Topics and Meetings

Upcoming Meetings

  • Next Meeting: Tuesday, May 26, 2026 - PCAC Worker Safety Expo
  • The typical PCAC meeting 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. Plans for the next few meetings are reviewed and confirmed. Contact us at info@pasadenacac.org if you would like an invitation to join us.

Spotlight on...

Jose Rodriguez, Site Manager, said INEOS Phenol’s Pasadena facility is the highest‑capacity cumene plant in the world and supports the company’s position as the world’s largest producer of phenol and acetone. At the site, benzene and propylene are reacted to produce cumene (isopropyl benzene). Approximately 99 percent of the cumene produced is shipped by barge to an INEOS facility near Mobile, AL, where it is converted into phenol. Rodriguez said the Pasadena plant employs approximately 55 full‑time employees and works with 26 contractors. Phenol produced from this process is used in a wide range of applications, including medical products such as oral analgesics and aspirin, as well as detergents, fibers, coatings, films, and construction materials, such as plywood and oriented strand board.

Meeting Summaries
    • April 28, 2026 -- PCAC Tour of CPET Facility at San Jacinto College. Summary.
    • March 24, 2026 -- Natural Disaster Planning in PCAC Plants. Summary. HCOHSEM Presentation.
    • February 24, 2026 -- Road Projects and Regional Impacts. Summary. Presentations: TxDOT, Harris Co Pct 2, HCTRA
    • January 27, 2026 -- Natural Disaster Planning in PCAC Plants -- Canceled
    • December 2, 2025 -- Annual Report on Emissions from PCAC Plants. Summary. Short Presentation.
    • October 28, 2025 -- meeting canceled
    • September 23, 2025 -- Program Planning for 2026-27. Summary.
    • August 26, 2025 -- Plant-Community Engagement Report. Summary.
    • May 27, 2025 -- Plant Security II: Cybersecurity. Summary.
Of Special Interest Over the Years
  • January 25, 2022--Plant Communication with the Community When Planning a Maintenance Turnaround. Summary.
  • December 2, 2021-- Effects of Pollution on Health. Summary  Slides
  • March 25, 2021-- Harris County's New Community Air Monitoring Program. Summary
  • January 26, 2021-- Pasadena Citizens’ Advisory Council’s 30th Anniversary.  Summary.  Slides.
  • September 22, 2020-- Recent and Upcoming Technology to Improve the Safety of Truck Transportation of Plant Raw Materials and Products. Summary  Speaker's Slides.  Hydroblasting Safety Initiative
  • April 28, 2020-- Chemical Industry Hurricane Preparedness.  Summary.  Speaker Slides
  • January 28, 2020-- Industry Impacts on the Community: Jobs, Community Relations Programs, and Taxes. Summary
  • December 5, 2019 -- Center for Petrochemical, Energy and Technology Tour. Summary
  • March 5, 2019 -- Joint CAC Meeting: Consequences of Regulatory Changes on the Economy and the Environment. Summary. Speaker Slides: Honeycutt, Craft, Beskid.
  • April 25, 2018 – Joint Meeting with Bay Area Community Advisory Panel 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, PCAC schedules plants to talk about their safety programs. Since 2010, the group has incorporated a Safety Moment into each meeting. Presented by a PCAC plant, the moment may be about safety specific to that plant or about preventing the kind of accidents common in everyday life.

Safety Tips

  • Credit card fraud is on the rise due to quickly evolving technology used to steal credit card information. The technological devices, which are becoming increasingly more available, are used to make ‘white plastic’ that appears to be a real credit card, but is just plastic used by scammers to hold stolen credit card information.

    Safety Moment: Fraud Protection

How We Select Meeting Topics

Every year or so, PCAC 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 PCAC 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, PCAC is able to 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 at info@pasadenacac.org if there are issues you would like PCAC to address

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