Smell Something? Say Something, Manhattan Beach! Here's How!

MANHATTAN BEACH, CA — Last weekend, some 30-40 Manhattan Beach residents contacted the South Coast Air Quality Management District due to an odor permeating several neighborhoods. The odor gave many people headaches and one family lost its appetite and couldn't eat breakfast. Others experienced additional symptoms associated with the chemical that was released from the Chevron El Segundo Refinery.

SCAQMD inspectors determined that the odors were caused by the release of hydrogen sulfide during the transfer of petroleum naphtha, a product of refining crude oil, to a storage tank, according to a news release. The air quality management district issued a Notice of Violation for Creating a Public Nuisance to Chevron as a result.

Here's where to see Chevron’s air monitoring network information online: https://elsegundo1180.com/data.... Visitors to the webpage can input different dates and choose from a multitude of chemical compounds or select them all to see readings for those chemicals at the Chevron El Segundo Refinery. The map on the page shows the location of fenceline monitors at the refinery and offers a variety of information such as wind direction and miles per hour.

Community air monitoring information, which shows a map of Rule 1180 facilities which have fenceline monitors in place, can be found on the South Coast AQMD website:
https://xappprod.aqmd.gov/Rule.... Facilities that require fenceline monitors are located in Torrance, Carson, Wilmington, and Long Beach. The Chevron El Segundo Refinery is also shown.

South Coast AQMD is the air pollution control agency for major portions of Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties, including the Coachella Valley.

For news, air quality alerts, event updates and more, visit SCAQMD at http://www.aqmd.gov/.

If you have an Air Quality Complaint for excessive odors, smoke, dust, or other air contaminants, call 800-CUT-SMOG (288-7664) or file a compliant online here.

SCAQMD also has an award-winning app for download, and can be followed on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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