DEER PARK, Texas – A shelter-in-place order was issued in Deer Park Friday morning following a chemical release at a processing unit.
The Lubrizol Deer Park facility implemented an internal shelter-in-place order out of an abundance of caution. Fence-line monitoring is in place, and the Lubrizol Emergency Response Team is actively working to resolve the situation. At this time, officials say there is no impact to the surrounding community.
The type of chemical released has not been publicly identified.
City of Deer Park officials confirmed they are aware of the incident at the Lubrizol facility, located north of Highway 225, and emphasized there is currently no threat to nearby residential areas.
Emergency response vehicles remain on-site. Tidal Road is closed as a precautionary measure due to a shelter-in-place for industrial neighbors, implemented to minimize any potential off-site impact.
Lubrizol Deer Park released the following statement:
“While performing maintenance of a processing unit at our Deer Park site, the non-operational equipment experienced an unanticipated release. As a precaution, a shelter-in-place has been issued to the site’s industrial neighbors. There is no anticipated offsite impact to the community.”