On Tuesday, January 18, 2022, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) released a Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit researchers to conduct the Aliso County Disaster Health Research Study (Health Study). The purpose of the Health Study is to evaluate the short and long-term health impacts of the 2015-2016 Southern California […]
Roadmap for Aliso Canyon 2023 Closure Proposed by State Senator Stern
State Senator Henry Stern proposed to jumpstart the longed-for closure of the Aliso Canyon Gas Storage Facility on Friday, December 10, 2021, when he introduced a road map to accelerate the closure by 2023. It is still being drafted and has four key elements: Increase in clean energy generation and storage Reducing the demand for […]
Public Comment Extended on Aliso Canyon Operations
The California Department of Conservation’s Geologic Energy Management Division has extended the public comment period for the SB 463 Chemical Inventory and Root Cause Analysis Draft Regulations to November 30, 2021. These new regulations would require that operators of gas storage wells, like at the Aliso Canyon Gas Storage Facility, provide a complete chemical inventory […]
New Gas Storage Regulations
Six years after the methane blowout at SoCalGas Company’s Aliso Canyon Storage Facility, new regulations are currently being drafted to require that moving forward, operators of gas storage wells provide a complete chemical inventory of the materials that may be emitted from the well in the event of a reportable leak. When it comes to […]
Aliso Canyon Must Be Closed, LA City Council Votes
The Los Angeles City Council voted 14-0, with one member absent, on Wednesday to call for the permanent closure of the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Facility in Porter Ranch, the site of the largest methane leak in U.S. history in 2015. Councilmember John Lee, who represents the area that continues to be affected by leak, […]
IMPORTANT NEWS: Aliso Canyon Health Study FEEDBACK DEADLINE EXTENDED: Friday, April 30th at 5PM
Thank you to all who have participated in recent meetings with the NENC and the CAG re: the health study. The NENC is pleased to inform you if you haven’t yet given your feedback, there is still time to do so as Dept of Public Health has extended the time to respond. WHY should I […]
Aliso Canyon Disaster Health Research Study Goals and Priorities “draft”- CAG recommendations
The Aliso Canyon Disaster Health Research Study Community Advisory Group has put together the attached document to help NC’s and stakeholders respond to the ACDHRS Goals and Priorities document. Click here to open the recommendations document. The Aliso Canyon Disaster Health Research Study team released for public review a set of draft Goals and Priorities prepared […]
Aliso Canyon Disaster Health Research Study – Community Opinion Survey
The community is at the heart of the Aliso Canyon Disaster Health Research Study and it is critical that the Health Study reflect the community’s questions, concerns and priorities. To inform the Health Study, just last month, Public Health sponsored a health opinion survey of 400 residents who live in the North San Fernando Valley. […]
State Appeals Court Says Residents Affected By Aliso Gas Leak Can Seek Restitution
An appeals court ruled that residents affected by the Aliso Canyon leak can seek restitution stemming from the company’s delay in reporting. A state appeals court panel ruled Tuesday that Porter Ranch-area residents affected by the 2015-16 Aliso Canyon natural gas leak can seek restitution from Southern California Gas Co., but only stemming from the […]
State and SoCal Gas Settle Over Aliso Gas Leak for $119.5 Million
The news of an tentative settlement between state officials and SoCal has many residents involved in a class action suit nervous. A $119.5 million settlement agreement was announced Wednesday to resolve claims by several governmental bodies stemming from the massive Aliso Canyon methane leak — the biggest in U.S. history — that sent more than […]
Dr. Nordella’s Aliso Canyon Disaster Health Study Town Hall Meeting – Saturday, October 14, 2017
Many North Valley community members were gravely impacted by the Aliso Canyon gas facility disaster of 2015, and many continue to experience unexplained health ailments. After many failed promises of a meaningful health impact study, Dr. Jeffrey Nordella, a local medical doctor, stepped up to the plate and decided to undertake the study by himself. He […]
Judge Denies County’s Bid To Block Aliso Canyon Restart
The ruling paves the way for Gas Co. to restart operations at Aliso Canyon, which was closed down following a catastrophic leak. Los Angeles County lost its bid Friday for a court order blocking the re-start of natural gas injections at the Aliso Canyon storage facility in Porter Ranch, the site of the largest methane […]
Breaking: Aliso Canyon Gas Leak Temporarily Controlled
A relief well has reached the Southern California Gas Co. well that has been leaking since October, forcing the evacuation of thousands. Signaling that relief is in sight for thousands of residents in Porter Ranch, Southern California Gas Co. crews temporarily controlled the leak of natural gas today from the Aliso Canyon Storage Facility well […]
Councilmember Englander Demands SoCal Gas Recognize Adjacent Communities Affected by Aliso Canyon Gas Leak
This Tuesday, the City Council unanimously approved Councilmember Mitchell Englander’s motion asking that the Southern California Gas Company (SoCal Gas) recognize and extend their relocation efforts to include the immediately adjacent communities of Granada Hills, Chatsworth, and Northridge and that residents requesting relocation from those communities be treated with the same respect and priority as anyone […]