Bay AreaThursday, November 12
Deer Park lifts shelter-in-place after hydrogen sulfide release at Lubrizol
The Daily League City team
Deer Park issued a citywide shelter-in-place Tuesday evening while the city tracked a Level 3 notification from Lubrizol. CW39 reports the order took effect around 6:50 p.m. and was lifted at 10 p.m. The release happened at the plant at 41 Tidal Road.
Deer Park's shelter-in-place lasted about three hours Tuesday night, Nov. 10
- 6:20 p.m.Lubrizol posts to its CAER board that an odor occurred at the facility.
- 6:50 p.m.Citywide shelter-in-place takes effect in Deer Park.
- 10 p.m.Deer Park lifts the shelter-in-place order.
Sources: Houston Public Media, CW39 Houston
Lubrizol later downgraded the incident to Level 2 after confirming the chemical was hydrogen sulfide, generated when phosphorus pentasulfide came into contact with water. KHOU says a Level 3 incident has an impact beyond the facility. Officials say there's no threat to the community.
- La Porte firefighters: air monitoring along the city boundary
- Shell's Deer Park chemicals facility: precautionary shelter-in-place
- Harris County monitor: unhealthy VOCs south; staff doubt leak caused it
- Lubrizol: no immediate response to a request for comment
The release and the plant's record, by the numbers
- 100 pounds
- of hydrogen sulfide released, per Lubrizol's initial TCEQ report
- $114,000
- in TCEQ air quality fines at the plant over five years, and more
- $14,000
- in OSHA citations from a 2016 inspection
Source: Houston Public Media
Sources: Baytown Sun, CW39 Houston, Houston Public Media, KHOU, KVUE