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TO: Bob Downey/BFG'^ FROM: Henry Fiur/Houston HILL and KNOWLTON, Inc. BFGoodrich Co. THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE August 1, 1978 Page 2 y; K' ' t *! ft r -l ; (BY CARLOS BYARS ' , ^Chronicle Science Writer------ -- " * Col"Jon C. Vanden Bosch of the Army Corps of Engineers In Galveston express- ' f 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 Ihe need for industrial development has be put on an already extensive process.'V both praised and condemned at a public . Spokesmen for the U.S. Fish and Wild- " . jneeting here.. life Service and.National Marine Fish-r ; Spokesmen' for industry, environmental- eries' also"posed objections and questioned . 2sts and community leaders spoke for and whether the program would meet federal1 < ! ^gainst the plan, developed over a four- . requirements of the Coastal Zone Man-.; j year period by the Texas General Land agementAct - * V*':v-1 ; pffice.^,. v - ^ . Several spokesmen, for coastal " ! j! Land Commissioner Bob . Armstrong, . communities attacked the plan as under;,. ; jwho conducted the Monday meeting, said mining local control over industrial devep *1 j gov. Dolph Briscoe is to forward the plan i > the U.S. secretary of commerce.--- Richard D. Bqgan, a Seabrook alder-, Supporters and opponents did not divide man, labeled thb plan as "a stamp across qlong pro-environment, pro-industry the fexas coastal zone saying `reserved lines. Some representatives of each spoke for industry.=?. sc>. - :/ . f f,: m favor while others urged an overhaul of However, Sharron Stewart of Lake greater or lesser magnitude. v 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 H. .possible effect or) air and water quality. . . I-qnd the coastal ecology and its social and Economic impact X Some speakers, such as Bobette Higgins jrf Denton, representing the Texas League Planned plant gif Women Voters, endorsed this method %qs Offering a means of tracing who and >hat agency made decisions for or may InvolveHjgainst a permit and why. 'V-- ~- ; C* John Landry of Dow Chemical Co.'-at -' ^Freeport termed the same section, as site flwnofe; Jbeing "too complex to beunderstood.'!. ; i r Ms. Higgins and Landry were members * ! Vu&f-l (he advisory committee that helped " : ^develop the overall management plan..* (=: : B, F. Goodrich and Bechtel Corpc, part- ': ! X Jbn F. Erdman of Union Carbide Co. in hers in a proposed chemical plant at Bay- ; iT$xas. City, perhaps" summed .up the . port, may relocate the $200 million facility > Nqoiifusioh over the plan's merit when he; elsewhere in Texas or In Louisiana, a , 1 gsaidhe"was not sure bow all the various Goodrich spokesman says. - r Sjolideswill Bt together,": .: . ' , Robert Downey, manager of public af i ;Erdman said he .could "not concur, or fairs for Goodrich in Cleveland, Ohio, said ^disagree with the plan because "it's hard a decision is. due jn September,^The plantj ;. xJjosay what procedureswiH be followed."!" would employ 200^ '** 'V ft. " A-'. The company is looking at one site in , ,L` Texas and two in Louisiana, he locations were not disclosed..'::: ' said. The \ Downey said the Bayport project is hind schedule as a result of five weeks of"' hearings on a Texas Air Control Board construction permit, which area residents challenged. ) ' 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 'r 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. , " V., , ' ... 08-01-78 T00296T2