Contra Costa County is looking for volunteers to serve on a committee to oversee an independent investigation and risk assessment of the Martinez Refining Company’s (MRC) release of heavy metals into the surrounding community in November.

The committee will advise the county Board of Supervisors and Contra Costa Health’s Hazardous Materials Program on hiring contractors to probe the cause of the release and, separately, the impact that it had on the community.

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