Background
History, regulatory reports, ecological information.
Environmental Regulations: a primer for Lavaca Bay
Regulatory background as applied to Lavaca Bay with EPA facility report summaries.
Formosa Outfalls
Formosa Plastics has an expired but new pending TPDES permit for its facilities at Point Comfort (Permit Number WQ0002436). The former permit covered the release of ‘trace’ amounts of plastics into Lavaca Bay via outfalls… Read More »Formosa Outfalls
Microplastic Study
BRANDED-Report-2018-FINAL In 2018, individuals and organizations across the globe took local action to hold corporations accountable for the plastic pollution they force into the marketplace through unnecessary, problematic and excessive throwaway packaging and materials. Break… Read More »Microplastic Study
Map of Pellets Sampling Locations
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 Suits
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
Netflix | Dirty Money | Point Comfort
Diane Wilson was featured in a recent Netflix series: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11947162/ https://www.netflix.com/title/80118100