to prevent irreversible damage to health.
October. 23, 2009: Exide withdraws its application to increase production.
November 2010: Exide offers free blood testing for lead to residents.
Nov. 16, 2010: EPA officially designates an area around the plant as being in nonattainment for lead.
February 2011: The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality finds two permit violations related to the stricter air-quality standard.
March 24-27, 2011: The Texas Department of State Health Services offers blood tests for lead to residents.
April 27, 2011: Exide announces it will make $20 million in improvements to the plant to reduce emissions.
May 2011: An EPA report on inspections at the plant details multiple violations.
August 2011: Residents’ group Frisco Unleaded forms with a goal of closing Exide.
August 2011: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cites the plant for violations.
September 2011: TCEQ issues a notice of enforcement for multiple violations.
Jan. 17, 2012: The City Council votes to have the Board of Adjustment hold hearings to consider amortization, a legal process to remove undesirable businesses.
May 31, 2012: An agreement is announced for Frisco to buy land from Exide and for Exide to cease operations by year-end.
July 2012: The environmental groups Downwinders at Risk and Frisco Unleaded file notice of intent to sue Exide over past and continuing violations at the plant.
Nov. 30, 2012: Exide ceases operations in Frisco.
Dec. 3, 2012: Decontamination and demolition of Frisco plant begins.