Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Bluewater Texas Terminals, LLC will revise air permits for an offshore oil terminal in Texas. This revision comes after communities in the Texas Coastal Bend, alongside regional and national groups, demanded that EPA enforce the Clean Air Act to limit dangerous pollution with legal and expert-witness comments submitted by Earthjustice and Environmental Integrity Project.
The EPA has denied a permit for an offshore oil terminal proposed on the Gulf Coast, ruling that the Bluewater Texas terminal would need to reduce its air .