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State AG: Valero DEIR ‘inadequate’

October 9, 2014 by Donna Beth Weilenman 10 Comments

■ Kamala Harris letter to city: Crude-by-rail report fails to address multiple key issues In a letter composed Oct. 2, California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris urged Benicia to revise the Draft Environmental Impact Report prepared for the proposed Valero Crude-by-Rail Project. She and Deputy Attorney General Scott J. Lichtig wrote Benicia Principal Planner Amy […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Bakken, Benicia, crude by rail, DEIR, derailments, Kamala Harris, refinery, tar sands, Union Pacific, Valero

From military to industrial: Benicia’s ‘overnight’ transition

September 8, 2014 by Donna Beth Weilenman

How a refinery and the Industrial Park shaped the city In Benicia’s not-too-distant past, its financial situation was so dire that employees who were handed checks on Friday were told not to cash them until Tuesday. That was before the U.S. Army announced in the early 1960s that the Benicia Arsenal would be the first […]

Filed Under: Features, Special Reports Tagged With: AMPORTS, Arsenal, Bakken, Benicia, Benicia Industries, crude by rail, Exxon, Humble Oil, Industrial Park, James Lemos, James Lessenger, John Bohn, Kennedy, refinery, Reg Page, Robert McNamara, Santa Cruz Oil Company, Valero

Comment period on crude-by-rail extended to 90 days

July 11, 2014 by Donna Beth Weilenman 11 Comments

Benicia Planning Commission decided Thursday to double the amount of time the public will be able to comment on the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the proposed Valero Crude-by-Rail Project, to 90 from 45 days. And rather than keep Thursday’s meeting going until those who filled City Hall had a chance to speak, the panel […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Bakken, Benicia, crude by rail, crude oil, Crude-by-Rail Project, Davis, Lac-Megantic, Roseville, tar sands, Valero

Valero: Crude-by-rail plan would reduce emissions, make refinery more competitive

July 1, 2014 by Donna Beth Weilenman 2 Comments

General manager: If you have a refinery in your community, ‘you want Valero to run that refinery’ Valero Benicia Refinery’s Crude-by-Rail Project is a logistics endeavor that ultimately would reduce transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions not only in Benicia but throughout other Bay Area communities, a packed room in the local Ironworkers Union building heard Monday […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Bakken, Benicia refinery, crude by rail, crude oil, tar sands, Valero

Long-awaited Valero crude-by-rail EIR delayed again

June 9, 2014 by Donna Beth Weilenman 8 Comments

A draft of the city’s environmental impact report (EIR) for the Valero Crude-by-Rail use permit request was due to be released Tuesday, but a last-minute staff decision has delayed the report by a week, Benicia Principal Planner Amy Million said. “City staff determined that additional information was needed to more completely address potential air quality […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Bakken, crude oil, EIR, protests, rail, refinery, trains, Valero

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