Document 444jL3jnpRo82BnKNqNny3o1x

0. 208? ' s zk tom smst August 30, 1950 HBOBASE3M 10 THE m.s Bus Phillips Fetrolewa Cmpergr Lop, Oklahoma On Friday, August 25, v* received & telephone coaansiie&tioa fre Mr. 'M. -2* Fitzgerald of the AtlasTtusk Coapany, lUlsa, that they bed purchased two loaded tasks fro* Phillips Petroleum Company at Sbldler, Qklahcasa, these. were tanks So. 2609 sad 2601, Both 2500 berrsls is capacity "epd both is aviation blend ing ,/gsrries. mill: ^ 1945. Mr,. Fitsgurald wasted to know whether; they. were :lssd free, II checked cor records and found that both had bAej* elssscd is August, 1941, under-the ob servation. of ' r. L. i. Fleck but were sot thoroughly clcsned froa the steedpoint of a led hazard, it that tine the tacks were entered merely to install suction lines m& ver# pat b&ek is loaded .service* Is view of the fact there were no tank cleaning reports in our files shoving these tanks to be thoroughly cleaned, Mr, iitagerald was advised th^- were still h&asrdous* v asked hi to notify us when these teak* were to bs entered so we could have a representative present. On the soraing of August 23 v# reoivsd e cell from Hr. 1. a . Chappell, superintendent of Phillips at Lep, who stated the tanks had been cleaned unday ssornibg by Mr, fitsgsrcld and soaeosa else. Ho stated' they v^rs in the t-sak lf femes sod had left the sludge on the ground. Ho r^coassandfid the sludge b buried and this was done. After this-.work was done, the erm returned to lulbr ,&nd wo talked to Mr, Fitz gerald on tbs aoralng of fuesdsy, i-29* Ha told th writer ha catered the tanks asrely to inspect the bottoc and found ihare was a tmoll amount of sludge preset (.2 bushel in each tank), which, he reasoned, He claimed the alurtpf consisted of hrd^ dry scale8 and there was no dust involved in resowing sane. Be stated be felt no after effect from this work end did not- geeste while in the tes&, Ha remarked he was supposed to notify us -as to when this work was to be done bht stated that in view of the ysry mall eesount of sludge fee was sure it wapi safe to eater the tanks. Ho stated ha alone vent in both tasks and wee in each tank about If hours. He said he was sot .going to su the Ethyl, Corporation cr Phillips and that the only one ho could sue wag1 the Aflfes ?8nk Company, of which he wee the owner. (This, providing he had. lead exposure}* . Ha stated bo planned to proceed to diswantle these tanks ;e.s soon as possible. All work is to be don fro the outside* The roof sheeta will be removed first end then the top. rings, thence to the ground. On the afternoon of 3-29 we received a call from. Mr. C, 8, Mhaelsr, assistant refinery'superin tendent, advising the construction crew-was ready to tejar down tho tanks* Mr.- wheeler stated ha would not give the.-'olearancS until he had approval from us, the afternoons of tho 29th will bs speni j erecting the. staging for the dismantling of these 'Tanks* His writer will &o * tep the aorning of the 30th to sake & thorough cheek os the condition iof ijhese tanka. HE 0017287 f?sm ? '.Mms -a- lugas-t 30, 1950 lisirutry information vs,. passed along to Hr. Schradis dp Hie coming of 29th. iio was advised the exposure tooSc place Santi&y feoSj lag. end that days bad lapseu with apparently so ill offfecta to tfiar involved* t ffis-ntioa?it*gorcli2. ?tatftd ho Jolt - very wall end, of eoars, did . other party (vftore nan* has sot determined} -as '-hef dated he was only ~-n la the tcnl. Following lr* -Schradirs*5 advice, <-re g0ing k^ep clotS'S ch*-ck os thepo ssn for tlje next two dsys aed: .1 furnish a report* HKBtJAC ij \? T , ^ j.iipij Rg OOl'^88