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November 26, 2018: What’s on the Minds of Students
Deer Park Community Advisory Council (DPCAC) members were enlightened at their recent meeting by listening to 20 Deer Park High School students ask DPCAC petrochemical facility managers about their jobs and workplace conditions. Following that, plant managers asked students what it would take to interest them in an industry career and what may hold students…
Read MoreOctober 22, 2018: Port of Houston – Barbours Cut and Dredging
Mark Vincent, Director of Channel Development for the Port of Houston Authority, will present an update on the Barbours Cut Container Terminal expansion. He also will report on dredging in the Houston Ship Channel, including budget, deepening and widening of channels, deposition of dredge materials (both beneficial uses and storage areas), and the impacts of…
Read MoreSeptember 24, 2018: Annual Report on 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 2017, covering the 14 DPCAC plants, showed reductions in…
Read MoreAugust 27, 2018: Planning for the 2018 Hurricane Season
A year after Hurricane Harvey, Deer Park Community Advisory Council (DPCAC) members wanted to hear how the storm affected municipal and industrial hurricane planning for 2018 as well as its impacts on Galveston Bay. Robert Hemminger, City of Deer Park Emergency Management Coordinator, said investments in drainage over the long term paid off when the…
Read MoreJune 4, 2018: Bridge and Road Updates
Beltway 8 bridge expansion, improvements to State Highways 225 and 146, and freight transportation priorities in support of economic growth were described to the Deer Park Community Advisory Council (DPCAC) at its June meeting. Matt Kainer of the Harris County Toll Road Authority shared plans for the expansion of the Beltway 8 Bridge over the…
Read MoreApril 23, 2018: Pipelines 101
Prior to its Pipelines 101 lesson, Deer Park Community Advisory Council (DPCAC) learned about local pipelines from Deer Park Emergency Management Coordinator Robert Hemminger. Hemminger said pipelines underlie all parts of the city; thus, every part of Deer Park could be impacted by a pipeline emergency. While pipeline companies provide details to the city, lines…
Read MoreMarch 26, 2018: Program Planning
There was no shortage of ideas for topics the Deer Park Community Advisory Council (DPCAC) could address during its forum with community members who live or work in Deer Park and managers of 14 Deer Park petrochemical facilities. Attendees at the last March meeting generated a list of 23 ideas, well more than can be…
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