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L a r r y T h o m a s ( 6 A W - S W )U . S . E n v i r o n m e n t a l P r o t e c t i o n A g e n c y1201 E l m S t r e e tF i r s t I n t e r n a t i o n a l B u i l d i n gD a l l a s , T e x a s 75270R e s F r e n c h L i m i t e d C E R C L A S i t eO u r F i l e N o . H X 5 8 - 1 0 - 4 6Dear M r . T h o m a s :T h i s s u b m i t t a l is made in response to your recentt e l e p h o n e request f o r a d d i t i o n a l i n f o r m a t i o n . I t i smy u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h a t t h e E n v i r o n m e n t a l P r o t e c t i o nA g e n c y ( E P A ) require s such i n f o r m a t i o n a s a pre-r e q u i s i t e t o t h e i s suance o f reques t s f o r i n f o r m a t i o npur suant to the C o m p r e h e n s i v e E n v i r o n m e n t a l Respon s e ,C o m p e n s a t i o n a n d L i a b i l i t y A c t o f 1980 ( C E R C L A ) . T h ei n f o r m a t i o n a c c o m p a n y i n g t h i s l e t t e r r e l a t e s t o c e r t a i nc o m p a n i e s ( 1 ) whose names d o n o t a p p e a r i n t h e F r e n c hL i m i t e d A c c o u n t s R e c e i v a b l e J o u r n a l w h i c h w a s s u p p l i e dto the D e p a r t m e n t o f J u s t i c e p u r s u a n t to i t s requestf or document s and (2) which have no t a l r e a d y receivedC E R C L A § 1 0 4 ( e ) inquir i e s f r o m your o f f i c e .W h a t a p p e a r s on th e f o l l o w i n g p a g e s i s a c o m p i l a t i o no f c e r t a i n i n f o r m a t i o n o b t a i n e d f r o m recent in t e rv i ew so f three f o r m e r employe e s o f F r e n c h L i m i t e d o f H o u s t o n ,I n c . S i n c e t h e J o u r n a l on ly covers a p er i od o f f i f t e e nm o n t h s , we assume tha t r e f e r e n c e s to the se c ompani e s ,whose names do not a p p e a r in the J o u r n a l , r e l a t e toa c t i v i t i e s wh i ch took p l a c e f r o m 1966 t h r o u g h 1969.The interviewees were managers who had personal knowl edgethat the t y p e of work they de s cr ib ed was a c t u a l l y done.G e n e r a l l y i t was t h e i r j ob t o acquire c l i e n t s a n d / o rs u p e r v i s e the work. S o m e t i m e s t h ey p a r t i c i p a t e d in somemanner in the l o a d i n g or u n l o a d i n g o p e r a t i o n s ; but gen-e r a l l y they only went to the c u s t o m e r ' s s i t e to make

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sure t h a t t h e l o a d i n g w a s b e i n g done . O f t e n t h e ya c c o m p a n i e d t h e t r u c k d r i v e r s back t o t h e F r e n c h L i m i t e ds i t e . T h e r e f o r e t h e y o f t e n s a w f i r s t - h a n d w h e t h e r t h em a t e r i a l went i n t o t h e p o n d ( l a g o o n ) a t t h e H i g h w a y 9 0s i t e o r w a s p l a c e d i n t o n o l d i n g t a n k s .W e b e l i e v e t h a t t h e s e m e n a r e c r e d i b l e .I f y o u have a n y q u e s t i o n s about h o w t h e a t t a c h e d w a s com-p i l e d I s h a l l be p l e a s e d to answer them. I p a r t i c i p a t e di n t h e i n t e r v i e w s o f each o f t h e s e e x - e m p l o y e e s o f F r e n c hL i m i t e d o f H o u s t o n , I n c . W h a t a p p e a r s i n t h e a t t a c h m e n t si s c o m p i l e d f r o m my n o t e s on th e i n t e r v i e w s and r e l a t e so n l y t o t h e p e r t i n e n t i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t each o f t h e namedc o m p a n i e s .T h i s s u b m i t t a l i s b e i n g made i n m y c a p a c i t y a s C h a i r m a no f t h e S t e e r i n g C o m m i t t e e o f t h e F r e n c h L i m i t e d T a s kG r o u p a n d o n b e h a l f o f t h e T a s k G r o u p i n t h e h o p e t h a ti t w i l l p r o v i d e t h e sort o f i n f o r m a t i o n w h i c h w i l l b eh e l p f u l t o t h e E n v i r o n m e n t a l P r o t e c t i o n A g e n c y i n i t sa t t e m p t t o r e s o l v e a n y p r o b l e m s w h i c h m a y e x i s t a t t h eF r e n c h L i m i t e d s i t e .Y o u r s t r u l y .

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T h i s f e r t i l i z e r c o m p a n y s i t s o n a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 0 acresi n G a l e n a P a r k . T h e y were s e r v i c e d o n a c a l l o u t b a s i s , a ta m i n i m u m o f t w i c e a year . T h e r e f o r e t h e v o l u m e wa s no tg r e a t . H o w e v e r , t h e m a t e r i a l w h i c h w a s sent t o F r e n c h L i m i t e dwas g e n e r a l l y c o r r o s i v e in n a t u r e , in t h a t i t a t e hoses andf i t t i n g s a n d v a l v e s . I t c o n s i s t e d m o s t l y o f a c i d s t h a t werew a t e r s o l u b l e - l i k e s u l f u r i c a c i d a n d H C l . T h e m a t e r i a lw a s p i c k e d u p o u t o f e a r t h e n p i t s o n t h e s i t e . I n a d d i t i o nm a t e r i a l w a s t a k e n f r o m a n o l d w o o d e n t a n k . G e n e r a l l y t h em a t e r i a l w a s s l u d g e .

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A t a n e a r l y d a t e i n t h e h i s t o r y o f F r e n c h L i m i t e dt h i s c o m p a n y p r o v i d e d m a t e r i a l f r o m a g a s o l i n e o r ^ d i e s e ls p i l l . F o u r o r f i v e t r u c k - l o a d s o f m a t e r i a l were t a k e nt o t h e p o n d o n a 1 3 0 - b a r r e l t r u c k . T h e p l a n t w a s o f f 7 5 t hS t r e e t near t h e s i t e o f M a r i n e M a i n t e n a n c e .

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T h i s c o a s t a l w a s a p i p e l i n e c o m p a n y whose m a i n o f f i c ew a s i n C o r p u s C h r i s t i . T h e c o n n e c t i o n w i t h F r e n c h L i m i t e dw a s a o n e - t i m e j o b d u r i n g w h i c h a c o u p l e o f t a n k s a t m e t e r i n gs t a t i o n s were c l e a n e d out . T h i s m e t e r i n g s t a t i o n w a s a tH i g h w a y 6 s o u t h o f S u g a r L a n d t o w a r d A r c o l a . T h e p i c k u pp l a c e w a s b e t w e e n R o u t e 2 8 8 a n d S u g a r L a n d near what i s n o wS u g a r C r e e k . T h e m a t e r i a l w h i c h w a s b r o u g h t t o t h e F r e n c hL i m i t e d S i t e came f r o m t w o 5 5 , 0 0 0 - b a r r e l t a n k s . I t i sb e l i e v e d t h a t t h e c u r r e n t c o m p a n y o p e r a t i n g t h e m e t e r i n gs t a t i o n t o wh i ch t h e above r e f e r s i s C o a s t a l S t a t e s C r u d eG a t h e r i n g C o m p a n y , A l m e d a S t a t i o n . T h e p e r s o n t o c o n t a c tt h e r e i s P e t e T u r n e r , whose t e l e p h o n e n u m b e r i s 8 7 7 - 6 4 3 3 .

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I n 1 9 6 B t h e t e l e p h o n e number f o r C o a s t a l S t a t e s G a s i nH o u s t o n w a s C A - 4 - 9 9 6 1 ; i n C o r p u s C h r i s t i t h e t e l e p h o n e numberw a s ( 5 1 2 ) T U - 3 - 5 2 1 1 ; i n L a f a y e t t e , L o u i s i a n a t h e p h o n e numberw a s ( 3 1 8 ) 2 3 2 - 7 6 1 6 f a n d a M r . G r a v e s w a s t h e c o n t a c t t h e r e .T h e same c o m p a n y h a d a n o t h e r m e t e r i n g s t a t i o n o n R o u t e 2 2 5near t h e A R C O R e f i n e r y . T h e i r t r u c k s were w h i t e p i c k u p sw i t h green d e c a l s w h i c h said " C o a s t a l S t a t e s " o n them. T h eC o m p a n y may have been known to F r e n c h L i m i t e d a s C o a s t a lS t a t e s G a s P r o d . C o .

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M a t e r i a l s f r o m B a r o i d a n d o t h e r s came t o t h e F r e n c hL i m i t e d s i t e v i a C o a s t a l V a c u u m T a n k S e r c i c e . T h i s p r i v a t et r u c k i n g c o m p a n y w a s a l l o w e d t o u s e t h e s i t e o n l i m i t e do c c a s i o n s . I t w a s a l s o c a l l e d " H u g h e s S a n i t a t i o n C o m p a n y "i n t h e e a r l i e r d a y s . I t i s b e l i e v e d t h a t M r . J e r r y B a l la n d G e o r g e W h i t t e n h a d some sort o £ a d e a l w h i c h a l l o w e dC o a s t a l V a c u u m T a n k S e r v i c e t r u c k s t o u s e t h e s i t e a n d t h a tt h e m a t e r i a l w a s g a t h e r e d f r o m g r e a s e t r a p s i n r e s t a u r a n t saround t own. A p p r o x i m a t e l y 5 0 % o f wha t w a s b r o u g h t t o t h eF r e n c h L i m i t e d s i t e went i n t o t h e p i t . T h e b a l a n c e w a sr e c l a i m e d . T h e e s t i m a t e i s t h a t C o a s t a l V a c u u m T a n k S e r v i c eb r o u g h t a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 0 0 l o a d s o f m a t e r i a l i n 2 0 - b a r r e lt r u c k s t o t h e F r e n c h L i m i t e d s i t e .

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T h i s c o m p a n y m a y have been m i x e d u p b y t h e i n t e r v i e w e e sw i t h S o u t h w e s t G a l v a n i z i n g , s i n c e t h e l a t t e r c o m p a n y w a s r , egunb y t w o e x - e m p l o y e e s o f C o n t i n e n t a l - E m s c o ,

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T h i s s i t e w a s near t h e P a s a d e n a T u n n e l a n d m a t e r i a lt a k e n f r o m t h i s s i t e went d i r e c t l y t o t h e p i t . A t l e a s tt h r e e j o b s a r e r e m e m b e r e d . T h e y r e p r e s e n t e d once-a-yearc l e a n o u t j o b s . E a c h t i m e a c l e a n i n g was done 50 to 60l o a d s o n 5 0 - b a r r e l t r u c k s were sent t o t h e s i t e . T h em a t e r i a l s were t a n k b o t t o m s a n d m u d f r o m A P I s e p a r a t o r s .T h e c o n t a c t s t h e r e were M r . M a n l e y , M r . V a n W a g n e r , P e t eP e t e r s o n a n d J . D . T r u c k s a l l , t h e p u r c h a s i n g a g e n t .

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D i x i e O i l P r o c e s s o r s , I n c .p. 0. Box 856F r i e n d s w o o d , T e x a s 7 7 5 4 6A t t e n t i o n : J a m e s A p p e l l

T h i s p l a n t w a s a l s o known a s Lowe C h e m i c a l C o m p a n y .I t h a d s t y r e n e p o l y m e r a n d c o p p e r c a t a l y s t r e s i d u e a ti t s p l a n t s i t e . I n f a c t i t i s r emembered M r . R a l p h Lowewas charged for a v a c u u f o t a n k w h i c h was ea t en up by thec o p p e r c a t a l y s t f r o m h i s p l a n t s i t e i n F r i e n d s w o o d .

S o m e o f t h e o l d s u m p s b e h i n d t h e p l a n t were c l e a n e d o u t a n dt h e m a t e r i a l w a s b r o u g h t t o t h e p o n d a t F r e n c h . F i f t y - b a r r e lvacuum t r u c k s were used t o hau l t h e m a t e r i a l . T h e r e g e n e r a l l ywere one or two l o a d s at a t i m e . But the f r e q u e n c y was noto f t e n . I t i s e s t i m a t e d t h a t abou t f i v e such j o b s weret a k e n t o t h e p o n d . T h e m a t e r i a l p h a s e d o u t when t h e y d u gt h e p i t s a t t h e i r F r i e n d s w o o d p l a n t .

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T h e m a t e r i a l w h i c h w a s t a k e n t o t h e p o n d a t F r e n c h L i m i t e ds t r e t c h e d F r e n c h L i m i t e d ' s hose s . I t i s p a r t i c u l a r l yremembered t h a t a k e t t l e f u r n a c e o n t h e eas t s i d e o f t h ep l a n t had a s u m p around i t w h i c h wa s c l e a n e d out.

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T h i s i s a p r i v a t e carrier w h i c h was a l l o w e d to u s e theF r e n c h p i t f o r a w h i l e . I t d i s p o s e d o f w a t e r s o l u b l e o i l s f r o mm a c h i n e s h o p s around t o w n . ' T h e m a t e r i a l went t o t h e p o n d i ft h i s w a t e r h a d n o o i l y r e s i d u e w h i c h c o u l d b e r e c o v e r e d . I t i se s t i m a t e d t h a t a t o t a l o f 5 0 0 b a r r e l s c a r r i e d b y t h e G r o c e C o m p a n ywent t o t h e p i t s .

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T h i s p l a n t w a s c a l l e d o n a p p r o x i m a t e l y once a m o n t hf r o m t h e t i m e t h e F r e n c h L i m i t e d p o n d o p e n e d . I t i sl o c a t e d o f f W a s h i n g t o n A v e n u e . T h e i n t e r v i e w e e s p e r s o n a l l yc a l l e d o n T r a v i s M c D o n a l d whose p h o n e number h a d a U n i v e r s i t yp r e f i x . T h i s c ompany was a l s o in a boat bu s in e s s w h i c h wa shou s ed i n a b u i l d i n g nex t door t o t h e f e n c e c o m p a n y s i t e .T h e m a t e r i a l t a k e n f r o m t h i s s i t e went i n t o t h e p o n d . I tw a s m a i n l y s p e n t a c i d s f r o m t h e g a l z a n i z i n g d i p . V a t s werec l e a n e d a p p r o x i m a t e l y o n e t i m e p e r m o n t h . E a c h t i m e t h ejob was d o n e 10 to 20 l o a d s were t a k e n to the p o n d . A5 0 - b a r r e l b o b t a i l t r u c k was used b e cau s e the area was t oos m a l l f o r a l a r g e r t r u c k . T h e s e j o b s were done f o r t w o t ot h r e e y e a r s . I n p a r t i c u l a r i t i s r emembered t h a t t h e d r i v e r sw h o h a n d l e d t h i s j o b were E l l i s a n d C o l l i n s . F o r some reasonb u s i n e s s s t o p p e d i n t h e 7 0 ' s a n d m a t e r i a l w a s e v i d e n t l y t a k e nsomewhere e l s e .

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T h e m a t e r i a l t a k e n f r o m t h i s G r e e n s Bayou s i t e o f fH i g h w a y 1-10 wa s in t h e n a t u r e o f w a s t e carbons w h i c hwere t a k e n f r o m t h i s p l a n t t w o o r t h r e e t i m e s a week f o ra t l e a s t a s i x t o e i g h t - m o n t h p e r i o d . T h e m a t e r i a l w a sd e p o s i t e d i n t h e F r e n c h L i m i t e d p o n d . i t m a y have beeni n k . T h i s s i t e w a s near J o l a n d e r a n d i-io i n back o f

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T h i s j ob was done a c o u p l e o f t i m e s a year on a" c a l l " b a s i s . T h e s i t e i s o n o l d H i g h w a y 9 0 a t S h e l d o nR o a d . T h e m a t e r i a l s t a k e n t o t h e p o n d a t F r e n c h camef r o m a s u m p w h i c h h e l d w a t e r used t o wa sh ou t t a n k cars.G e n e r a l l y t h i s wash w a t e r a n d p i t m a t e r i a l s f r o m t h e s u m pwere t r a n s p o r t e d in a 5 0 - b a r r e l t r u c k .

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T h i s w a s a f e r t i l i z e r b u s i n e s s w h i c h l a t e r became p a r to f O l i n M a t h i e s o n . M a t e r i a l w a s c l e a n e d o u t o f s u m p s a n ds e p a r a t o r s a n d t a k e n d i r e c t l y t o t h e pond t w o t ime s . T h eamount t a k e n each t i m e w a s a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 0 0 b a r r e l s . ooo

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G e n e r a l l y barg e b o t t o m s were t r a n s p o r t e d t o F r e n c hL i m i t e d a n d t a n k e d f o r p u r p o s e s o f r e c l a m a t i o n . A p p r o x -i m a t e l y 5 0 % w a s r e c l a i m e d . T h e b a l a n c e went t o t h e p o n dI n a d d i t i o n heavy a s p h a l t s were d u m p e d i n t o t h e p o n d .G e n e r a l l y a 1 3 0 - b a r r e l t r a n s p o r t t r u c k was ui^ed on ac a l l o u t b a s i s . T h e c o n t a c t a t P l a t z e r S h i p y a r d w a s V a nW a g n e r a t G L - 3 - 7 2 5 1 .

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T h i s c o m p a n y w a s l o c a t e d near S t a u f f e r o f f H a d e n R o a d .S u m p s were c l e a n e d o f s l u d g e s . A b o b t a i l e d t r u c k w a s usedtwo or t h r e e t i m e s by one e m p l o y e e t o c l e a n t h e s e s u m p s .

A n o t h e r e m p l o y e e r e m e m b e r e d a gummy h a r d - t o - h a n d l es u b s t a n c e w h i c h was l o a d e d ho t and was h a r d t o ge t ou t o ft h e t r u c k s . T h i s m a t e r i a l w a s p i c k e d u p once a week i na 100-barre l t r u c k f o r a p e r i o d o f f i v e o r s i x m o n t h s .I t w a s l i k e a p a s t e o r a g l u e , a n d t h e r e c o l l e c t i o n i s t h a ti t came f r o m some sort o f p l a s t i c o p e r a t i o n a n d w a s t a k e nt o t h e p o n d . S i n c e i t w a s s o hard t o h a n d l e F r e n c h L i m i t e ds t o p p e d h a n d l i n g i t a f t e r a p p r o x i m a t e l y s i x m o n t h s .

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I t i s r emembered t h a t F r e n c h L i m i t e d t r u c k s a n d d r i v e r sh a u l e d a b i t o f e v e r y t h i n g t h a t Rohm & H a a s made a t t h e i r p l a n t .One e x - e m p l o y e e remembers a c e r t a i n job t h a t was done by ad r i v e r and a h e l p e r in a 5 0 - b a r r e l t r u c k once every week at2:00 A . M . T h i s w a s a r o u t i n e j o b d u r i n g w h i c h k e t t l e b o t t o m swere s u ck ed out of a tower w h i c h had a v a l v e at i t s b o t t o m .T h e m a t e r i a l w a s s t i c k y a n d g u m m y a n d w a s t a k e n t o t h e p o n d a tF r e n c h L i m i t e d , T h i s j o b i s r emembered b e cau s e ( 1 ) most d r i v e r sd i d n o t l i k e t o have t o make t h e t r i p a t 2:00 o ' c l o c k i n t h em o r n i n g , a n d ( 2 ) i t w a s a m e s s y j o b . A p a r t i c u l a r r e c o l l e c t i o ni s t h a t a m a n w a s f i r e d b e cau s e h e d i d n ' t want t o make t h a tt r i p . T h e p u r c h a s i n g a g e n t a t Rohm & H a a s w a s named D a v i dL e e k ,

A n o t h e r e x - e m p l o y e e o f F r e n c h r e m e m b e r s t a k i n g a f e w l o a d st o t h e H i g h w a y 9 0 s i t e f r o m Rohm & H a a s . H e d o e s n ' t know wha tt h e m a t e r i a l w a s , b u t h e do e s r emember g o i n g i n t o t h e p l a n ta t t h e S o u t h M a i n g a t e . T h e u n i t i n q u e s t i o n w a s t w o b l o c k seast o f t h e g a t e , o f f H i g h w a y 2 2 5 . T h e m a t e r i a l w a s c o n t a i n e di n v e s s e l s . I t w a s p i c k e d u p i n 5 0 - b a r r e l t r u c k s a n d h a d avery bad o d o r , w h i c h was in the n a t u r e o f a c h e m i c a l s m e l l .A c i g a r e t t e w h i c h wa s e x p o s e d t o t h e odor w o u l d t a s t e sweeteven t w o d a y s l a t e r . V a r i o u s d r i v e r s s e r v i c e d t h e a c c o u n t ,i n c l u d i n g Bruce R o l a n d , J o e G a r c i a , B . G , C o l l i n s a n d J u l e sS i m e a n . A load o f t h i s p a r t i c u l a r m a t e r i a l w a s t a k e n f r o mv e s s e l s t o t h e F r e n c h L i m i t e d p o n d every c o u p l e o f weeks .

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S m i t h I n d u s t r i e sP. O. Box 7 3 8 3H o u s t o n , T e x a s 7 7 2 4 8

T h i s c o m p a n y w a s a g a l v a n i z e r . T h e f r e q u e n c y o f s e r v i c ei s n o t r emembered . H o w e v e r , t h e p l a n t w a s o f f o l d K a t y F r e e w a y ;a n d t h e r e c o l l e c t i o n i s t h a t t e n o r e l e v e n l o a d s p e r c a l lwere p i c k e d u p a c o u p l e o f t i m e s a m o n t h . T h e m a t e r i a l con-s i s t e d o f s p e n t a c i d s a n d c a u s t i c s w h i c h were t a k e n t o t h ep o n d ( p r o b a b l y f r o m a h o t d i p o p e r a l ' o n ) .

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S o u t h l i n e M e t a l P r o d u c t s C o m p a n yP. O. Box 1 9 5 2 6H o u s t o n , T X 7 7 2 2 4A t t : W . F . W a c k m a n , P r e s i d e n t

( F o r m e r l y k n o w n a s S o u t h l i n e D r u m s )

S o u t h l i n e Drums - T h e l o c a t i o n o f t h i s c o m p a n y w a s o n t h en o r t h s i d e o f 1-10 i n s i d e t h e L o o p . T h e m a t e r i a l w h i c h w a s p i c k e du p w a s w a s t e v a r n i s h . T h e m a t e r i a l w a s p i c k e d u p r e g u l a r l y i n100-barre l t r u c k s a t th e r a t e o f two or t h r e e l o a d s p er y e a rover a two or t h r e e y ear p e r i o d .

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S t . R e g i s C o r p o r a t i o n2 3 7 P a r k A v e n u eN e w Y o r k , N e w Y o r k 10017A t t e n t i o n s L e e R e t t i g , Esq .R e : S o u t h l a n d P a p e r C o m p a n y

T h i s c o m p a n y I s l o c a t e d o n H i g h w a y 9 0 o n t h e wes t banko f t h e S a n J a c i n t o R i v e r . T h e j o b i s r emembered b e cau s e t h em a t e r i a l w a s t a k e n f r o m ' g i a n t c ement t a n k s . I n p a r t i c u l a r ,i t i s remembered t h a t the s e l a r g e cement c l a r i f i e r s were w e l lover 1 0 0 f e e t i n d i a m e t e r . T h e r e c o l l e c t i o n i s t h a t t h ep u l p i n S o u t h l a n d P a p e r C o m p a n y ' s o p e r a t i o n g o t s o t h i c kt h a t t h e a r m o n t h i s c l a r i f i e r w o u l d br eak a n d t h e c l a r i f i e rw o u l d have t o b e c l e a n e d o u t p e r i o d i c a l l y . T h e m a t e r i a lc l e a n e d o u t w a s p u l p a n d b i o l o g i c a l "bugs" . S o m e c a u s t i cw a t e r w a s a l s o c l e a n e d out . T h e f i r s t t i m e t h i s j o b w a sd o n e t h e m a t e r i a l w a s l e f t a t t h e p l a n t s i t e . A f t e r t h a ti t w a s t a k e n t o t h e p o n d . T h e j o b s were around t h e c l o c k ,24-hour a day j o b s w h i c h c o n s i s t e d o f a t l e a s t 500 l o a d seach j o b , i n 50-barr e l t r u c k s . I n a d d i t i o n some p u p t r a i l e r sand some 130-barre l t r u c k l o a d s w o u l d b e t a k e n each t i m e .T h e j o b s l a s t e d f o u r o r f i v e d a y s . A l l t h e m a t e r i a l wentt o t h e p i t f r o m a t l e a s t t h r e e j o b s o f t h i s k i n d .

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S t a u f f e r C h e m i c a l C o m p a n yN y a l a F a r m RoadW e s t p o r t , C o n n e c t i c u t 06880A t t e n t i o n : T h o m a s J . S a y e r s

T h i s i s a p l a n t o n M a n c h e s t e r R o a d , S p e n t a c i d s a n ds l u d g e s w h i c h were a c i d i c i n n a t u r e came f r o m t h e p l a n t .E a c h t i m e t h e a c i d s l u d g e p i t w a s c l e a n e d o u t t w o o r t h r e el o a d s were t a k e n t o t h e t F r e n c h L i m i t e d p o n d . T h i s j o b w a sd o n e every c o u p l e o f m o n t h s t o k e e p t h e p i t f r o m o v e r f l o w i n gi n t o t h e s h i p c h a n n e l ; h o w e v e r , t h e p i t w a s never c o m p l e t e l yc l e a n e d out. T h e s l u d g e s were s e m i - s o l i d i n n a t u r e a n dg r e y i s h i n c o l o r , a n d were s t o r e d i n 5 0 - b a r r e l t a n k s . T h ed r i v e r s w h i c h went t o t h a t s i t e were E l l i s , C o l l i n s , V a r e k aa n d L e g g .

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T h i s w a s a n e a r l y a c c oun t w h i c h w a s g o t t e n b y J o eF r e n c h when t h e s i t e w a s f i r s t o p e n e d i n 1 9 6 6 .

I n a d d i t i o n , t h e r e w a s a p l a n t o n t h e n o r t h s i d e o f t h ec h a n n e l w h i c h w a s a l s o s e r v i c e d . T h i s w a s a s m a l l p l a n t ,wherea s the one on M a n c h e s t e r Road near 610 was a r a t h e rl a r g e p l a n t .

T e x a c o , I n c .P. 0. Box 5 2 3 3 2H c - j s t o n , T e x a s 7 7 0 5 2A t t e n t i o n ; J . S a m u e l L i s t i a k , Esq.R e ; T e x a c o a n d N e c h e s B u t a n e P r o d u c t s C o m p a n y

1 . T h e T e x a c o p l a n t a t P o r t A r t h u r w a s s e r v i c e d r e g u l a r l yb y t h e d r i v e r , T o m m y L e g g . S c a l e a n d w a s h w a t e r f r o m l e a d e dg a s o l i n e w a s t a k e n back t o t h e H i g h w a y 9 0 s i t e i n 100-barr e lt r u c k s . I t went t o t h e p o n d .

I n p a r t i c u l a r i t i s r emembered t h a t L u t h e r B o a t r i g h th a n d l e d p i p e l i n e a n d t a n k c l e a n i n g o p e r a t i o n s r e l a t e d t o t h eP o r t A r t h u r s e r v i c e . T h e p i p e l i n e v i r g i n c r u d e w a s 4 0 % t o5 0 % r e c l a i m e d , w i t h t h e b a l a n c e g o i n g t o t h e p o n d . T a n kb o t t o m s g e n e r a l l y went t o t h e p o n d .

2 . T a n k s a t C l i n t o n D r i v e i n G a l e n a P a r k were c l e a n e dout. S p e c i f i c a l l y f i v e t a n k s were c l e a n e d o n o n e j o b a tC l i n t o n D r i v e . I n a d d i t i o n , t a n k s near W a l l i s v i l l e Roada n d t h e S o u t h e r n P a c i f i c R a i l r o a d , w h i c h were p r o b a b l y5 5 , 0 0 0 - b a r r e l t a n k s , were c l e a n e d out. T h e r e were t h r e e o rf o u r t a n k s a t t h a t s i t e a n d i t i s p a r t i c u l a r l y r ememberedt h a t t h e y had t o b e s q u e e g e e d ou t by F r e n c h L i m i t e d p e r s o n n e l .A l l t h e m a t e r i a l s f r o m t h e s e t a n k s went t o t h e p o n d .

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3 , I n a d d i t i o n , m a t e r i a l came t o F r e n c h f r o m N e c h e sB u t a n e i n t h e Beaumont area. T h i s m a t e r i a l w a s g e n e r a l l y

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red s t y r e n e t a r s , and i t came f r o m Beaumont in 100-barr e lt r u c k s . A man named "Red" drove D i x i e V a c u u m t r u c k s f r o mB e a u m o n t . G e n e r a l l y 300 t o 500 b a r r e l s p er m o n t h came overr e g u l a r l y f r o m N e c h e a B u t a n e i n B e a u m o n t v i a D i x i e . T h e p u s h e ri n Beaumont w a s a M r . M o t t , w h o n o w w o r k s f o r L u t h e r H i n d e ni n B e a u m o n t . A l l t h i s m a t e r i a l f r o m B e a u m o n t went t o t h e p i ta t t h e F r e n c h H i g h w a y 9 0 s i t e . I t h a d a n o f f e n s i v e odor .

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W e s t e r n C o m m e r c i a l T r a n s p o r t , I n c4 4 0 1 8 t h S t r e e tB e a u m o n t , T e x a s 77707A t t e n t i o n : L a m a r G r e e n

M a t e r i a l f r o m S u g a r L a n d , w h i c h w a s i n t h e n a t u r e o f t r a i l e rw a s h i n g s , came f r o m t h i s p r i v a t e c a r r i e r . W h e n t h i s c o m p a n yc l e a n e d i t s t r a i l e r s t h e t r a i l e r w a s h i n g s went t o a s u m p .F r e n c h c l e a n e d o u t t h e s u m p a f e w t i m e s . A 5 0 - b a r r e l l o a dc a f f . e in each t ime a c l e a n i n g wa s done. The m a t e r i a l wentt o t h e p o n d .

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