Aliso Timeline for 2017
2017
1/5 Diesel fuel spill into Limekiln Canyon Creek; notification sent at 1pm (four hrs. after it stared)
1/12 AQMD/SG case: Gas Company tried to get abatement dismissed
1/12 SB-57 referred to Cal Sen Natural Resources & Water Committee
1/13 Town Hall
1/14 AQMD abatement order extended
1/18 AQMD Hearing board hearing in Diamond Bar re extending the Abatement Order
1/22 SPR health survey
1/24 City council introduced resolution to support SB 146 (Stern): Moratorium on reopening Aliso Canyon until the RCA
is completed, extending AQMD abatement order (voted 2/2)
1/24 SCG withdrawal at Aliso after manufacturing gas shortage
1/24 Consumer Watchdog and Food & Water Watch sent letter re pipeline manipulation to State Attorney General
Becerra and LA City Attorney Feuer
1/26 Jerry Brown/Shut It All Down Rally
1/28 Agenda for state hearings changed after community outrage
1/31 City council motion re Clean Energy Storage Projects. DWP to report to council on efforts to implement storage
in light of Stern’s bill (voted 10/16/18)
2/1 Pre-state-hearing rally outside WH Hilton
2/1 LA County Fire Dept says a seimsic study, complete safety plan, & RCA are needed
2/1 (and 2/2) SFV residents take over state hearings re Aliso
2/2 SB 57 amended & re-referred to NR & U committee
2/5 Dr. Nordella sounds alarm over health issues
2/5 Video Town Hall with Bill Powers
2/6 EES Consulting sent a report to LA County "Analysis of Alternatives to Withdrawing Gas from Aliso Canyon Natural
Gas Storage Facility"
2/6 County counsel Mary Wickham sent the state a letter re concerns(lack of up to date RMP, DOGGR violating SB-380
and emergency order 1109; need for chemical composition list; installation of SSSV’s
2/6 The Dept of PH sent a letter to DOGGR entitled PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF FINDINGS FROM THE GAS STORAGE WELL
SAFETY REVIEW AND PROPOSED PRESSURE LIMITS FOR THE ALISO CANYON STORAGE FACILITY to DOGGR, noting
that the safety review that was being conducted didn’t address environmental and health threats to nearby
communities.
2/8 SCG settles with AQMD for a $8.5-million, including $1-million for a "health study"' also $1-million going to RNG project
2/8 City council motion introduced: Natural Gas Use and Storage Reduction/Elimination Plan, DWP to report on options
to reduce reliance on gas and storage (voted 10/12/18)
2/9 CPUC opened 1.17-02-002 to determine feasibility of minimizing or eliminating the use of Aliso Canyon
2/13 SB 57 passed as amended, referred to Sen. Rules committee
2/14 SB 57 amended, re-referred to Rules committee
2/14 City council introduced motion re Community Amelioration Benefits concerningthe AQMD settlement, which mentioned
the items in the court agreement, incl health study, but also funding to study RNG (voted 4/16/18)
2/16 SB 57 referred to Energy, Utilities & Communications committee
2/16 PH acknowledged in “An Appropriate Health Study for Residents Affected by the Aliso Canyon Gas Release,” “the likely cause of the
illnesses observed in residents of Porter Ranch were the unknown chemicals that SCG injected into the well in late October 2015
in an effort to plug the well.” It mentioned that SCG has refused to provide info about what chemicals it has used.
2/16 CPUC opens 17-IEPR-11 docket SoCal Energy Reliability. Between the written docket and 5/22 workshop,
paid shills for SCG gave statements supporting the reopening of Aliso (including VICA, San Gabriele Economic
Partnership, California Manufacturers Association, LA Biz Fed, Irvine Chamber of Commerce, Orange County
BusinessCouncil, Regional Chamber of Commerce of San Gabriel Valley)
https://efiling.energy.ca.gov/Lists/DocketLog.aspx?docketnumber=17-IEPR-11
2/22 Nordella presentation at PRNC town hall meeting; Public Health's Bellomo & Rangan also present, included the need for a proper
health study (not the AQMD one) the complete list of chemicals, the directive sent to doctors not to test for toxins
2/23 James Mansdorfer, ex-employee of the Gas Company warned regulators re potential “catastrophic loss of life”
3/2 AQMD hearing re termination of abatement, residents and PH told the AQMD hearing board that the settlement with SCG was wrong
3/3 Darrell Park addressed AQMD Governing Board about secret deal made with SCG
3/7 SCG notification re: water solution spill (notification rec'd over 4 hrs. later). The solution was 97% water/3%
potassium chloride)
3/17 SCG notification at 6:20pm re a discovered leak in the afternoon on above-ground pipeline. Leak supposedly
stopped at 7:40pm
3/18 (and 3/19) garage sale to benefit SPR (for monitors)
3/18 A SCG public policy advisor was trying to mess with SB-57
3/21 At least 20 speakers from SPR were in Sacramento, but Senator Hueso pulls SB-57 from the senate committee meeting
3/23 Protest SCG/Schedule SB-57 rally
3/31 Shut Down Aliso Canyon rally in front of Van Nuys Courthouse
3/31 City council introduced motion re DWP party status in Aliso Canyon OII (voted 4/10/17)
4/1 Community Forum with Stein, Nordella, Vet Dr. Smith, Matt & Alex speaking
4/4 SB-57 passes Senate Energy Utilities and Communications Committee, sent to Appropriations
4/11 SCG says it sent notification *
4/17 SB 57 amended, re-referred to Appropriations
4/17 Community hearing before CPUC regarding Instituting Investigative Order 17-02-002
4/20 Author's amendments on SB 57, more amendments, re-referred to Appropriations
4/21 LA city council meeting in Van Nuys to ask for independent study on DWP’s energy reliability
4/22 SPR represented at Porter Ranch Earth Day event
4/25 Resident spotted hazmat placard on truck entering SCG gate (Hazmat Placard 1092 Acrolein)
4/26 Start of underground regulations public comment period
4/27 SCG lied about using herbicide
5/2 Residents go to DWP board to request independent study
5/8 Hearing re business losses, motion to strike class action suits
5/10 Seneca Lake stopped the gas storage facility in NY
5/11 CPUC ordered SCG to fill its other storage facilities
5/15 Porter Ranch schools town hall
5/17 SCG said it sent notification *
5/18 SCG notification re 6.3ppm leak on monitor 6 due to relief valve
5/22 SB-57 discussed by the Senate Appropriations Committee, placed on suspense file
5/22 Summer energy reliability workshop in Diamond Bar Written comments:
https://www.energy.ca.gov/2017_energypolicy/documents/2017-05-22_workshop/2017-05-22_documents.php
5/22 Fire broke out on SCG property
5/23 CBS2 runs part two of piece re Aliso becoming a cancer zone
5/23 Daily News: Dept of Energy official wants AC to reopen
5/25 SPR & residents met w/PH and PH received a copy of the February memo: agency had logged health complaints
within a 12-mile radius of the damaged well.
5/25 SB-57 passed as amended in Appropriations committee
5/26 More amendments for SB-57
5/28 Sempra VP says 100% renewable grid is possible now (KPBS.org)
5/30 Urgency clause refused for adoption of SB 57 on Senate floor; then reconsideration vote unanimous
5/31 Residents go to Sacramento to talk with state senators re SB 57
6/1 A Sempra VP admited that solar and wind power can help with energy reliability
6/2 SCG notification re problem w/Crimson Oil equipment gas leak starting the day before. Lasted approximately
two days. Notification rec'd at 12:20am
6/2 Two leaks in one week
6/3 SCG notification about Crimson leak being fixed, received at 10:05am
6/7 SB 57 Rally outside Dr. Ed Hernandez's West Covina office, then a meeting with his field deputy Jorge Marquez
6/10 Urgent National Day of Action beyond Paris and SoCal solution climate rally
6/13 Root cause analysis permit approved
6/14 SFV residents attended LA City Council health meeting to help Stand-LA re neighborhood drilling
6/17 Playa Del Rey Get Off Fossil Fuels Town Hall featuring Alex Nagy, Matt, Andrew Knowne, Lori A
6/20 The court granted defendants' motion to dismiss without prejudice.
6/20 Announcement of Cedric the Entertainer's law suit against SCG
6/20 Aliso Canyon feasibility study scope announced
6/27 SCG says it sent notification *
6/29 Consumer Watchdog on the fake energy crisis by CAISO
7/8 Blackout caused by a distribution explosion and not by Aliso
7/11 The lead plaintiffs filed a second amended complaint
7/12 Residents speak before CPUC about proposed underground gas storage regulations, written comments due
7/13 SCG sues in Federal Court to end County oversight of Aliso Canyon
7/13 Comments due re gas storage regulations
7/17 SoCalGas sued LA COunty over improved worker safety standards
7/17 SCPR SoCalGas pushes back on new gas safety demands
7/18 SCG notification sent about monitoring system going on maintenance on 8/23 *
7/19 DOC says Aliso can resume operations
7/19 Impromptu rally by SCG gate to protest state decision
7/21 SCG says it sent notification *
7/23 Daily News: Ex-SoCalGas employee warned regulators
7/24 Major rally protesting Aliso reopening attracts over 300 participants, media from all major local outlets
7/25 State appeals county clears the way for Aliso to reopen
7/26 City council introduced resolution (voted 7/27/17) to support LA County Petition against Natural Gas Injection
7/27 – 8/3 Third Party contractor found increased methane emissions, per AQMD
7/28 Pre-hearing rally outside courthouse; Court lifts stay
7/30 CA Court of Appeals lifted stay on injections
7/31 Gas injection resumes
8/1 Consumer Watchdog holds press conference to expose the Brown/Sempra Connection in its report “Power
Play: How the Governor’s Sister Makes a Million Dollars from Sempra While his Appointees Let Sempra Bilk
Ratepayers For Billions.”
8/1 SFV residents discuss Aliso Canyon with Dante Acosta, ask him why he didn't help get SB-57 passed, he
blames the Democrats even though only one Republican senator voted for it
8/3 US Senator Dianne Feinstein setn letter to DOGGR, CPUC, and CEC: "Aliso Canyon should be shut down."
8/3 Richard Mathews on KPRK
8/11 SCG notification sent re 10.1ppm spike at 9pm the night before *
8/11 Matt Pakucko's LTE in the Daily News
8/11 a geologist discusses the seismic risk at Aliso
8/18 City Council introduced motion (voted on 4/27/18, doc submitted by LAFD on 8/21/19) on Below-Ground
Storage Facilities/Regulation Authority asking for report from LAFD, Office of Petrol/N gas admin/Emerg
Mgmt Dept/City Atty ; LAFD report ref to energy committee
8/25 Defendants (SoCalGas) filed a motion to dismiss.
8/28 SCG sends letter to DOGGR & CPUC re pressure build up
8/31 SCPR.org: state regulators see methane spikes at Aliso Canyon
9/5 Dr. Nordella is terminated by urgent care facility
9/8 Daily News article: Porter Ranch gas leak health study hits roadblock as doctor is fired
9/10 13 out of 39 wells failed with pressurization problems after being put back in to operation in July
(no RCA, seismic study, health study) per document dated 8/28/17
9/13 SCG notification about a 6.8ppm at SCG monitor 8 the previous night *
9/13 Rally to support Dr. Nordella
8/15 LA Times: Proposal will cloe Aliso Canyon...but not for a decade
9/15 SCG says it sent notification *
9/15 SB 57 sent to inactive file
9/23 Shut Down Aliso Canyon Community Action Workshop
9/23 Daily News: Porter Ranch rsidents take first steps to shut down....
10/8 SCG notification re malfunction on relief valve w;/release of gas, from"the oil tank" a "byproduct
of oil production" received at 10:54 pm; another notification that repairs to the valve were
completed received at 10:54pm
10/13 SoCalGas notification re 24.9ppm spike at 2:40am, another of 17.9ppm at 7:20am *
10/14 Independent health study results released by Dr.Nordella in community town hall; Senator Stern publicly
calls on Governor Brown to shut down Aliso Canyon
10/14 SCG says it sent notification *
10/16 Congress member Brad Sherman calls for a comprehensive long-term health study
10/17 SCG says it sent notification *
10/17 City council introduced motion (voted 11/22/17) re Aliso/DWP Water Supply Testing
10/17 City council motion (voted 2/7/18) on Aliso Canyon /AQMD Health Study Updates Mandate City Health
Commission to get update
10/23 Aliso Canyon Blowout Second Anniversary Rally and Sit-In
10/24 Daily News: 2 years after Aliso Canyon gas leak, Porter Ranch residents...
10/23 State Senator Henry Stern release on closing down Aliso
10/25 Vice News runs story on Aliso
10/26 Insurgency Now re protest
10/29 Gas is smelled in Santa Clarita per Hometown Station radio
11/1 344 lawsuits pending against SCG (almost 44,000 plaintiffs)
11/21 SCG notification about increased levels at 2 monitors claimed "are related to planned
maintenance work being conducted at the facility" *
12/1 54.1ppm leak, SCG issues notification 4 hours later at 11:05pm (after social media erupts).
The SCG notification (received almost 4 hrs later claimed "are related to planned venting
associated with maintenance work being conducted at the facility"
12/4 CPUC and CEC sent letter to Supervisor Barger re pipeline outage; said LA County "failed to step up on
behalf of its constituents and produce an alternative (for energy), recommended County consider and
moratorium on new gas connections as well as other long-term options.
12/5 SCG VP on hot seat at City Council meeting because of mercaptan spill in West LA and latest leak at Aliso
12/5 Buzzfeed article on Mysterious illnesses are playing people
12/8 Dr Nordella appointed by PRNC to represent area in AQMD technical working group
12/12 Natural gas facility blast in Austria
12/14 AQMD health study scoping community hearing at which residents informed the agency that its “study”
was extremely underfunded, that very little data was collected, that SCG was withholding needed
info about chemicals
12/18 66.6ppm leak, but SCG monitors are set to "private". The SCG notification said "an unplanned release"
that started at approx. 4:55pm, lasted 50 minutes,and that the monitor portal was set to "offline".
Notification received at 7:42pm
12/19 Residents report Sempra to the AQMD after 50-minute leak the day before
12/19 No BlackOut/BlackMail Rally
12/21 North Valley Democrats Candidates Forum
12/22 AQMD issues notice of violation of rule 402 for 12/18 leak
12/22 Daily News: Air quality watchdog slaps SoCalGas with nuisance violation
12/22 LA Times SoCalGas cited for 'public nuisance' for new leak
12/22 Food & Water Watch letter to CPUC re manipulation of pipeline supply
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*SCG notifications not received by the webmaster of this site
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AQMD South Coast Air Quality Management District
BOS LA County Board of Supervisors
CARB California Air Resource Board
COLA City of Los Angeles
CPUC California Public Utilities Commission (part of California Dept of Conservation)
DOC California Dept of Conservation
DOGGR California Division of Oil Gas Geothermal Resources (part of California Dept of Conservation)
EDF Environmental Defense Fund
EPA US Environmental Protection Agency
FWW Food & Water Watch
LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District
OEHHA California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
PH LA County Dept of Public Health
PR Porter Ranch
PRCAC Porter Ranch Community Advisory Committee
PRNC Porter Ranch Neighborhood Council
SCG Southern California Gas Company
SPR Save Porter Ranch
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