Chevron Richmond reaches agreement with air regulators on hazardous gas monitoring

THE BAY AREA AIR DISTRICT reached an agreement with Chevron on a new air pollution monitoring system at its Richmond refinery that will bring enhanced monitoring for hydrogen sulfide, a smelly and potentially dangerous gas previously not properly monitored according to the Air District’s standards. 

Chevron is the first of the five oil refineries in the nine-county BAAD to reach an agreement with the Air District after all the refineries’ fenceline monitoring programs were deemed insufficient and were “disapproved” in October 2023.