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FROM: William Walker,M.D.,health Services Director .t} Contra
Costa
DATE: June zli,zoot► County
SUBJECT: Developing Work Environment Indicators and Applying Indicators to Tosco Avon
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION: Accept the attached report from Health Services on Tosca San Francisco Area Refinery
working with Health Services and paying for the following up on the follow-up evaluation of the safety evaluation
performed by Arthur D. Little and to develop work environment indicators and applying indicators at the Avon
Refinery.
BACKGROUND: At the April 4 Board of Supervisors meeting the Board asked Health Services to determine how
Tosco would work with and pay for the work described above.
FISCAL IMPACT: None
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
L'RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD June 20 2000 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER XX
SEE THE ATTACHED ADDENDUM FOR BOARD ACTION AND VOTE
VOTE OF PERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNA OUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: S: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN,
Contact Person:
CC: Health Servi Adminis tion ATTESTED J i,n p 2Q , 2 0 0 0
PH BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
S ERVISORS AND COLINTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY DEPUTY
ADDENDUM TO ITEM D,3
June 20, 2000 Agenda
On this date,the Board considered the report from the Health Services Department on
Tosco's response to safety culture issues and a work plan at the Tosco-Avon Refinery.
Randall Sawyer, Accidental Release Prevention Specialist, Hazardous Materials
Program,presented the staff report and recommendations.
Comments were made by the following members of the public:
Willie Chiang,Manager of the Tosco Bay Area Refineries, which include those in
Rodeo, Avon and Santa Maria(Central Coast);
Denny Larson, Communities for a Better Environment, 1611 Telegraph#450,
Oakland;
Jim Payne,P.A.C.E. Local 8-5,P.O. Box 349, Martinez.
Those desiring to speak,having been heard,the Board continued their discussion,
The Board's final action was as follows:
IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that the Health Services
Department/Hazardous Materials Division return to the Board of Supervisors in 60 days
with a further report regarding the Tosco-Avon Refinery safety evaluation on issues
including: the ability to perform audits and the safety management standard,under the
Industrial Safety Ordinance and the California Accidental Release Prevention Program;
use of resources; areas to obtain measurable performance around safety culture; the
current inspection schedule, and what inspections have been performed this past year.
The vote on that action was:
AYES: SUPERVISORS GIOIA,UILKEMA,DeSAULNIER and CANCIAMILLA
NOES: SUPERVISOR GERBER
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
CONTRA COSTA
HEALTH SERVICES
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PROGRAMS
TO: BOARD OF SUPERVI RS
FROM: LEWIS G.PASCALLI,JR.
SUBJECT: DEVELOPING WORK ENVIR INDICATORS AND APPLYING INDICATORS AT TOSCO
SAN FRANCISCO AREA REFINERY AT AVON
DATE: 6/20/00
CC: WILLIAM B.WALKER,M.D.,RANDALL L.SAWYER
Background: The Board of Supervisors was concerned about the safety at the Tosca Avon refinery
after the February 23, 1999 fire. Listed below is a timeline of events that has taken place since the fire
concerning the safety of the refinery:
+ The Board hired Arthur D.Little Inc.to perform a safety evaluation
+ Arthur D.Little Inc.reported to the Board in April 1999 the results of the safety evaluation
♦ The Board asked Arthur D.Little Inc.to work with Health Services in determining how Tosco
was addressing the recommendations from the safety evaluation
♦ Arthur D. Little Inc. performed a follow-up evaluation in December 1999 and reported their
findings to the Board on February 8,2000
■ The report from Arthur D. Little Inc. recommended that Health Services follow-up
on fifteen different items from the follow-up evaluation
■ The Board was concerned on how to determine that the safety culture was improving
at the refinery and asked Health Services to work with Arthur D. Little Inc. and
Tosco in developing indicators of the Tosco safety culture
■ The Board requested that Health Services work with Arthur D. Little Inc. on
following up on the items from the follow-up evaluation
• The Board asked for Health Services to come back in sixty days with a work plan to
develop the indicators for the safety culture at Tosco
+ Health Services presented the work plan for developing indicators for the work environment,
which includes the safety culture on April 4,2000 to the Board
■ The Board asked Health Services to work with Tosco on paying for following up
with the Arthur D.Little Inc.follow-up on the Tosco Avon Safety Evaluation
■ The Board also asked Health Services to have discussions with Tosco on paying for
developing work environment indicators and to apply these indicators at the Avon
Refinery
Tosco's Participation: The Board has asked Tosco to work with Health Services.
1) Tosco has agreed to pay for Arthur D. Little Inc. to work with Health Services on following
up on the follow-up evaluation.
2) Health Services has been in contact with Tosco to determine if Tosco will work with and pay
for the development of Work Environment Indicators, which includes Safety Culture. Tosco
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has decided to announce to the Board on Tuesday, June 20 their decision to participate with
Health Services in developing the Work Environment Indicators.
3) If Tosco's decision is to participate with Health Services on the development of the Work
Environment Indicators, then Health Services is asking to apply these indicators at the Avon
refinery. Tosco has told Health Services that they will announce their decision at the Board
Meeting on June 20.
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