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Judge: Chevron must halt Richmond expansion

San Francisco Chronicle -- David R. Baker, Chronicle Staff Writer
Thursday, July 2, 2009
A judge has ordered Chevron Corp. to stop work on its controversial oil refinery expansion in Richmond, handing environmentalists their biggest victory to date in a long fight over the project.

Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Barbara Zuniga gave Chevron 60 days to wind up work on the project, which would have given the 107-year-old refinery greater flexibility to process different types of crude oil. Zuniga's orders, dated Wednesday, were released Thursday.

Her ruling doesn't kill the upgrade project outright. But before it could proceed, Chevron would need a new environmental impact report and a new permit from the Richmond City Council, which narrowly approved the project last year.

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sillywagon Champion Author New York Posts:3,658 Points:317,480 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Jul 2, 2009 10:21:57 PM Ignore sillywagon Report Abuse And we wonder why refinerys are like local monopolies, being required to make "boutique" blends that can be only used in certain areas. If we had more competition in refiners. If it was easier to expand or build a new refinery, there would be competition to keep prices down. I despise NIMBYS. I remember my local water company tried to build a facility in my town and all the NIMBY's came out opposing it. It was able to be built, and there have been no problems, but the lawyers and lawsuits, all costs passed on to the consumer. [Edited by: sillywagon at 7/2/2009 11:22:50 PM EST]
jmuse Champion Author Long Island Posts:2,219 Points:445,370 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Jul 2, 2009 10:20:10 PM Ignore jmuse Report Abuse Why does it always come down to money?
DosEquis26 Champion Author Chicago Posts:1,053 Points:848,260 Joined:Jun 2006	Message Posted: Jul 2, 2009 10:19:18 PM Ignore DosEquis26 Report Abuse what's the big deal?
hauler43 Champion Author Oakland Posts:3,544 Points:1,575,690 Joined:Sep 2003	Message Posted: Jul 2, 2009 10:13:25 PM Ignore hauler43 Report Abuse OK good
NedW Champion Author Indianapolis Posts:2,173 Points:464,780 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Jul 2, 2009 10:13:21 PM Ignore NedW Report Abuse And, the destruction of the industrial base barrels ahead full speed.
Z51Corvette Champion Author Austin Posts:3,024 Points:584,080 Joined:Jan 2008	Message Posted: Jul 2, 2009 10:11:27 PM Ignore Z51Corvette Report Abuse More Bureaucratic Red tape keeping viable refining efforts in a gridlock. All this does is further increase our costs to produce oil, due to some narrow minded individuals. To insult matters even further... this refinery has been around 107 years... They must be doing something right to still be producing... what a track record... Once again the narrow minded, not seeing the "big picture", take the ball home so the rest of us can't play anymore. Plant a tree hugger... and do them a favor.
jay4 Champion Author Colorado Springs Posts:4,456 Points:1,063,685 Joined:Apr 2006	Message Posted: Jul 2, 2009 10:08:53 PM Ignore jay4 Report Abuse While the Know-Nothings and Big Oil dupes will howl, Those who really know the area and its environment will rejoice.