Dow flies from Midland to Texas Gulf Coast amid state pollution lawsuit

Dow flew from its Midland headquarters to Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport on June 16, a 2-hour-54-minute hop that landed N892D, the company's Bombardier CRJ-900, near the Seadrift chemical complex. The flight arrives the same week Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's lawsuit against Dow subsidiary Union Carbide heads into new legal phases, alleging hundreds of water pollution violations at the 4,700-acre facility per a February filing in Travis County District Court [texastribune.org](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 call unprecedented [texastribune.org](https://www.texastribune.org/2026/03/02/texas-dow-seadrift-complex-pollution-icn/).

The shuttle pattern is familiar for Dow, which uses its 90-seat regional jet to move large engineering teams between its sprawling Gulf Coast plants. N892D has made numerous round trips between Baton Rouge and Texas Gulf Coast since early May, mirroring the company's supply chain. This week's direct flight from Midland suggests a strategic deployment from HQ, likely focused on the legal and regulatory pressures at Seadrift—where the company faces a lawsuit demanding cleanup and a permit decision that could set a precedent for plastics waste management in Texas [houstonchronicle.com](https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/environment/article/texas-dow-chemical-plastic-waste-water-21360705.php).