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Fairmont Park West ommunity Improvement Association, In . P. 0. Box 521 LA PORTE, TEXAS 77571 BE IT KNOWN TO ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: WHEREAS Houston Chemical Services Incorporated, a Texas Corporation, hereinafter referred to as HCS has applied with the State of Texas Eor a permit to construct and operate a hazardous waste incinerator on Bay Park Road in the extra- territorial jurisdiction of the City of La Porte, Texas; and WHEREAS said incinerator will be located eight-tenths mile south of the nearest residence and one and one-tenth miles southeast of the nearest public school, which prevailing winds would carry emissions in the direction of these approximately Fifty percent of the time an~iua2~IJi acid WHEREAS HCS will operate a combination rotary-kiln and fluid-bed incinerator if the permit is approved, the efficiency of which is as yet unproven; and WHEREAS HCS is a newly formed entity with no proven track record of responsibility toward meeting and maintaining the critical emissions control that would be necessary; and WHEREAS the additional traffic in the way of trucks hauling hazardous chemicals to the site via roadways not suited Eor such would be potentially disastrous, i.e.; an accident or a spill, a disaster HCS would be under no legal obligation to help contain or clean up; and WHEREAS there exists no plan for the orderly evacuation or notification of area residents in their homes or students at the public schools should there be an escape of toxic gases or emissions From the proposed site; and WHEREAS the majority of residents of this neighborhood has demonstrated disfavor toward the granting of this permit and the installation and operation of this incinerator at the proposed site. BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of Fairmont Park West Community Improvement Association is hereby opposed to the location of the incinerator site proposed by HCS and hereby requests that their application be denied. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this board will support the granting of a~permit to HCS Eor an incinerator site which is not bounded by residences or educational facilities within such close proximity, nor will cause a hazard Eor traffic. BE IT STILL FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be read in its entirety into the minutes of the next board meeting and a copy be presented to the city council of the City of La Porte, the Texas Water Commission and the Texas Air duality Board. Carl Foerguson ~cz+~ f President, Fairmont Park West Community Improvement Assoc. A test: Sandi Ogg Secretary, FPW- I