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Before and after \/ievipfpyff(i* The photo above shows Reynolds Metals plant after installation of pollution curbs and ,below is how.lt looked- before the equipment was installed. How ever neither of these photos shows the San Patricia plant,* the major source of pollution at the Reynolds _3r- ... . MAY 2 0 1976 T site. It was operating at the time Of,the photabefow- :;,but was out of the picture. It:'was,notbperating^eir'; ' the top photo'was made: The^i^^lUih'^::fflh':> i .lower photo are water vapor; not^llutante;' >'.$ jis costly game Pollution control has become a high-stakes guessing ; game for Reynolds Metals Co. and other major in dustries in the area. ^ It is also a major factor in higher prices we pay for all kinds"of-consumer goods. This year alone'the Reynolds Sherwin Alumina Plant will spend $2.7 million on pollution control. That ' is im'addition to $13.6 million already put out' for air, water and solid waste control during the past year. . Next door at the San Patricio Reduction Riant -- 'ywhlch"has been shut down for the last 14 months -- work;is continuing on $30 million worth of air emission |-controls:alpne;'4^)i:-' - , .- ; ' ' Other plants in the area have been going throught he . same kind of massive expenditure during the past hight ftrtlj^eiir';rpushing to meet existing regulations t ,The' harmless Vapor`plumes are much larger in thS^C; levels that will be allowed by -earlier, photo, 1' STei;&hd:i^deS^fenvironmental agencies, in. the fu- ' Improvements rat ,tlie SherwinYplarit have included*; " :w '(' .-.'f'- .^Installation of ^scrubber for duist control at the baux^ ^M^^Sifffredihi;- manager of the Reynolds Sherwin H ::;ite uiiloading dpckijjusfcan be seertffisin'gfrpjnjihip*.J g^pl^5t^.pre]Siicts';tihat the company will have,to, spend i . ,side.`in.the earlier^ picture,-.AVbag-type dusrcoliedtdrj ^UCh more on cbntrol devices in coming years, doubl- has been instajled at the alumina loading dock at -the* ' \l3iijgWtHpling the $16 million that'will have been spenT r - lower right. jffo&jfo,- ^Vhr'ou'gh' this year. 1. ; :=, ' New. electrostatic precipitators have ,been added to& j^^he two;accompanying photos reflect some of the the soda recovery, kiln which is almost at the centeYrcrfl- > cnange:in air quality near-the plant. One .was taken in. the lower picture and similar equipment has been put ^hl^rdw-i960s-i;ihcisecond on April l of this year... , on all nine of the kilns used to dehydrate alumina>as*dV ^^ATbhg-with addition.of expensive dust collection and , . moved through the final stage.of processing. ~. jt ^emilaioii whYroj equipment, there are two other im-: Suffredini said that enclosures, dust.collectorsbnpi ^^ftantTfS?tbfl'lifiecting; the appearance of the plant dust scrubberS'.haye-been:.added.throughoub.the;i)lhnf?? - in ffie befdre-a'ridiafter photos. to cut down on dusting whereever.bauxite or alumina v ^First is that the San Patricio plant, always the handling takes place. , i I I *; . . primary source of emission, is operating in the earlier Installation of emission controls at the San PatrjcUD photo and not in.the second. It is pictured in the upper plant should be complete by the end of the year. ReyK right of, the -"before" photo. Secondly, cooling tower nolds officials have speculated that economi^cbftdi^ water vapor creates varying plumes depending on at tions could be right for reopening the `plantTate;in,lh?? - mospheric conditions and is not a pollution problem. year and hitting fulf production by the end of the y&atfK PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT RMC-319