10 • 02 • 2017
Stop Oil Trains at Phillips 66
Photo Credit: Sierra Club Santa Lucia Chapter
Victory: In coalition with others, the Surfrider Foundation SLO Chapter stopped Phillips 66's rail spur expansion project from being permitted. The project would have brought mile-long tanker trains carrying 2.4 million gallons of crude oil solvent to the Phillips 66 Refinery in Santa Maria over the next 20 years. Derailments and accidents along the train route threatened people, property, public services, business, and tourism, and an oil spill on the coastal rail system would have been devastating for coastal environments.
The project would have brought mile-long tanker trains carrying 2.4 million gallons of crude oil solvent to the Phillips 66 Refinery in Santa Maria over the next 20 years. Derailments and accidents along the train route would have threatened people, property, public services, business, and tourism, and an oil spill on the coastal rail system would have been devastating for coastal environments.
For more info on the victory, visit https://slo.surfrider.org/victory-over-oil-trains/