulfur Dioxide

Non-methane hydrocarbon

Chevron Methane
Data: BAAQMD

Analysis and Cartography by Sarah Gates at Azavea Pollution (lbs)

Sensitive Receptors
What is a Sensitive Receptor?
A sensitive receptor is a person who is especially Valero
vulnerable to adverse impacts of pollution, namely
Phillips 66
the very young and the very old. Facilities with high
Tesoro
concentrations of sensitive receptors include, but
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are not limited to, daycare facilities, schools, Shell

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hospitals, and long-term care facilities.
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refineries
refineries
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Facility Data: Cal. DOE, HIFLD, Cal. OSHPD
Hospital
Hospital
Private School
LongNumber of facilities within a 2.5 mile radius
Private School
Long Term
Term Care
Care Facility
School Facility
Public School
Public
Private*School
Private Note that 2.5 mile radius is measured from approximate renery center
School

53% of people living Public School

Public School
Chevron Phillips 66 Shell Tesoro Valero
within the same census
tract as the Phillips 66 School 10 6 14 1 9

facility are sensitive Daycare 9 4 10 1 4

receptors.
Hospital 1 1

Long-term care 3

Sensitive Receptors by Age

Percentage of census block group
population classied as sensitive $
receptors; children under 18 and adults
over 65. Legend $
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20 - 30%
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31 - 40% $
41 - 50% $ $
> 50%

Analysis and Cartography by Sarah Gates at Azavea Data: US Census Bureau

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Fenceline Monitoring
Why is fenceline monitoring important? Phillips 66
Fenceline monitoring allows communities to track the $
concentrations of air toxins they are being exposed to.
Each monitor tracks up to three air pollutants including
sulfur dioxide, benzene, black carbon, and hydrogen
sulde. While fenceline monitors provide insight
into the concentrations of chemicals in areas
near reneries, they cannot capture
everything, and thus multiple sources are
needed to assess air pollution. Only
two reneries, Chevron and Phillips
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each renery fenceline and within Chevron
the nearby communities, however $
new regulations will require the
other reneries to install monitors
within the next few years.

Maximum 1-hour average

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sulfur dioxide concentration
in 2016
Air toxin concentrations are measured by
100 fenceline monitors as often as every
Sulfur dioxide concentration (ppb)

minute. This graph shows the maximum

1-hour average sulfur dioxide
concentration detected in 2016. The EPA
75 1-hour ambient air quality standard for
EPA limit
sulfur dioxide is 75 ppb.

North Richmond BAAQMD

50
North Richmond Renery

Atchison Village Fenceline

Pt. Richmond Fenceline

25
Rodeo South

Rodeo North Fenceline

Crockett BAAQMD
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Analysis and Cartography by Sarah Gates at Azavea Data: fenceline.org