Topics and Meetings

Upcoming Meetings

  • Monday, August 25, 2025 -- Pipelines 101
  • The typical DPCAC meeting agenda includes updates from plants on environmental and safety performance and business information. The main topic may be a presentation, an annual report, or a tour. Time is always allotted for Q&A and discussion. Plans for the next few meetings are reviewed and confirmed. Contact us at info@deerparkcac.org if you would like an invitation to join us at the Republic Grill in Deer Park.

WHAT PLANTS MAKE OR DO

Featuring DPCAC Plant Members

Kinder Morgan

The Kinder Morgan Deer Park Rail Terminal spans 365 acres along the Houston Ship Channel and is co-located with the Gulf Bulk Deepwater Terminal. It supplies approximately 80 percent of the ethanol used in gasoline throughout the Houston market by offloading fuel-grade ethanol from incoming unit trains. The terminal includes two storage tanks with a capacity of 80,000 barrels each, a 24-position rack for offloading ethanol, a 60-position rack for crude oil by rail, and space to store up to 850 railcars. The facility can manage 11 unit trains in motion at a time, including those carrying coal, petroleum coke, and ethanol. On average, 13 to 14 ethanol trains are offloaded each month. The ethanol tanks are connected to Kinder Morgan’s Jefferson Street Truck Loading Rack and the Pasadena Liquids Terminal, allowing for both truck and barge distribution. Operations run continuously, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with one yard supervisor per shift, five on-site operators, and a total of 31 full-time employees.

Additional Topics

Current and Prior Year Meeting Summaries
  • May 19, 2025- Drones in Industry Summary
  • April 28, 2024- Workforce Development Part 2:  How Deer Park ISD is Preparing Students for Jobs in Industry Summary
  • March 24, 2025- San Jacinto College’s Center for Petrochem, Energy, and Technology Overview and Tour Summary
  • February 24, 2025- Community Notifications During Industrial Events Summary
  • January 27, 2025- Annual "State of Plant" Reports from DPCAC Plants Summary
  • December 2, 2024- Energy Transfer Pipeline Fire Summary Summary.
  • October 28, 2024 - Program Planning: Brainstorm and Prioritize Meeting Topics
  • September 23, 2024 - Annual Report on Air Emissions from DPCAC Plants Summary
  • August 26, 2024 - Air Monitoring Summary
  • May 20, 2024 - Flaring 101 Summary
Of Special Interest over the Years
  • November 28, 2022- Diane Sheridian's last meeting as Facilitator of DPCAC. She retired from DPCAC 12/31/2022. Anne Gowan will be the Facilitator effective 1/1/2023. 
  • November 28, 2022- Origins and History of the Deer Park Community Advisory Council (DPCAC) and the Deer Park Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC). DPCAC Slides. LEPC Slides. Summary. https://vimeo.com/803915234/a6aba376ed
  • October 26, 2020-- DPCAC Role in EHCMA Roll Out of EPA Risk Management Plans. Summary Slides
  • August 24, 2020 -- Port Houston Expansion. Summary . Slides.
  • March 23, 2020 -- DPCAC 30th Anniversary. Summary.
  • February 24, 2020 -- Process Safety Management. PSM Slides. PSM Chemical Thresholds. Summary.
  • June 3, 2019 -- Plant Show and Tell and Program Planning. Summary.
  • March 5, 2019 -- Joint CAC Meeting: Consequences of Regulatory Changes on the Economy and the Environment. Summary. Speaker Slides: Honeycutt, Craft and Beskid. 
  • February 25, 2019 -- Health Impacts of Living in an Industrialized Area Like Deer Park. Kelsey-Seybold Slides. Texas Cancer Fast Stats
  • August 22, 2016 -- Industrial Hygiene:  Protecting Workers from Workplace Hazards. Slides.
  • October 26, 2015 -- Deepwells.  Summary. Slides.
  • June 2012 -- Water Planning in Our Region Summary. Slides.
  • November 2011 -- TCEQ Flaring Study Findings Summary. Slides.
  • August 2009 -- Indoor Air Quality Slides.
  • October 2007 -- Understanding the Links between Exposure, Dose, and Health Effects. Slides.
How We Select Meeting Topics

Every year or so, DPCAC develops a Program Plan to assure it is addressing issues of greatest interest to community members.  Community members, plant members, and guests brainstorm topics they believe DPCAC should address.  Using sticky dots, they choose those they most want to cover in the coming year.  By using different colors for community and plant members, the CAC can schedule the topics of most community interest. The Program Plan is flexible and may be changed by group agreement.

Contact Us if there are issues you would like DPCAC to address or if you would like details and an invitation to a DPCAC meeting.

Deer Park Community Advisory Council
Deer Park Community Advisory Council