"A second agency has ruled that Valero [Refining Company, California] did not violate any regulations in connection with the May 5 power outage … The Solano County Environmental Health Division could not find any safety or regulatory deficiencies on the part of Valero, according to Terry Schmidtbauer, assistant director of resource management.
“We looked at their processes — did they have safety plans in place, were they handling the chemicals properly? Did they report their emissions, did they have the proper plans in place to minimize the releases?” Schmidtbauer said. Schmidtbauer’s team found that Valero had followed all protocol …
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health underwent its own probe in May and also didn’t issue any violations. The event occurred after PG&E shut down two main power feeds to the refinery, which initiated emergency flaring …."