Valero case: Attorney General Ken Paxton's efforts vs. refinery under watch
PORT ARTHUR -- An environmentalist who’s among those pressing a lawsuit against Valero Port Arthur Refinery says he’s hopeful the Texas’ attorney general will press the case with vigor.
Luke Metzger of Environment Texas and others announced May 22 they’d sue the local refinery, one of America’s largest, over more than 600 violations they say Valero has made since 2014. The complaints include exceeding permitted emissions as well as flaring violations. Valero violated both state and federal law, the complaint contends.
After Metzger’s group, the Sierra Club and Port Arthur Community Action Network said they’d sue, the Texas Attorney General’s Office stepped forward last week to file a complaint against Valero in District Court in Travis County.
“Their complaint very closely follows what we filed,” Metzer said Tuesday. “Same violations. It’s a strong complaint.”
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(Port Arthur News)
