The U.S. Justice Department said a Texas petrochemical company has agreed to pay more than $30 million over two explosions in 2019 that injured workers and forced thousands to evacuate.
A Texas petrochemical company has pleaded guilty to a violation of the Clean Air Act and agreed to pay more than $30 million in connection with two explosions that injured workers and caused the evacuation of thousands, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday. The explosions at a TPC Group plant in the coastal city of Port Neches the day before Thanksgiving 2019 prompted the evacuation of more than 50,000 people from the area, about 100 miles from Houston.
Those explosions released more than 11 million pounds of extremely hazardous substances and caused more than $130 million in offsite property damage and other impacts to human health and the environment, according to a news release from the DOJ. 'TPC Group sincerely regrets the damage and disruption caused by the November 2019 incident at our Port Neches facility,' the company said via a statement on Tuesday.
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