The Port of Long Beach has released a final study evaluating Tesoro Refining and Marketing Co. LLC’s proposal to demolish the Tesoro Calciner facility located at 2450 Pier B St. in Long Beach.
No new development, operations, or land uses are currently proposed for the site following the facility’s demolition, according to the Port of Long Beach statement.
The study, titled An Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND), is available at www.polb.com/ceqa. A draft version was released on 7 June for a 30-day public review period, which determined that with mitigation measures in place, the environmental impacts would be less-than-significant. No significant new environmental effects were identified, and the comments received during the review did not require recirculating the Draft IS/MND.
In addition, the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners will consider the Final IS/MND, which includes public feedback from the review process, at its regular meeting on 9 September. The meeting will be live-streamed at www.polb.com and can also be attended in person at the Bob Foster Civic Chambers, 411 W. Ocean Blvd. in Long Beach.
The Calciner facility was originally built in 1982 by Martin-Marietta Corp. as a joint venture with Champlin Petroleum Co. Tesoro began operating the facility in 2013 and ceased operations in June 2022.
Before terminating its lease with the Californian port, Tesoro is required to remove all improvements and property from the premises and restore the site to a condition equivalent to or better than its condition before the lease began.