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COMMUNITIES FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT v. CITY OF RICHMOND

No. A125618.

184 Cal.App.4th 70 (2010)

COMMUNITIES FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. CITY OF RICHMOND, Defendant and Appellant; CHEVRON PRODUCTS COMPANY et al., Real Parties in Interest and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

April 26, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy E. Riddle, City Attorney, K. Scott Dickey, Chief Deputy City Attorney; Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, Ellen J. Garber, Jeannette M. MacMillan and Kristin B. Burford for Defendant and Appellant.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Ronald E. Van Buskirk, Kevin M. Fong and Todd W. Smith for Real Parties in Interest and Appellants.

Communities for a Better Environment, Adrienne L. Bloch, Shana Lazerow; Earthjustice, William B. Rostov and Deborah S. Reames for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

Matthew Vespa for Center for Biological Diversity, Environmental Defense Center and the Planning and Conservation League as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.

OPINION

RUVOLO, P. J.—

I.

INTRODUCTION

On April 6, 2005, Chevron Products Company (Chevron) submitted an application to the City of Richmond (City) for the necessary permits to proceed with construction of the Chevron Energy and Hydrogen Renewal Project (the Project). The Project was designed to replace and upgrade certain manufacturing facilities at the Chevron Richmond Refinery (the Refinery), with the objective...

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