11-11-13 Meeting of the La Porte Development Corporation Board of Directors

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1140uston Por,t Regroll awitzei mi m M ways Steven Skarke,,executive, vice president of Kaneka North America,a Japanese specialty chemical cornpany in Pasadena, "Port access is also critical since Our I)YOCIIACts are sold around the World." "It's also important to have access to things like <t COM1110TI wastewater facility, steam, oxygen and multiple natural gas suppliers," s. ays Doug Mathera, plant manager At the Dutch_ based LyondellBa.sell's Choate Road chemical plant in Pasadena, "The great thing about Texas is it looks for enlightened solu- tions to problerns. Recreational boats, shrimpers and plants call work and play together in, this region. That just doesn't happen on the East or West Coasts," says Mathera. Regarding wastewater, cominon practice is for each entity to build and operate its own waste management facility. 'rhe Texas legislature took a different approach, creating the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority in 1969, initially to clean tip Galveston Bay, "About 80 industrial users send their wastewater to our treatment facility today," says Scott Harris, facility manager at Gulf Coast Waste Disposal's Bayport facility. "Another 11 companies or expansions are being considered as well, so we are continuing to grow." 213MM=1 The FAI-IPR's northern boundary along Highway 90and Sheldon Road is ground zero for the latest in OCTG pipe, an old ollfield term that stands for "oil country tubulargoods" used in producing or transporting oil and gas. Green, unfinished pipe is transported to this location from around the world or produced locally from rolled steel in new state-of-the-art pipe plants. Value-added processes, including hear treatment, finishing and final inspection, finalize the creation of a joint of downhole casing or produc- tion tubing.