PROTEST BUSH's EPA

JOIN THE ACTION & PRESS CONFERENCE TO PROTEST AGAINST THE DECREE!

PROBLEM: The Consent Decree Lets Chevron off the Hook while getting few, IF ANY, emission reductions for Communities near Chevron’s Richmond Refinery!

SOLUTION: Tell Bush’s EPA to…
STOP PAMPERING POLLUTERS!!
Hold Chevron accountable for past


Protest Bush’s EPA!
EPA Region 9 Headquarters
Wed, Dec 1st @ 12 noon
75 Hawthorne Street, SF
b/w Howard, Folsom, 2nd & 3rd streets
Near Montgomery BART

Pack the Courtroom!
Federal Building
Fri, December 3rd @ 10 AM
450 Golden Gate Avenue
Downtown San Francisco
Court room #8
Near Civic Center BART

For more information contact:
Communities for a Better Environment @ 510/ 302-0430
x213 - Carla Pérez, x209 - Wanna Wright, community organizers.

Background:
In October 2003, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sued Chevron for operations at all five of its US refineries, and on the same day filed a Consent Decree settling those claims. A Consent Decree is a formal agreement, signed by a court. It often describes how, when, and what actions each party will take to settle a claim. The Bay Area Air District also signed onto the Consent Decree even though CBE had notified the District of numerous Clean Air Act violations at Chevron’s Richmond refinery. The Court has not yet signed and finalized the Chevron Consent Decree.

The Consent Decree would settle all of the New Source Review (NSR) violations at Chevron’s five US oil refineries. NSR is a Clean Air Act program that requires refineries to install control technologies when they modify major existing sources.

The Consent Decree would let Chevron off the hook without requiring it to install pollution controls or pay significant penalties for past violations. The Consent Decree would also excuse Chevron from past flaring violations and expand permissible flaring from true emergencies to also include flaring resulting from startup and shutdown.