The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has announced a settlement with Valero Refining Co., which has agreed to pay $191,500 for violations of air quality regulations at its Benicia refinery in 2017.
The violations included excessive visible emissions, a tank leak, and a failure to do daily inspections, according to the air district, which announced the settlement Wednesday.
All violations addressed in the agreement have been corrected, and the settlement money will be used to fund other air district enforcement activities.
Officials at Valero were not immediately available to comment on the settlement.
Fines are always passed along to the consumers.
Thanks a lot, BBQ police.
Honest question: Where does all of the money from these fines / settlements go???
Does it even go towards making our air cleaner?
Nope goes right into the pockets of some lawyers and govt officials. Kinda like all the fraudulent ppp loans/ funds when they are use illegally the govt takes said property auctions it and keeps the money lol. Why do you think there was no oversight… the more fraudulent payouts the more money they get to keep.
Well they better get there money now.Biden and Newscum are going to put them out of business.They want all electric but we don’t have enough of that.Democrats with no brains.
Yeah, let’s raise the price of gas even more dipwads.
I think they all just want us to forget that solar panels and batteries for EV’a are made mostly in China with coal fired power plants and there top 1% of people make up for 30 of the pollution. /sigh nuclear is the only renewable that doesn’t cause pollution ( yes old reactor melt down ) newer reactors are much safer but they won’t tell you that while sucking china’s teet.
@ Citizen S~
Agree,…Wind, Solar,…etc., are not the answer. Nuclear Power has come a long way.
Also, to mention, the toxic waste made and used by the solar panels and batteries is going to need to be addressed in the future, because it’s not “Clean”. Plus, no matter how “Green” the USA, may be, really does not matter with all the other Countries still going about business polluting the World. No One Wins.
This fines are passed onto the consumers at the pump just like P.G.&.E.