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A spokesperson who declined to speak on the record said the lab "is too big and is more space than EPA needs," and insisted the staffing level would remain the same wherever the new lab is located. But nothing has yet been set.</div><div class="ad ad--epic ad--mobile" data-ad-text="show"><div data-ad-id="ad_rect_atf_02" data-ad-position="mobile" data-ad-refresh="default"><div id="ad_rect_atf_02" class="ad-ad_rect_atf_02 ad-refresh-default"></div></div></div><div class="ad ad--epic ad--tablet" data-ad-text="show"><div data-ad-id="ad_rect_atf_02" data-ad-position="tablet" data-ad-refresh="default"></div></div><div class="ad ad--epic ad--desktop" data-ad-text="show"><div data-ad-id="ad_rect_atf_02" data-ad-position="desktop" data-ad-refresh="default"></div></div><ul class="cn cn-list-hierarchical-xs cn--idx-6 cn-zoneAdContainer" data-layout="list-hierarchical-xs"></ul><div class="zn-body__paragraph">The <a href="http://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Houston-EPA-lab-set-to-close-12195927.php" target="_blank">San Antonio Express-News</a> reported on the planned closure this week.</div><div class="zn-body__read-more"><div class="read-more-gradient"></div><div class="read-more-button"><div class="read-more-link" id="js-body-read-more">Read More</div></div></div><div class="zn-body__read-all"><div class="zn-body__paragraph">Coastal Texas has the highest concentration of oil refineries and chemical plants in the United States. After many sites were flooded, the EPA lab in Houston took air, soil and water samples to test for dangerous contaminants and the lab continues to do so. </div><div class="zn-body__paragraph">After <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/31/news/arkema-hurricane-harvey-chemical/index.html">explosions</a> at the Arkema chemical plant in Crosby, Texas, Steib said it was scientists at the lab who sampled the air and water. The union says shuttering the EPA Region 6 lab will impede the agency's future ability to respond to man-made and natural disasters in Texas and surrounding areas."</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph">"The scientists in this lab test the quality of the environment in the region," Steib said. "They will be a part of determining when it is safe for storm victims to return to the area, especially neighborhoods near toxic chemical plants and contaminated Superfund sites."</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph">Aside from Texas, the lab covers New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana but primarily serves the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast because of the high concentration of petrochemical facilities.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph">Steib said managers explained the news about the building closing  to the employees by saying they had exhausted their search for another suitable site and found no alternative options. </div><div class="zn-body__paragraph">But because the employees were not told what the alternative plan was and "EPA didn't mention the lab would be relocated," Steib said there was no other conclusion to draw other than their jobs were in jeopardy and the lab would fold.</div><div class="el__embedded el__embedded--standard"><div class="el__storyelement--standard el__article--embed"><div class="el__article--teaseimage"><a href="/2017/09/07/politics/scott-pruitt-hurricanes-climate-change-interview/index.html" ><img class="media__image media__image--responsive" alt="EPA chief on Irma: The time to talk climate change isn&amp;#39;t now" data-src-mini="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170509115137-epa-pruitt-small-169.jpg" data-src-xsmall="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170509115137-epa-pruitt-medium-plus-169.jpg" data-src-small="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170509115137-epa-pruitt-large-169.jpg" data-src-medium="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170509115137-epa-pruitt-exlarge-169.jpg" data-src-large="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170509115137-epa-pruitt-super-169.jpg" data-src-full16x9="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170509115137-epa-pruitt-full-169.jpg" data-src-mini1x1="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170509115137-epa-pruitt-small-11.jpg"  data-demand-load="not-loaded" data-eq-pts="mini: 0,  xsmall: 221,  small: 308,  medium: 461,  large:  781" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhEAAJAJEAAAAAAP///////wAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAQAAkAAAIKlI+py+0Po5yUFQA7"><div class="img__preloader"></div><noscript><img alt="EPA chief on Irma: The time to talk climate change isn&amp;#39;t now" class="media__image" src="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170509115137-epa-pruitt-large-169.jpg"></noscript></a></div><div class="media__caption el__storyelement__title"><span class="el__storyelement__header"><a href="/2017/09/07/politics/scott-pruitt-hurricanes-climate-change-interview/index.html">EPA chief on Irma: The time to talk climate change isn&#39;t now</a></span></div></div></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph">As the deadline approaches for the lab's lease to expire in 2020, "the folks in the Houston lab are in limbo; they're waiting for the shoe to drop. It's like being on death row," Steib said. He added that EPA management in Dallas said the directive from headquarters was to reduce leasing properties across the entire agency.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph">EPA spokesman David Gray said the agency's "only action that we have announced is that we are not renewing our current leased laboratory space in Houston. We are approaching the renewal deadline for our existing lease and needed to make that information public. </div><div class="zn-body__paragraph">"We are looking at alternatives that will continue to provide the analytical services to support our mission-critical work in the Dallas office," he added.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph">Steib rejected that response. </div><div class="zn-body__paragraph">"That's not what they told EPA employees. I have 50 witnesses. 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