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                border-left: 1px solid black;
                padding-left: 5px;
                text-transform: uppercase;
                color: #e20000;
            }


            .main-container span#loading span {
                position: absolute;
                top: 0;
                left: 0;
                width: 100%;
                height: 100%;
            }
            .main-container span#loading span.trans-50 {
                filter: alpha(opacity=50);
                -moz-opacity:0.5;
                -khtml-opacity: 0.5;
                opacity: 0.5;
                background-color: white;
            }
            .main-container span#loading > span + span {
                background: url("/img/modal_spin_black.gif") no-repeat center center transparent;
            }
            @media only screen and (max-width: 340px) {
                .main-container {
                    padding: 35px 5px 5px;
                }
                .main-container #login input[type=text],
                .main-container #login input[type=password] {
                    width: 273px;
                    margin: 0 0 10px;
                }
                .main-container #login div {
                    margin: 0;
                }
                .main-container #login div label {
                    float: none;
                }
                .main-container #login div button {
                    display: block;
                    margin: 10px auto 5px;
                }
                .main-container #login div a {
                    display: block;
                    margin: 0 auto;
                    width: 190px;
                }
                .main-container #captch input {
                    width: 201px;
                }
            }
        </style>
        <div class="main-container" id='login-modal'>
            <p class="error" id="login-error"></p>
            <form id="login" method="POST">
                <input type="text" id="email" name="email" placeholder="Email"/>
                <input type="password" id="password" name="password" placeholder="Password"/>
                <input type="hidden" id="cid" name="cid" value="hou"/>
                <div class="remember-forgot">
                    <div class="rem"><label for="rememberMe"><input type="checkbox" checked id="rememberMe" name="rememberMe"/> Remember Me</div>
                    <button type="submit">SIGN IN &rsaquo;</button><br/>
                    <a href="javascript:;" id="forgot" tabindex="4" class="city-color">Forgot Password?</a>
                </div>

            </form>

            <div id="social">
                <p>Or sign in with a social account:</p>
                <span data-omni-action="facebook|sid[8|23|]|slider[1]|anon[0]" class="facebook">FACEBOOK</span>
                <span data-omni-action="google|sid[8|23|]|slider[1]|anon[0]" class="google">GOOGLE +</span>
                <span data-omni-action="twitter|sid[8|23|]|slider[1]|anon[0]" class="twitter">TWITTER</span>
                <span data-omni-action="yahoo|sid[8|23|]|slider[1]|anon[0]" class="yahoo">YAHOO!</span>
            </div>
            <div class="line"> </div>
            <div class="footer">
                <p>
                    Don't have an account yet?
                    <span class="mvn-join-button">Sign Up &rsaquo;</span>
                </p>
                            </div>
        </div>
        <script type="text/javascript">
            $(function(){
                $('#login').on('submit', function(e){
                    $('#login-error').hide();
                    e.preventDefault();
                    var formData = $('#login').serialize();
                    MVN.sso.authUser(formData, function(resp){
                        $.ajax({
                            url: '/profile/authUser',
                            method: 'post',
                            data: formData,
                            success: function(){
                                window.MVN.user = resp.user;
                                location.reload();
                                $.modal.close();
                            }
                        });

                    }, function(e){
                        $('#login-error').html(e.message.error).show();
                    });
                });
                $('#forgot').click(function(){
                    $.ajax({
                        url: '/profile/ajaxForgot',
                        method: 'get'
                    }).done(function(d){
                        $('#login-modal').html(d);
                    })
                })
            });
            function social(network){
                if(ssoWindow)
                    ssoWindow.close();
                var winArr = ['status=0', 'toolbar=0', 'location=0', 'menubar=0', 'resizable=0', 'scrollbars=1'],
                    winW, winH;
                switch(network){
                    case 'yahoo':
                        winW = 500;
                        winH = 525
                        break;
                    case 'google':
                        winW = 875;
                        winH = 500;
                        break;
                    case 'twitter':
                        winW = 620;
                        winH = 675;
                        break;
                    case 'facebook':
                        winW = 640;
                        winH = 350;
                        break;
                    default:
                        return;
                }
                winArr.push('width='+winW, 'height='+winH);
                ssoWindow = window.open('/done.html', 'mvnSsoWin', winArr);
                ssoWindow.blur();
                if(navigator.userAgent.match(/iPad/i) != null){
                    window.parent.focus();
                }
            }
            if (typeof document.createElement("input").placeholder === 'undefined') {
                $(document.body).on('focus', 'input[placeholder]', function () {
                    if (this.value == $(this).attr('placeholder')) {
                        this.value = '';
                    }
                    $(this).removeClass('placeholder');
                }).on('blur', 'input[placeholder]', function () {
                    if (this.value == '') {
                        this.value = $(this).attr('placeholder');
                        $(this).addClass('placeholder');
                    } else {
                        $(this).removeClass('placeholder');
                    }
                });
                $('input[placeholder]').blur();
            }

            $('[data-omni-action]').on('click', function(){
                var call = $(this).data('omni-action');
                var action = call.split('|').slice(0,1).toString();
                switch(action){
                    case 'facebook':
                    case 'twitter':
                    case 'yahoo':
                    case 'google':
                        MVN_Server.client.action(call);
                        social(action);
                        break;
                    case 'anon':
                        MVN_Server.client.handleResponse({'status':'success', 'anon':true});
                        break;
                    default:
                        MVN_Server.client.action(call);
                        break;
                }
            });
            // updateModal();
        </script>        <style type="text/css">
            .simplemodal-container {
                max-width: 400px !important;
            }

            .simplemodal-wrap a {
                text-decoration: none;
                color: black;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap .omni-icon-close {
                position: absolute;
                top: 10px;
                right: 12px;
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            .simplemodal-wrap h1 {
                font-size: 22px;
                line-height: 22px;
                text-transform: uppercase;
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            .simplemodal-wrap p.error {
                color: #e40001;
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                padding: 3px 5px;
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                font-weight: bold;
                font-size: 12px;
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            .simplemodal-wrap p.error:before {
                content: "\00D7";
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                padding: 35px 5px 5px;
                text-align: center;
                font: 12px/15px Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;
                overflow: hidden;
                background: #fff;
                margin: 0;
                border: 5px solid #000;
                display: none;
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            .simplemodal-wrap .intro a {
                text-transform: uppercase;
                color: #e20000;
                font-weight: bold;
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                width: 400px;
                margin: 10px auto;
                font-size: 14px;
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            .simplemodal-wrap .intro img {
                height: 147px;
                width: 263px;
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            .simplemodal-wrap .line {
                border-top: 2px solid #9e9e9e;
                margin: 10px auto;
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            .simplemodal-wrap #join {
                width: 350px;
                margin: 0 auto;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap #join > input[type=text] {
                border: 1px solid #333;
                color: #888;
                margin-bottom: 10px;
                padding: 7px;
                width: 305px;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap #join button {
                background-color: #e20000;
                border: none;
                color: white;
                cursor: pointer;
                display: inline-block;
                font-size: 16px;
                font-weight: bold;
                margin-left: 20px;
                padding: 5px 10px;
                text-align: left;
                width: 180px;
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            .simplemodal-wrap #join > a {
                display: inline-block;
                width: 80px
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            .simplemodal-wrap #social {
                width: 300px;
                margin: 20px auto 10px;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap #social span {
                display: inline-block;
                width: 130px;
                font-size: 16px;
                line-height: 22px;
                margin: 8px;
                text-transform: uppercase;
                cursor: pointer;
                font-weight: bold;
                color: white;
            }

            .simplemodal-wrap #social span.facebook {
                background-color: #465da0;

            }
            .simplemodal-wrap #social span.google {
                background-color: #d64737;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap #social span.twitter {
                background-color: #00abf0;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap #social span.yahoo {
                background-color: #8b1c9c;
            }

            .simplemodal-wrap #captcha {
                display: none;
                margin: 0 auto 10px;
                width: 305px;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap #captcha p {
                margin: 0;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap #captcha #recaptcha_widget{
                background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FFFFFF;
                color: #000;
                padding: 3px 3px 0;
                margin-bottom: 10px;
                height: 95px;
                display: block;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap #captcha table{
                border-collapse: collapse;
                margin: 0 auto;
                padding: 0;

            }
            .simplemodal-wrap #captcha td{
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                margin-top: 2px;
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            .simplemodal-wrap #captcha p {
                font-size: 12px;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap #captcha input {
                height: 19px;
                width: 218px;
                margin: 0 2px;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap p.social {
                font-weight: bold;
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            .simplemodal-wrap .footer p {
                font-size: 14px;
                line-height: 18px;
            }

            .simplemodal-wrap .footer p span {
                text-transform: uppercase;
                cursor: pointer;
                font-weight: bold;
                border-left: 1px solid black;
                padding-left: 5px;
                color: #e20000;
            }
            .simplemodal-wrap span#loading span {
                position: absolute;
                top: 0;
                left: 0;
                width: 100%;
                height: 100%;
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            .simplemodal-wrap span#loading span.trans-50 {
                filter: alpha(opacity=50);
                -moz-opacity:0.5;
                -khtml-opacity: 0.5;
                opacity: 0.5;
                background-color: white;
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            .simplemodal-wrap span#loading > span + span {
                background: url("@AssetServerPrefix@/img/modal_spin_black.gif") no-repeat center center transparent;
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            @media only screen and (max-width: 340px) {
                .simplemodal-wrap {
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                }
                .simplemodal-wrap .main-container {
                    padding: 35px 5px 5px;
                }
                .simplemodal-wrap .intro img {
                    display: none;
                }
                .simplemodal-wrap #join > input[type=text] {
                    width: 273px;
                }
                .simplemodal-wrap #captcha input {
                    width: 201px;
                }
                .simplemodal-wrap #join {
                    width: auto;
                    margin: 0;
                }
                .simplemodal-wrap .intro p {
                    width: 300px;
                }
            }

        </style>
        <div class="main-container" id='join-modal'>
        <span class="omni-icon-close"></span>
        <div id="join-step1">
            <div class="intro">
                <h1>Connect. Discover. Share.</h1>
                                <img title="Connect. Discover. Share." src="/img/mvn/1.jpg"/>
                                <p>
                    Get the most out of your experience with a personalized all-access pass to everything local on events, music, restaurants, news and more.
                </p>
            </div>
            <div class="line"></div>
            <p class="social">Enter your email or sign up with a social account to get started</p>
            <div id="social">
                <span data-omni-action="facebook|sid[8|23|]|slider[1]|anon[0]" class="facebook">FACEBOOK</span>
                <span data-omni-action="twitter|sid[8|23|]|slider[1]|anon[0]" class="twitter">TWITTER</span>
                <span data-omni-action="google|sid[8|23|]|slider[1]|anon[0]" class="google">GOOGLE+</span>
                <span data-omni-action="yahoo|sid[8|23|]|slider[1]|anon[0]" class="yahoo">YAHOO!</span>
            </div>
            <div class="login">
                <p class="error" id="join-error"></p>
                <form id="join" method="post">
                    <input type="text" placeholder="Enter Your Email" id="join-email" name="email">
                    <input type="hidden" value="hou" name="cid"/>
                    <input type="hidden" value="8|23|" name="sid"/>
                    <div id="captcha">
                        <div id="join-recaptcha" data-key="6LcMCwgTAAAAAM86pPA6G1eIFDlL7iaeT3Y81A0Q"></div>
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                    <a href="/about/privacyPolicy/" target="_top">Privacy Policy</a>
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                </form>
            </div>
            <div class="footer">
                <p>Already registered? <span class="mvn-login-button">Login &rsaquo;</span></p>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div id="join-step2">
        <style type="text/css">
    #demo {
        font: 12px/15px Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
        overflow: hidden;
        background: transparent;
        max-width: 400px;
    }
    #demo a {
        cursor: pointer;
        color: #e40001;
        text-decoration: none;
    }
    #demo a:hover {
        text-decoration: underline;
    }
    #demo p {
        margin: 10px 0 0;
    }
    #demo p.error {
        color: red;
        background-color: #D6D6D6;
        padding: 3px 5px;
        clear: both;
        font-weight: bold;
        font-size: 12px;
        text-align: left;
    }
    #demo p.error:before {
        content: "\00D7";
        padding: 0 10px 0 5px;
    }
    #modal-demofields {
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
        display: inline-block;
    }
    #modal-demofields > ul {
        text-align: right;
        list-style-type: none;
        margin: auto 5px;
        padding: 0;
        display: block;
    }
    #modal-demofields > ul > li {
        float: left;
        padding-top: 10px;
        display: list-item;
    }
    #modal-demofields > ul > li label{
        clear: left;
        display: block;
        float: left;
        margin-right: 15px;
        padding-top: 5px;
        text-align: right;
        font: normal 14px/15px avalonWeb, sans-serif;
    }
    #modal-demofields > ul > li label > span{
        font-size: 16px;
        font-weight: bold;
        margin-right: 2px;
    }
    #modal-demofields > ul > li input[type=text],
    #modal-demofields > ul > li input[type=password]{
        clear: right;
        margin-bottom: 15px;
        width: calc(100% - 100px);
        border: 1px solid #444444;
        padding: 5px;
    }
    #modal-demofields > ul > li input[type=text].half {
        width: calc(50% - 52px);
    }
    #modal-demofields > ul > li input[type=image]{
        height: 24px;
    }
    #demo span#loading span {
        position: absolute;
        top: 0;
        left: 0;
        width: 100%;
        height: 100%;
    }
    #demo span#loading span.trans-50 {
        filter: alpha(opacity=50);
        -moz-opacity:0.5;
        -khtml-opacity: 0.5;
        opacity: 0.5;
        background-color: white;
    }
    #demo span#loading > span + span {
        background: url("/img/modal_spin_black.gif") no-repeat center center transparent;
    }
    #demo button {
        font: normal 14px/15px avalonWeb, sans-serif;
        display: block;
        width: 180px;
        background-color: #666;
        margin: 8px auto;
        color: white;
        border: none;
        cursor: pointer;
        text-align: center;
    }
    #modal-demoError{
        display:none;
    }
</style>
<div id="demo">
<form id="modal-demofields" method="post">
    <ul>
        <li>
            <div id="modal-demoError"></div>
            <label>*Email</label>
            <input type="text" id="modal-demofields-email" name="email" readonly="readonly" value="" disabled="disabled"/><br/>
            <input type="hidden" name="uid" id="modal-demofields-uid"/>
            <label for="username">*Username</label>
            <input type="text" id="modal-demofields-username" name="username" value="" maxlength="20"/><br/>
            <label for="password">*Password</label>
            <input type="password" id="modal-demofields-password" name="password" maxlength="64"/><br/>
            <label for="name">Name</label>
            <input type="text" id="modal-demofields-fname" name="f_name" placeholder="first name" value="" maxlength="45" class="half"/>
            <input type="text" id="modal-demofields-lname" name="l_name" placeholder="last name" value="" maxlength="45" class="half"/><br/>
            <label for="zipcode">*Zipcode</label>
            <input type="text" id="modal-demofields-zipcode" name="zipcode" value="" maxlength="5"/>
            <button type="submit">DONE</button>
        </li>
    </ul>
</form>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
	$(function(){
		window.MVN.queue(function(){
			if (typeof window.MVN.user !== 'undefined'){
				$.ajax({
					url: '/profile/ajaxRequestFullUser',
					data: {uid: window.MVN.user.id},
					method: 'POST',
					success: function(r){
						var user = r.data;
						$('#modal-demofields-uid').val(user.User.id);
						$('#modal-demofields-email').val(user.User.email);
						$('#modal-demofields-username').val(user.User.username);
						$('#modal-demofields-fname').val(user.UserDemographic.f_name);
						$('#modal-demofields-lname').val(user.UserDemographic.l_name);
						$('#modal-demofields-zipcode').val(user.UserDemographic.zipcode);
					}
				});
			}
			$('#modal-demofields').submit(function(e){
				e.preventDefault();
                $('#modal-demofields-email').attr('disabled', false);
				var formfields = $('#modal-demofields').serialize();
				MVN.sso.settings(formfields, function(r){
                    $.ajax({
                        url: '/profile/regSailThru',
                        data: formfields,
                        method: 'post'
                    }).success(function(e){
                        $('#modal-demoError').text('Registration is complete!').show();
                        $.modal.close();
                        window.location = "http://"+window.location.hostname+"/profile";
                    })
				}, function(r){
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				})
			})
		})
	});
</script>        </div>
        </div>
        <script type="text/javascript">
            $(function(){
                VMG.captchaQueue.queue(function(){
                    grecaptcha.render('join-recaptcha',{
                        'sitekey' : $('#join-recaptcha').data('key')
                    })
                })
                $('#join-modal').on('click', '.omni-icon-close', function(){
                    $.modal.close();
                })
                $('#join-modal').on('focus', '#join-email',function(){
                    $('#captcha').show();
                });
                $('#join').submit(function(e){
                    $('#join-error').hide();
                    e.preventDefault();
                    var formData = $('#join').serialize();
                    MVN.sso.authUser(formData, function(r){
                        $.ajax({
                            url: '/profile/authUser',
                            method: 'post',
                            data: formData
                        });
                        $('#join-step1').toggle();
                        $('#join-step2').toggle();
                        $('.omni-icon-close').toggle();
                        window.MVN.user = r.user;
                        $('#modal-demofields-uid').val(r.user.id);
                        $('#modal-demofields-email').val(r.user.email);
                        $('#modal-demofields-username').val(r.user.username);
                        // location.reload();
                        // $.modal.close();
                    }, function(r){
                        $('#join-error').html(r.message.error).show();
                    });
                });
            })
        </script>

<script type="text/javascript">
	$(function(){
		$(".mvn-login-button").click(function(){
			$.modal.close();
			$("#login-modal").modal({focus: false});
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		$(".mvn-join-button").click(function(){
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			$("#join-modal").modal({focus: false});
		});
	});
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    <h1>EPA Approves Plan for Post-Harvey Repairs to San Jacinto Waste Pits</h1>
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    <div class="story-body"><!-- /.img-box --><div class="ads middle placeholder" data-vmg-ad="Middle" data-vmg-format="lazy"></div><p>After spending a lot of time<a href="/news/are-san-jacinto-waste-pits-secure-after-harvey-9755032" target="_blank"> dodging the question</a> of whether or not the San Jacinto Waste Pits were damaged during Hurricane Harvey, officials with the federal Environmental Protection Agency acknowledged that the pits had indeed been damaged<a href="/news/epa-confirms-san-jacinto-waste-pits-started-leaking-during-hurricane-harvey-9841680" target="_blank"> earlier this month</a>. Now, they've admitted the extent of the damage, and it was fairly impressive even for the standards of this flood prone site. </p><p>During a meeting between EPA Administrator <a href="/news/epa-head-scott-pruitt-promises-decision-on-san-jacinto-waste-pits-by-ut-ou-game-9802625" target="_blank">Scott Pruitt</a>, EPA Region Six personnel and stakeholders for the San Jacinto Waste Pits, a federal Superfund site, the EPA finally laid out&nbsp;findings of severe erosion to the site since Harvey. In total, more than 6,700 square feet of the temporary cap and site was damaged. </p><div class="city-color-border related rel-stories"><h2 class="city-color">Related Stories</h2><ul><li><h3><a href="/news/epa-opts-to-remove-dioxin-filled-san-jacinto-waste-pits-9868203">Following Obama-Era Guidance, EPA Orders San Jacinto Waste Pits Removed</a></h3></li><li><h3><a href="/news/epa-due-to-soon-announce-whether-san-jacinto-waste-pits-to-be-removed-or-capped-9852269">EPA Soon to Announce Whether the San Jacinto Waste Pits Will Be Removed</a></h3></li><li><h3><a href="/news/dozens-rally-for-daca-in-houston-9852287">After DACA Deadline Passes, Dreamers Storm Houston Congressman's Office</a></h3></li></ul></div><!-- /.rel-stories --><div class='mobile-fold ex-fold'><p>The river channel on the eastern side of the pits experienced erosion across 1.5 acres, up to 12 feet deep. Repairs have been made to the cap and recent data does not indicate the cap is currently leaking. However, up to 20,000 square feet of adjacent river bottom has eroded, according to an EPA release. </p><div id="ym_927391772937231496" class="ads centered yieldmo ym" data-vmg-ad="Yieldmo" data-yieldmo-id="927391772937231496"></div><p>This comes hot on the heels of the decision last week <a href="/news/epa-opts-to-remove-dioxin-filled-san-jacinto-waste-pits-9868203" target="_blank">to remove the waste pits</a> from the lip of the San Jacinto River. </p><p>The waste pits were created in the 1960s as a storage site for the toxic sludge from nearby paper mills. After the site was packed full of dioxin, a known carcinogen, and other toxic substances, the whole site <a href="/news/the-san-jacinto-river-waste-pit-superfund-site-was-abandoned-according-to-plan-8585885" target="_blank">was abandoned and forgotten </a>for years until the increasing dioxin levels in the San Jacinto River were ultimately traced back to the waste pits in the early 2000s. (The waste pits had started out lodged on the edge of the river but had ended up partially submerged over the years due to erosion and shifts in the river itself.)</p><p>After years of contention, waiting and then<a href="/news/epa-due-to-soon-announce-whether-san-jacinto-waste-pits-to-be-removed-or-capped-9852269" target="_blank"> contentious waiting</a> (local environmentalists and many of those living in the area have long wanted the waste pits gone while company officials that will have to pay for the cleanup and local industry types pushed to simply cap the pits permanently), the EPA finally announced its plan to have the companies on the hook for cleaning up the Superfund site remove the waste pits entirely, a project expected to cost about $115 million. </p><span class="inline-video" data-vmg-ad="Teads" data-vmg-track="2nd ad"></span><script type="text/javascript">
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</script><p>It's a good thing the EPA is stepping up on this, because otherwise the news about how the San Jacinto Waste Pits actually fared during Harvey would be even more troubling. </p><p>The EPA is downplaying the damage like a teenager who just got in a fender bender with her father's car, but the erosion from the storm alone means the site has to be stabilized. The project will include placing&nbsp;a geotextile fabric layer covered with at least three feet of rock with a median diameter of eight inches and will take about three weeks to complete, weather and tide permitting. </p><p>Meanwhile, we know that the area around the waste pits saw spiking levels of dioxin after the hurricane and flooding rolled through. (Samples showed 70,000 parts per trillion of dioxin in areas near the pit. The EPA recommends a cleanup for anything above 30 parts per trillion). </p>
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