AIR DISTRICT SEEKS ABATEMENT ORDER FROM VALERO REFINERY IN BENICIA

Regulators are seeking an abatement order against the Valero refinery in Benicia to stop what it calls ongoing violations, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District said Thursday. The air district wants to require Valero to install pollution control equipment on eight pressure relief devices (PRDs), which are safety measures used to prevent extreme overpressures that the district says could "cause catastrophic equipment failure."

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