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IH IL L a n d KNOW LTON, n c . Shoreacres resident testifies y Bay property values declining By MARK TOOHEY Staff Writer Property values have "dropped considerably'' in the city of Shoreacres as the result of a proposed B.F. Goodrich Bayport chemical plant, east of Highway 146, Bay Area resident, A.C. Huff testified. Huff, who lives at 1003 W. Shoreacres Blvd., in Shoreacres, is one of several parties opposed to the Texas Air Control Board (TACB) is suing a Bayport construction per mit to B.F. Goodrich. The public hearing, which entered its fifth week Monday, con tinues at 2p.m., today at the Seabrook Community Building. Huff, who serves as police com missioner in Shoreacres said he's concerned with the property value decline. " A lot of my neighbors are selling their property and going," he said. Huff questioned Goodrich's proposed production of chlorine and cited a recent disaster in Florida where a chlorine gas spill was res- I.'*-- . -k. ). ponsible for the death of eight per sons.: (The $100 million proposed Goodrich plant reportedly will , produce 800 tons of chlorine daily) "I'm not an expert on chlorine, but I've heard some stories about i it.," said Huff. i "The company (Goodrich) tells us what a great facility this is, but they won't show us or prove it," he added. Huff, said he considered himself ' an "expert on living and tabled a chemical plant, built east of , Highway 148 as an "error of man kind." In other opposition testimony. Shoreacres City Councilman Micky Johnson said the proposed Goodrich facility would be located 7200 feet or 1.2 miles from a La Porte elemen tary school. If an accident occurred at the plant, an "escape route would not be. readily accessible," said Johnson. He then questioned TACB polkyin issuing construction permits. "I am concerned with TACB policy in this area. Sometime I can go into my backyard now and can't see my hand in front of my face," Johnson testified. "I wonderwhat it will be like ifthe facility `B.F. Goodrich) is built," he added. The D a ily C itiz e n S aturday, March 4, 1978 BFG16939 TOOT68T2