Martinez Refining Company details its plans to lower emissions, prioritize worker training

Representatives from the Martinez Refining Company recently detailed plans to enhance worker training and reduce emissions as required by a lawsuit settlement with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.

During a Martinez City Council meeting this past Wednesday, Daniel Ingram, MRC’s refinery manager, said the facility improvements will result in an 80 percent reduction in particulate emissions from the refinery’s Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit — 10 percent higher than the 70 percent as agreed upon in the settlement.