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Tesoro R&M agrees to civil penalty for air violations

Oil & Gas Journal

AQMD said Tesoro has committed to undertake a number of capital improvement projects and equipment upgrades, some of which go beyond the minimum required by law.

It said a number of outdated systems will be replaced with equipment that incorporates the best available pollution control technology.

AQMD also said Tesoro agreed to retrofit heavy-duty diesel vehicles in and around the refinery with particulate traps to reduce the amount of particulate pollution they emit.

Tesoro's Golden Eagle refinery is the company's largest facility and the second-largest refinery in Northern California. It was built by Associated Oil in 1913 to process heavy crude transported by pipeline from California's San Joaquin Valley.

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