Texas Reaches $12.6M Settlement Related to 2019 Port Neches Chemical Explosion November 25, 2024 By Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune Texas reached a $12.6 million settlement with TPC Group over environmental violations related to the November 2019 explosions at the...
Smoke Plume Over Houston Fades After TPC Restores Power August 26, 2024 By Antonia Mufarech and Lucia Kassai Texas chemical producer TPC Group Inc. has restored normal operations at its facility that spewed thick, black smoke into the...
Officials Release Report on 2019 Explosions at Port Neches Chemical Plant December 20, 2022 The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) released its final investigation report on the November 27, 2019, explosions...
Texas Sues TPC Group, Owner of Port Neches Chemical Plant That Exploded February 25, 2020 By Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued TPC Group over environmental violations associated with the Nov. 27 explosion at the...
Texas City Again Issues Voluntary Evacuation Order over Chemical Plant Blast December 6, 2019 Concerns over air quality have prompted a voluntary evacuation order that was in effect on Dec. 5 for a Texas...
Texas Chemical Plant Shut by Explosions, Fire to Be Rebuilt, Company Says December 5, 2019 Petrochemical maker TPC Group Inc will rebuild the Texas plant shut last week by devastating explosions that ignited fires that...
County Official: No Plans to Sue over Texas Chemical Plant Fire December 4, 2019 The top official of an east Texas county that evacuated 60,000 residents last week after a petrochemical plant exploded and...
Texas Plant Rocked by Explosions Was Declared High Priority Violator by EPA December 3, 2019 By Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune The Port Neches, Texas, chemical plant where two explosions and a fire prompted widespread mandatory evacuations on Nov. 27 has...
Texas Chemical Plant Fire Brought Under Control November 29, 2019 By Paul Weber AUSTIN, Texas , NOV. 29 —Officials lifted evacuation orders Friday for around 50,000 people on the Texas Gulf Coast, determining...