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TO: Bob Downey/BFG^ FROM: Henry Fiur/Houstx>n HILL and KNOWLTON, Inc. BFGoodrich Co. THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE August 1, 1978 Page 2 .. *, r } [::! .'. s ! r\ , - ,71.: l. > .BY CARLOS BYARS Coh Jon C. Vanden Bosch of the Army Chronicle Science Writer Corps of Engineers in Galveston express-' : A draft plan that seeks to balance ed cautious'concern, saying the plan protection of the coastal environment with "might be another layer of evaluation to 3he need for industrial development has be put on an already extensive process.".' toth praised and condemned at a public.. Spokesmen for the U.S. Fish and Wild- ,^peelinghere.,- v ... life Service and.National Marine Fisb-i : J Spokesmen for industry," environmental- ' eries* also'posed objections and questioned ' asts and community leaders spoke for and whether the program would meet federal' 1 ^gainst the plan, developed over a four- , requirements of the Coastal Zone.Mari;, t wear period by the Texas General Land SgementAct.. 'A ' .';` :. Several spokesmen, for coastal y K Land Commissioner Bob', Armstrong, . communities attacked the plan as under;, r Jvho conducted the Monday meeting, said mining local control over industrial devel- ; Gov. Dolph Briscoe is to forward the plan " ' to the U,S. secretary of commerce.* e ;>Rlchard D. ilbgan, a Seabrobk alder; j Supporters and opponents did not divide ;. man;labeled the plan as "a stamp across ; dlong pro-environment,'- pro-industry the Texas coastal'zone saying `re^snfed i Jines. Some representatives of each spoke for industry.'".r, -': . - ' - ,. r'~" | in favor while others urged an overhaul of ' However, Sharron Stewart of Lake greater or lesser magnitude. ^ Jackson said the plan, which she helped * Drawing most of the opposition was a ' develop, will achieve economic growth for proposed method of evaluating a project's the coastal region without destroying it -possible effect on air and water quality. *-<nd the coastal ecology and its social and Economic impact;; X Some speakers, such as Bobette Higgins Planned plantvpf Denton, representing the Texas League ISaf Women Voters, endorsed this method Sjs offering a means of tracing who and rhay involve. what agency made decisions for or Against a permit and why.'' ; `x.; : C" John Landry of Dow Chemical Co.'at i>fYeeport termed the same section is j p>eing "too complex to be understood." V ! `Ms. Higgins and Landry were members ' Cof; the 'advisory committee that helped site '*.'i /-< ':> - ;V.` v- .. 'ir : gaevelop.the overall management plan. ^ \ B. F. Goodrich and Bechtel Corp,, wut- ' V John F. Erdman of Union Carbide Co. in ' ' ners in a proposed chemical plant at Bay- ; ^xas City, perhaps' summed .up the ,port may relocate the $200 million facility l Scprrfusion over the plan's merit when he 'elsewhere in Texas or in Louisiana, a ' ijsaidtoe "was not sure how all the various ; Goodrichspokesman says. ; 1 [policies will fit together.''^. :/('. f r, Robert Downey, manager of public af- {tSiErdman said he .could not concur, or " fairs for Goodrich in Cleveland, Ohio, said . ipisagme with the plan because `tit's hard a decision is, due jn September,The plant., i. ijb say what procedureswill be followed."^- woiild employ 200^ - - '/' Vr- v : The company is looking at one site in f- Texas and two in Louisiana, he said. The r locations were not disclosed.;: w.' ".; Downey said the Bayport project is be hind schedule as a result of five weeks of hearings on a Texas Air Control Board construction permit, which area residents challenged. 1 A Galveston Bay Conservation .and Preservation Association lawsuit also challenges the air board's refusal to con sider land use in its determinations lead; ing to the permit t One part of the plant would make caus- 'tic soda and chlorine. Another portion would .use the chlorine to make ethylene, dichloride, a basic chemical used in the manufacture of polyvinylchloride, a com mon plastic. : 08-01-78 6Sa ^ S 21962001