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Ultramar Golden Eagle Refinery

Parent: Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corporation · EPA RMP facility · Martinez, CA

Ultramar Golden Eagle Refinery is regulated under the Clean Air Act Risk Management Program (§112(r)) because it stores or uses hazardous chemicals above threshold quantities. It has 4 reportable chemical accident(s) on record, causing 5 death(s) and 29 injuries. RMP accidents include toxic/flammable releases, fires, explosions, and reactive incidents.

Accident history

DateTypeDeathsInjuriesEvacuatedCause
2000-03-22Fire020Equipment failure, Improper procedure
1999-02-23Fire410Human error, Improper procedure
1997-08-06Spill010Equipment failure
1997-01-21Fire, Explosion1250Equipment failure, Human error

About this data

The EPA Risk Management Program (Clean Air Act §112(r)) requires facilities with large quantities of hazardous chemicals to file Risk Management Plans, including a 5-year accident history. EPA keeps this statutorily-public data available only via FOIA / reading rooms; this page mirrors the FOIA'd dataset (institution-level only — no personal contact information).

Source: EPA RMP (FOIA mirror via the Data Liberation Project). License: CC0 1.0.