Frazier says TPC has a track record of violating the Clean Air Act, with five other illegal emissions events just in 2019, And she adds a study published in the Houston chronicle four years ago found these kinds of disasters happen every six weeks in the Houston area. "Disasters like these are terrifying and unacceptable and the TCEQ and EPA need to take much tougher enforcement actions and strengthen safety regulations, like the chemical disaster rule to build safer and healthier communities here in Texas."
The Chemical Disaster Rule was created in response to the explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, in 2013.
The explosion killed 15 people. Last week the Trump administration rescinded most of that rule.