Dow lands near Seadrift the same week Texas pollution suit advances

Dow Inc flew from Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport to Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport on June 15, a 64-minute hop that landed N892D, its Bombardier CRJ-900, just north of the Seadrift chemical complex. The flight arrived for an afternoon shift rotation at a facility that has been operating under the shadow of a state lawsuit filed in February.

The same week this flight touched down, the Texas Attorney General's office is actively pursuing a lawsuit against Dow subsidiary Union Carbide, alleging hundreds of water pollution violations at the Seadrift complex, per the Texas Tribune [texastribune.com](https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/18/texas-lawsuit-dow-chemical-plant-pollution-seadrift-paxton/). Separately, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is weighing a Dow permit amendment that would effectively legalize discharges of plastic pellets into waterways feeding San Antonio Bay — a move environmental groups have called unprecedented, also per the Tribune [texastribune.com](https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/18/texas-lawsuit-dow-chemical-plant-pollution-seadrift-paxton/).

The 90-seat regional jet has made six round trips between Baton Rouge and the Houston-area airport since early May, a pattern that mirrors Dow's supply chain between its Louisiana operations and the Gulf Coast manufacturing corridor. With legal deadlines and a regulatory decision looming, the frequent shuttle suggests Dow is keeping its engineering teams on site.