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X 0 0 cc - iss lubsell Schell Mr. 11. K. Ball J. Wallace Imery Gens Hill Equipment Company Tulsa Dallas er 17, 1952 Gear Hank* Hr. Schell requested me to make a call in Fort Worth regard seats secondhand gasoline tanks which The Texas Company at Houston sold recently. Apparently our information on the subject was not very complete. The Equipment company involved was re; to be Glen Hill, but actually the company is Sene Hill Equipment o.j 1920 last Lancaster St., Fort Worth, Texas. Hr* Hill told.me' t he had purchased several tanks froia The Texas Company at Houston cut so far as he knew no cleaning of the tanks was involved. Some of tanks were re-sold directly from Houston and others of their wore to Fort Worth where at least part still are on hand. So far as I ,d detersd.no no lead hazard was involved. hr. Hill and- ids coispany are thoroughly familiar,with precautions against entering; tanka which have contained leaded and regard the.use of such tanks for storage of edible products contacted this company several years ago regard ha?ards involved tanks ana loft copies of our literature on this subject* They have re-contacted once or dice and I recall that Mr. Hill telephoned froia Ft. Worth regard a leaded tank problem. He told me today that refused to sell tanks which have contained leaded gasoline if they they are destined for storage of edible products ana that the invoice every sale carried warnings identical to our stencils regard such sior and regard tank entry. Moreover, he said they have stencils bearing these warnings and generally label each. tank. I am convinced that this ompany cooperates with us in every way that could be , expected, itrj. Hi >ld iso that he has avoided putting son,into gasoline tanks for pry se and that he dot's not plan to do so. in the future. He has agr n, however, to notify us in case he should find it necessary for a entry* I presume that the above information should be stall., .cient for the Houston incident, but if there is anything further I can) do. please advise. Very truly yours. /V J. WALLACE Eispsr JWE: as Ke 0017292 -- N21032.01 Mr. J 0. Balser w. s* Dixon Texas Company Tanks Ualvsston, Texas iouston loustoa icvember lit,. 1952 Dear Mr, Balaert Ve were advised on November 11, through H. H, Russell, Eus sell Oil CO., San Antonio, Texas, that two tanks originally owned ty The Texas Co. at Galveston had been sold and were in the process or bein dismantled. Upon investigation on November 12 it was found that these tanks, located at 13th and Hater Streets in Galveston, had been cleaned a(rid that one had been totally dismantled and moved to the Dansiio 'inery at Peitus, Texas. The other had been purchased by Russell and was to be moved to San Antonio, The contractor on the job is J. H. Gouch, Box 212, Three Rivers, Ts who will also reerect the tanks. He and two of his oiaplcoyees,< mHfeand; apparently entered and cl.eahed the tanks about October 30. Total time spent in cleaning about. three hours during which time the men were in and out of the Kb protective equipment other than rubber boots was used, 81 was haadled in buckets and piled on the ground about 30 feet from thhe bancs. The men involved have worked every day since their exposure. All the irma were observed during this investigation and apparently puTf iered no ill effects, Another man, WBKKGMKKMm has worked on the tanks but was not involved xn lead-in-air test made in the remaining tank indicated onl;^ a trace of lead in the atmosphere. There was some water and foamite on the floor which had been used in gas freeing the tank after it was cleaned. There was a small amount of non-adherent sludge on the floo>r but practically none above the bottom angle. The tanks had capacities of 800;and 2li00 bbls., t: latte: being the one that is still standing. The smaller is identilied by the number 16770. Their construction is unusual in that ich iank is actually two tanks, one inside the other and bavin* . cornmon roof, Each set of tanks has two .floors, one separated ora the other by about one inch of asphalt. According to the.confer, restor tbss: re were no apparent leaks in the floors or walls of th ta Iks The tanks have been inactive for several, years but jwe?re st: upped of product in February of this year. As nearly so ca(i be dete sained they KE - 0017263 N21032.02 were originally sold to the Gene Hill Equipment Co. of Fort Vorth and then resold to R. E. Russell. Russell then sold, the tanks to Panaho and then bought the smaller tank back. 1| It -was arranged icith the contractor that all cutting on the refining tank uss to bo dons from the outside and that the entire floor is to be scraped to bright metal before any cutting is done.! In addition the bottom ring is to be scraped before being trucked to San Antonio. fhe sludge is to be buried* The bottom end bottom ring of the tank in Rettos is to be scraped clean before any -welding is done. A final: report MU bo bitten' tSien. tfeis-- Job' i> bQliiplItei ?ery truly yours *| /s/ >1. S. Dixon ; 0017294