| 5/26/2012 | 4am | Meraux | 4 ppb H2S |
| 5am | Meraux | 9 ppb H2S | |
| 6am | Meraux | 8 ppb H2S | |
| Ch_Vista | 4 ppb H2S | ||
Hydrogen sulfide readings from air monitors in community.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
hydrogen sulfide levels
Hydrogen sulfide readings from air monitors in community.
Friday, May 25, 2012
sulfur levels in Chalmette Vista
| 5/25/2012 | midnight | Ch_Vista | 15 ppb SO2 | |
| 2am | Ch_Vista | 121.3 ppb SO2 | ||
| Ch_Vista | 5 ppb H2S | |||
| 3am | Ch_Vista | 27.8 ppb SO2 | ||
The EPA one-hour health standard for Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) is 75 parts per billion (ppb). Already, the sulfur levels in Chalmette have surpassed this level, with an early morning reading of SO2 at Chalmette Vista neighbor's BlueBird Park. SO2 measured 121 ppb SO2; reading available at this link, right hand column menu, click ON AIR icon, select site data, select Ch_Vista.
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Sunday, May 20, 2012
elevated hydrogen sulfide levels
Hydrogen Sulfide Levels in St Bernard Parish this morning
These readings are from the three air monitors in the community. The Meraux air monitor is at Joe Davies elementary school; the Ch_Vista monitor is at BlueBird Park. The Ventura Drive monitor is in Floral Estates. The Ventura Drive monitor readings are available after a 24-hour quality check.
. For Hydrogen Sulfide, EPA infers a recommended daily exposure to H2S without risk to be 1.4 ppb H2S. The World Health Organization advises ambient concentration levels of hydrogen sulfide should not exceed 5 ppb H2Swith a 30 minute averaging time. Times shown below are hourly.
5/20/2012
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2am | Meraux | 8 ppb H2S | |
| 3am | Meraux | 5 ppb H2S | ||
| 4am | Meraux | 6 ppb H2S | ||
| 5am | Meraux | 4 ppb H2S | ||
| Ch_Vista | 8 ppb H2S |
These readings are from the three air monitors in the community. The Meraux air monitor is at Joe Davies elementary school; the Ch_Vista monitor is at BlueBird Park. The Ventura Drive monitor is in Floral Estates. The Ventura Drive monitor readings are available after a 24-hour quality check.
. For Hydrogen Sulfide, EPA infers a recommended daily exposure to H2S without risk to be 1.4 ppb H2S. The World Health Organization advises ambient concentration levels of hydrogen sulfide should not exceed 5 ppb H2Swith a 30 minute averaging time. Times shown below are hourly.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Mid May Air Quality Report
Mid May Air Quality Report from the the three air monitors in St. Bernard Parish.
LDEQ's Ch_Vista monitor is located in Bluebird Park, LDEQ's Meraux monitor is located at Joe Davies Elementary school and Valero's Ventura Drive monitor is located in Floral Estates.
LDEQ has stated sulfur dioxide levels at at 12 ppb causes headaches and other adverse quality of life; we've already had 9 days in May with SO2 levels at or above 12 ppb, and one day over the EPA one-hour health standard of 75 ppb SO2. That reading was 120 ppb SO2 at the Ventura monitor.
For Hydrogen Sulfide, EPA infers a recommended daily exposure to H2S without risk to be 1.4 ppb. The World Health Organization advises ambient concentration levels of hydrogen sulfide should not exceed 5 ppb with a 30 minute averaging time. Times shown below are hourly.
LDEQ's Ch_Vista monitor is located in Bluebird Park, LDEQ's Meraux monitor is located at Joe Davies Elementary school and Valero's Ventura Drive monitor is located in Floral Estates.
LDEQ has stated sulfur dioxide levels at at 12 ppb causes headaches and other adverse quality of life; we've already had 9 days in May with SO2 levels at or above 12 ppb, and one day over the EPA one-hour health standard of 75 ppb SO2. That reading was 120 ppb SO2 at the Ventura monitor.
For Hydrogen Sulfide, EPA infers a recommended daily exposure to H2S without risk to be 1.4 ppb. The World Health Organization advises ambient concentration levels of hydrogen sulfide should not exceed 5 ppb with a 30 minute averaging time. Times shown below are hourly.
| May 2012 Air Quality Readings | |||||
| Hydrogen Sulfide & | |||||
| Sulfur Dioxide | |||||
| Particulate Matter | |||||
| & Wind Direction | |||||
| 5/1/2012 | 3am | Ventura | 4 ppb H2S | ||
| 4am | Ventura | 3 ppb H2S | |||
| Wind Dir. | |||||
| 5/2/2012 | 2pm | Ch_Vista | 6 ppb H2S | ||
| Ventura | 48 ppb SO2 3 ppb H2S | 146 | |||
| 3pm | Ch_Vista | 3 ppb H2S | |||
| Ventura | 120 ppb SO2 2 ppb H2S | 152 | |||
| 5pm | Ch_Vista | 35.7 ppb SO2 | |||
| 5/3/2012 | 9am | Ch_Vista | 11.8 ppb SO2 | ||
| 10am | Ch_Vista | 11.3 ppb SO2 | |||
| 11am | Ch_Vista | 15.5 ppb SO2 | |||
| 5/4/2012 | 7pm | Ch_Vista | 23 ppb SO2 | ||
| 10pm | Ch_Vista | 4 ppb H2S | |||
| 5/5/2012 | 1am | Ventura | 4 ppb H2S | 218 | |
| 2am | Meraux | 9.0 ppb SO2 | |||
| Ventura | 4 ppb H2S | 248 | |||
| 3am | Meraux | 6.6 ppb SO2 | |||
| Ventura | 4 ppb H2S | 254 | |||
| 7pm | Ch_Vista | 26.9 ppb SO2 | |||
| 5/6/2012 | 2am | Meraux | 4 ppb H2S | ||
| Ventura | 4 ppb H2S | 91 | |||
| 3am | Ventura | 4 ppb H2S | 249 | ||
| PM 10 | Wind D. | ||||
| 5/7/2012 | 2am | Ventura | 3 ppb H2S | 80 | |
| 3am | Ventura | 4 ppb H2S | 181 | ||
| 4am | Ch_Vista | 45 | 272 | ||
| Ventura | 4 ppb H2S | 184 | |||
| 5am | Ventura | 4 ppb H2S | 35 | 116 | |
| 6am | Ventura | 3 ppb H2S | 34 | 146 | |
| 2pm | Ch_Vista | 33.3 ppb SO2 | |||
| 4pm | Ch_Vista | 24.4 ppb SO2 | |||
| 5/8/2012 | midnight | Ch_Vista | 31.5 ppb SO2 | 307 | |
| 5/10/2012 | 4am | Ventura | 4 ppb H2S | ||
| 5am | Ventura | 5 ppb H2S | |||
| 6pm | Ch_Vista | 31.2 ppb SO2 | |||
| 8pm | Ventura | 39 | |||
| 10pm | Ventura | 38 | |||
| 5/11/2012 | 12am | Ch_Vista | 13.0 ppb SO2 | ||
| 4am | Ventura | 3 ppb H2S | |||
| 5am | Meraux | 4 ppb H2S | |||
| Ventura | 3 ppb H2S | ||||
| 5/12/2012 | 9am | Ch_Vista | 50.3 ppb SO2 | ||
| 11am | Ch_Vista | 54.4 ppb SO2 | |||
| 4pm | Ch_Vista | 33.4 ppb SO2 | |||
| 6pm | Ch_Vista | 20.2 ppb SO2 | |||
| health standards | |||||
| SO2 | 75 ppb hourly average | ||||
| H2S | 1.4 ppb recommended daily exposure | ||||
| PM 2.5 | 35 | ||||
Friday, May 4, 2012
Valero's missed opportunity
missed opportunity
Letter to Editor May 4 2012
"Concerned Citizens" is a neighborhood association, whose members are dedicated to the renewal of the community's environment, and to advocacy for all residents by encouraging citizen participation to effect the ever-changing decisions that empact their neighbors and neighborhoods..
“Concerned Citizens” do not convene at Valero’s Public Meetings, are not required to attend, and have requested several times Valero stop use of the association’s name or similar names.
Unfortunately, Valero continues to advertise the public meetings as "Meraux Refinery Monthly
Meeting with Concerned Citizens Around Murphy" or, "Meraux Refinery Monthly Meeting with Concerned Citizens Around Meraux" . This is misleading and misses an important opportunity.
As Valero considers planning its own hydrogen plant, expansion of the hydrocracker, and relocation of its Administration Building, now is the time for Valero to be a good neighbor, appropriately notice the Public Meetings, and engage the community in discussions about the offsite effects of its plant.
Letter to Editor May 4 2012
Murphy
Oil's Meraux refinery was found guilty of 21 violations of the Clean Air Act in
Federal Court in a citizen's enforcement action filed by the neighborhood
association "Concerned Citizens Around Murphy." Before going to trial on another
100 plus alleged violations, a settlement was reached. The EPA Consent Decree
with Murphy Oil, now owned by Valero Refining, requires a Flare Gas Recovery
System, pollution reductions, emissions monitoring, and public forums with the
people of St. Bernard Parish.
"Concerned Citizens" is a neighborhood association, whose members are dedicated to the renewal of the community's environment, and to advocacy for all residents by encouraging citizen participation to effect the ever-changing decisions that empact their neighbors and neighborhoods..
“Concerned Citizens” do not convene at Valero’s Public Meetings, are not required to attend, and have requested several times Valero stop use of the association’s name or similar names.
Unfortunately, Valero continues to advertise the public meetings as "Meraux Refinery Monthly
Meeting with Concerned Citizens Around Murphy" or, "Meraux Refinery Monthly Meeting with Concerned Citizens Around Meraux" . This is misleading and misses an important opportunity.
As Valero considers planning its own hydrogen plant, expansion of the hydrocracker, and relocation of its Administration Building, now is the time for Valero to be a good neighbor, appropriately notice the Public Meetings, and engage the community in discussions about the offsite effects of its plant.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
it rained yesterday
Afternoon squall and power glitch causes flaring at both refineries in St. Bernard Parish.
ExxonMobil's Chalmette Refinery reported a release of hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide and reported the Incident Cause as a NATURAL PHENOMENON. It is unclear what triggered the flaring event. The nearby Louisiana DEQ Ch_Vista site air monitor one hour readings, listed below, recorded Hydrogen Sulfide levels in the adjacent neighborhood at 6 ppb H2S and 3 ppb H2S at 2pm and 3pm (adjust time for daylight savings time).
Valero's Meraux refinery reported startup mode with no material impact on production . The offsite effects were recorded at the nearby Ventura Drive monitor with one-hour readings for Sulfur Dioxide at 48 ppb and 120 ppb SO2 at 2pm and 3pm. This level of sulfur dioxide exceeded the EPA one-hour health standard of 75 ppb. Alarms continued to sound at the plant through the early evening, however, there were no community advisories.
ExxonMobil's Chalmette Refinery reported a release of hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide and reported the Incident Cause as a NATURAL PHENOMENON. It is unclear what triggered the flaring event. The nearby Louisiana DEQ Ch_Vista site air monitor one hour readings, listed below, recorded Hydrogen Sulfide levels in the adjacent neighborhood at 6 ppb H2S and 3 ppb H2S at 2pm and 3pm (adjust time for daylight savings time).
Valero's Meraux refinery reported startup mode with no material impact on production . The offsite effects were recorded at the nearby Ventura Drive monitor with one-hour readings for Sulfur Dioxide at 48 ppb and 120 ppb SO2 at 2pm and 3pm. This level of sulfur dioxide exceeded the EPA one-hour health standard of 75 ppb. Alarms continued to sound at the plant through the early evening, however, there were no community advisories.
| 5/2/2012 | .....2pm | Ch_Vista | 6 ppb H2S | |||
| Ventura | 48 ppb SO2 3 ppb H2S | |||||
| 3pm | Ch_Vista | 3 ppb H2S | ||||
| Ventura | 120 ppb SO2 2 ppb H2S | |||||
| 5pm | Ch_Vista | 35.7 ppb SO2 | ||||
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
together, we can
"Multinational corporations have no problem with polluting small towns as long as profits continue. To them, any notion of protecting the environment is a massive distraction. Profit over people is the mantra for them. As a resident of St. Bernard Parish, I hope we can keep up this fight."
Lennon504
http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/09/epa_upholds_meraux_neighborhoo.html
"Corporations in communities need to be better neighbors. Communities have indicated they'd like support for an advisory board. See, communities want jobs. They don't want a company to go away. They work for those companies. That's how they feed their families, send their kids to college. But they don't want to be poisoned either."
Erin Brockovich
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/01/erin-brockovich-last-call-at-the-oasis_n_1464370.html
Lennon504
http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/09/epa_upholds_meraux_neighborhoo.html
"Corporations in communities need to be better neighbors. Communities have indicated they'd like support for an advisory board. See, communities want jobs. They don't want a company to go away. They work for those companies. That's how they feed their families, send their kids to college. But they don't want to be poisoned either."
Erin Brockovich
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/01/erin-brockovich-last-call-at-the-oasis_n_1464370.html
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