Topics & Meetings – Citizen's Advisory Council to La Porte Industry

MEETINGS

Next Meeting: August 5, 2025 - Gulf Coast Authority and How They Improve Water Quality in Galveston Bay

LPCAC usually meets on the 1st Tuesday of the month, except for the months of June, July, and December.

The typical agenda includes updates from plants on environmental and safety performance and business information. The main topic may be a presentation, an annual report, or a tour. Time is always allotted for Q&A and discussion. Contact us at [email protected] if you would like an invitation.

TOPICS

Recent Meeting Summaries

April 1, 2025-- Channel Industries Mutual Aid & Coordination with Local Emergency Planning Committee Summary

March 4, 2025-- Annual Report on Worker Safety. Summary

February 4, 2025-- Flaring 101. Summary

January 7, 2025-- Plant Security. Summary

November 5, 2024-- Energy Transfer Pipeline Fire. Summary

October 1, 2024-- TCEQ Investigation and Enforcement Process. Summary Slides

September 3, 2024-- Annual Report on Emissions. Summary

August 6, 2024-- Program Planning: Brainstorming and Prioritizing Meeting Topics. Summary

May 7, 2024-- Electrical Grid Capacity. Summary Handout

How We Select Meeting Topics

Every year or so, LPCAC develops a Program Plan to assure it is addressing issues of greatest interest to community members. Community members, plant members, and guests brainstorm topics they believe LPCAC should address. Using sticky dots, they choose those they most want to cover in the coming year. By using different colors for community and plant members, LPCAC can schedule the topics of most community interest. Members may also see whether there are differences in what community and plant members want to discuss. The Program Plan is flexible and may be changed by group agreement. Contact us if there are issues you would like LPCAC to address.

Of Special Interest Over the Years

January 9, 2024-- Carbon Capture and Storage 101: What is it? How does it work? Summary Slides

August 2, 2022-- Improving Emergency Communications with Community. Summary

April 5, 2022-- How the 3 Cities Respond to Major Industry Events: Who Does What? Summary. La Porte Slides. Morgan's Point Slides

January 4, 2022-- Update on Weather & Air Quality Study Based at La Porte Airport. Program Planning. Summary. Slides.

May 4, 2021-- Major New Weather & Air Quality Study Based at La Porte Airport. Summary Slides

April 25, 2018 – Joint CAC Meeting to hear Dr. Sam Mannan on Ranking of Chemical Facilities Based on Potential to Cause Harm to the Public. Summary

Safety Moments

At each meeting, plants report workplace-related worker injuries and illnesses recorded as required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Occasionally, LPCAC schedules plants to talk about their safety programs. The group has incorporated a Safety Moment, presented by a LPCAC plant, into each meeting. The moment may be about safety specific to that plant or about preventing the kind of accidents common in everyday life.

Tire Safety. Slides

Space Heater Safety. Slides

Preplanning for the weather. Slides

Portable Generator Safety. Slides

1 Way to Personalize Safety- How to Get Into Their Heads Through Their Hearts. Slides

Normalization of Deviance: Processes through which ideas and actions, although going against a formally enacted rule or informal violations of social norms, come to be seen as the “normal”.
Slides

Will anyone know if you get hurt? The do's and don'ts of working alone. Slides

Worlds are Colliding: bringing lessons learned from work to home and then bringing the culture of caring from home to work. Slides

Security Awareness and Planning. Slides

Staying Safe on Spring Break. Tips for Traveling Safely

Situational Awareness. Slides

Summer Safety.

Management of Change. Slides

Update

LPCAC had two meetings regarding the SH 225 and I-610E Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) Study on April 4th, 2023, and August 1st, 2023. The PEL Study concluded in December 2023 with the publication of the PEL Study Report and Questionnaire. These documents along with other supporting documentation and reports are available for review on the PEL Study webpage.

Attached is a summary of the PEL Study actions and outcomes. Summary