Around 800 gallons of a diesel-water mixture spilled into the bay on Feb. 9, 2021. Chevron waited about an hour before notifying authorities of the leak, despite regulations that say notification must be within 15 minutes. AcuTech concluded that Chevron “made all reasonable efforts to meet the requirements of the Contra Costa Health notification requirements.”
“When the fox is watching that henhouse, it’s not a terribly big surprise that they’re cleared of all wrongdoings,” said Ben Eichenberg, San Francisco Baykeeper’s staff attorney.
Public skeptical of Contra Costa County’s probe into Chevron’s 2021 spillSource: Richmond Confidential