Arkema, the company that owns the chemical plant in Crosby on the verge of more explosions, is refusing to provide a chemical inventory and facility map to the public, one day after promising to provide the information.
Speaking to reporters this morning, Arkema CEO Richard Rowe said the company was balancing "the public"s right to know and the public"s right to be secure."
Late Thursday night, the company provided a list, detailing the names of the chemicals on the site. It did not provide the amounts of the chemicals, where those chemicals were located or in what types of containers the chemicals were stored in.
It also refused to specify where even more potentially dangerous chemicals are located on site.
Melissa Wren, a company spokesperson, said the company was advised by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to refer all requests for the detailed chemical inventory, called a Tier Two, to the state agency.
"She"s mistaken," said Andrea Morrow, spokesperson for TCEQ. "TCEQ has told Arkema they are free to release the Tier Two if they so choose."
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