A chemical spill that prompted a shelter-in-place order in Richmond last month left no lasting ecological bruise on the Parchester Village neighborhood or nearby wetlands, inspectors report, and the company that stored the smelly solvent dismantled its tanks.

The May 5 flow of more than 3,000 gallons of toluene, a variety of mineral spirits, into Bruener Marsh also helped along an accumulation of illegally discarded motor oil in a drainage ditch near The Reaction Products Co., according to a report released this month by the Contra Costa Hazardous Materials Program.

Source: West County Times

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