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Pasadena, harris county, texas

Cotton Patch Bayou Acid Release; Pasadena, Harris County, Texas · NOAAORR-7695

issued: 2007-09-06 00:00Z
status: cancelled 2007-09-20 00:00Z
self-cancels: 2007-09-20 00:00Z
authority: NOAA OR&R
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 29.734, -95.198
source: incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Cotton Patch Bayou Acid Release; Pasadena, Harris County, Texas.
Pasadena, Harris County, Texas.
1. Since 20 August 2007, there were periodic discharges of acidic water from the Agrifos Fertilizer Facility in Pasadena, Texas. The total volume lost since 20 August was more than 20 million gallons of a phosphoric acid solution (pH 2) through Cotton Patch Bayou on the Houston Ship Channel. The NOAA Scientific Support Team provided on-scene scientific support to the USCG and Unified Command.
2. THREAT: CHEMICAL. COMMODITY: PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION, AMMONIA, HEAVY METALS.
3. POSITION 29.734N 095.198W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7695: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7695

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