RMP - General Chemical West Corporation - Richmond Works

Richmond, CA

General Chemical West's Richmond Works is located immediately adjacent to the Chevron Richmond Refinery, one-half mile north of Interstate 580 and Cutting Blvd., on Castro St. in Richmond, CA and occupies approximately 40 acres. The Chevron Refinery to the north and west, Chevron Chemical to the east, and Santa Fe Rail-yard to the south borders it. The property occupied by Richmond Works is an industrial use area.

General Chemical West's Richmond Works began operation in 1944 to serve the neighboring Standard Oil of California (now Chevron) refinery. This relationship still exists; Chevron uses fresh acid as an alkylation catalyst and ships the spent acid back to General Chemical West via pipeline for regeneration.

For additional information regarding this facility's operations and regulated materials handled, please view the Fact Sheet - English (276k PDF, 2pp.) | Spanish (239k PDF, 2pp.) and Audit Summaries - English (97k PDF, 2pp.) | Spanish (99k PDF, 2pp.).

Safety Evaluation of the General Chemical-Richmond Works Facility (1.3Mb PDF)

Regulated Substances Subject to CalARP/Federal RMP/ISO:

Regulated Substances	Program Level	CalARP Regulated	Federal RMP Regulated	ISO Regulated
Sulfur Dioxide (97k PDF, 2pp.)	3	Yes	No	Yes
Sulfur Trioxide (95k PDF, 2pp.)	3	Yes	No	Yes
Oleum (25%) (98k PDF, 2pp.)	3	Yes	Yes	Yes