The
following notice has been posted on the City of Torrance website concerning the
restart of the refinery.
John
Bailey, President
Southeast
Torrance Homeowners’ Association, Inc. (SETHA)
ExxonMobil Refinery
Restart
Saturday, May 7, 2016 (7 p.m. - 7 a.m.)
Saturday, May 7, 2016 (7 p.m. - 7 a.m.)
As many of you know,
in February 2015, an explosion occurred at the ExxonMobil Refinery. Since then,
that portion of the refinery has been shut down and inoperable. In April, at a
public meeting with the South Coast Air Management Quality District (AQMD)
Hearing Board, ExxonMobil was given clearance to restart their operations. It is
estimated, that part of the restart will result in higher particulate matter
emissions for a six-hour period. This temporary increase in emissions
during the restart period is not anticipated to exceed national and state
health-based air quality standards.
ExxonMobil will
begin to restart their production operations effective May 7 during the hours of
7 p.m. – 7 a.m.
As a condition of
this restart, the AQMD has required ExxonMobil to place door hangers throughout
the community within a 1 mile radius of the refinery 48 hours prior to restart
operations. Beginning Thursday, May 5, the public residing and
or working within 1 mile of the refinery may see contractors hired by the
refinery placing the door hangers as required by the AQMD.
ExxonMobil has
requested the City to be a partner in spreading the word of the startup
procedures on May 7. The City will issue notice in several ways to employees and
the broader community including:
·
Torrance Alert
Message (48 hour & 36 hour advanced notice, and day of restart
alert.)
·
All users email
notice (printed for non-office personnel)
·
Notification on
Social Media
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Facebook
o
Twitter
o
Nextdoor
o
YouTube
·
Notice on
TorranceCA.Gov (news section which triggers eNotify)
·
CitiCABLE (Time
Warner cable 3, Frontier FiOS 31, and over-the-air digital broadcast KNET
25.2)
o
Text Crawls across
programming
o
This Week in
Torrance
·
CitiSOUNDS(AM
1620)
·
Torrance
eNewsletter
·
Digital Sign at
Civic Center
To
receive notification from the City of Torrance regarding the Refinery start-up
and other City related updates, please sign-up for Torrance Alerts by clicking
on the link below:
Should
there be a change in the schedule, additional information will be provided as it
becomes available.
For more
information regarding the ExxonMobil start-up, frequently asked questions, and
other information regarding the ExxonMobil incident, please visit:
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