Refinery-inspection bill protects trade secrets

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Lawmakers have approved legislation that would allow government regulators to monitor oil refinery shutdowns in response to a fire at Chevron’s Richmond refinery in 2012. It also would allow oil companies to designate the information as a “trade secret.”

SB1300 by Democratic Sen. Loni Hancock of Berkeley would protect information submitted to state officials from disclosure under the California Public Records Act.

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