City presses state and federal monitoring on benzene hotspot
City officials push EPA and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to tighten oversight of air quality near Lynchburg ferry area, citing benzene levels more than three times higher than Deer Park. Industry leaders defend progress and cite mobile sources, while Exxon Mobil notes Baytown sites meet and exceed monitoring standards with fence-line and infrared measures.
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Houston
White
Marks
Texas Commission On Environmental Quality
Deer Park
Don Empfield
East
Harris County
Empfield
Matthew Tejada
Galveston Houston Area
Exxon Mobil
Baytown
Russ Roberts
Roberts
Baytown to Host 38th Annual Hurricane Preparedness Town Meeting
Baytown Office of Emergency Management invites residents to a 3.5 hour Hurricane Preparedness Town Meeting at City Hall. Speaker Lance Wood of the Houston Galveston National Weather Service Office will discuss preparedness and evacuation. a petrochemical industry panel and local agencies will answer questions. Evacuation, pet, vehicle concerns, and special needs registration guidance provided. broadcast on Channel 16 with replays during hurricane season.
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Red Cross
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Baytown
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City of
Office of Emergency Management
City Hall
Market Street
Channel
Texas Department of Transportation
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State
National Weather Service
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Winnie
Park Street
Baytown Art League seeks permanent center with community support
The Baytown Art League has raised 18000 more dollars through donations and corporate matches as it pursues a permanent art center since 1953. Officials say the center will host local art, provide education for all ages, and may become a Texas arts and crafts museum, with public backing urged.
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Art League
Phillips
Baytown
League
Museum of Texas Arts and Craft
Priscilla Hopkins
Hopkins
Bobby Sutphin
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Reader vows to email makers over excess packaging
Jane Howard Lee, a former Baytown Sun reporter, writes of buying a small pill box that contained five nested boxes and six molded-plastic sheets. She plans to contact manufacturers by email to protest packaging waste, hoping collective action will spur change.
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Bob Dylan
Jane Howard Lee
The
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