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## Valero Texas City Refinery: โฃRecent SO2 Emissions and Monitoring Efforts
Texasโฃ City officials are actively monitoring an upset at the Valero facility that resulted in higher-than-normal sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions, leading to temporary road closures and airโ monitoring [[2]].โ The incident involves a unitโ within the refinery releasingโฃ SO2 [[1]].As a precaution, FM 519โค to the 605 South Loop has been closed, with theโ roads โคexpected toโฃ remain closed for several โhours [[2]].
Officialsโฃ emphasize that there is noโ current threat to the general public. โTeams from the Texasโ City Fire Department, Valero, and CTEH are on-site, andโข monitoring equipment has not detected SO2 in the surrounding community [[2]]. Residents can trackโ air quality in real-time using a provided link [[2]].
The Valero Texas City refinery is a meaningful component โof Texas’sโค energy infrastructure, located onโฃ theโ Houston Ship Channel and โคutilizing processes like catalytic cracking [[1]].โข It receivesโ feedstocks and distributes products via ships, barges, and pipelines [[3]].