Crime & Safety
Texas Company Formosa Plastics To Pay Nearly $3M For Clean Air Act Violations
In 2019, Formosa agreed to pay $50 million over allegations that the company spilled tons of pellets into waterways near the Gulf of Mexico.
September 15, 2021
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, a Texas plastics company has agreed to pay nearly $3 million in civil penalties for violating the Clean Air Act.
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The U.S. subsidiary of Formosa Plastics Corp. also agreed to improve its risk management program at its petrochemical plant in Point Comfort.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began investigating Formosa after a series of fires, explosions and accidental releases at the plant in Point Comfort, a city on the Gulf Coast about 105 miles southwest of Houston.
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