City to increase tank farm monitoring
The Rancho LPG tank farm is located in San Pedro near the border of Rancho Palos Verdes. Photo courtesy of RPV Just a day after residents successfully urged the City of Rancho Palos Verdes to step up efforts to monitor a local tank farm, the facility caused a large leak reported for several hours. Investigators determined a gas leak had in fact come from the Rancho LPG facility located near the border with RPV. Sam Atwood, spokesman for the South Coast Air Quality Management District said the agency received 37 complaints on the afternoon of Wednesday Oct 17. Investigators traced the leak to the same facility that has drawn neighborhood concerns for years, including just that week. Atwood said the agency was still looking into what exactly caused the incident before the case moves to a penalty phase. Local RPV residents live as close as a quarter mile from two large tanks and a series of smaller ones that store 25 million gallons of liquefied butane and propane. The tank farm has long been a concern by local residents who fear it could be the target of a terrorist attack or subject to disaster from an earthquake or an accidental release. Ron Conrow, district manager for Rancho…
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