Chevron oil spill on agenda at next Richmond City Council meeting
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Chevron estimates up to 750 gallons of mixture spilled into the Bay
About 12 to 18 barrels (500 to 750 gallons) of a low-sulfur diesel fuel and flush water mix was released in a leak Tuesday at the Chevron refinery long wharf in Richmond, according to lab analysis and technical review announced Wednesday night.
RICHMOND, Calif. - The petroleum product spill last week at the Chevron refinery long wharf in Richmond will be on the agenda when the Richmond City Council meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
An agenda item placed by Councilmember Claudia Jimenez asks city staff "to request representatives from the Chevron Richmond Refinery, the United States Coast Guard, San Francisco Baykeeper, California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and the (state) Office of Spill Recovery and Response" to appear at the City Council meeting on Feb. 23 "to present reports on the causes, responses and probable impacts of the spill incident."