The Court concludes that the evidence shows violations for each of the 736 days of discharges into Lavaca Bay from Outfall 001. See [Ex. 63, 254, 263-295 and 472]….In addition, the Court concludes that Formosa… Read More »Map of Pellets Sampling Locations
Clean Water Act 60 Day Notice of Intent Diane Wilson and San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper (collectively “Complainants”) provide 60 days notice of our intent to sue Formosa Plastics Corporation in federal district court to… Read More »Clean Water Act Suits
Diane Wilson was featured in a recent Netflix series: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11947162/ https://www.netflix.com/title/80118100
Plastic resin pellet pollution is a type of marine debris originating from plastic particles utilized in manufacturing large-scale plastics. These pre-production plastic pellets are created separately from the user plastics they are melted down to form, and pellet… Read More »What are Nurdles?
Formosa EPA Inspection 2010 Surprise inspection report by EPA and TCEQ in 2010 that included findings of pellets and powder in ditches and in units at Formosa Plastics, Point Comfort, Texas
2/15/20, 2:51. Pellets floating outside the outfall at 006. Photo taken by Diane Wilson. 2/15/20, 3:28 p.m. West back of Cox Creek, north of 0utfall 006. Water in Creek was high. Photos taken by Diane… Read More »Stormwater Outfalls: Discharges at Outfall 06
2018.10.19 TCEQ NOV Investigation Report Formosa TCEQ Agreed Order Signed by Formosa & ED
In 2016 The San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeepers started to collect pellets and powder from Formosa’s discharges into Cox Creek and Lavaca Bay. A complaint was filed with TCEQ on February 18th 2016.