The 45-day public comment period for the February 1, 2025 Martinez Refining Company (PBF) fire will
end on July 25th at midnight. The internal incident report has been received and can be found online at:
versight/mrc-2025-fire
Regarding the 2023 Marathon Martinez Renewable Fuels fire, a public notice period was opened on July
7th for the safety culture management systems evaluation and will close on August 21st. A meeting was
held for the public on July 21st and the recording and all available information about the public notice
can be found online at:
We are in the early planning stages of the transition of Hazardous Materials Division from Health
Services to Con Fire. Director Nicole Heath can work with staff and commissioners to plan the best
time during this planning phase for a presentation from the relevant stakeholders to give the commission
a better insight on the details.
NEW BUSINESS
6.
RECEIVE a general overview of the Draft Hazardous Waste Management Plan from Ryan
Dominguez of the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC).
REVIEW the September 11, 2025 Hazardous Materials Commission Public Forum
planning draft document and PROVIDE direction to staff as needed.
7.
The commissioners present reviewed the forum planning document created by the Operations
Committee. The document details the schedule for the forum, the roles and responsibilities that have
been assigned, the topics that will be covered, the documents and informational materials that will be
available, and a list of tasks to be completed with deadlines stated. The Operations Committee will hold
their August meeting at the County Administrative building to review the reserved rooms, finalize forum
plans, and decide the layout for panelist and resources. Staff will continue working with PIO to finalize
the flyer for the forum. The commission discussed what information they feel the public would most
want to learn about regarding "a day in the life of a county hazardous materials program employee" -
they would like staff to focus on responding to and preventing emergencies versus discussing code
compliance/policy. The Operations Committee will create a new draft of the forum planning document
and will bring it to the full commission for a final review and discussion during the August meeting.
8.
CONSIDER drafting a letter of recommendation to the Board of Supervisors regarding the
Hazardous Materials Commission student intern research presentations.
The Operations Committee discussed this agenda item during their July meeting and decided to not
recommend drafting a letter to the Board of Supervisors. The full commission agreed that they did not
want to make any recommendations based on the student intern presentations. The commission also
discussed making the expectations clear for all future interns to ensure compliance with meeting
attendance, responsiveness, and informational interviews.
9.
Announcements from Commissioners on items of Commission interest.
