Lease Agreement Between Brownsville Navigation District and Union Carbide Corporation for 306.51 Acres, with Hazardous Waste Permit Attachments (1959)

A 1959 contract in which the Brownsville Navigation District leased a 306.51-acre tract in Cameron County, Texas, to Union Carbide Corporation, with terms covering rental, term, water supply, docks and waste disposal areas. It is followed by undated attachments that appear to come from a Texas hazardous waste permit application, listing waste streams at the plant (including a statement that old asbestos insulation is bagged, labeled and sent to the Brownsville City landfill) plus process flow diagrams.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-16: Contract and Agreement between the Brownsville Navigation District and Union Carbide Corporation leasing 306.51 acres in Cameron County, Texas, with notary acknowledgment (BRA 1399-1414)
• Pages 17-21: Attachment D, Table III-2 Hazardous Waste Management Facility Component Summary Sheets for ball mill residues, off-spec formic acid, non-chlorinated flammable liquids, sodium hydroxide solution and tank solids (BRA 1415-1419)
• Pages 22-26: Attachment G, waste descriptions and process flow diagrams, including asbestos insulation disposal at the Brownsville City landfill (BRA 1420-1424)
• Pages 27-28: Attachments F(1) and F(2), diagram pages for storage tanks and incinerator, and Dempster Dumpsters and surface impoundment (BRA 1425-1426)

People and organizations

From Donald B, Benedict (Vice-President, Union Carbide Corporation (signed for Lessee; title garbled in OCR)).

• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Brownsville Navigation District (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Texas Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-1729 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 28 pages. Production numbers BRA 1399 to BRA 1426.