EPA action urged to unlock SE Texas refinery jobs
Stockman pressed EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy to expedite permits for ExxonMobil Baytown expansion and a coal export project, warning 13,000 local jobs and $52 billion in growth depend on approvals. McCarthy pledged to work with Stockman, while ExxonMobil cited ongoing reviews with a target for early 2014 and stated its technology meets standards.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Gina McCarthy
Texas
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ExxonMobil
Baytown
McCarthy
Baytown Area
Deedra Moe
Texas Commission On Environmental Quality
Moe
Sjolander Road Widening Nears Completion Ribbon Cut Planned
Harris County Precinct 2 will host a 2 p.m. December 4 ribbon cutting for the Sjolander Road widening north of Interstate 10. The project expanded the road from two to four lanes with new turn lanes between I 10 and Wallisville Road, begun in June as a county Chevron Phillips collaboration to support 2014 major construction access.
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Harris County
Dawn Harris
Wallisville Road
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
Baytown council to hear ULDC accessory dwelling changes
City will hold a public hearing Monday at City Hall on a proposed Unified Land Development Code amendment to require special use permits for new accessory dwelling units in residential areas. P&Z opposed the change. 14 existing criteria would remain, with added notice and two public hearings. Also on the agenda a public hearing on amending Baytown Public Improvement District No 1 to add Bay Island Boulevard as part of Bay Oaks Harbor Project.
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City Hall
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ULCD
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Country Club Oaks
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Bay Island Boulevard
Bay Oaks Harbor Road
Bay Oaks Harbor
Dust clash at Royal Purple Raceway continues legal fight
Royal Purple Raceway executive says July 5 dust from HPP is unresolved, vowing continued legal action and opposing rock crushing next to the track. Officials expect no impact on 2014 season while a berm is built and TCEQ processes linger amid counterclaims and permits.
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Royal Purple Raceway
Seth Angel
TCEQ
Angel
HPP
Baytown
Baytown Man Safe After Typhoon Rift in Philippines
Phillip Lee Burgay, a Baytown resident, called his parents in Houston to say he is alive after the Philippines Typhoon Haiyan incident. He had been visiting his fiancee and her 10-year-old daughter to arrange bringing them to Baytown and is now planning to depart the country.
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Phillip Lee Burgay
Baytown
Philippines
Houston
Burgay
Harry
Deloris Davis
Robber Arrested After 19 Year Old Detains Victim At Gunpoint
Police responded to an aggravated robbery at 8 42 a m on Friday in the 500 block of Hafer Street. A 20 year old victim told police he was eating at a picnic table when a vehicle stopped and a man offered to sell synthetic marijuana then produced a black pistol and demanded property. The victim handed over 100 dollars. The suspect Brian Ibarra was located near Garth Road and Rollingbrook Drive and jailed on aggravated robbery charges.
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Knowlton Road
Beaumont T
Rush
Brian Ibarra
Garth Road
Rollingbrook Drive
Baytown City
Baytown Assault Reports Across City Blocks
Multiple assaults reported Thursday and Friday across Baytown. A Baytown man was arrested for assault in the 500 block of South 7th Street at 11:36 a.m. Thursday. A Baytown man was arrested for assault in the 4400 block of Garth Road at 2:03 p.m. Friday. Another assault involved a female against a male on Cary Creek Drive at 1:49 a.m. Saturday. Disturbance and criminal mischief also noted on Eas James Street and Aihar Drive.
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South 7Th Street
Baytown
Eas James Street
Aihar Drive
Garth Rd
Cary Creek Dr
Police report arrests across multiple locaties and charges
Police arrested a Pasadena car for felony evading arrest in the 5400 block of Village at 5 13 p m A Dayton man was arrested on DWI and drugs after a traffic stop at North Highway 146 and South FM 565 at 12 06 p m Friday Four people from Baytown and Dayton were arrested for possession and manufacturing or delivery of controlled substances at Bob Smith Rd and North Alexander Dr with 96 grams of meth and 1 0 gram of other depressants seized A male was arrested for dangerous drug possession and evading arrest after 3 2 grams were found in his vehicle at Rolling Brook Dr at 3 34 a m Saturday.
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Pasadena
Block O Village
Dayton
North Highway 146
South FM 565
Baytown
Bob Smith Rd
North Alexander Dr
Rolling Brook Dr
Baytown Police Report For Thursday To Saturday Offenses
Baytown police logged 75 offense reports from Thursday through Saturday mornings, with 7 assaults 7 burglaries 5 motor vehicle burglaries 3 driving while intoxicated and 4 thefts. They investigated 10 vehicle accidents including one with injuries and 26 other arrests amid 19 miscellaneous cases.
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Anyon
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