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1.5 Mile Evacuation Zone Lifted for Area Surrounding Arkema Crosby, TX Facility

The facility has had extraordinary levels of rain, receiving approximately 40 inches by Monday, Aug. 28.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

The Arkema site in Crosby, TX has been shut down since Friday 25 August. The site anticipated the storm, and safely shut down all operations before hurricane landfall. The facility has had extraordinary levels of rain, receiving approximately 40 inches by Monday, Aug. 28 afternoon. The site has been heavily flooded and without electric service. Local officials had established an evacuation zone in an area 1.5 miles from our plant.   The actions taken on Sunday, Sept. 3 on the Crosby site made ...

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