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public health.
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Richmond
Flaring
Flaring happens at petrochemical reneries when ammable gas is released by a pressure relief valve
and is burned o using a are stack. Reneries often have multiple are stacks; the number of are
stacks range from two to seven per renery in the San Francisco Bay Area. Each are stack emits a
unique mix of pollutants into the atmosphere. The graph below shows the total pollution released from
aring activity at each of the ve reneries during 2015 and 2016.
Valero
Tesoro
Shell
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hospitals, and long-term care facilities.
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refineries
refineries
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refineries2_5miles
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Facility Data: Cal. DOE, HIFLD, Cal. OSHPD
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Analysis and Cartography by Sarah Gates at Azavea Data: fenceline.org