Contra Costa Health (CCH) is recommending that the county lead an independent, community-involved investigation into November's hazardous material release at Martinez Refining Company (MRC).
, blanketed the surrounding community in metal-laden dust and wasn't reported to the county health department, which confirmed it with the company days later after hearing about it from residents on social media.
CCH told MRC in a letter Wednesday that the refinery violated state law and local policy when it failed to report the airborne release of more than 20 tons of"spent catalyst," a substance that laboratory testing later showed to contain elevated levels of heavy metals. The release began about 9:30 p.m. Nov. 24 and continued into the morning of Nov. 25, showering a dust-like substance onto the surrounding community. CCH said MRC didn't report the release via the county's community warning system or directly to CCH, as required by county policy.
"Our mission at CCH is to care for the health of our community. We can't meet that obligation without timely notification from a facility when an incident like this happens," CCH chief executive officer Anna Roth said."Our hazardous materials team responds quickly to these notices to ensure people have the information they need, when they need it, to take protective actions.
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