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An Alcoa plant in Point Comfort dumped an estimated 67 pounds (30 kg) of mercury into the bay per day in the 1960s, affecting 64 square miles (170 km 2). [10] A mercury superfund was established at the site, and the processing of oysters and blue crab in certain locations was prohibited. [ 14 ]
Point Comfort is located in northeastern Calhoun County on the east side of Lavaca Bay. Texas State Highway 35 passes through the community, leading southwest across the bay 7 miles (11 km) to Port Lavaca, the Calhoun County seat, and east 23 miles (37 km) to Palacios.
Point Comfort, Texas 2,330 (idled 2016, closed 2020) 100% Alcoa World Alumina & Chemicals [3] Venezuela Bauxilum 2,000 Corporacion Venezolana de Guayana [21] Venezuela Venalum 0 Corporacion Venezolana de Guayana Vietnam Lam Dong Project 0
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The Point Comfort and Northern Railway (reporting mark PCN) is a Class III railroad operating in the U.S. state of Texas.The railroad operates over 14 miles (23 km) [1] of track between Point Comfort, Texas, (at the Port of Port Lavaca - Point Comfort) and Lolita, Texas, where the railroad transfers cars with Union Pacific.
1947 Alcoa opens a plant at Point Comfort. [18] 1952 Union Carbide opens a plant near Seadrift. [3] ... Calhoun County, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition
A Texas plastics company has agreed to pay nearly $3 million in civil penalties for violating the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Formosa Plastics Corp. also agreed to ...
The Port of Port Lavaca – Point Comfort, or simply the Port of Port Lavaca, is a seaport along the shores of Matagorda Bay, Texas (United States). It includes terminals at both Port Lavaca and Point Comfort, Texas .