The Exxon/SABIC Air Permit will authorize the construction of a facility that will use 20-25 million gallons of water per day, emit thousands of tons of air pollutants, send 9-13 million gallons of warm industrial wastewater into Corpus Christi Bay, send unknown quantities of process and equipment runoff into Copano and Corpus Christi Bays, manufacture billions of polyethylene pellets that will most assuredly end up in our streams, estuaries and bays to be consumed by fish and birds alike, and construct a mile long railyard along 181 that is large enough to accommodate 1,000 railcars to transport these pellets to other nations to produce plastics to be distributed worldwide.
If one, or all, of these impacts concern you, you should attend the hearing to demonstrate support for the residents of Gregory and Portland, the Sierra Club and the Texas Campaign for the Environment who are challenging the permit. If you are a member of the Sierra Club, TCE, or any other group that is concerned with these issues, we hope you will attend. 10 am is not a great time for folks. But, there is no better time to demonstrate the growing concerns we all have to this facility’s impact on our environment and delicate ecosystem.
Located at the corner of Tancahua and Lipan, there is ample free parking at the Nueces County Courthouse. The central jury room is simply a large room on the first floor of the courthouse. You do not go through courthouse security.
Coming from Portland, just before 181 hits I-37, take the Tancahua St/Staples St exit to the right. Turn left on Tancahua. Do not go to Staples St as that has been closed for Harbor Bridge construction.
Stay alert, stay strong.