Sunday, June 10, 2018

Valero Illegally Releasing Hydrogen Cyanide in Houston Neighborhood

Valero Illegally Releasing Hydrogen Cyanide in Houston Neighborhood

On Monday, community members from Houston’s east end neighborhood, Manchester, learned Valero has been releasing hydrogen cyanide without a permit.
Valero has been releasing hydrogen cyanide since they installed the Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit; Earthjustice lawyers are currently not sure when that was. Now Valero seeks a permit from Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to allow this toxin to pollute the air ten times the amount it’s currently being released.
Despite releasing this toxin without a permit or with notice, the TCEQ has not expressed interest in penalizing the company. As a matter of fact, they have preliminarily approved the permit.
When Valero published the Notice of Receipt of Application and Intent to Obtain Air Permit (NORI) in February 2014, hydrogen cyanide was not included listing only organic compounds, carbon monoxide, among other contaminants.

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