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   <p>(HOUSTON, August 28, 2017) As Houston’s sweeping petrochemical industry shuts down because of tropical storm Harvey, it is releasing more than 2 million pounds of harmful pollution into the air, according to its <a href="http://www2.tceq.texas.gov/oce/eer/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.dispatchSearch&amp;startmonth=8&amp;startday=23&amp;startyear=2017&amp;endmonth=8&amp;endday=28&amp;endyear=2017&amp;county=&amp;ctyorreg=region&amp;region=12&amp;doit=Submit">initial reports</a> to Texas regulators.</p>
<p>The shutdowns include the Houston-area refineries of Exxon Mobil, Petrobras and Shell, as well as Chevron Phillips’ Cedar Bayou petrochemical complex.</p>
<p>While these shutdowns may be necessary, they can produce significant amounts of air pollution. Chevron Phillips, for example, <a href="http://www2.tceq.texas.gov/oce/eer/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.getDetails&amp;target=266261" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=http://www2.tceq.texas.gov/oce/eer/index.cfm?fuseaction%3Dmain.getDetails%26target%3D266261&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1504033631461000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFuAV-ONXCOHt-TCXOnzzmglqg0SQ">told the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality</a> that it expects to exceed permitted limits for several hazardous pollutants, such as 1,3-butadiene, benzene and ethylene, during shutdown procedures.</p>
<p>At the same time, TCEQ has shut down all of its air quality monitors in the Houston area to avoid water and wind damage related to the storm.</p>
<p>“Air pollution is one of the unseen dangers of the storm,” said Dr. Elena Craft, senior health scientist at Environmental Defense Fund. “Poor air quality puts the most vulnerable among us, like children and seniors, at risk for asthma, heart attacks, strokes and other health problems.”  </p>
<p>The amount of projected Harvey-related air pollution is roughly 39% of the unauthorized emissions in the Houston area during industrial malfunctions or maintenance for all of 2016, according to <a href="https://www.environmentalintegrity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Breakdowns-in-Enforcement-Report.pdf" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=https://www.environmentalintegrity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Breakdowns-in-Enforcement-Report.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1504033631461000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFTQUT0QXOBijifKQXk3Al79q_CRw">a recent report</a> by the Environmental Integrity Project and Environment Texas.</p>
<p>When a refinery or chemical plant stops in preparation for a storm, there can be an increase in emissions because pollution-control devices require stable, higher temperatures to operate properly. These emissions, often illegal, can be exacerbated by poor design and training, old equipment and waiting until the last minute to begin the shutdown.  </p>
<p>“Refineries and chemical plants need to be shut down during natural disasters, but they don’t have to pollute and break the law when doing so,” said Luke Metzger, director of Environment Texas. “Industry needs to modernize their facilities and take better care to not make a bad situation worse with their health threatening pollution.”</p>
<p><em><strong>Facility       Pounds of pollution</strong></em></p>
<p>BLUE CUBE OPERATIONS FREEPORT 157<br />
SHELL OIL DEER PARK 300<br />
ENTERPRISE MONT BELVIEU COMPLEX 6,826<br />
DOW TEXAS OPERATIONS FREEPORT 52,247<br />
EXXON MOBIL BAYTOWN REFINERY 12,604<br />
ENTERPRISE MONT BELVIEU COMPLEX 5,000<br />
SWEENY REFINERY 919<br />
EQUISTAR CHEMICALS LA PORTE COMPLEX 152<br />
PASADENA PRODUCT TERMINAL 15<br />
SHELL OIL DEER PARK 213<br />
CELANESE CLEAR LAKE PLANT 380<br />
PASADENA TERMINAL 394,000<br />
VALERO PARTNERS HOUSTON 3,357<br />
PASADENA PRODUCT TERMINAL 16<br />
EXXON MOBIL BAYTOWN REFINERY 371,198<br />
EXXON MOBIL CHEMICAL BAYTOWN<br />
OLEFINS PLANT 28,098<br />
HOUSTON PLANT 5,953<br />
CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL CEDAR<br />
BAYOU PLANT 243<br />
CHOCOLATE BAYOU PLANT 152,700<br />
CELANESE CLEAR LAKE PLANT 1715<br />
PASADENA REFINING SYSTEM 720<br />
CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL<br />
CEDAR BAYOU PLANT 766,829<br />
PASADENA PLASTICS COMPLEX 9641<br />
CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL SWEENY<br />
OLD OCEAN FACILITIES 222,726<br />
EQUISTAR CHEMICALS LA PORTE COMPLEX 429<br />
CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL SWEENY<br />
OLD OCEAN FACILITIES 11,789</p>
 
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