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ITC fire update: Texas close to creating new safety rules


Two years after ITC chemical fire in Deer Park, Texas close to making new safety rules for industry
Sen. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, spent years negotiating with industry groups to get new regulations placed on the chemical industry after the ITC fire in 2019.
Author: ERIN DOUGLAS (The Texas Tribune)
Published: 8:40 AM CDT May 24, 2021
Updated: 8:41 AM CDT May 24, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas (The Texas Tribune) In March 2019, a massive chemical fire broke out after a leak at a chemical tank farm in Deer Park spread to almost a dozen other tanks.
Note: the video in this story is from an April 2019 broadcast ITC hit with criminal charges for pollution after massive chemical fire ....

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Texas lawmakers pass new regulations on chemical tanks


Smoke rises from a fire burning at the Intercontinental Terminals Company in Deer Park, east of Houston on March 18, 2019.
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Jaimie Meldrum/Handout via REUTERS
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In March 2019, a massive chemical fire broke out after a leak at a chemical tank farm in Deer Park spread to almost a dozen other tanks.
A plume of smoke soon loomed over the Houston skyline and lingered there for three days. Residents of Deer Park were forced to shelter in place due to air pollution hazards, the Houston Ship Channel closed for three days, and millions of gallons of hazardous waste spilled on the ground and leaked into the water. ....

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