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Santa Cruz supervisors press for independent probe and local testing after Moss Landing battery fire
Summary
Following the Jan. 16 fire at the Vistra battery energy storage facility in Moss Landing, the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors heard a briefing from Monterey County and company representatives, called for independent investigations and directed county staff to help arrange additional testing within the county.
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors heard an update on the Jan. 16 fire at the Vistra Energy battery energy storage facility in Moss Landing and unanimously directed the chair to request independent state-level reviews and to arrange for local testing and public reporting. The board acted after a presentation by Monterey County and statements from Vistra, county staff and air-quality officials.
Monterey County Emergency Management Director Kelsey Scanlon described the incident timeline, early evacuations and the activation of the county's Emergency Operations Center. Scanlon said air monitoring by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and an independent contractor, CTEH, so far has not recorded off-site hydrogen fluoride releases above health thresholds and that particulate measurements have generally been within expected local…
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