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Dow Chemical Company and Two Subsidiaries Will Reduce Harmful Air Pollution at Four Chemical Plants
01/27/2021
WASHINGTON (January 27,
2021) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Justice and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) announced a settlement with Dow Chemical Company and two subsidiaries, Performance Materials NA Inc. and Union Carbide Corporation, that will eliminate thousands of tons of air pollution from four of Dow s petrochemical manufacturing facilities in Texas and Louisiana.
The settlement resolves allegations that Dow and its subsidiaries violated the Clean Air Act by failing to properly operate and monitor industrial flares at their petrochemical facilities, which resulted in excess emissions of harmful air pollution. Under the settlement, the companies will spend approximately $294 million to install and operate air pollution control and monitori
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Dow will spend approximately $294 million to install and operate air pollution control and monitoring technology at four US chemical facilities as part of a settlement with the US Department of.
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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.”
Flaring violations at Louisiana-based plants leads to multi-million dollar settlement (Source: Dow Louisiana Operations) By Kevin Foster | January 21, 2021 at 1:28 PM CST - Updated January 22 at 12:02 PM
(WAFB) - Dow Chemical Company and two subsidiaries, Performance Materials NA Inc. and Union Carbide Corporation, will pay millions to settle allegations that they polluted the air around petrochemical plants in Texas and Louisiana.
The allegations were raised jointly by the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ).
Those agencies allege industrial flares were improperly operated and monitored, leading to âexcessâ pollution. Certain chemicals identified by the agencies are linked to respiratory illnesses and cancers.