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The Brio Superfund site is a former industrial location in Harris County, Texas, at the intersection of Beamer Road and Dixie Farm Road, about 16 miles (26 km) southeast of downtown Houston and adjacent to the Dixie Oil Processors Superfund site. It is a federal Superfund site, although it was deleted from the National Priorities List in ...
To increase the volume of creosote available for wood treatment, Southern Pacific used creosote extenders in the site's treatment process. [18] Concerns arose when it was revealed [17] that some of these extenders were sourced from what are now Houston-area Superfund sites––including Brio Refining, Dixie Oil Processors, and Motco––bringing the extender's safety and toxicity into ...
Because of this 677 homes and Arlyne S. Weber Elementary [1] were demolished and the site became the Brio Superfund site. In the 2000s the area began to flourish again as many new homes and businesses were built in the area including the Clear Brook Landing subdivision which was built near the Superfund Site and a new Weber Elementary which is ...
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]
Pages in category "Superfund sites in Texas" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Brio Superfund site; L. Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant;
A map of Superfund sites as of October 2013. Red indicates currently on final National Priority List, yellow is proposed, green is deleted (usually meaning having been cleaned up). Superfund sites are polluted locations in the United States requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. Sites include landfills ...
The novel's plot involves a superfund site that is based on the real Brio Superfund site in the South Belt area, [3] located in an unincorporated area in Harris County. [4] The author, who lived in Brooklyn in 2014, originated from and was raised in Friendswood.
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