Overview & Community Concerns
Richmond City Council, April 2026
Bay Area Carbon Injection &
Pipeline Project
Getting
Situated
What is Carbon Capture & Storage?
Ecological Impacts to Delta
https://www.cnps.org/plant-science/suisun-marsh-vegetation-mapping-and-long-term- conservation-and-management-6682
● Leaks can produce
Carbonic Acid
● Carbonic Acid creates
dead zones
● Dead zones can
stretch for miles
● Threatened species
include: Delta Smelt,
CA Least Tern, Harvest
Mouse
● Unique disaster
response for CO2 leak
in Delta
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gassing-satartia-mississippi-co2-pipeline_n_60ddea9fe4b0ddef8b0ddc8f Pipeline Leaks
& Health Risks
● Compressed CO2 is
denser than oxygen
● Forces oxygen out of
the air leading to
asphyxiation
● 300 evacuated, 45
hospitalized after CO2
pipeline leak in
Satartia, Mississippi
● 1700 died in Cameroon
after natural CO2 leak
https://richmondside.org/2024/08/05/richmond-ca-air-pollution-sources-chevron-chemtrade-freeways/ Increase in
local pollutants
such as:
● PM2.5
● Nitrogen oxides
(NOx)
● Ammonia
● Sulfur dioxide
● Hydrogen
cyanide
● Sulfuric acid
● Hydrogen
sulfide
Where Are We in the Regulatory Process?
● Key permitting agencies: EPA
Region 9 & Solano County
● Injection well permit application
submitted in November 2023
● EPA deemed application
incomplete in summer 2024
● Developer was asked to provide
additional geologic info after
drilling test well
● As of December 2024, developer
has not applied for test well permit
Summary: Threats to Richmond
● Proximity of
new pipeline to
communities
● Pipeline leaks &
catastrophic
failure scenario
● Potential for
increased
pollutants from
refinery
● All risk, no
reward!