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if*#* Iset Dr. R. A. iCehos' ! e~i If </ ? 4-<* 'K"7 tnt*t--t 'TIj r- 1, ^Easte.rn.RePgion 'I ... dr. J. 0 Baiser **%}* <***/"< J. d, misery -lbV <Si .<>-i-C ' Fi,^ 'f U.S v t; / ^ A T ^ f f 1 . *'s'r-A-- * L. R. Fleck n A Ball The Texas Gorapsny Galveston, Taxas :>: York Tulsa hoversber i?U* 1952 Dear Vans be are attaching hereto a report from Bill Dixon re,L foxng_ the leaded tanks that -ere sold by The Texas Cospaay tol an equipBient company without notifying the Ethyl Corporation. These tanks in turn ere eventually sold to tvq .different oil companies and ere cleaned by a contractor with no protective oquipiuc-nt ether than rubber boots. ory fortunately the exposure period as.;not very, long and two weeks following the cleaning the rasa showed no ill effects;. Incidentally, this was discussed on Novfflsbeir 13 with Dr. Kohoe at which tiiae he was given all the facts '.his inch are being indirectly checked again this weak to stake:cei*tsih they are still in good condition* Upon Dr. Kehoe*s recoiWndatifcms we made absolutely certain that these uses would not be subject to additional exposure. Hr. Emery got in touch with the equipment company involved iiho apparently did not know there was dry cleaning taking place Judging from Mr. Emery's coiassents in the attached report the equipment company was not aware of a lead hazard, In prel.ixj Kj j o ar y discussions with The Texas 'Company;Mr* -Hewoaa was tdId that instructions had gone along with the contract indie ting that the tanks were not to be used for edible service beeausc- thoY had contained lead. A complete report will be furnished you upon coplctic-:a of our contact with The Texas Company at Houston. .. lours very.truly, H, K miHi* HKBscLjb Attachments HE 0017291 rrTn ...... ca * Hr* IwiSsell Schell 0 0 f hr. H. K. Ball J. Wallace, Starry Gens Hill Equipment Company Tulsaj Dallas er 17, 1952 Gear Hank* Hr. Schell requested me to sake a call in Fort Worth regard seats secondhand gasoline tanks which She Texas Company at ton sold recently. Apparently our information on the subject not very complete. The Equipment company involved was re; J be Glen Hill, but actually the company is Sene Hill 1920 last Lancaster St., Fort Worth, Texas. Hr* Hill told.R je had purchased several tanks from The Texas Company at Houston but so far as he knew no cleaning of the tanks was involved. Some of tanks were re-sold directly from Houston and others of them; were|moved to Fort Worth where at least part still are on hand. So far as I Id aetersaine no lead hazard was involved. hr. Hill and- ids company are thoroughly fardJLiar.wi precautions against entering; tanka which have contained leaded and regard the.usa of such tanks for storage of edible products contacted this compaqy several years ago regard hazards involved tanks ana left copies of our literature on this subject* They have re-contacted once or d i c e and I recall that hr. Hill telephoned Ft. Worth regard a loaded tank problem. He- told ma 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 sale carried warnings identical to our stencils regard such star regard tank entry. Moreover, he said they have stencils bearing warnings and generally label each. tank. I am convinced that this cooperates with us in every way that could be expected. Hr iso that he has avoided putting sen,into gasoline tanks for and that he dot's not plan to do so in the future. He has as again, however, to notify us in case he should find it necessary for a tqnk entry* I presume that the above information should be stuffLcient for the Houston incident, but if there is anything further I can)do plCcs.e advise. Very truly yours, /V - J. WALLACE El-SjsaX JWE:as KF 0017202 p IT Mr, J. 0, Balser W, s* Dixon Texas Company Tanks Aalvsston, Texas iouston ' Iouston :icyeiab:r lU, 1952 Dear Mr. Balaert He were advised on November 11, through B. H. Russell, Eus sell Oil Co., San Antonio, Texas, that two tanks originally owned by The Texas Co. at Galveston had been sold and were in the process of being dismantled. Upon investigation on November 12 it was found that ukese 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 Refinery at Peitus, Texas . The other had been purchased by Russell and ;s.s no be moved to San Antonio. The contractor on the job is J. H. Souch, Box 212, T'jree Elvers, who will also reerect the tanks. Ha and two of his employees, apparently entered and cleaned the tanks about October 30. Total tiaa spent in cleaning about. three hours during which time the aen were in and out of the Ho protective equipment other than rubber boots was used. 31 was handled in buckets and piled on the ground about 30 feet from tbe tanks. The men involved have worked every day since their exposure* All the Jane were observed during this investigation and apparently suffered no ill effects, Another man, jflHfflMMHflHlF nas worked on the tanks but was not involved in the clean!* A 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 floor but practically none above the bottom angle. The tanks had capacities of 38 0 0 /and 2li00 bbls., th latte: being the one that is still standing. The siaaller is identiflso by the number 16770. Their construction is unusual in that each tank is actually two tanks, one inside the other and having . cornrno:n roof. Each set of tanks has two .floors, one separated from the her by about one inch of asphalt. According to the contractor thpsre were no apparent leaks in the floors or walls of th tanks ihe tanks have been inactive for several years but wars st:ripped of product in February of this year. As nearly as can be det#:rmined they *E- 0017283 were originally sold to the Gene Hill Equipment Co, of Fort vorth and then resold to R. R. Russell. Russell then sold the tanks to Panaho and then bought the smaller tank back. !i | It was arranged with the contractor that all cutting on the refining tank '.23 to bo dons from the outside and that the entire floor is to bo scraped to bright metal before any cutting is dcne.j la addition the bottom ring is to be scraped before being trucked t|o San Antonio. The sludge is to be buried. The bottom end bottom ring of the tank in -`ottos is to be scraped clean before any voiding is done. final report will be written when this job is complete. i; /s/ uxxon [ K B 0017294