A Bay Area company that supplies chemical products connected to the Chevron Richmond Refinery has been fined $160,000 for committing multiple air quality violations during a 10-year period, authorities said Wednesday.

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The violations by Chemtrade West US came at its sulfuric acid manufacturing plant in Richmond, the Bay Area Air District said in a statement announcing the fines. The Richmond plant is connected to the Chevron Richmond refinery.

Chemtrade supplies various chemical products for the refinery industry. Sulfuric acid is a byproduct of refining crude oil.

Messages left with the company at its Richmond office and with its corporate headquarters in Toronto, Canada, were not returned immediately.

“The Air District is committed to holding facilities accountable i

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