SoCalGas Ordered to Immediately Curb Odors, Emissions From Natural Gas Leak

摘要

A South Coast Air Quality Management District hearing board ordered Southern California Gas Co. to take steps to contain odors and air pollution resulting from the massive natural gas leak at its underground storage field near Los Angeles. The Jan. 23 stipulated order of abatement requires the utility to minimize the gas leaking from a damaged well at the facility in Aliso Canyon, which services the Los Angeles basin. Other key provisions in the order require SoCalGas to permanently shut down and seal the well, fund a continuous air monitoring program and an independent health effects study, develop a leak detection program for all wells at the facility and submit a notification plan for future reportable releases of air emissions. The five-member, quasi-judicial panel plans to meet Feb. 20 for a status report on SoCalGas's progress implementing the order, unless the utility completes all the requirements earlier, the SCAQMD said.