The TCEQ Toxicology Division has requested public comment regarding its proposal to partially delist Texas City from its Air Pollutant Watch List ("APWL") for benzene and hydrogen sulfide. If the proposal is adopted, Texas City would still be an APWL area for propionaldehyde.  

The APWL is a list of geographic areas in Texas where the TCEQ has determined that specific air pollutant levels have been measured at levels of concern. The APWL serves a number of purposes, including to heighten awareness of such areas for interested persons (including TCEQ personnel, industry representatives and private citizens), and to encourage efforts and focus resources to reduce emissions in these areas. TCEQ has determined that validated monitoring data show that levels of hydrogen sulfide and benzene in the Texas City area have decreased below levels of potential concern.

TCEQ will host a public meeting regarding this proposal in Texas City on April 11, 2013, and the agency will accept public comment on the proposal through April 26, 2013. Information about the proposal, including the full analyses of the proposed benzene and hydrogen sulfide delistings, is available at TCEQ’s website.