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Texas Tribune: Attempt to strengthen TCEQ permits
Wilson said she first learned about the plastic pellets in 2009 when a former Formosa employee asked her to meet in Rockport, 50 miles away, to determine if Wilson was trustworthy. The following year, she unsuccessfully asked state regulators to revise Formosa’s permit to include stricter language that would prevent..
EPA Inspection
EPA’s Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Facility Report for the Point Comfort facility, Formosa Plastics has been releasing a variety of compounds into Lavaca Bay through a combination of point source discharges via these outfalls and air emissions via flares. Beyond water discharges, the ECHO database cited above also lists Formosa..EPA 2010 Inspection Report
Texas Observer: MILLIONS OF PLASTIC PELLETS IN LAVACA BAY? FORMOSA SAYS IT’S JUST ‘TRACE AMOUNTS’
Formosa is now arguing Wilson’s lawsuit should be dismissed because TCEQ has already penalized the company for releasing pellets. It also says that TCEQ’s wastewater permit is “hopelessly ambiguous” since it prohibits pellets “in other than trace amounts,” which the agency hasn’t defined.
Texas Monthly : No More Nurdles? Formosa’s Agreement to Stop Pumping Plastics Into Lavaca Bay Is Historic
Gulf Coast citizen-activists collected 30 million plastic pellets in order to prove that Formosa was violating the Clean Water Act.
Monitor Report April 25, 2020 by Diane Wilson
Example San Antonio Bay Estuary Waterkeeper Report 10:54 am…boat ramp at Cox Creek, south of bridge at Highway 35, west bank— Video (Exhibit 1) of pellets embedded in soil and underneath the caliche at boat launch at Cox Creek. (N 28 41’18.600 W 96 31’ 43.320) NE wind. 20mph. No..Read More
Green Lake Park receives $10 million from Clean Water Act lawsuit
Up until 2019, the county struggled to find funding for the project. In 2019, environmental activist Diane Wilson and San Antonio Bay Water Keeper allocated $10 million to the Green Lake project in a Clean Water Act lawsuit settlement with Formosa Plastics.
Victoria Advocate : WSM : Formosa begins monitoring its plastic pollution under consent decree
“Our thinking was we needed some system to be able to monitor the wastewater discharge before it entered Lavaca Bay,” said Jennifer Richards, an attorney with Texas RioGrande Legal Aid who has worked on remediation efforts related to the settlement. “We were hoping the (monitoring facility) would provide irrefutable evidence..
