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In an emissions event report to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), ExxonMobil reports that there was shutdown of a unit at the refinery after a heat exchanger tube leaked, and the event is still ongoing.
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The ExxonMobil refinery is already the subject of a lawsuit by Environment Texas and the Sierra Club.
The suit claims the facility has violated the Clean Air Act “on more than 1,000 separate occasions during the past five years — compounding Texas’ pollution problems and endangering the health of nearby residents.” The environmental groups have had success in the past with similar lawsuits against a Shell Oil refinery and Chevron Phillips chemical plant in Texas, both of which settled out of court for millions of dollars and agreements to reduce pollution and enhance air monitoring.