According to the 008 Outfall Response article published on May 12, 2023, the response to the incident at the Deer Park Chemicals facility continues and is being managed by the Unified Command consisting of EPA, TCEQ and Shell.
We continue to conduct water sampling. Samples collected on May 11th and on May 12th are within the permitted levels and no water is being discharged to the Ship Channel at this time.
Air monitoring is ongoing and has not detected any harmful levels of chemicals affecting neighboring communities. There is no danger to the community, however, residents may continue to notice flaring from the facility. We are working to minimize the impact to the community as much as possible.
We will continue with incident updates but encourage people to visit FAQs which are updated regularly.
