High hydrogen sulfide levels during night and morning
Thursday 7 August 2025 11:34:03 AM
Location: 7724 E Panama Ln, Bakersfield, CA 93307, USA
Categorie: Air
Description:
During the night, the hydrogen sulfide levels at Kern Energy reached 42.10 ppb. This reading exceeds the Recommended Exposure Limit, as visible on the monitoring website. A spike of up to 33.8 ppb occurred later, around 9 AM. Why are these spikes happening?
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Update notes:
Tuesday 7 October 2025
followed up and the facility had failure that resulted in shutdown of process units caused by communication connection issues. Appalled for emergency variance (S-25-24E) and was granted. As part of the investigation, the complaint closed with no violation.