Santa Maria Asphalt Refinery One Step Closer to Restarting

A Bankrupt Santa Maria Asphalt Refinery Just Cleared a Major Hurdle Toward Reopening

The Santa Maria Asphalt Refinery cleared an integral administrative hurdle when the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission unanimously approved a request to transfer the facility’s development plan permit to a […] The post A Bankrupt Santa Maria Asphalt Refinery Just Cleared a Major Hurdle Toward Reopening appeared first on edhat.

Santa Maria Asphalt Refinery One Step Closer to Restarting

Five years after a stop-work order shut down a Santa Maria asphalt refinery, the previously problem-plagued plant is getting ready to reopen with a new owner and operator. The CAP Resolution Partners — doing business as Santa Maria Road Materials — received unanimous approval from the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission last week for a change in owner, operator and guarantor. “This is a viable project turning something that is defunct into …