Texas Company Formosa Plastics To Pay Nearly $3M For Clean Air Act Violations

Dallas TX

15 September, 2021

12:33 PM

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CBS Dallas/Fort Worth 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. 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. CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.