The lawsuit seeks $1 million in damages, claiming the three-day blaze at Shell’s Deer Park facility caused air and water pollution that violated state law.
An explosion at a Shell USA Inc. facility on May 5 in Deer Park. The state of Texas sued the company last week, claiming that it caused air and water pollution in violation of state law., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
A Shell spokesperson said the company is aware of the lawsuit and doesn’t comment on pending or ongoing litigation. The lawsuit states that when the facility caught fire it began “unlawfully emitting mass quantities of air contaminants into the environment” and that “vast quantities of water” used to extinguish the fire resulted in at least 68.7 million gallons of wastewater “unlawfully discharged into the Houston Ship Channel.” The water discharges went on for more than 20 days, according to the lawsuit.
"Ever since the fire occurred at Shell Chemical LP’s Deer Park plant in May, our company has committed to working cooperatively and proactively with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and other regulatory agencies to resolve any concerns they may have," Walsh said. On May 8, a day after the fire was finally extinguished, Shell released a statement that said no harmful levels of chemicals had been detected in neighboring communities.a recent report
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