The Deer Park Community Advisory Council’s 30th anniversary celebration was put on hold as dictated by COVID-19 restrictions on social contact. To recognize the efforts of the many participants over the years, facilitator Diane Sheridan sent members the story of the first meeting (see below) on the anniversary date.  On Monday, March 26, 1990, Deer…

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Deer Park Community Advisory Council (DPCAC) focused on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) program called Process Safety Management (PSM) at its late February  meeting, 28 years to the day that the program became effective. PSM is a uniform set of rules for specific industries to safely manage the use, storage, manufacturing, handling, or…

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Deer Park Community Advisory Council (DPCAC) community and plant members were joined by several Deer Park High School students and community guests as they toured the new San Jacinto College LyondellBasell Center for Petrochem, Energy, and Technology (CPET) in late January. Please visit CPET’s website for further details on the programs that they offer, including…

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A speaker from theTxDOT Houston District/Southeast Harris Area Office will  provide updates on construction projects for SH 225, SH 146, and Beltway 8. Matt Kainer, Harris County Toll Road Authority Assistant Director for Maintenance & Construction Engineering, will update us on the Houston Ship Channel Bridge replacement. Harris County Precinct 2 will provide updates about…

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Deer Park Community Advisory Council (DPCAC) members were joined by members of the Houston, Seashore, and Baytown Community Advisory Panels for an update in late October on the Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Study from the Army Corps of Engineers and the Texas General Land Office. The federal and state agencies are studying the feasibility…

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Deer Park CAC Receives Annual Report on Plant Emissions The Deer Park Community Advisory Council (DPCAC) Annual Report on Air Emissions is a compilation of data from member plants that file an Emissions Inventory with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and/or a Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) with the US Environmental Protection Agency. Data from…

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Robert Hemminger, City of Deer Park Emergency Management Coordinator; David Wade, Harris County Industrial Liaison; Joe Reynolds, Chair of Channel Industrial Mutual Aid; and a DPCAC plant emergency response leader will be asked to cover the following topics: How industry notifies affected cities of a major event like a fire, including e-Notify and Industrial Incident Communication protocols;…

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To refresh memories of what DPCAC plants make and do, each plant will have 2 minutes to show us a familiar item that gets its start with something made in a DPCAC plant. Plants that don’t make products will have 2 minutes to creatively tell us what they do. Small groups will review the CAC…

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DPCAC toured the Houston Ship Channel aboard the M/V Sam Houston, operated by the Port of Houston Authority. DPCAC industry representatives provided information about the equipment seen along the shore. David Wade, Industrial Liaison to the Harris County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Rick Deel, East Harris County Manufacturers Association Liaison, and Lt.…

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Deer Park Community Advisory Council (DPCAC) learned recently about the workplace training and occupational health services offered by the Houston Area Safety Council (HASC). Cami Hysler, Vice President of Operations, and Dr. Tommy Hysler provided an overview of HASC’s programs and role in the community. Attendees learned about HASC’s computer-based training, hands-on training, and health…

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