Formosa Petrochemical has received air pollution permits for a $9.4 billion petrochemical and plastics complex the company has proposed building in St. James Parish, Louisiana.
The company has received the final Title V operating permits needed from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.
The complex would be built in two phases and produce ethylene, propylene, ethylene glycol and associated polymers, which are used to make products such as plastic bottles, grocery bags, drainage pipes, ropes, artificial turf, polyester clothing, antifreeze and playground equipment.
Formosa Petrochemical already operates a major petrochemicals and plastics site in Point Comfort, Texas.
In November 2019, a Louisiana community group asked a congressional committee to help block FG’s plans in St. James. The call for congressional involvement in the Formosa project came in testimony from Sharon Lavigne, founder of Rise St. James, during a Washington hearing of the House subcommittee on environment and climate change.