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This is a list of Superfund sites in Texas designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
The 58-acre Brio Refinery site was home to several chemical companies between 1957 and 1982, when the owner, Brio Refinery Inc. declared bankruptcy and ceased operations. During that period, the site had been used for copper recovery and petroleum re-refining , typically the processing of tar , sludge , and other residue from oil tanks and ...
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LyondellBasell Tower (formerly One Houston Center) houses the Houston corporate offices of LyondellBasell.. LyondellBasell Industries N.V. is an American multinational chemical company incorporated in the Netherlands with U.S. operations headquartered in Houston, Texas, and offices in London, UK.
(The Center Square) – Texas has filed a lawsuit against several large chemical companies alleging they manufacture toxic forever chemicals used in products marketed as safe for families. Texas ...
When Gulf Oil decided to build a new chemicals plant in 1962, the company made the announcement at a Baytown Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Some 230 people attended a lunch on March 13, 1962 to hear Gulf Oil vice president Dr. Alexander Lewis Jr. discuss his company's plans for the 1,000 acres of prairieland just east of the town's center.
HOUSTON (Reuters) -A fire at a rural chemical distribution plant northeast of Houston was extinguished by 4 p.m. CDT (2200 GMT), a county emergency services department said on Wednesday. For much ...
HOUSTON (Reuters) -Two people were killed in a chemical release at Pemex's 312,500-barrel-per-day (bpd) Deer Park oil refinery in Texas, the county sheriff said. Up to 35 people at the refinery ...