Supervisor Hahn to Submit Motion to Require HF Refineries to Convert to Safer Alternatives

TRAA community council has been one of the most active in the fight to ban modified hydrofluoric acid or MHF. Photo courtesy of Torrance Refinery Action Alliance

TRAA has just learned that at the Feb. 15 Los Angeles County Supervisor Board Meeting, Supervisor Janice Hahn will move to “direct the chief executive officer, through the legislative affairs and intergovernmental relations division, to write a five-signature letter to Gov. Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta asking that the State take all possible actions to require refineries in California to convert from MHF to safer alternatives.”

Find details here: https://tinyurl.com/349nvun8

TRAA urges you to support Supervisor Hahn’s motion to attend the virtual L.A. County Board meeting at 9 a.m. Feb. 15, and make oral or written comments. Read the full text of the motion here: www.traawebsite.files.wordpress.com/motion-refinerymhf And note items two and three in the motion.

Speak at the Feb. 15, 2022 virtual L.A. County Board Meeting in support of Supervisor Hahn. Find instructions by clicking here. https://tinyurl.com/yvdn9wjp

Note: The call in number is 877-226-8163 and the Participant Code is 1336503. You will speak in support of Item 41-F of the Supplemental Agenda, “County Initiative to Improve Safety and Advance the Conversion of Modified Hydrofluoric Acid to Safer Alternatives at Local Refineries.”

Submit written comments by clicking here:https://publiccomment.bos.lacounty.gov