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19.5 tons of organic peroxides (which are not hydrogen peroxides) doesn't seem trivial to me considering the explosion risk organic peroxides carry.
Now Arkema is hiding behind a Homeland Security Act saying companies do not have to release chemical inventories as they could be used as a source in a terror attack. And hiding behind the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) saying that all requests for chemical inventories must be approved by the TCEQ. Meanwhile the TCEQ is saying that Arkema is free to release that information as they see fit. The TCEQ has no say in that matter.
Luckily, the Arkema spokespeople have said their 'worst-case' chemicals (sulfur dioxide and isobutylene) are stored 'hundreds of yards away' from the exploding peroxides.
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