Loud hissing and smells coming from refinery

Wednesday 9 October 2024 10:00:48 AM

Location: 7724 E Panama Ln, Bakersfield, CA 93307

Categorie: Air

Description:

There is a very loud hissing sound coming from the Refinery. It sounds like gas or air being released at a very high pressure, I can hear the hissing inside my home. There is a foul odor as well and it's 10pm

Update notes:

Thursday 10 October 2024

Report was submitted to the Air district at 10:19 p.m. with complaint number S- 2410-044

An Air district inspector called at 10:23 p.m. to ask for more details. The reporting Air district inspector said they would call the operator for more details.

Thursday 10 October 2024

IVAN inspector responded to the hissing in person at around 10:40 pm with a forward-looking infrared camera. Videos were taken from several angles and plume was visible in both the infrared camera and in person. The cloud was a white looming cloud that was drifting slowly towards the northwest. There was a very slight smell of crude in the area. The Ivan inspector also saw a fire truck leaving the area at around 11:00 p.m.

At 11:15 p.m. The reporting Air district inspector was updated by the operator that the sound was coming from a tank that was being sandblasted. The Air district inspector was going to do further verification by requesting a work order for the sandblasting.