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. I '. e e Subject to Rule 408, Texas Rules of Evidence THIS AGREEMENT IS SUBJECT TO ARBITRATION UNDER THE TEXAS GENERAL ARBITRATION ACT STATE OF TEXAS s s s COUNTY OF HARRIS AGREEMENT REGARDING MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SITE WHEREAS, the City of La Porte, a municipal corporation in Harris County, Texas ("La Porte"), has applied for a solid waste disposal permit from th~ Texas Department of Health ("TDH") for a solid waste landfill (the "Landfill"), on property located approximately 0.5 miles south of the intersection of Bay Area Boulevard and Fairmont Parkway and immediately east of Bay Area Boulevard in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of La Porte in Harris County, Texas~ WHEREAS, La forte has obtained a permit for an air curtain destructor from the Texas Air Control Board and in the future La Porte may expand operations at the Landfill to include resource recovery operations (all operations at the Landfill are included within the term "Landfill" for purposes of this Agreement)~ WHEREAS, Rohm and Haas Bayport Inc. ("Rohm and Haas"), a Texas corporation, owns property to the north of the proposed Landfill where it operates a chemical plant~ WHEREAS, FMC Corporation ("FMC"), a Delaware corporation, owns the property that would be the site of the proposed Landfill after acquisition by La Porte, and owns additional property contiguous to the south boundary of the proposed Landfill which is undeveloped on the north portion and which serves as the site of an FMC chemical plant on the south portion~ WHEREAS, Rohm and Haas and FMC, have been individually and jointly opposing La Porte's application for a TOH permit for the Landfill~ and WHEREAS, all Parties hereto have determined that it is in their best interests to enter into this Agreement~ 5L:47100.lj4 -1-