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January 21, 2021
The Dow Chemical Company and two of its subsidiaries, Performance Materials NA, Inc, and Union Carbide Corporation, reached a settlement on Tuesday with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reduce air pollution from petrochemical and chemical flares on Tuesday. The company agreed to pay $3 million, $2.3 million will be paid to the United States and the rest will be paid to Louisiana.
According to the EPA’s press release, the settlement applies to 26 Dow flares at four facilities, two in Texas and two in Louisiana which contain two types of chemical plants: Olefins plants which produce ethylene, which used in plastic products, and propylene, which is used in carpet and car parts; and Polymer Plants which produce various grades of polyethylene, “the most common plastic in the world.”
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