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Special Permit / 't 1 _ _ . ~ ` jlllrll'+E C11 V 1V J~ ~ ~ LA-]ENTWING C C3lvlitii I S61u, COIR~TTY COURT HOUSE SPOKANE 11, WASHIivGTON PHOL'E BR. 1141 _ EXT. 255 ~ S F'EC IAI, PEMqI TFEE / rt- l.ltiT3.'1 4 - , . . , e f _ f J{ / t f Nii:'d'~',~ f~ i ~ ~~r t v a 'f' ~ , f.~r . rr , l plioNE I ~1 ~ PR~ ~ENT 1'tLkILIN~'r A,~DRESS {_'"rAL DESCR~PT~~~ OF PRUPERTY (Give complete description of groparty from deed, tax receipt cr contrFAct) 4 _ , T . ~ l , ,~,f~* - t ` f-~'"t~y ~ j } . • _ .:i~ . - 9r. . . ~ . ~ ~ PURPQsE ` ► . ~ ~ J ! T. • - { " r ; !dUTERIxu-r D I i~" ' NSIONS r{ f ~ ~ ~ f ROOMS ~ U-~~ITS • . 4d i 4JUNDt#.1 14.11Y SEWAGE LIGHTING ESTIKATED COST OF BUTLDINk"Z f N.EIuARKS ~ SANITATIQN Nacessary to have a PERNIT FRCBI the Cuun~y Health Lnit, (mr' carner of tlxo Court Bouse Black) on a1-I installations'af sewage disposal. 1+JATER CONNECTION Yftere any work is performed an County property or right-of;way or in a.ny manner, disturbs the surface* s houlders or dit^hes of County Roads perxnission must be hacl fram the County Engine$r's Offic*;. STA'I'E HTGFPrAY DEPARTYENT V~here the s tructure faoes on a Stato Highway this pemit is issued subje~~ to rneeting requirements and regulations af thz Washington Depo.rtment o#` Highways in cvogsratian wzth the ti``dashingt+on State Patrol and the , grant ing of a permit requ2red by the Department of Highways. ZONE Strueture to conform to reLulations as t o USE in Zane Distrzct where located. ff~ • f (S I(UIi HERE ~ ' i 1 October 9# 1951 - Acstivatad Fertillser Corpa~~~~ion 737 Pay-ton building ~poken , Wwgiiington Gontlemen a * k►nalaaed# plssas _'iut~ ik "Speoial Pvrnit" isQued by tbe Flanauing €:amr misaion at- their rceet on Septamber 28, 1951. AYso eoolaesd i.e a monoy order in th+d amount ot _3. 00, relate vn your cssh deposit in the sum v# $10.00# filed far pawnt atterxdant your Sprecial P'ermit. STAT$MENg OF LMIiSF Physiaal examiAation and mileag~ $1000 Legal adverrtiaing (Fro-rated) .50 Ownearshi.p lists 1.00 Pastage l.60 ' ~ Brief, legal notives and transoript of minutes 1000 . Loca~tianal r~aPs 1600 Stxuvture fee soOp 11:915 . Money order 010 $114,26 Your@ very tre~ly,, SPOKANE CO1JNTY PLANN7NG COMMIsSION By ~n S. Exeo. s~~~tary ~ RhCS. F'ermit and mnney orciar ~ . . ~ ~ . ~ ~ - ~ k4us'~ 1951 _ ~ ~ .ActiTatetd Fert#.1isAr C'rf~~~ I'a 737PsVtan Bui ldixyg Sjvkanoke '.r~ashin..gton ~ Gentlemee: On J'ms 27# 195l* '1h# $gokmQ-Couaty P1a=lag Gomissiow, aft4r a ptiblic hearince deniod c~ur ~liv€~tfaa ~"or spvi~ p~i~ ta son~rtruat a,~l op~etO a btiilding for the manufa~ture of Super Phosphatee for somniWvial fer~il~~~ of South 2221 ~st 528t of ~?,t ot SE-i- of 640 ]S4~3, lyi?W ITa►rth of R/W - Of Com. St. P. & P. Ryo dr 'I~OO of A~~ Road. 'wr ara herwith retwniag your d"nit in #~e am of $13. 0l, . fil" for P~~~ ~~~erdmt ito the ovnsideac'~~ion of the speoW . Very tra1y youm VOLM O4U'NTf` PIAMNG Cqt+MISSION BY Don S. Graham, Secret~iry mu. $15. oo ww* ~ ~ ~ ~ ■ , ~ activated • • fertilizer • corporation of woshingto/suite 737 peyfon bldg/spokane, 8 June 15, 1951 Mr, Don S. Grahsm Eaecutive Secretary Spokane Connty Planning Coromission Spokane, WashinPton Dear Mr, rraham: I am enclosing a blu eprint of the schernatia flow of materisls through our proposed super_phosphate plant in the Spokane valley. As 8 matter of eaplanation, the ground ro ck will be stored in the cement silo and then move by conveyor belt into the building into a surge tank that equalizes the amount of phosphate roak going into the mizer. The phosphate rock is combined wi.th sulfuric acid in the mixer by means of a screa► type action. The mixer is air tight and no fumes can escQpe through any crack in the mixer or out the feeding part of the mech3nisrn since the fumes must progress forward with the material. The mized material is then dropped dorm into an enclosed pit below the miaer. I wish to point out again that all equipment through which this material moves while in a reactive condition whe re fumes could be given off, are air tight. The pit is divided into two sections. Alternate day's production will be placed in separate pits. After the material has been in the pit for a period of about tqro hours, the desired reaction and all release of fumes has ceased. The mQterial is set-up similar to Plaster of Paris after this reaction. An eahaust fQn will remove Q11 furnes from this pit and these fumes wi.ll be fed into awater scrubber using a lime solution. The removal of all fluor- ine gas, sulfurous aaid fumes a.nd all other dangerous fumes will be assured with this lime solution. The solids formed by the reaction of these fumes with the lime will be separated and marketed to help supply a aritically short local msrket. A mucking machine will be used in the section of the pit in which the materisl is solidified. This machine arill bresk up the set material and feed it to a toothed roll which rvill roll the material to a size that can be easily trans- ported to the floor level bp a bucket elevator. There wi.ll not be any dust from this operation because the material at this time contains about 18% moisture. . • • THE STATE COLLEGE OF WASHIa1GTON PULLMAN, WASHINGTON WASHINOTON STATE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH . . _ . . - , 737 Peyton aiildin:- ;,-~kane 8, it:ntleme: Several o~ ~ i,~ ~ ~ - • ~=i ~-__~J,;:_~~.. . ~ .,.'y.~.. _ , the pronosed plant of the Activated Fertiliz-r ~ ,;lso equipment and materials oi co?zstructic. . --1 materials as propose.3 rock and sulp'iuri_c acid. The air in t'le den wi11 be cnanoe3 o~lce ev~ry 4 1/2 qinutes. i li:: satisfactory. The scru'Qbing towe.• ' • - - , ~--ol-)osed -NOUlc-. prove satisfactor-y . Alu.*-~num Co~:~~an~r _nla-it at 'Tancouvex, , li~;is sa~isiaci.oi•~tiakinz care of fluoride emanations. The velume of ~ases 'zandle3 by . %ctivated ~'ertilizer Corporation wouli be much smaller anc?, tnerefor . , . , . . , . ~ _ . c v v ~ / r ~ L. rllbrook, Director ?,ZA: rrb cc: nr. nn^rl . . r Description of equipment used in Activated Fertilizer Schematic Flow Sheet J'ohnson Cement Silo No change is contemplated in the e=isting structure eacept the increase of air pressure used to keep the material flowing when the bin is being dis- charged. The air Will be incrsased f'rom 12 to 14 pounds pressure. Discharge chute will connect the silo and surge bin dirsctly. It will be constructed of 3/16 hardened steel liners inside the cotanon tqpe of chute designed for this type of silo. The angle formed between the chute and the perpendicular side of the silo will be 45 degrees. Surge bin Standard Johnson 12 ton aggregate bin uvith top of bin sealed urith 1/4" steel. Bin is vented with wire filter as approved by State of Washington Department of Public Health Enginee ring. Acid inlet pipe 4" steel pipe with suitable fittings for tank discharge. Aaid Tank 33' bq 12' diameter. Construction to be 3/8" steel sides and 1/2" steel heads. Tank to be below ground level. Manhole to have Lead II tube drier containing sulphuric acid with drain into acid mixing tank. Puinp to Aaid Mixing tank to be Worthington plorthite 1-CG. Acid 1Eizing Tank 25' by 10' diameter. 3/8" steel sides with 1/2" steel heads, lead lined. Gravity floar to Aaid Surge tank ta be Carpenter stainless No. 20, 3" pipe. 2" water pipe into tank at bottom of tarik. Acid intake from aaid tank through top manhole. Vent into den air duct vent to scrubber by means of 4" saran lined 4" pipe. Aaid Surge Tank 6' by 14' di8aieter, 3/8" steel sides, 1/2" steel heads, lead lined. Pump to mixer to be Worthington qYorthite 3-OG. All piping in acid system eacept intake pipe to be Carpenter No. 20 stainless. No. 20 Stainless steel nozzles in mixer for acid entry, 3 gal./min. or total capacity of 18 gal./min. Enclosed sarew conveyor for discharge of phosphate rock from surge bin to miZer. 12", 45 degree flite. (Note: Any fumes from mixer would have to pass through the six i'oot length of this conveyor and up through the rock in the bin to the vent hole at the top of the surge bin before they aould esaape into air.) ~ Mizer 1" oast iron body with 15 ga. 316 stainless steel cover sealing top of rrnaer. F'lights to be modification of Link-Belt 1611, 45 degree flight. Modification is 3" bp 7" stainless stael paddles betsveen flights. All moving psrts to be either 316 or No. 20 stainless steel. Tbp flight discharges into bottom double I flight (without paddlos) which reverse flow of material and drop through saran plastic lined chute to turntable in den. 1bta1 length of movement of material through enclosed miYer, 301. ~ ! J ~ . : ~ ~ 2 ~ Descriptian of Equi.pment for Activ~ted Fertzl%za~ Planti cont. Turntable in Den as per desigrr of Link-Belt Dia. 20' with 4' center ho1e for drive mvehsnism. 3" woa dde eking. 4' h.agh woa den si d.e s. 300 of tab1e to contain two LutJen s3icers followed by buckat aonveyvr fal1owed by rubber scraper. The bueket aonveyor carries sliced material ovar the side waxls to standard 16" canvepor that carxg5..es material tn stmp„ The turrxt.able ms.kes one revolution every 3 hours* Bucket elevator (marked bucket conveyor in green on schematic #`low) carries material to first flaor whsre it dumps material an standar-d belt convepor. Wifly vibra,ting screen may be necessary to size the tnaterial ciown to 1f 16". 3'he oversize wi11 be put through aset af rolls. If this grocess is necessary, a coMtinuous filter as made by the Day Ca. wi11 be used to cnllect any dust that ffia,y arise from this operation. Iume Cmllectivn 5ystem A hood 10' 3n d3.a,. is suspended with the bottom of the hnod 2~1/2' sbove th+e surface af the super phosphate resting an the turntable. The exhaust pipe is a circu1ar 18" in dia. pipe laned wa.th saran plastic paint. The hood is also treated the same. Tfte fan capacity wi].l be set at 2500 cf~n, The sar+.tbb~r wi1l consi st of awvvden tank: eight feet in dia. and 10' high, The shelves will be set 18" below each other. The solution used will be a saturated solution af lim$ and will be tested at set periods by means of pH detarminations. The calcium fluoric~e and other products formed will be cleaned periodi+cally from the settling tank by meaxs of a, bucket conveyor through a rubbear sealed manhole caver. The settl.Y,ng tank will be treated concrete to prevent fluorine attack. The outlet of the scrubber is to ba packed with rnasonry saddles over which the 1.ime water wi11 flow grior ta going into the baffled sczubber tower. i 41 #2 ~ Yr. Don S. Grshaa June 15, 1951 ~ YPhen the material reaches the floor level it will pass through a set of rolls which vere designed for the cosl industry to eliminate dust. If anT dnst should develop from this operation, then a dust collecting and bagging arrangemant rill be assembled over the ro11s. Thers rrill not be any dust in the plant. The final operation is the bagging bp a~ conventi,°u bagger. No hazsrds aan be foreseen by this phase. The bagged material will then move to storsge within the building to await shipment. I hope that this gives you a clear understanding of the proposed procoss- ing f or our plant. Very truly qours, ~ R Dwight . (3ustafson DFG VZ cc: Prof. Eri Parker IN TFE ZdATTER (3F A.PPLICATION OF ACTIVATED FERTILIZER CORPOKATIuN, FOk A Si~ECIAL i'ERMI T ~ COIr'STRUC T AND OPERATE A BUILDING FOR T1.E ~ MANUFACNRE OF SUPER PHOSPHAT'ES FUR COt:XERCIAL FEERTILIZER 0li S• 2221 • of E. 5281 of S~- o£ SE 4 of Sec. 13-25-43, lying north of RA of C.m. St. P bc P. Ry. & West of Fark Road. AFFII?AVIT OF POSTIIvG STATE OF WASHINGTON ) ) SS. C017NTY OF SPOKANE ) ~ : ; ~ being first d•.t1,y sworn, deposes and says : ~ That at all times mentioned herein he was, and now is, a citiZen of the United States, Q resident o£ Spokane County, Washington, and over the age of twenty-one years, That on 19 , he personally posted throe (3) trus and correct 4(es of the hereto attQChed NOTICE OF P'UBLIC HEARING at the follow- ing plQCes (in Spokane County, to-~vit: . , 2. Le~ ~ ~ ~G ~ t , , . . 3, t I , ~ . 1 • ; r. " , C- ~ Subscribed and sworn to before me 19 S _ J~.-- , ~y- ,f _ N 6TA-77 PUBLIC IN AND FOR SPOKANE COUNTY, E'ASHI?VGTON keLiding at Spakane, VTashington c~ ~ 0 4 t n activated • i i i✓~ n i ertiliz r • 1 corporationof washin9to/suite 737 peyfon bldg/spokane, if September 13 1951 AlIr. Don 00. Graham, £,xecutive Secretary ~pokane County Plannin~ T5oard Spol:ane County Court Hous e ".no?:ane, "'a~?~ir~~ton 7c`_I`' T.'1'. ~'iY'ail,-T~1: Fnclosed here►vith is ._r. connection Ytith our application for special permit to construct aplant for the manufacture of superphosphate. ~ Very trU1-i ~ ours i ~ E. Salter President S?flI:i.:~I~?:~ COUNT r PLAYNI P1G C Ci.J.: I~, . I 0? " COUNa'Y COURT HOUSE SPOKAr ~ 11, j'1 a SHINGTO?T September 100 1951 I ~ Aotivated lbrtilisar Corporation 737 Peyton Building Spolcane, Wash in.gt rn Gentlemeal:: The hParing on your application for aSpecia,l permit ;o reoon.sider deoision for the manufaature of •uper phoephates for fertiliser, nG3 been definitely set for yPednssds Saptember 26, 19510 At or near 2;00 P.N'. We aro unable te tz~ you the exact hour whPn your broject will be considered, as the ordpr of business foi• the spssior_ is quite eatended. It is Fssential that you or your rApresentativP be nresent at the public hQaxin& as the Comnission may desire further inforn:ation rel.-i,- tive to your proposed u.ctivity. Enclosed, please find four notices of public hearing, three of which are to be nosted at thrPe conspicuous places on the -oroposed , site of your project. This should be done immediately upon thAir receipt, as the notices should be posted at least ten days bPfore thA date set for the hearing. The other notice should be kept for your files. WA Arm also e+nclosing an affidAVit of posting, to be rompleted by you and filed with the Secretary in this office sometimA bAfora the hearing. If you have not nlready done se, it will be necessary to sAm 14r. AxcAl1, C;ounty Sanitarian, in regard to your sanitation, or ,your pei'mit ca.nrte+t be gtven cpnsicieration. Very trulv yours, aP'CIKA?V"h CCtiUNTY P:.r~?NING C'C`M?TI "SIC1`; G: esp R,y Enc. 5 Executive Secretary ~ ITOTICE OF PUPr IC HEAitIMf I1OTICE IS ;--~.r~~l ~I171,T that the Spokane County Planning Com-- missian v:ill hold a public h?aring in the Commissioners! AssembiZr :tooL2 in the Count,y Court flouse on TiemxwA~ 1ledwaiaye BePtmboT g8s l9bl# at 2:00 P.I.I. to ma.ke rlecision on the following projectt %9 rrappliation •t Aatiwatsd :Vrtiliser c4rp0arac1aa, ror s gp"Ul Asra`i t to gorr qnistm1 ftwrat,4 a Wi1d i. mL for tty• =&aus'oature of •uper phoophates gor aa~roW fortilissr m b• !ti • ox " 8=e' of :44 eF A'i of k4o. 13-28•"• 1,Yift aortib of FA ar C. U. b to P. G P• eiy. w" t, ot* i=ark RoW • At said t ime and place, any interestEd person ma,v bA heard, for, ~ or a,gainyt, thP granting of the above applic^tion. SPOKUTE C OITNTY PLkNNI NG C Op•1I I S S I ON B Y 'ON S. GFtkIDAUA, Executive SecrPtary IATE.P: R?,C.4i~~►F, ZVAqHITTG~ON -4oprbs! l+0o 1951 AQREEMENT TfIIS AGREEKFM entered iato by and between SPOKANE CaJNTY, a mninicipal aorporation, and ACTIDATID FMILIZER CORPORATIOIi OF WASHINC3TON, a Washingtan corporation, WITNFSMH: WHFMS, Spokane County, acting through the County P1wnixiS Coa- niasiou, has granted to party of the aecond part a special permit for the con atructi.oa of a f srtiliser plant to be cons truc ted on Park Road no rth of Spregus Ave9aue, said peznit eontaining aertain conditions therein; NOW, THEREFpRE, the lctivstad Ferti.liser Corporation agreea aa Yollovst 1. That it will 3ubrnit upon completion of s aid plant complete vorkfng drswirige of said plant to the Caunty Planning Commiasion. 2. That it xil.l, upon completion of said plant, n otify the County Plaaaing Commiasfon of its corapletian and it xill not operate aaid plant until after the County Plaruii.ng Conumission has had a reasanable ti.ms in which to have experte of thei r oma choosing exani-ne said plant to de- termine that it has been so conatructed that no nazious or iuJurious funes will be emi.tted therefron. 3. That after the operation of said plant hae bean conmenced, it' it ia determi.ned at 8ny time by the Planning Commiseion or its duly authorized agenta that noxious or in3urioua fwaes are being enitted therefro=, it vill ilamedistely cease oparation of said plant until correctians or additions ~ hare been Made miich in the opinion of experts to be choaen bY the CountY Planning Conmi.eaion are snfficient to correat the enissian af said f-ame, !t. For the pirpose of making such inspeations and tests, the Planning Gommiaeioa or its duly authorisad agents shall h,ave the right to a.,+..v. 0, s,,,.am; .o. &t nrv AnA al l reasonable tirnee. snd the Activated AGREEMM THIS AC}REEM17 entered into by and betxeen SPOKANE CaTNTY# a municipal corporation, and ACTIVATM FFRTILIZER CORPORATION ')F WASHINflTONO a washirigton aorporationg iMK ESS ETH: WHFMS, Spokane County, acting through the Cowaty Planning Com- miesioa, has granted to party of the seaond part a apecial pomit for the conatruation of a f.rtiliser plant to be constructed on Park Road north of Sprague Avenue, said pemit cantaining aertaixi conditione therein; NOW, THE:~tEFORE1, the Aativated Fertiliser Corporation agreae aa tollowa t 1. That it will submit upon completion of s aid plant complete working drawinga of said plant to the County Planning Cornmiasion. 2. That it xill, upon completion of said plant, n otify the Caunty Planning Comni.asion of ite completian and it will not operate eaid pls,nt until after the County Planning Commission has had a reasonable time in xhioh to have experta of thei r oxn choosing exam -Ine said plant to ds- termine that it has been ac canstructed that no noxdous or injurious fuues xill b• emitted therafrom. 3. That after the operation of said plaat has been commenesd, if it is determined at any time by the P'lanniug Gommisaion or its duly authorisod agsnte that naxiaua or injurioua fumss are being eYnittsd therefro% it xill imadiataly aease oparation of said plant until aorreationa or additione hate been sde vhich in the opinion of sxpsrts to be chosen by the County Planning Comiasion are aufficient to correat the emission of eaid funeap 4. For the purpose of :naking such inepectiona and tests, the Planning Conmiaeian or i.ts duly authorised agents sha11 have the right to . 0 - . i --J _71 - - - - -1- .1 - J.l - .....i 46s l..+ 4 *ra+ ~rt ~ AGREEMINT ~ THIB AaREMIT entersd into by and betx+een SPOKANE COJNZ'Yf a muni.cipal corporations =nd ACTI1lATM FFRTILIZER C4RPORAT24N IF WASHINOT0110 a Kaehington aorporation# WITIt E8 ETA t WTIERBJS., 3Fokau• County, aating through the County Plaaning Coa- missian, hae gxanted to partq of the aeaoond part a epecial perwi.t for the ooristruatioa ot' a t'ertiiliser plant to be construatod on Park Roa,d north ot Sprague: Avenus, aafd permit aontaining aertain conditiona ther+ein; NOtid, TKGR-170RE, the lotivatsd Fertiliser Corporation agreea aa tollowa s 1. That it aill aubn►it upon aompletioa ot e aid plant complet,e wrorkinp- drawings of aaid plant Lo the Ccunty Plmning Gomaa.eaian. 2. Z'hat it Mi].l, upon complation of said pluit, n otit"y the Caunty Planning Commisaion ot ita campletiou and it rrili not oporate uid plant until attior the County Piamning Commfeafon hae had a rsaeanable tim in yhiah to Aave sxperta of their oMn chooeing exam'.n• said plant to de- termine that it haa baen eo aonstructed Lhat no n+oxious or iajurious fuees will bs aaitted thsretron. j. That atter the oporation of said plaut has bern coamoncod, it it ia detrrmined at a►ny ti4e br the Planning Comaieaion or ite du]y authorised agent.s that noxioue or injurioua fwaes are bsing emittsd therefros, it xill imadi,ately oAaat aperation of asid plaat uatil correatiane or additions have been ,wde whiab in the opinion of Warte to be ahoaen by the Gawaty Plsnning Coviodeaion ue auffioient tio corrsat tb►s smisaion of eaid tvnes, !t. For the purpoee oP .naking anch inspeatione and teeta, the Plannizg Counieaion or its duly authorised agente eha11 have the rigbt to mter the prmiaee at any and all reasanaule tiwee, and the Aativated CONDITIONS TO BE II+ISERTED IN SPECIAL PERMIT This permit is graated upon the following conditions: 1. The peraittee, Activated Fertilizer Coxporat,ion, agreea upon completion of it,e plant to eubmit complete working d rawings of said plant to the County Planning Comnission for their sxamination• 2. IIpon completion of the plant and beforo the operation thereof# peraittee, Activated Fertilizer Corporation of Washingtan, shall notify the Couaty Planning Commission that said plant is coaplete and the County Plarining Cornnissian ahall have a reaaonable t3ane tRhereafter in Which to have said plaat sxamined by earperts of thei, r choosing to determine that ao noxioue or injurious fumes will bs emitted from said nlant ancl peruittee $hall not operate aaid plant until said experte aha11 render their opinion thet no noxdou8 or injurioua fwaes xill be emitted frora said plent• 3. After the plant ia in operation, ehould it appear at arq tima that noxdoua or injuriou' funes are being emitted therefrom, thia permit shall be imrnediately terminated and the operation of said plant ehall cease uatil auch tiae as correctiona or additiona to aaid plant have been made which in the opinion of experts to be chosen by tho County Planning Commission vill correct and stop the eaiisaion of eaid fumee. 4. For the pnrpoee of making such inspections and tests,, the Planning Commisefon or its duly authorised agents shall have the right to enter the premiaes at arq and all rea9onable times, and the Activated Fertiliser Corporation shall pay all eapeneea incidental to such inspections and teata. I CONDITIONLS T0 BE I.i~~ERTED IN SPECLkL FERMIT This permit is grarxted upon the following canciitionas 1, The paraittee,, Act,ivatecl Fertiliser Corporatwian,, agrec$ upon comple~tion of 3.ts plant ta submit cvmplete v+vrking d rawings of said plant to the Coranty Plarming Gommission for their examinatione 2. Upon completian of the plant aaad before the operation thsreafq germittee# Aetirra#.ed Fertilizer Corpvration vf Was~ingtcn, shaU notii'y the County P1aaiimg Commfssion fiMhat said plant is completa and ths ~oun#y Planning Commissian shall have a reaavnable tirne theraafter in which to hava satd plant examinad b~ experts of thei r ahoasing ta determ#.ne that nv nvxioue or injurious #'umes wi11 be emitted from sai3 plant and pernitta~ ~ha1l nvt nperate ,s~d plant until said exp.-:rts shall render their apinio~ thit no noxious or irijurious fumes wi1l be emitted frvm said plant# 3. After the plant is in operation, should it appear at any time that naxious or injurivus #umes are being em.3.tted #►hexefrvm, this permit sha~l be immediately tcminatec3 and the operativn of ss3.d plant shall csase until auah tijne ae correstionis vr additiona ta said plant k~~ bee~ made which ia the opi.nion of expexts to be chosen by the C+aunty Planning Commissfaa wi.11 correct and stop t►he emission of said fu~~s* For tha purpoae c►f imakin~ ~uch inspections and to,3ta, tha F7.a.=ing Gomaission or ita aul.y aut,harized agsnta shsll 1~ave the right to enter the premisea at aaay and a11 reasonable times, and the Ac~ivatood l'ortilisor Corporation sI^lall pay a11 axpenaes incide~tal to eu.ch inspeotione an d te Bt s. i , l, 13' ►r Y.:.:;T .~i I!H IE1' F-4MI'I' This pemit i, 1. 'i~:~' e^'n1.ttE, . iu~_►.et:~ i:t.ii.~z:~: _~u;,;_~~-.J C~.i!11C? LiV:I tc, :11.1. . .ir✓ ~ .:-'1 1,.e .:Vi kiii~ ~.0.1~,Y • 2♦ •~;%Oil C:`i~~jiltLiivi~ 3:. vp6T`ciLiJil ~.tlEiY'E3Gs. y i-termittee, Activated i:er+ilizer Corporation of WashiAgtan, shall notit'y the County Plaaning Coaemiasion that aaid plant ia complete and the County ~'lanning Ca:nmi9sian shall have a reaeonabls time thereafter in which to hav• eaid plant oxmined by experts of their abooaing to datermins that, I-io noxioua or injurioua fumta ir3.11 be emitted from said plant and perai.t tiee shall not operat,e eaid plant until aaid exp. rta ehall renGer their opinion t'rit no noxious or in3uriaus i`urnes will be emittcd from Said plant. 3. AFtvr the plant is i_:: opt rai.ion, shoui:: i L a;.,: ear at any time tt,at; no3cious or injuri-_lu!~ i,z:ne~3 ar :;;;ii:,J e:'iitteu ~..dr+Lf'roIri, thie perrnit :;!;3Idt].OA o-' sai." ;lur;t shall ooaee : unLil ^llCf~ ti:r;~; a;, ,;;,r•.-~>cv~;-:i.- ~ta:ui i-D.ri!-~ t~) said plant hatrs bee11 tsade xt, ic h in the O,.Alll.jll oi expa r L.~ tc, be c:.o sea uy ths County Planning Cogamiaaion vi11 corrset and atop the emiesion of said fumes. !t. F'or the purpoee of malcing suah inapectione ind te ta, the 'lannirg Cum:aieaion or ita duly authorised agents ahall have the right to Qnter the premiaes at any and all reaeonable tinee, and th• Aativstad ert.ilizer Corporation shall pay all expe+naea incidsntal to euch inspectiona an d Ls Rt e. t~;Os ~~~i PiuIRIE AGRICUi.mL'R.Ai~ ING Contir.ued Mr. Tosseen: The qtestion is this, whether we should hold it ovcx to another neeting or not? , i•Ir. Walker ; There ia miaconception out there. A misunderstandirig on something. If they arentt roady ta presont it to tho board properly, I think it should b4 continued. 1-11r. Myhre: Don, have you met with these peoplc who want to zone the axea? Rr.. Graham: I f ve raet ti:►ith one sponsor. ~ l•ir. i•iyhre: `Tevvr with a moeting of the peoplo theraselves7 I wondsr if that wouldnlt be the best idea? I,Ir. Graham: We can clear that up in 15 minutea in sty office. t•ir. M~yhrv: Can you people arrange a meeting of all interested parties out therQ and have the mvmbers of the Planning Comrsissi.on como out and talk it over? Mr. Olmstad: wc can arrange a neQting, but everyone who signed that petition lmows what they have signed. Just because someone protests doesnit change the fact that they have ail read the zoning as put out by I.Ir. Graham's offico. IYIr. iflYhro: Tho only thing I was about to suggest is that wa have. had other potitions like this whore we have had peoplo co:lfused. Tf the people could liave a meeting, the mombers of the Planning Commission could go out somd eve- nl.ng. Ve could get together and get the differences sett3.ed. 14aybe Agri-- cultural zonin€; isnit wha.t you want. In ono case some ypeople wanted to zone a whole area. Thcy wantad it one zone but it tJOU2dnit take carc of somo people who wanted sooe othor things. But each person explained thoir sido and they got togother and they made a zoning that everybod,y could live with. Mr. 07.r.istad: lhen your thoug.ht, Mr. Nyhra, is that we get together and brcak tlzis up into Commercial zoning etc. Iir. Niyhre: No, get all your interested peoplo together for aLieeting evvn those who dontt want zoning and see if you cantt cone to some conclusion that you can all live with. We would be very hanpy to cone out and moet with you and go over any subjects - in fact Ls often as you want to meet. jire will work aut the detaile. In fact if one mRn Sots up a.nd says something and another man says samething alse, nc~,r it i s apnarent to us thEt tr.ere are zniscancoptions of wha,t zoning is or k►hat Ag,ricultural zoning is and i t is not straight in some minds. Stie would liko to suggest you gQt togethor ti►ith some of the members of the Planning Commission and ta1.k things over to clear up some misinformation. Sometime Agricultural won~t work. ma.ybe Residential would be bettr;:. So if we can get together, you ask the quostions and kie will answer them and maybe somo-- thing good will come out of it. I-ir. • AndQrson: This mothod has beon vary successful. 1',ro have met with the rosidents iiZ the past, duo to the fact that a lot of people don! t understand zoning and are afraid of it. Zt is a very good thing in our opinion or we wouldnit be working with it all of us without nay. '^ie oQlievo in it. Agri- cultural zoning basicallv is ec.sy to oxplain. A farl::er can go ahead and farm Just the way he alwayg has. I-;r. . 1•i,yhre : Zoning i s wh, t comes out of planning. Yo-a make a plan for your neighborhood or communi.ty and out of tha,t plan comes your zoning. i-ir. Walker; I~Ir. Chairman, 1111 renew my motion that this be macle a special order of business for the next moeting. 41 j-ir• Anderson; I i 11 second the motion. Jy;otion carried. ACIIOPT: Tho zoning was made a specia3 order of buginess for tho July neeting. ACTIVAT'ED F'ERTIZIM CORPORATION ~ 14r. Graham: Is thore any need for a briefin.g on this? Mr. Fogsoen: rTo, I think not. Mr.La11.y, do you want to have a statement horo? 1•1r. Lallv: 1111 follow the rest of thoa. I41c. Coongy: Ytd like to mekc a short statomont. Paul Cooney is -my namo. I rm connected with the law firm of Cooney e: Miller. Wo repreavnt 7 or 8 of the abutting psaperty owmere, and 40 or 40 othor peoplo who have come to us in _11~ ACTI "iriil."";D r RTILIZER CORPOR _)N Continued , vriting asking us to rePresent them at this hearing. Thcy are opposed to a special permit being grantod to thc Fertilizer Company on the g3'ounds that ' noise, odors and the l.x)iso-ious ga.ses that are likoly to escapo from such an opcration. I think, ae t,ir. Gra:zart said, thore is no need to do any briefing ~ here. There are residonces vithin two or three blocks and they arc moving closer. Itve mado somo invostigation on their proposed methods and in order to neet the issues, ti:►e haventt had tho necessary tim.a bocauso this is a new - type of manufacturing for this area. %te can lt go to another plant and ].ook at it and ask qucstions and make comparisons. The exponso would be prohibitive. Yn :sy i.nvestigretion .:~hon talking to the officals of the Activat`d Pertilizer Canpany, they told me ttte~t the nee-rest pla.nt tha t they* knevr of that was qui te similar to theirs was back in Pennsylvania. I do lmow tr.at wo have a plant at Trail, there is a plant at Annaconda and I think there is a plant at Livingston, Iiontana.. Their plant is at Pocatello. I think evei•yone of theso plants may bo on a little diffe2•ent blsis. In the resc,,~rch that Ilvc made and with the facilities avail,,~ble at the lib: ary, I've been umable to clearly know what tyno of plant thQy propose to put in there. The type of i-lachinery, method of handling, storago, eupply, dryiilg, etc. t is nu.nerotis in many dctails of manu-- facturing. I trust and foel it is the burden of tile petitioners to inform tho Commission thoroughly in thpt regard so that the Commission will knoar wh~:~.t they proposvd to do if a permit is grantod. Ifir. Fosseen: hir. Botdorf told mo th~.~t he would get such evidance so tr.at we can learn and do a little private investigating but they haven=t done so. I4r. Coonev: I feel that if it was available for yourselvas it arould be in tho file too so that we could inve$tigate, isnlt that right? • Mr. Fosseen: Certainly. I•:r. Coonoy; I did want that point put across at this tine, because I do feel we should have time in which to make our invcstigations,if the Commission please. 1f1r. Lall,y: iir. Chairman, I ara Tom Lally rovresentinG tizo hoirs of the R. H. Crowley estete. iiay I supplement what 2-ir. Coonvy j,ast said. The experts to whom I ha,ve spoken eannot give an opinion worth Iisteninb to, an anything vre- ~ sented bv tho petitioner hoz•o. 1-!a have nothing but blue print. ATov! I think the T)etitioncrs, the Activated Fertilizer Corporatian, should filo with tllis body wl•itten nlans and specificetions e.°actly what t'.;is plant is, just how i t i s to bo bui 1 t. Wa don s t eai•e about tha bui lding the archi tec ture i s nothing. But tho scient~st3 who want to give you their views must know how the vats and thv various thinga in tho blue print are to bo made. You know, and I know, that sulphuric acid is very severe on tho Pv4rarye motal. It is alwaYS shippad in glass, so far as Ilm inforr.icd. '-ow then, if tr.is mixing plailt is made out of sonothi:ig that can bo chippod a::d will be subject to wcar, we want to know it. In other words tho people who Gro promoting this thing will nut down in blzclc and white e;;actly how this intarior machinery is to be :nGdo. ile czn then havo our e;,-perts soe it and they czn givo you an opinion th° t is worth somcthing. Waybe thoy will say it is O.K. 13ut :s it is now, ~I--e are all up in tho air. IvLr. Fossoen: I?.sked I-lr. Gustafson and aleo i-ir. Batdorf to do th't vcry thing ~ and thcir scrvico doesn't really ring vrQll «ith me. Lally; i:ay I also say this, while I tm on my feet. I've h~)d ,,r. Fcrcy , Robinson, the Chief Doputy Auditor come hero and I wish to say that this corro-- ~ ration was formed in February 1950 as tho Rzch Fcrtilizcr Incorporation wit7i a capital i-Iay I nlo?sc have those papers3 In othor words I'm not satisficd ' that this Cor-Doration is re^dy to do business. Itrn calling that to your attention whi].e this is not a co,:st of lp-w, you should 1;nou~ those things that T lve diticovered. I~Ix. Gustafson here at your meoting in I,iay, tostified that your corporation had alrerdy purchased this ground, re,-dy to put up the building. t"Lr• pQxcY RObineon and Iv.,ent through tha indices yesterday. There is no record ..12.. ACTIVATED MRTILIZ-M CORFO :Ci:' Continued of any kind for the rurchase of one square inch of ground for this Cornoration in Spokane County. IFOw k►e want them to bo fair with us and fair with you. If • thcy havc an option to bv4Y somo ground that is ono thing. If thcy have alrcady bought and paid f or i to thatts ano ther thing. I f they haven 't already bought ~ and paid for it thoy can vory easily place their plant some place olse whorc it wonjt be objectionable. Yn pasaing, ma.y I say th4 '"rticles of Incorporation, filod February 23, 1950, with tho Socretary of State and thereafter filod in ~ this Stato, cnll.od for a capital of ~2,500,040. 2,475,000 sharLs of Class A at 1"P31.00 a share, 50,000 sharos of Class B at 50~. The paid in capital, $10000.00. i-s. alker wi11 bctir me out, tho law is r.~,andatory, that within a certain :iumber of dAys, and I have the code here if you ~~!,ant it, th«t therc must be filcd an affid^.vit k►ith tho Secretary of Stato and with tho County Auditor that tho paid in capital has beon paid. That hus not yct becn dono. I c311 your attention to subsoquent instruments, showing a conflict. I don 't know 1%►hat the situation is. I looked up in the City Directory tho officors ir.volved in this Corporation. Tho young gontlcman said thcy werc fnrmors. i-:aybo sotae of them aro, I lmow none of them with tho exception of the President. I ca11 him &ndy Anderson, his correct name is P. :3. Andcrson, a former city detoctivo thnt is now rctired. Andy is about as r.uch a far:ncr as I am. The other gentlemen I do not know cxcopt that they are livinC hore in town. I find ona ~;entlema.n, I,1r. Salter, he is in tho 1950 directory and has nevcr been in any other. I find that on April 17, 1951 thero was filed in tho ~uditorls office v iist of officcrs and directors. Ur. ~Ialker wil.l bear me out, that !~iust be verificd u.nder oath. 1'hat has not boon dono and thoy are not qualificd to d.o businoss on thnt grounds. In Juu1c, 1951, tho 18th, thero was filed in the Auditor's officc an affidavit of S. T. Salter and Bert P. i'looldrego, Secretary, purrorted to comnly with the law showing tho allot:ncnt of shares, in which it recites th^.t there ha.vo been allottod 8600 shares of Cl.zss x stock, for a total cash considcration of >8600. Prior to that on tho 21st ci-ay of I:arch, 1950, :,r. P. B. .:nderson, ipurportcd to bc -oresidcnt and ILIr. John Logan, Secretary, rccited that tho total number share allotted up to the timo of this renort that was cortified on tho 21st of liarch, 1950 with 201C00 shares of C7.ass 3 at 50~ a share, thatla ~10,000; and they h:.T,rc receivcd cash - payment for it. So Z don't inow ,ahich is correct. T'Aio bigger ,um of monoy was filed a littlc over a yoar bcforo the substituto one. If th==.t is all tho cani.tal that is naid in, let me say, that isn't enoiigh to scratch tho $urface. ihe articles were amendcd July 27, 1950, by cha.nging tho name of Rich lertilizer Inc. to Activatcd wcrtilizer Cor-noration of ',;ashii:gton. Ilay I aiso say in I paesing, in an instrtmient fi1od here on July 6, 1950, certified tho 21st day of 114'arch, 1950, recitca that it is referrinL to an o:ztircly differont Corpo-- ration. P. B. bndcrson a.nd Johm Logan, Presidcnt and F,crctary of Rich Fcrti-- lizor Inc. a,°~'ashington Corr,oration sots out %-,►hat it is etc. ihis instrumcnt tvas filed on Junc 18, 1951, showing tho latost allotilcnt of shares, rcads, "fA11otment of s?zares of thc gctivated Fcrtilizvr Corpanf of ~M:rica." That is a,,parently a differcnt Corporation or a misnomcr. In the affid.avit Iir. Salter and Mr. S'Tooldrege certify they aro President and Secrctary of .~ctivated Fortilizer Company of Ameri.ca, Iilc., now I want to know who I am dealing with, ~.nd so do you gentlc:ien. Y also want to knoti tho plans. i•¢'. srecmpn: Ii-rish to clarify some of the things 1-br. La.lly A-~,parently sLcros ~ to be in a haze about. In tho first placeo rcgarding the purchase of this land; It was purch~-•sed on contract, which I believc t-ias explained at the last raoeting, from th--.M'ce Sand ancl Gravcl Company, the present owncrs of that land. "There has boen Paid, on thc purchase of thGt 1?nd, ;4500 in cash. There is an oblig3tion to pay tho balancc of $10,400 of which 62500 is owing right now. . That is what tho company has in thc thing. Thcy have no option thcy havc an outright contract to purchase tho land with zlo saving clauso, and thcy havQ pa.id !~04500 cash deposit and arc obligated for thc balKancc of $14,400. ~13•- ' ACTIV.~TED 'TE~'iTILIZZIT'► CORP 'ION, Continued In rcgard to tho e.istAncc of tho company and hotiv many ai.aros arc outstailding, thc misnomcr in tho affidavit is the only thing to find not in order. ^lhis . last allotmont, which I.br. Lally sccrzs to be confusod about, whetY+.cr therc is $209000 or ~~,)8600, tho allotmont of ahn'ros specifically states 20,000 shares • of class ~ stock ti~~ith a par valuo of 500 per shaxc, or ~10,000 p1ua-8600 shuros ~ of class A common stock with par value of '$1.00 por share. I can say this for a.fact and this can be provcn, thare has boen taken in cash by this comna.ny as sharo holdcrs, $18, 600. Now thnt is proof this isn ft a fly-by night company ' th-Rt I.Ir. Lally has oildoavorod to load you to bolicvc hero. It Ms taken in, in sharos, $18,600, it has paid out $4►500 and is obligated to pay tho balanco on tho purchase of this land. ATow Mx. Lal].y woll knowa and I4r. ►'dalkcr lnov+►s that these contracte, until theylro paid, there is nothing on record. They go into cscrow and until tho balance of tho money is paid, of courso there is no scratch of anything on rocord that shoa►s this company owns thc -oroperty. Iieverthelesn thoso are tho facts, furthcrmore, tho company has obtainod a pcrmit from tho Statc of VrPshington, has clcared evcrythi.ng through the Securi-- ties Exchangc Commission for tho issuance of tho bala:.rico of 140,000 shares of tho class A stock at $1.00 a aharc. lhat is to raisc sufficiont funds. They havo gono to this c::tent, thoy have submittcd tho plans for this building, havo had architvcts dre.k► nlans for tho bui.lding. i"hcy nave submittcd it for bide. Bids havc bocn oponed on it. Thoy woitld not be goinkr, to that a:;tent if they wcro a fly-by-night company, if they werc not horc as a legitir~ate ontorprisc endeavoring to sot up a now and , valuablc industry in this country. iir. Lall.y: i4r. Chairrnan, in ansvcr to I4r. rrcenan, raay Iploase say this. Ilm not ccc--si::g you of bcing fly-by.-night. I tm just wanting to know who Ila dealing with, I-4r. Freoman. ldr. Frccman: You are dca].ing with tho hctivat-od Fcrtilizer Corporation of 1': ashi.nGton, and h:r. La.lly, that was a typographical crror on ny part iil that documc;nt, it was namcd as of "nr:oricall. I ti►ill sec tlvat it is correctcd. 14-. Iall,y: You havcntt cor.iplicd with thc law in sa.ying yo,ar $1,004 paid in capital has actually boan paid. I askod i-Ir. Gustafson on pag(t 13 of tho trans-- cr ip t , 1•ir. La.ll,q; Docs this Cor1Doration own tho C;round on wrich you nlan to have it? I•ir . Gus taf son : Ye s, the. t i s correc t. 'i'Tow I as sumcd they owned i t. I-ir. Fosscen: Say Idr. Lally, in tho evcnt that thcl c was a million dollars paid in, still thcre is something i would 'like to '_mow and that is the question of whcthcr or not it is dctrimcntal to tho othcr propcrty otivncrs? 'i-ir. . LallY :Wc can 't answcr that unti 1 tro s co tho ir plans. P,ir. Fosscen: That is what Ilvo asked for. I•;r. Lallv: I 'vc bccn to thi•co cxports anct thcy said they can't anawcr anything until thoy sco tho plana. Thay couldn't answcr any qucsti.ons on this diagratn. I-ir. Walkcr: tvir. Frocmant aro you using out thcro apatcntcd or a sccret or a nch* process? 11ir. Frceman: :•Ir. Gustafson cottld probably answer that ')cttor than I can, I~ir. ,'lalkcr. I t isn lt oxactly a nevr nroccss, no, it i~ ccrtain2y not a noi-i product by any ricans. It is a ncw process as far as this locality is coucorncd. i-ir. Gustafson: This nroccss as i-ir. Frecman has stated is riot now. But somc of tho equipmont thoro is ratncr a net,r approcah which will be natented. Thc cssentials of the equipment havc bcon discussod with the Institutc of Tcchnology ~ of 1:7~sh; r.gton Statc CollLgc and they arc P.wGrc of tho princinlos as they vill be used. Notu as r hD.vc said boforo, thc statcmont tirc would like to makc is that wc will takc thc pcrmit on th,,, basis th,-tat any tinc. v:,c attem-)t to oPcratc • in ally way th2t would bo- dctrimontal to any oth:r prop..rty owncr, and judgcd by any authority, such as thc '.:?.ahi.llgton Stato Collcze Institut,; of ^.;chnology, our p crmi tvii 11 bccome nul land vo id. 1Ir • Fosseen: T.'hy couldn t t wo get that beforc you start? i-~r. Gustafson: That was tho statenior_t I nadc 1ast tiine, ifIr. Fossoen. _-I4- LCTIV=:TED FERTILIZER CORFOR;,iIO'' Continucd I-ir. Fosscon: That was tho atatomont, but I understood you werc going to give , us a report froo thc Department •at liTashington State Collogc. ;-Ir. Gustafaon: jVoll, wc turnod ina aclvor_:^tic flow shect which :•ronI t dcvulgc any of our particulpr parts of thc cquipmcnt that wiJ.l bo used. ?dashington ~ Stato College Institute of Tochnology people are hcrc in the .1~udiencc rcpro- seliting thom. %-o would likc to call on thom if possible. I•ir. ?dalkor; It ' s beon a nunibvr of yeara, but I do knoUJ if you put sulphuric ` acid on anything, well somothing wi].1 havo to give. I ivc ocen around a lot of plants and around tho first test on phosphatc bods and that was 35 yG.1rs ago. I mado the first qualitativc analysis and quantitGtivc analysis on that. .any timc you get sulphuric acid on a.nything, somcthing is going ta givc. Somo of it is going out to tho air through a blowcr. Mr. Grustafson: Thc last timo I said thcrc would ba somc hydro-florinc gas. Thero will bo somo sulphur dio--=idc and most of it will bc carbon dioxidc. Mr. Walkcr: That is gas. hir. Gustafeon: Our plan is to takc it entiroZy through a watcr scrubbcr, in lerhich will havc a limc slurry in tho scrubbor. Could vL,c call on Dr. Mbrock? irly opinion docsnt t raean anything bocausc I am predjuiced against it. So:ac-- body who could Prcsent tho facts who is noutral. I4Ir. I,ally; I•1r. Chairman, May I ask, would it not bc propcr for tho Board to ask thcsc gentlcncn to put in k}riting tho construction of this plant so our ex,:)erts will know what thoy aro facing? rlIr . t`, alker: I'd likc to havo i t. Pl1r. Fosscon: That is what wo havo asked, but iic havcnzt bcon ablc to got it. Mr. Lally: Thoy are talking about somothing up in tho air. Wo can relay it to our e,:ports and tako up your timc at anothcr mcoting. Let them put it down i n b lack and whi t c Gnd may bo ti►o ld 0. K. z t. !,ir. Fosseons That is whrn.t I thought too bccause it is a very valuable industry. t~:alker; It is noaded in thcro. Mr. Gustafson: I wRS askcd to -orc9ent aaclkca^.tiE flow shcet and wc cantt rcvicVr all tho factors in the building. i.Ir. I,ally: i.ay I ask tho gontl.cman a v_ucstion4 Is this it7 i took this out and showcd it to an o;pcrt. Iriaybc it is 0.1C. , but is this sc.~.:::tic? It is a schcmo. You havcntt any dimensions of anything. You havenft got thc overall langth, tho hoight - you havent t got anything. 41-1aybo th,-t is a littlc labora-- tory model, I don't know. That is what thcse c;xports said to nc whon I showcd it to them. Now I want this thing down in black and whitc as you gent].emen do, so an c%"pert can look at it. Mr. Fosscen: Thc In'T Ptagnasito Corapar~y had qulto a bit of troublc up thero. Tho Spokano--Por t land C cment Company hA e dus t. I4r. Slalkor: lhoy still ha.vo. Mr. Fossecn: The samQ way with tho ulurainum nooplc. They havc: their problems too. ~ trir. Gustafson: Rathor than to revicw our cquipmont whi.ch is not yot patcnted, why canit wo go forward on thc basis that iro wi7.1 not opcrato unless it is anprovod by some neutral authority4 Mr. Lallx: Do I understand that you aro getting a patent on tho plans that you arc going to uec? ~y i-ir. Gustafson: On tho piecos of oquipmont, yoa. lJu'. La,11v: 1~:'ell I suggest you Fet vour patents bcforo you procood. Mr. Coonov: There nro lots of articlcs in theso Engincering magazines •onccrning tho latest echemes and patented devicos. Thoy ma,y havc a rovolutionary mothod hei•o, but thoir muthod oxcopt for soMO ommissions follows tho general scheme i.f ' any of you go to tho rcaoarch library down town. Mr. Frcoman: How do you know that, Nfr. Coonoyt Mr. Coonov: How do Iknow that this follows thv goncral schemo on thosc? Rr. Frcomans Ycs. -15.. CTIV: T~D FEEITILIZ__t CORPC YOiT Continuod NIr. Coono.y: Becauso the pictures in this di.agrc-im are tho samo as thosc down at tho library. Thcy havc littlo schematic diagrama and you can . read 25 or 30 pagcs. I did this marning r.urricdly. It happons thot thc volume I waated to bring over with mo was 2t the bookbindcrs. I.1r. Frooman: Do you have an opinion of an expcrt th^t those ara tho same? ~ :dr. Coonoy: Yc s . i-Ir. Froaman; Zdho is tho expcrt? A-Ir. CooneV: Oh, ho is here. He is a Chemical Enginccr. He is tho ma.n that y taught your boy, thatf s talking hcro. Ec was his tcr:chcr at 'e.'hitworth Collcge. Ur. Gustaf son; Wel l, i~ir . I1ustal, would Srou likc to spcaK for us? 14r. 1•,:alker: I know this, for thc record, what it cost down at Stockdale, it cost thc govcrnmcnt about thrcc raillion dollars to takc tho fluorino out of that ~luminum ralnnt down thorc. It protty near killed all tho cattlo up and dOlrlll tho Colwnbia Rivcr. Mr. Lu.llvs Tho fare spending millions right novr out at tho hluminwa plant trying to get rid of tho fluorinc gas out of tho opon pots. A~'x. 1';alltcr; You havc a combination of fluoriac and sulphur dioxido. Mr. Gustafson: 11hy donlt wo call on Mr. Nustal. They are the men who are supl,osed to know. You arc on ono side and I'm on tho othcr. Lctts hcar fron them. I-Ir. Coonev: Lrc you going to call my witnoss as an advorsc witnoss? ~r. Vustal.: 1iy namo is Ben iJustal, frori Whitworth Collcgc. In fact I~;r. Gusta-- fson is onc of my formor students. i•:r. Gustafson: Hc didnlt flunk mc out oithcr, so I guoss Ilm 311 right. Dr. Nfustal; I know this, I havenit gono into it very far but whcnever you trc?.t phosphatc rock with sulphuric acid you will got somc fl.uorine gas, or hydxoC,~r. 1]i:nridc as woll as aome sulphwr dioxidc gas. And thosc gases, I know, are dctrimcntal. Any plant anyivhci•e, in my ostimation, would llave to take carc of tho s e fumc s. Lno thcr thing you ar c bound to havc so me dus t. The Pho spha t e rock, after it has becn treatcd with tho acid, in tho form of the phosphatQ and thc supcr phosphatc~ou I think that should bc tal.en carc of. P~ir. >>Talker: Iti~,y I ask a question? Have you gonc over his plans thoroughlyY Dr. Aruatal: ib, I havo not. I,4r. %'alker: You havenIt scen his scrubbors or any of his designs? ?r. I~Tustal: I havc not. Ur. kyhre: In othcr words, you asaurio, in using suluhuric acid with phosphato rocl:, you would have gae and dust. Dr. T1usta1: You -arc bound to. Thc gases I tm suro, absolutcly. Thorc wou].d bc sorae dust in the handling. I-ir. t-I,vhre: Would thoro be enough quantity to do any da.magcp Dr. Nusta,l: That would dopcnd on tho naturo of the nhosnhate rock. 1•1r. P/tyhre: Could tho ftuncs bo thoroughly clcarod froni tlie air? Dr. -Nustal: That wrould dcpcnd on thc construction of your plant. Mr. I.IYhro: If it was constructcd right could it bo thoroughly cloared? Dr. Yqustal: I td say ycs. The proper construction urou3d take ca.re of fumcs. 14r. LaJ.ly; I•Iay I Ask tho gentloma.n a question, tqir. 01iairman? Imav not usc tho right tcrms, as I wroto tnosc down hurridly. iiydro-i3.ur.ric acid, whcn tho ulant is properly buiZt, can bc washud to takc carc of riost of that gas. That i s true. ' Dr. Nustal; Yes, thc gas is passcd through tho water chanbers. Mr. L•u.llv: I may not pronounce this corrcctly, ailicon--tetro--fluoridc, would that bo presont? 'T7r. Nustal: iJot unless tho silicon is presont in your 7ohosphatc rool{. . Mr. La11.Y: But it is incidental to lime--phosphate rock? It can bc producod? Dr. ATus tal : I t can bQ, yos. I4r. La11v; hnd that r►rill not tivrsh out, in tho sam;, wash that will tako care o f hyW rn. •f 1:. koI• idc Dr. 1,7usta].; ThZt wi11 r~urat u►ith wator4 ltirator will take it out. --16-- .ATSV4=P MfLnILIZER COMPOF.___ Jl' Continuod ?dr. Lally; 1'hat fa what I wantod ta know from an cxp~):•t. Lnother thing, it also forms Calcium-fluroridc gaa, doosntt it7 ' Dr. Nustgl; Not thcro isn't such gas. Calcium--fluorido is a solid. Thv form in which your flu,orino is nroscnt in tho phoaPhe-to rock. ,14r. I,allx: Supor phosphatc;sp you montion, that is not soluble in water? Dr. ITustal: Ycs, siightly solublo. IiIr. Lallx; You aoo gontlcmpn, thi6 is why wo want thoso spccificationst so wo . can ha.vp our oxporte atudy thom a.nd givo you thcir opinion. You can1 tgo on somabodyu etatomont. ~~r. 'dalkqr: YE it truo, Doctor, tha,t phoephat.; rock is insolublj and hao no valuv as fc:rtiliECr =loss it is troatod with sulphuric acid or aome acid to makc it into a supor phoapha.to and thvn it ia solublo? Dr• Nuatal: Yce eir, that ia truo. IL is a chango in tho chcmical composition of your phosphato, which makoe it slightly solublc, and usablo fpr fcrtilizer. I-ir. Coonov: Juat ono moro quvation Itd liko to ask. Lro you in apoaition, from your oxpcrionce, tp etate whethor or not in othLr plants in the Country or in such a Plant as is boing proposodl to bp built hcro, whuthcr or not fron an oconoildcal rtandpoint of tho oporations of tho plant it is foasiblo or practical to trap all thoso #unacs tha.t it may bo noacssary to trapp so that it will not becono an annoyanco or a nuieancc? Dr, i3uatal: It is possiblo, and fcasiblo I would s^-~~, tI~?o:~ i t.e~^ r~bo•_IC cost. I tm not an Engincor to anawor that qucstion. Mr. Walkor: Havc you evor ox.a,minod any of thcso plz,.,,' S f Dr. Nustal: I havo not. II vo becn around plants that y~ro `~:.c~ ::_:_r ?10.:=O.o and similar plante Fihoro thoy had fumo problcms. Mr. Walkor : Have you s ecn them talccn out ? Mr. 1'rustal: Somo of thom. I=vic eoen -olacos whcro t7ioy wcren t t takon out, and I know thoy aro Q dofinito dctrimont to thc comununity if it gooa out into tho air. Rr. G.istafson: Iyiay I Ask a qucstion? Evidontly tho 3oard ha.a exprossod -ite desire to go along with tho proPosition that wo mal:o this plant fool-proof or wo-do not opcrato. I would liko to ask Hr. Lally if wo gavo him a diagram oxa.ctly tho aizo and spocificationa of what wo ha.vo in it wo would call thst ---r I Idr. La.lly; z donit undorstand youp I•Zr. Guetalson, say it agnin. Mr. Gustafson: Zf wo gavo you tho oxa.ct dimcnsions of ovory picco of equipnont, spccifications and drawings, otc., of overy piece of equipmont wo aro going to uao in tho pla.nt, what aesuranc` would you havo that wo would follow that flow shoot? Y`ou a.ro quasti.aning our schcnatic flow shoot norr. Mr. Lallv: I lm not qucstioning it at all. t'rrhat I tm quostioning is t how aro you going to build that? What aro you going to build it of wood, comont, stcol, atainlees stcol, limc, glaas what? l4ir. Guatafeon: If wo gavo y+ou tho axact snocificatione, how do ynu know wo would follow thom? Mr. Possecn: We would soo to that. rir. Iall.y: Thie Board would eoc to that. I•tr. Gustafson: Docs evory pieco of equipment havv to bo approved bofore wo can got a plan O:Kld, is that right, Mr. Fossoen? Hr. FVsoon: Vell, I woul&itt eo.y that, but I wpuld say this. We havc propcrty ownore to protcct. ~ Mr. Gustafson: Vhy cantt wa go on tho premiso that aftc3r wo get ovorything aot up, if it docsnlt work, wo won:t oporatc• . Pro-ocrty OhmGrs; No, that won i t work. Mr. Frveman: lfY~y not, that is what I would liko to know? Rr. Gustafson: Ta would givo a bond. Rr. Z : Thoeo pcoplo arc going to put up a*41,000 building without a.ay machiuory ouL thoro. Now thoy aro pertectly Willing to leavp it up to you fQ11r.x thAt if thora ara odors that comc out of it thoy wonlt oporato. -17-- XTIVnTED FL"RTILIZFS►R CORPOI OF Continued 14r. Foasecn: woll, that is too lato. i•ir. Frceman: ?ti'hy is it too lateY 14ight I ssk tho Doctor ovcr hero, how long , would it bo boforo thoro would bo suffieient gas oQitted in operatioil at tho plant, with no moans of takiiig it out boforo it would bo harmful to vegatation? Might I ask you that? ~ Dr. ITustal: ihat ig a vory hard qucstion to answor. It dopenda on a lot of conditions. Tho amount of matarial procossed, otc., 4 Nir. Gustafson: Thcrv aro so ma.ny unknown factors that if rrc pin ouraolvos down dcfinitoly to this particular sizo oquipnont and that sizc equipmont, what proof can bo had that wo are going to uso that oxact size? If we put ourselvos , unacr bond to guaranteo to the authoritics thcro will be no impropor oporation I of tho plant, then if there ia wo willforfeit the bond and not opcrate. ~I Mr. Fosscen: 8ow long would it talco for us to find that out? how rmuch propcrty might bc daraagod in tho moan timv? ! Mr. Gustafson: You can mako nollution tests inmediatcly on escapod gasos in oZ:r ;,ot--up for thi.3 typo of :.l.-r.ufr ctv.ring pl,-azt, fol• s,rocr 1~Hospr.e*eo. Coses are all chann;:lod into onQ place. a't that ono placo you can test what comos out of tho ecrubbor and that will give you identically tho same assurance of w~:~-A wo ha,ve. NIr. Fossacn: What organization would wo have to go to? Mr. Gusta.fson: That was just what I was saying a little while ago. Tho Insti-- I tuto of Technology, tho forQmost Pollution pooplc around horo. ~ W. Freeman: N:ight I suggoat this, and soe if it is satisfactory with you. If wo woro to construct tho plantg put tho aa,chinory in, and if «o agrcod to givo a bond if necessaxy tha.t will not oporate that plant one day until aftcr it has boon v=nminod by oxpcrts, wc will not oporatoo ona minute until it wag cxamined by oxperts and in thoir opinion thorc will result no detriment,11 gases coming out, wouldnft that bo sufficiont4 Now I ask 14r. L~.lly and :•:r. Coonoy, Mrhat objcetion could thero bo to thatY Wo axo willing to gamble a11 tho cost that is put in t hcro that we havo tho schc3mo that will stop thoso gasos. Undcr thoso circumstancosp what objoction C^n thoro beY Mr. La.ll.y; NIr. Chairmr3n, z-Ir. Frocman inforLna us that t' cy axc to build a plant co s t ing $41, 000, Nr. --,r0c7r:, : Th^.t was tho low bi d on tho cons truc tion. I4r. La,llv,t Woll if it is W9000 or $1009000, what of it, tho property owners who ha.ve signvd theso Fetitions, I prc;sumo they roprescnt maybc ono-ha.lf a million dollars worth of proporty, or maybe a million, I donzt know. Ikiow tho littlc property that I represont, ropresonts at least $30,000 cash today. Tha proporty owncrs aro not willing to gamblc on lotting somcono go ahead on the asaumption thcro will be no dotrincntal r osults, because abatomont proceed- ings aro just too expensivo. Now that isntt tho 1-morican way of doing things. The Planning Council is for this purposo, to lirevont dama,gc to property owncrs already thoro, by thcir own kind or by nowcomers or by institutiona like this. Now wha,t I want, and thatis all I want, is tho description of this machinvey put down in black and whi tc, f i lod wi th tho P}.anning '"noard so oux oxpcr ts can look at it, and soc for instanco, tho various things. I don 't know what thcso things aro. 'i'htiso things arc madc out of such and such a matorial. Thc dimon- sions are so and so. Ilm not intoreatod in tho capacity of whether you can produco a million pounds a day or ono nound. That isntt wha.t tho property - ovrncrs arc intcroatod in. IJ-hat thcy are intorostod in is what will be tho results of what you do uso. So wo cant t pasa on any of this until we know w&-it ~ it ia mado of. Tho oxports to whom I havo spokon havc told mc of tho dclZtcrious affect of sulphuric acid on practically overything. Iwant to know what thoy aro going to mako this of, and ao does ovoryono elso. j:nd I think, Gentlemen, wo arontt asking much if you i.nsist that theso mon filo here in written dvtail I tho deacr3.ption of ovcrything that is going to be in that plant eo our r.zen can ece it, study it, and roport to us. --18-- ~CTIVATED FERTILIZE.R C0R?0__._--01F Continued i•Ir. Freeman: Here is our problem, Gentlemen and 14ri Lally. 11-lo want to ga ahead with this nropositioni in fact it is necessary that we go ahead. I might just ' point out this that 1'z'ank K. Zfooley who is Deputy A.d,ministrator of the Praduct-- ion and Ma.rketing Adminiatration of the Departnent of .Agriculturep appearing j before the $ouse of Representatives Committee investigated the matter of Ferti- lizen.Congressional Comnittee on January 17, 1951, stated that there was a . need for super phosphate and that need would increase 4.00% in the next eight ~ years and there would be an iinmediate increase in Froduction during tho year of 1951 amounting to aminimum of 5009000 tonaj The liniversity of Idaho has riade experimental gtudies upon this and in their lda.Yio Agricultural experimental bulletin Yo. 230, which aras entitlod the nProgreas Report of Phospha.te and OthQr Fertilizers", they made this statement; ihat unless there was more of this tyne of super phosphate f ertilizer developed tho logume seed crop industry would be practically wiped out of existance in the Inland Empire. 1111 point out why I bolievo, and have Mr. Gustafson verzfy me, why it is difficult for ue to do what Mr. Zally wanta us to do. We are in the process now, working with Qxperts on designing thie equipment. It is impossible for us right nowo to n i t down and do what 14r. Lally want s ue to do ; and that i s put down every f inal design detail about every bit of machinery in this plant. They have to be changed as we go along. Zf we are going to get this plant into operation by Fall and ga-lv- this product on the market by this Fall, we have got to get going on it. Now what IvIr. Lally asks would take a month or two months probably and we couldntt get going. That is why we aro willing to como in here and make tlle offer that we axe willing to make, i•rhich, as 1 undoretand it, is this; ri7te will build the plantp we will put in the machinery. Ithen the machinery is in, the ex-pertg can come and 1.ook it over befol•e we operate one minute and in their opinion, if it cloes not trap these fumes, we will not operate. Furthermore, if their f irst assumption proves wrong after we start operating we will stop immediately:' Now what more could are offer than that? Mr. Gustafsont tdr. Fosseen, from paat experienco, Y think that you know tha.t new desi~;n can mt be tiod down definitely. We can get you enough information tomorrow of exactly what wo t,►ill do all the way down, through the line, but you know manufacturing, and the difficulties you have to iron out of a manufactur-- ing procoas. When you get this plant into operation, you know that you novor ha.ve everything exa.ctly right until you try it, isn 1 t that r3.ght? titi'hat practical value would it be to put this down4 I4r. Cooney; So we might know or have some idea ivhether or not you were going to have 500 ton$ or 500,000 tons of refuee pi.led out there drying. The stuff is mixed with eulphuric acid and comes out wet so it has to be dried. It shows no process for drying it. From a practical matter in ansYrerSng, ivbr. Freeman, you know how difficuit it is to atop a business once it is going. Our courts ha,ve said if a business is injurious to a neighborhood, causes inconveniences, cauaes odors and is noisesome, that is not enough to stop it. We have got to put up with sone of these inconveniences. Put the courte have also said the autilority of the zoning commission is getting businesses and manufacturing plants gtarted where they should bo started in the first place, would do away with those probleme, ao the practical problems tha.t axise are more easily solved hera by this Board, as Mr. Fosseen pointed out. PIr. Freenzans Stia are not operating yet► though we guarar_tee that we will not oporate unless it is insrected first. r'Lr. Coonev; Of course if it--is Juat your word against a--- NIr. 1'reeman: We will submit a bond and take care of any expenses i,Ir. MYhre: Jday I ask one quoetion? How much water will you use and where Will you get that water? Mr. Gustafson: From a well. At the present time wo are connected with the water su-nply of the Ace Sa.nd and Gravol but will eventually drill our own woll. The so lids are removed from the water and it is used ovor again. The water is not going back into the ground again. We want that, a,fter all it contains calcium ~ 19.. AC r'I VATED :^.ERTI LIZF,_ CO1RP0'.r..4 i I0N - Cont inuad fa.L1C`?'1.CIc: i~ 0'_1t- Oi t:1C I.lQl c 'b:' nY'odL:Cti: Of t,'.15 y:T'Oc:i;S3• , have more damand for tha.t than we do the super phospilate. t-fir. Walker: gs I understand this youtre building a gatonted pracess here for manizfacturing of super nhosphates? ~ lrir. Gustafson: Some of tho rieces of oquipment will be patonted. I,ire Walker : Now are you bui lding an e~.erirsontal plant ? I s that your idea ~ here? Y'our scrubber that you refor to, ia that a standard piece of eouipmQntY Mr. Gu,~+a'son: Tha.t is rignt. i-ir. Wali~e-__; Your mixin~; va,ta, your grindors, your jars, etc., artstandard? 'Ir. Gusta.'Fon: The mixing machine will not bv a standard pieco of equinment. i des--ribec. it in the lettvr I wrote, in general terms. Mr. Foqse-r..; Is thex•e any free sili.ca at all -presont? I-:r „ Cur, ta.f uon: 'Yo . Uhat aro the o].ements in this nhospha.te fertilizer? 1~2r. GlI: ;,"o 1'son: It is ca].led a Com-olQx Calcium Fluoral--Pliosphato. These aro tiee, up 4iogether. Ihave an arketyl-As horo of any rock in the world that you want. i•ir. Wa7.ker; tu"here axe you getting this rock4 Frorn Phillipsburg, drogon or out of I daho ? :,s . Gus taf son: Idaho. Hr. Wal.ker; Out of a South Idaho deposit? I.1r. Gustaf son: That ts right# i•ir► Cooneyt What is the average fluorine content in that? 1-Irs Freer.lans Less than We can not afford to operate on any fluorine content ' over 4; . That is one of the limiting factors in the rock which we 1-lill buy. ihe more fluorine the more susccPti.ble it is to sulphuric acid and we can: t operate economically beyond that content. Kr. I~~rhro„ This building is not very big is it? 14r, Gus tuf son : No. ;►hre :$30000 bui lding. I'~ir. Gtz; tafson: It :s vrobably P-bout ~50, G00 by the tinie we are t}irough. i."r. Fo: sc;~'n; I t t sjus t a mi::ir.g p1ant anyway, the crushing will be done. i•;r- Gustaf^on: The crushing is already done when wo buy* it, ground to 200 raesh. It orill all be too moist to cause much dust, that is ono af our talking points, our noi.stiu•e content will run about 18;~. tiie will also install over the rolls which we will use to grir.J it un, a sock--dust collector. T•Ir. Nfyhru: VThat was the economic reason fof chosing tais particular ai.te4 Ms. Gustafson: To hit grassy industries which are very high consuners of phos-- pYsate and to hit possiblo row cropg in the Colurnbia iasin area. ivir. Kvhret I moan why? tiihy not someplace else? F•Lr. Gustafson: Freight rates for one thing. 'ele are on three re,ilroads. We have the spur on the property. The Union Pacific, i•lilwaukeo, the Great Northcrn is across the street and the s--nzr runs acroes the corner of our property. We want to be near the railroads so we can, if Possible, work in transit rates to our advantago, to cover the whole entire markot. Row tilrea rail.roads is an idoal sot--uv. That is the reason we decided on t:iis site aftar looking for nine nonths. Mr. 14Yhro: l'lhy wouldntt it bo Easivr to move out to Mica so thesc people in ' . the Valloy wontt have to worry about itt Kr. Freeman: We axe in a manufacturing area in the Valley and we have the freight rates. i';ica does not have the freight ratos. Rr. I:all,y; Youtd have the samo rates about ten niles furtnor out 3.n the Valloyp the same youf d ravo whore ;,nou are now. 1,1r. Possevn: Here is anothQr gentleman that would likt to be heard. I4r. 3enson: Iir. Chaj.rman, I would like to say one or ttiJo things. ls•. Graham: Th'hat is your namer pleaseY 'i --20-- I ACTIVhTED FE.RTYLIZER COR70Rr11I0iv' Continued PvIr. Bonson: I am r rod K. Benson. I live wi thin a block of irhore this plant . ia ^;oing in and there are pooplo within this roon that own property ovor $40,000 in valuation. It!s hax.d to believe tha.t a$41t000 plant like that would quit business aftor the damage is done. tfell I have my home theret it f is to the north and my businass i.s on the south. 7,1hy should I permit my proporty to be subject to possible da.mage. I dontt want to tako a chance on tha.t. This ~ nan already acknoarledged a month ago that thero vrould be furies that would kill geraniwns. Mr. Gustafson: No, it was g].adiolus, but wo can t,,U:e the fumes out. i•s. Benson: Will you though? M.r. Gustafson: Ovr plant wonst be the same as the Tacoma plant. Tacoma had a supor phosphate plant. hir. Lally: 2-Ir. Chairman$ raay I suggest this to keep in nznd. Kr. Walker too. Theylvo hmd a year and a half practically to apply for this aUpliQation and they haven=t done it. Prior to forming the corporation the incorporp.tors Imew what they wvro going to do. Now thoy come in at the last moment and want the rush act, which of course is not possible. Mr. Gustafson: I think probably you gentlcmen are ftnmiliar with the orga.nisation of busir.ess and with the problems you go through tr,eUe days and fighting with SEC and State Caamissf.ons etc. This organization was pulled up by its' boot straps after being down in a very low position. Yow they have pledgos from three different men who will finance this buiJding comnletely. That is one reason why we haventt sold nore stock, because we have those pledges: Tnere have been more prouotions in this country and a good many of theL1 ha.ve fa3led because they have been stoDped and i.n the meantime we will eay, the monvy ha.$ been fritterad away and tho bus inQS s has f o lded up. When you lve go t sone thing you havo to push it over and push it over quickly if you're going to make the grade on it. Tha.t is ono 1•eason why we havE started. As ].ong as Mx. Lally attcmpted to bring out our dirty linen herv, why we- 'night as well face the facts. We'ra either goi.r_g to f o ld up if vre don lt pusr thi s over in a shor t t ine or if we get thQ thing go ing we lre go ing to put i t over. 1,7a havo these people behind us now and if we m.a.ke one false stei) t,refll loose their support. !.'c havo had a tcrrific fight, wolre taking care of stockhald3rs in two different carporations that have foldod I up. Tr^otre doing that on the SEC Jones Agreoment and 4-otre pulling ourselves down with one load aftoi• ar_other. This kiill be the fina,l b1oVr unless k►e get started. Ifir. La.11Y: Do you tnink yovs stock'noldars are more iraportant than tho 200 property owners out tr.ero? kr. Gustafson: "ye :iave nothinG to do with it. ~ir. I,,ally: Well, vre have. That is why wv are here. ~~r. Freepan! That is why we offer a»lan whoro tlicy cantt be hvrt. 1✓r. Allbrook: i,iy nnme is Allbrook. Ilm from '-~rz_shiric!.ton Stato College. I would li?,:e to :nake one remark. It is about hydrogen-fluorido. I ive bcen irl the plant of the Alcoa peoplo at Vancouver. They rave cleaned up that particular problem. Thoy raraoved all of ~h-- hSrdi•ogen--fluorido from their stack of gases at tho present time. Any of yotz can go down to the plarit and substantiato my findings* ivs . La,llv: And if wo knew tho s e gent ? eraen would ~uild a plant like that we woul,d he:vo zio objection. :3ut we want to soe it in .,.Triti.ng. e i~a~. Fossean: If vou did have, I dontt think it viill do you much good. Ns. Gustafson; It isntt practical. I4r. Fosseen: Our Board is for Progress, out it aJ.so is for protection of the property owners. ' Mr. Gustafson: `Ye canlt afford to go into business and lzy oursalves open to a lawsui t becauso we can it: affoi•cl ?'ronertv Oh►llers: That is what we aro trying to got ar;ay fror:i by nvt having you there, Jtou wor.'t hava a lawsuit thon. Wr. T{1alker: Mr. Chair::7an, at the last mEeting, this gentleman and applicants -21- ACTIV: MiD F'?~~?TILiZE.3 CORPt ION Continued wore reauested to submit information which thoy failed to do, definitoly. I niove tnat this mattQr eitlLer bo refErrod to the ne ;t rieeting or denied, becauso on the basi$ of what we now have, T don1t think this Flanning 3oard can issue ' a pcrnit. I4r. .Anderson: I mova we take it up in Executive Sceeion. r l~ir. Fosseon: We .zre trying to get this clarified. We danft caro much for the legal end of this as wc do for tho justico. ~ i-Ir. Gustnfson: This is amanufactwring aroa, and I understand that a chcmical plant can go in thore. Mr. gndorsons You would havo to get a spccial porait. :vIr. Gustafson: Special parma.t, can we compronise, can h►e build the building? i,ionb or a ; No. t-'lt•. Qustaf'sont Can we build it for a warvhouse? I.Ier1b or s : 170 . 1.Ir. Walker: I wnnt to know Pbout tho grocess. Mr. Anderson: Itll sccond Mr. Walkcrls motion that it be donied. 14r. X%hrei Thet Yrasntt oxactly his motion, eithor refor it to Executive Session or bQ deniod. IiIr. Dobsons Mr. Chairraan, Dobson is my narae. I am one of the proporty owners out t111-1,rc6 I also halned to circulGta onc of the first petitions• I tve ta?.ked to a good many peoplo in the last month and it is the contention of everyone I talked to that thoy do not war!t the plant ragardleas of odor or any other conditiont. They all foel this way. Yt is a good thino to havo. ~~Fe need the fertilizor. How nany people arQ they going to employ, what their payroll will be# that wo do not know. lBut we do fcol tris, that the plant could bo located in a)_imost any diroction fror: Spokano, to be outsido of tr,o lin; ts of thc City, or any otrcr congested area ard thcy could still bo locatod on a railroad or bus lines and yvt be closo to the Palouse country, to the Wena.tcheo Valley and tho Columbia 3asin, which is oponing up. Thoir ratcs, I dontt boliovc would be so much greator, maybe a ccnt or ta►o asack would ta_?ce care of it. I.ir. Fosscon: You dontt know that3 Mr. Dobson: No, that is sur^aising. But wo do know, thct if it go-s in, I•c__ rclI,~ss oi odors, rcgerd? css of a i:ame, peoplc lrsow it is a. fortilizcr rlant. If pcople k►ant to soll thair hom:s and got out of town, you cQnlt got tho money for thera. 1;'e can ft get the monoy for commorcial -oroper ty to be loased or bo sold. If this should be passed by the Planning Co=mission, wo property owncrs will dig dowr. to the bottoms of our pockcts and carry it clcax on to the Supremc Court, if ncccasary, to fight it and kcvp it out. I don't kiiow what tnis has coat ne so far, I ha.venlt asked any nuestions. Ila ,just aworking nan. k'o foal if wo havo propcrty we have to protect it. And if it is going to cost us monoy, it is better ta pay tho money out bofore it gets in rather than lose it afterwards. Irir. Walkcr: 14r. Chnirr.ian, I will withdraw iny forlirer motion and move it be reforrod to Exocutivo Sossion. Rr. Ar.derson; I111 gecond tha.t notion. hIotion carricd. ACTI01i: Executivo Sossion roports that thc pcrnit be donied, a.nd the application bo hQld $ubject to granting if writton approval is submitted by the tochinical exports of W. S. C. p as to the plans and spocifications and method of manw- facturo and propor bonds be filedp all approvod by tno Prosoeuti.ng Attorney of Spokane -County. . . EXECUTIVE SESSTON REPQRT • Executivo Session reports the following findings: HOLMS PREi,INIi;ARY PLAT That the pre3iminary plat bo granted providvd a dinfnurn bond of $4,C00 be filod and no lots be offcred for sale unless a well is alroedy on them. _22.. EX-71CLlIVE 9:,;SSI011 REP03T Continucd • W .ALIACE TOP SOIL SPECI.~ P~.~LI'?' Tha.t the pcrnit bo denied. ~ 4 ST$ZEL HOG R,AITCH Thrt tho porma.t be daniecl. i,i AD ZQNIITG USIIENTIAi► & LOCAL 3tfSIMESS ZOTv'E That tho potition for tho Residcntial & Local Fusinesg Zono be granted rrith tho oxcoption that the tract doscribed in 14r. Eggcrts petition bc excludod. Sj,TBU~R3AT' Z Oi?E DI STRI C T:U"r.AR 2~'~ That tho netition for tho 5uburban zona be grantf:;d. gCsIVIAT"LD ~'7-MTYLIZER CORPORL4' ^IOTT SFECIAL PERI4IT That the DorMit be doniod, th3t tho apnlication bc held subjcct to gr^nting if written approval is subnitted by tho tochnical oxpcrts of W.5.C., as to tho 1Dlans and specifieations and mcthod of manufacture and nroper bond be filed, all approvcd by tho Prosocuting &ttornoy ls Officc of Spokane Cotu-.tf. ~DJO -LMNi•CI I?T Thcre boing no furthor businass to coino bcforc tho Board, tho mccting was adjourned. ~;Pr~iOV~D A. R. 70SS=4T, Chairr.ian gTT1]j aT: Don S. Grahara, E:;ecutive S.;crotary 1 ~ -23- i ~ 1 ;;ASSON '.:hIV:i~ OF VIOLATIu:-, Continued ;,fr. Fosseen: Do 1 hep.r,, second to that? Mr. McGlure: I111 sccand the.t. I-ir. Foss-.en: Nioved and seconded, all in favoi• signify by saying ayo. ' MeL3b or s : Aye. ~ ;ir. -,ossoen: Contr--ry? So ordexed. ACTIOIT: ThQ waiver was granted. r HALST$014 de i~r:INO SPI:C IAL PMiiIT FOR LqUNDRY TRhYS ;TC. Mr. Grahara: Albert B. Aalstrom & Edwin H. Leino have a.Pplied for aSnoc ial p n rmi t t o u s c a n e x ist i n g b u i l d i nC for l:ianufactvr?rg, disn-lay, and distribution of Laundry Trays and similar concrcte products on part of Zot 15, 31ock 7, Grandview Acres, that is bet~,.,een Wi11iams and Zoclvood oil the north side of iront at i~?o. 11205. This arca is zonod A~;ricultural. Requircmonts as to posting, plablication und notice have beon met. iho building i s tho concrote block buil3ing betV.►een the Drive-In--Theater and th~: Scrve--Yourse].f oas station which we recentl.y granted a permit for. 1.1r. Anderson; On tha east side? Kr. Graram : On the nor th s i de of Trent. Mr. Anderson: On the east side of th-~ the:1tcrp d•Ir. GrE.ha:a; Trat is rioht.. W3 hx vo racoived no proteats. Bi,cnz; `.:'h<tt is thc a.p-plica.tion i"or? Mr. Graham: Foz• the ma.nufacture, display and d? stribution of laundxy trays. Mr. Bienz: Oh, I inspccted that. Thoy havc a very nica place. They are doing a good Job. It is a wholesale placo. . 14.r. Ha.lstrom: That is right. i•ir, Bicnz: 1111 raove it bo acceptad. Mr. Iti'alker : 1111 second it. 1.1r. Fosseen: Moved and acc-)ndod. All in favor signify by saying aya. T.Icmbers: Ayo. I,Lr. Fasseen: Contrary? So ordered. ACTIOI» : The parmit w1s granted. ACTIVATED IMTII.IZER CORPORrTI03' SPECIAL PERI,iIT P-ir. Graham: We will hear now tho application of Activated Fertilizer Corporation to manufactuxo super-phosphates for comiaercial fertilizer on the S. 22 t of the E. 520 ~ of par t of SF~ of SE~ af Section 13, Tol~~nship 25 Nortn, Range 416 I4r . Lall,y; Parden me, i t t s Rsnge 43, vir. Granam; I stand corrected. Lying north of the Chieago, MilwaukeQ, St: Paul Railway right--of--way nnd west of Park Road• This ia zoned as a Manuf'acturing District• Requirements as to posting, publication and notico ha.ve boon met• We hav0 receivod one lettor of anproval which Itll read bri.efly. (14.r. Graham read the lotter. ) I also havo the petition beaxing a--?proXimatciy 184 names. (Mr. Graham read the petition opposing the pertnit. ) Mr. Ander son : goi+► many names did you havo on that ? iMr. Graham: There aro 184 names opposing it. Tbe majority of the names ara residents living south of Spraguo Avenuc. I-ir. Meigs: South of Spraguo4 Mr. Graham: South of Spraguo. Tho last shect handed mo, Itve not had a chance to examine, but apAarently thero are about 40 namee on it and for tho most part thoy are living north of Spraguo as far north as Broadway. Mr. Fosseen: What is going to be the ingredicnts of this fertili.zer? Mr. Jack Freeman: I wondor if I might cloar that up. 14y name is J3ck Freoman, attornoy rQpresenting the Activatad Fortilizer Company. This pro~rty whore this is proposed, lies north of Sprague and adjoins tho -5- 9CTIVIATEED F-_3TILIZZR COR.~~Ui.ms10:- SP77GIbL rx.xiJiIT Contink.,~. Chi cago Mi lwauke3 Rai lroad. Thore i s a spur through the proper ty and i t ~lies iminediately wost of the iresont sand -At of the Ace Sand and Gravel , Cora~pany. Thern is also a small sand pit to tho t,rest of the property wht3ro ' this is proposcd: ihere are no rosidents with the e;ception of tho two amall houses which axe rentod thero by thc Ace Sand and Gravol near there ' ~ and I thinlc t;1.:~t the only objection that ean 3e is a$ oxpressed in tha petitioa that tho people aro not familiar with the manufacturing procoss, aad thut is th;; ma.tter of odors. Mr. Fosseen: That is right. Mr. Frecnan: And conceded if tho Plant doQS omit odors which would be of f cns ivc , why, tiloy probably shouldn' t be thcr Q. :•Ir . Gus taf son i s the Engineer for the Company, and I thin.k if hc could makr% a stater.iont it should G=lain their method of raanufacturo anel krhat would como if an_y. Thpt would clear things un. Mr. Possoen: I think wo tiJould like to have t1z^t first. i-Ir. La.lly: hir. Cha,irman, may I nsk you a question first? I am Tom Lally, represcniing t;hc e!-.tatc of R. H. Crowlcy, who has land west of this, and rtm , not sure, Jack, i.s your land on Park 4'11,oad? i~ir. Frceman; Ycs. Right on Park Road. You 'mow A*here that present silo is, th~:v- tho coment pcople usc thero7 P,ir. La1;tv I doni t'h.now whothcr l do or not. Let = s nut it this way. I lcnow ~•.►:ic;rc Far.~k Road is and immediately west of Pzrk Road there are enor-, mous pi'les of sand or gravel or something. Pllr. Frecman: Stoc?rniles of tho Aco Sand and (Ira`Tcl Company. Mr. Lal),y: Is that tho lnnd this is to bc on? ;ii•. rre^man: Ycs it is tho land. I4r. La:~.i2: Thcn hovr riany fcet k*est does that land e:ctend? i-;re Frccr:an: It goes over 528 feet& Er. Lally: Then ~;robably it gocs o~,rcr to tho l,nd that Y reproscnt. I'm not positive, but+I ass-a!~e it does, that it why I ain interestod► T~L,, Bieiiz: It ie across the road isntt it? I,:". Frc,::man: It is across th:~ road from thc 4'cc Sa.nd & Grarcl, yes. l~.'~.. And;rson: They ha•ro used this land previously, the Ace Sand & Gravel ~ ha.s tho stock piles and thoy still own land north of this propcrty, which thoy arc using for stoclc pi les. Mr. La.l?1; ThGt compan.y owns tho gravel pit which is cast of Park Road? :.c,. Freeman: That is correct. Mr. Foss-con: I•:ay wc hcpr from you now, plcasc? I.Ir. Gus ~afson; I-iy narae is Gustaison and I am ~~ctinf; as technical consult- a.nt f or -~ho Ac t ivated r er t i 1 i zor neople. I thirL: ono of tho thinga tha t is objected to is that most ncoplc immediatcly associate fcrtilizer with a smel.l similar to pael:ing houses. 2TOw this process is a co,bination of #1jqhat, rock with sulphuric acid. tuo do hati►e a feti► fumes which aro mainly sulphuric acid aiidfluoi•i.zc gas, a very ninor qua.ntity. Tdow thosc fumos will na9s through a water scrubber which will completely eliminate thcm, and then the water solution wilZ be disposed of in an approved ' method of di sposal. rtow i,n working wi th a,rchi tec t s, i t happens to be 14r. McClures firm, and he can probably substantiato me that wo are using all w prc;cautions to put in exhauat fans and tho whole building is so dosigned so as to takc these fumes through tho scrubbcr. Thero will be no fumos at all passing out to tho air. We have a schedule to work with Mr. Batdorf of Washington Institute of Technology, and wo wfll folloh► their approval on all machinory dcsign, fume dosign, and I4r. Excell ovor thorc will also bc in on tho picture, and wo will takc his recommcndations 100 pcr cent. tdr. Fosscen: Is this a corporation? Mr. Gus-_6afson: Yes, it is. -6-- gCTIVATED IM1I.LIZER CORPc ION Continucd I4r. Fosseen: Are thcy licensed hero in thc Stato of '72.sY:ington? I-11r. ^Justaf son: Yca. I•Ir. Andcrson: 1',nccra do you get your sup,,)lies for tho manufacturing of thisP ~ lqr. Gustafson: Phosphatc rock will como from Idaho 8e .T4ontana. Sulphuric Acid will como from Gocur d'Alcnc and from Sulphuric Acid plante on tho ' Pacific Cost. This is tho building. It has been designed to be a tilt up concrete affair. Yt is a smnll building it is a small unit. Here is thc floor plan. (I4r. Gustafson presents pictures to tho Boasd. ) Mr. S'talkcr; You aro uaing Phillips firm, SouthcniIdaho phosphatesp NIr. Gusta.f son: That i s r ight. Mr. WAlkor: You will uso tho usual sulphuric acid? ~ Rr. Gustafson: Ycs, that is r ight. It will b e dilutod do'wn bolow tho norma.l conccntration. Mr. Walker: Will you usc your rock grindcrs? Mr. Gustafson: No, thcrc will bc no grinding of i•ock. It will be an entiroly mixing operation, therc will be no dust. IvIr. Walkcrs In othcr words, tha.t phosphatc rock is coming to you in powdQrod forn? W. Gustafson: That is r ight. It will bc ground to 200 ncsh. That is tho reason wc bought this land to utilizc that ccmcnt silo which is on tho property. idc will store on that propcrty and tho building will abutt up aga,inst that comcnt silo and bc mixod in a mixor. Thc only obnoxioua I things that can ha.ppen is during tho mixing opci•ation we get fumcs in what is known as a den which is undernaath tho mi.-cr. Now wc have designed fans in tho channels that como out of that den in front of tho mixer that go through this water ecrubbcr. Thc wator scrubbcr, by the way, is a sFrry of solution, with gascs passing through it so that tho gae will take all tho solid paxticles out of tho air. Mr. Walkcr; Do you find it chcapcr to buy tho ground rock than to grind it yourself? t+Ir. Gustafson; Ycs, firms likc Sim-C1nud or California-San rrancisco Chemical aro set up to supply pcoplc in our position. 2ier.c are probably about 25 rock producors in tho United 5tatcs and about four hundrod and somo mimers tha.t mix sulphuric acid. In other k►ords we aro in the process of mixi.ng and supplying tho local markct. A2r. Lally: May I ask a qucstion, 2,4r. Chairman? I4r. Fosscon: Ycs sir. 14r. La.ll,y! Are thore any fumcs e::cc-oting thc sulphuric acid? irir. Gustafaon: No tho only fumcs aro from tho mi::turo of tho sulphuric a.cid with thc rock, which is some sulphuric acid and some fluorine. Now tho phosphate rock we use has tao hundredths pcrcent of florene gas. Nir. La11Y; Are you positive that the nassagc of that through water will eliminatc tho fumcs4 14r. Custa.fson: Oh yes. Ifkr. I,a11Y: I im asking becnuse some yc3rs ago thcy thought that would take caxo of tho smeltor fumcs, but it did not. - t,"r. Gustafson: Vlc havc an entircly differcnt process herc. And as I said beforc there arc four hundrod and somc pla.rits throughout tho United States ' and thcy all use water scrubbers. Mr. Lilly: May I ask another question plcase? In rola.tion to tho concrete block plant which is west of you, I think, tvhere do you lio in comparison to that plant? Ivlr. Guatiafson: Thoro is a spacc of ground in bctwccn our propcrty a.nd thc Spokane Concrcte Brick, 5pokanc Brick or Dun Brick. 14r. Lally: gl l of your proper ty i s w c s t of that ? Mr. Gustafson; No cast of it. Mr. I:a.llY: I mcrm ea-st, z bcg youx pai•don. , ' • -7... I ACTIVATED IMTILIM-i CCRF____ 1^i0I1 Continucd I4r . Gustafson: And thero is a spnco of ground in bctwcan. Our land goce appro-6imatoly 250 foet wost of tho apur, which lcavcs abnut, I'm cstimating, 500 or 600 foet to tho block plant itself. Mr. Lall,y; Might you later on use some othcr ingrcdicnts than fluorine and sulphuric acid that would causo obnoxious fwnes4 ' Mr. Gustafson; Our only plan at tho time is tho Supcr Phosphate mi::ing plant. Our plant of this corporation is sct up to cstablish small plants throughout thc Basin axea. This is tho first plant that we hava as a modcl for tho other plants which will go in. t1r. La,llxt You arc a S-Tashington Corporation? IvIr. Gustafson: Yes. Ur. Walkor: Sooner or lator you ma.y f3.nd i.t advi.sablc to grind your own rock. Mr. Fossocn: I doubt that. I•ir. Gustafson; No, tho money ie not in grinding rock unlcse you haac twenty or thirty million dollars to throtv in. Wc arc not goingon that scale. Thorc is morc moncy in mixing it, and sclling tho cstabliahcd process. I4r. Lally; Lo you ha.vc an,y part of your p1ant sct up now? I4r. Gustafson; No wo havcnlt. We havc onc stccl tank which wc Vrill abutt tho building up against. 14r. Mi llcr ; 14r. Chairman, Lloyd I4i llor i s my namc. I am an,at torney representing Matheny & Bacon: and somc of tho abutting nroporty owncrs therc. I havo a qucstion. Is thcrc a possibility that you will sot up a grinding plant thero so that there would bo dust. I mean would your plant bc so constructed so you could do that ty-.)c of work? Ivlr. Gustafson: No, any grinding will bo done at tho minc. NIr. Posseon: Thcy would ha.ve to ask for a6pecial pcrmit on that a.nyway. Nir. Miller; Now this watcr process docs that moan that a11 tho fumes a.nd all tho vapor that comes from tho intermi::ture of tho ingrcdicnts go through this watcrY 14r. G.istafson: Ycs, that ia right. Mr. I4i.llcr; Thcy are filtcrod out. I4r. Gustafson: Yos, that is right. 14r. VTallccr; Docs that gas bubblrj, out bubblc throuer thc wator or is it a I11r. Gustafson; It passcs trrouCIl a spray chambcr, i-rnich is dc-signcd to ta,kc cara of tho volume end cxhaust rato of yowr gassca ~oing through. :ir. ti'ralk-cr: What if thc wator wontt n£fcct it and tho gas gocs right through? Mr. Gustafson; 1ti'ell, it will rcact with all thcsc gascs. ,A.ny solid particlo, which after all is vrhat cauaoe yo„s affcct, will bc ta.kcn out with tho water. I4r. Fosscan: 14r. r-iillcr, do you want to havo anothcr word? Mr. Millcr: *v;hat becomos of tho water what disPosal will be mride of this watcr that thcso climents will be filtcrcd through? - i-ir. Gustafson: Wcl.l that will be nentra].ized and nassed into septic tanks. I,Ir. Lally_: I-ir. Cha.irma.n, ma.y I ask, havc you any proof, I tm not doubting ' that gcntlomants word at all, but havc you any proof that sulphuric acid and fluorine gaa by wQtcr will nutcralize tho odors? Mr. Fosseen: This is tho first timc it has corae up boforo us. I4r. I,all.y: I dontt kiow tahat he ha,s submittcd to you* i-ir. Fosscen: That is t-tha.t wc are trying t o fi.nd out, so you can i,ntcrrogate 14r. Gustaf son further. Mr. Lall,y; IImow whcn that plan was tried many ycars ago on tho Trail Smclter fumes and it was a completv failuro. ifir. Gustafson: We havo an cntiroly diffcrcnt typc of gas for onc thing, h►c have a difforcnt volu,~na of gas. _g.. AC i I VATED FE?TI ZI ZER CORF 'IOiS Cont inucd 14r. VJalker: It didntt affect thc fumcs at tho Stockdalc Altuainum Plant. Thcy had to uso somc othcr mothod. 14r. Gustafson: jTell ae you probably kavc becn through an aluminum rcduction • ulant, thcrc you havo thcso hugo pote sot un in your light-woll. Tho fluoriuo gae goca out in trvmendous qua.ntitics bccause thoy aro using ` somothing which has a laxge percontage of fluorine in the compound, in tho cryolitc. Whcn thcy broak tho crust and rolcaso tho fluorinc gascel thoy havc no poesiblo way of controlling that. Trying to control it ih a light-woll, thoy canzt put a solid covcr ovor tho top of that, which is ono faulty thing. Horo our fluorino ie lces tihan two huridrafthe of a pcr aont in tho rock, and only part of that is rclcasad. So you a,ro doaliag f ir$t of all with a vcry enall flurorine con tcnt, a vory amall fluorf.no roleaso, and you have ovcrything oxaetly onclosed, beeauao your mixing chambors aro oncloscd and yow don undcrnoath tho thing is cntircly cnclo8od and fittcd with exhauet faa which will diroct it through tho scrubber. 14r. Freoman: Of tho 400 othcr placce that you havc mcntionodo. aro thcy fittod out with this moans of elcaaing thc gas'P Zdr. Guatafnon: gll of thcm to my knowledgo. I fvc novcn ccard of any othcr procoss outsido of tho wator scrubbor. Mr. FroCmaa: Do you hava any figuroia - do you know how succcseful thoy havo beoa on thcac plants. Has it climina.tod tho odor on thoso othor plants? W. Gustaf sons I havo nover acon anything to tho contrary. Tha.t ugually provea that it haa boon quite suCcessful. Mr. Walkor: Havo you bcen throtxgh any of thosc -ola.nts? Iflr. Gusta.fsons Yos, I havc bcen through tho onos hero local~-y and in tho northwcst. HIr. Frooman: '►'jhcrc arQ thoy4 Rr. Gustafaon: Stauffcrs in Tacoma for ono. Mr. Zallx; Can you toll tho Coinmission th~ voltunc of thc fluorine aud sulphuric acid and tho powdercd phosphatc - can you givo tho volumce of each, por cubic foot or whatovcr terms you use? 14r. Gustafaoa: Vell, our plant ia sot un to put through thirty thousand I•s. Ltt11Y: Ito no, I mcan if you havo a cubic foot of this stuff mixod up, what ie tho contont7 Mr. Gustafson: X im giving you thc rrholc picturc. Wc put through thirty thousand tons a ycar. Thc fluorino is a natural occuring clcmcnt in tho phosphatc rock, which I said boforc runs two hundredthe of a pcrcvnt. Mr. Lally: Two hundxedthe of pno parcont? Mr. GuatafsQn: Yca, that is right, Now that is tho only aourcc of fluorinc T'_io aulphuric aoid ie miAcd approxima.tcly 50;;~ to 54% of tho phosphato rock. Mr. Lally: In othor worda half of tho volumo will bo sulphuric acid? 14r. Guatafson: Ycs. Now only a vcry amall »orccntagc of that# lcss than onc pcrccnt will actually booomc funea. • I4r. Fosaccn: Ie that harmful to vogatation, tho fluorine gas? 14r. Gustefaon: Thc fluorino gasp ycsp thoro arc things which aro soneativo, ~ auch ae our pino trces hcro. Gladiolus ie anothor thing. If anybody wa,nts to raiso gla.diolue, that ie tho indicator of f luorino acnsitivity. t~ir. La,lly; What percent of aulphuric acid contcnt do you say ie vapor or fumcs? I+Tr. Gustafson: tifoll considcrably lcss than ono pcrccnt. It depends upon tho moieturc of tho rock at tho timc. It ie a vory har d thing to aay juet cxcatly what it ie. It would bo a vcry minor -oorecntagc of ono pcrcent. Rr. Lally: Zn othcr words tho rest of it ie all abaorbed in thc finished productt IYIr. Gustaf son: Ycs, if i t doc sn lt wc go brokc l -9- .XTIVA^ED FErTILIZEP. C03P„_...lIOlT Continuod Mrs I4iller: I have another qucstion, tdr. Chai.rman. About tho chlorinc, if there woro ariy fumcs, thcy would carry for ovcr a mile bccause of tho fact that they aro a hoavy vapor, ia that truc? i-tr. Guatafson: Nop thcso are not hcavy vapors• On tho contrary. ThQy aro much lightor than air. ~ Mr. Lally: Is tho sulphuric acid you use in liquid form? Ijir. Gusta,fson; Yas, it ia tho only f4rm of sulphuric acid. t~Ir. Lally; You arc a tcchnician, Itm not. IYIr. I4illcr: Ono furthcr qucstion, if I na,y, plcasc. Ys thcrc a possibility that onca tho -olaxit was in thcro it would convort to a differant typo of fortilizing plant, tho dead animal typeY 14r. Fossoon: Oh no. I.Zr. r-icigs : Thc ncrmi t i s no t based on that. Idr. Fosscon: I think thia is highly technical anyway, and tho Board would havo to givo this considerablc study bcforo wo go into it vory far. It looks to me that it might bo vcry detrimental to tho Community, and thcn again it might not. 14r. 143.llcr: Pardon mc for intcrrupting again, there are scveral mcmbors whp ha,vc signed that pctition, tivho arc acljoining and abutti:ig pro7orty owncrs and I think thcy might liko to say a f cw words to tho Commission. tdr. Fosscon: ;'Tcll tho main noint I think would bo to this Commission is tho question, "How dotrimcntal it ia rcgarding tho odor and also to vogetation.11 I think that is tho thing we would likc to know. ti1tC havc 14r. Gustafson hero and 14r. Lally haro to intcrrogatc thom and bring this out. l,fr. Gustafson: I dontt think that tho approvpl of tho plant or tho approval of tho proccss will mca.n anything unlcss tho plant is so designod in ordcr to eliminatc thc particular fumca or ie scalcd to climina.to tho particular fumcs that this pla.nt will put out. You cz.nTt -put down a dcfinite mcthod and sayt "t'lcll, that is itt'i bccausa our rolumc k►ill bc diffcrent. You can i t uso o thcr peonlc t3 cxamplca and say that that is tho Drocoss. Thc gencral proccss is right. But tho cntirc thing is sct upon our cffi.cicncy of our scrubber, the efficiency of our cquipment, and I belicve thnt is tho way thc pcrmit should bc donc r3nd we will follow through and build tho building if certain conditions aro mct. 14r. Fossccn: I think wo can do that. I thinY: wc can got togethcr on a thing likc that. Iir. 33icn7 ; Your company krould bo willing to sign thosc agrccncnts? 1-:r. Gust-afson; Ycs. That is tho way it should bc donc, bccausc othorwiso if you put down ar~y particular fACtual statcment as to what wo arc going to do, as to, well, s ay wo wero Coing to do so r.rachp eliminate so much of tho fumes and odct.s put so much equipmont in, that doesnit moan a thing. Thc thing arv looking for ie thc coaplctc climination of tho flv.orinc gas and tho sulpnuric acid fumcs• And that is tho way it should bo put up. Wo will build awatcr scrubber or cquipmcnt nrocoss which will cliainata tho funes enti .rcly. Bccausc it has bccn donc in othcr placcs, and that is what wc intcnd to do hore. Mc. Fossecn: I would likc to havo anothcr statcmcnt from you as to how ~ thia forti.lizcr is bohaving as to productian. I think wc donlt all know that but I think it is vcry valuablc mysclf. Mr. Gustafson: L'b you moan tho cnd products? IZr. Fossccn; YQS• I4r. Gustafson; You moan how it ie used7 lf:r. Fosscon: Oh, I know how it is used, but I mcan what valuc is it to thc community in which it is produccd. 14r. Gusta.fson: Woll at tho prescnt tine tho U. S. Dopartmont of Agricul- turo has said unloae fivo hundred thousand tons a ycar of additional produ,ctian is cre.--tcd in thc United Statcs: thc agricultural picturc will -10- I ACTIYAUD F'".~TILIZER C03P0RATION , coatinuoa bo ia e. vary bad k►ay. Also tho U• S. EAtonsion Sorvico of tho University A of IdBho has said that unlcae thcro ia morc oupcr phoephato production hcrc in tho northwoot that tho loguno oropa, oepocially thoir oood locumo crops such Qs alfalfa a.nd clovor, otc., irill bo oomplotoly rripod -vut. . Tho complotc indu$try would bo wipod out unlcss th::ro wae moro supor phosphato production. Whilo our community axound horo ia dopondont upon an incrcaso of eupor phosphato production, it has to bp dono aomowhoro, it might an well bo donc in our commmity. I4r& Foesoons Y boliovo that whcn tho ad,joining pro- porty owncra know tho valuQ it ib going to bo tio tho community, and if thoy arc not going to guffor anything from cither fumca or from ariythirig elso. Mra.Guetafson: Aatually I would like to road something of intcrest and I dontt knoW how factual it is. 14r. Fcs„poon; Wh,at ie your authority thoro? I•ir. Gustaf son: Thia is an English book, typicaly English> it goes into much detail, on tho facts. It is k►ritton by a scicntiet in Engle.nd. it ia callcd "Phoaphatcs and Supcr Phoaphatcsll: Ho is quoting, 3ust a minutp until I find my placo, Z:vc ba't it. Ho ie doscribing a condition whon tho oupcr phosphates woro firet madc. Thoy vtorv ni::cd by hand. Tho phoaphato roCk wao pvwrcd on tho Blab and tho aulphuric acid was pourcd on top and tho mcn miaed it by shovol. Now pooplc may bo afraid of tho fumes, but I want to ahow how Mr. Fosaoon: Z►lc11, if you havonit got it right at yovr 1rir. Gustafson; I waa going to aay Mr. IfIcigs: I would liko to ask thie gentleman a qucationg juat one beforo hc sits down. Mr. FQasocn: Go ahead. Mr. Meigs: You talkod about tho diapo$ition of thc solids $nd cvorything in thosc fumce and gas, is it a fact that thcro is a ocrtain amouat that excapca and gooe out somaplaco? You don3t stop it all do you? Part of it gocs out into tho air, docenit itt Mr. Gustafson: gs you nrobably kncwt a gas is a suaponsion of particles in air. You could mako Mr. Moigs: Ilhat I am getting at is this, what io lc:ft that goes out into tho airf Mr. Gustafson; No solid particlc. I4r. hlcigj: S'Tell what is tho naturo of that gas? Mr. Guatafeon: Air. 14r. Mq,igs,: Woll, youivo oot something there bosides air, havonlt you'P I4r. CustafsQnt Aot if your ecrubbor ia working cfficicntly ae wo plen to ha.vo i t . tdr. I40igs,: What is roloascd whon it gocs through tho wator spray. Youlvo got nothing but air in thcrcY NIr. Guatafson: That is righ,t. Now that takes youx solide out Qntircly. That mcans duat and ovorything alac includod in thore. In othcr words tho _ harmful things arc solid-: A.ftcr ypu tako your solida out thoro is nothing thcrc. - Mr ae: Whon you dovolop anything 21ke hydrogon--sulphidcg thoro is eulphor-dioxidc gae gain& to bo roleascd? Mr. GustafVon; No, it is ontirQly sulphuric acid and fluorino. Tho ' sulphur diozido docsnlt brcak dowa to oulphur dioxido. Thorc is no i onidizing. Mr. Lallyt I.Sr. Chairman, may I a.ok somc moro questiona? Mr. Fos80oi m Thie gantleman hcro has boon wantim to spcek. 14r. Lally: I bog your pardon, I didnlt scc him. -11- ACTIVATED FERTILIZFR COMxvrION Continued Mr. ~obsons I am Everett Dobson• I happen to own the property directly west of the property now in discussion. I also own property juat south of the tracka. We have a number of welle in thore that he claims !t woalt affeat. 1t may not, but I aleo know whenaver you mention the laat that a , fertiliser plaat is coming in, everybo dY ehuddera and turns the other way. I have a good many thousands of dollaro t iod up there in property, and there ere a lpt of other gentlemQa herp who havo monoy tiad up there. We all feal thie way. If this plaat goee in we ha.ve lost the biggeat share of the value of vur property and having!.a•}building to lease or property to lease people will not leaee our property. And we also feel that einoe they havenit started anything and aothing has been built only their silo that tbey are going to use, that thero ie a tremendous amount of grovnd further out in any direction from Spokano which they might go. They cou]d etill be oa railroaa tracke aad they could still have all the facilitiee that ie neoeseary and atill wouldnlt be harmful to anyone or detrimental in the tuture to any building we might have for ealo or for loaee. Mr• Fo"s en: Now. from my point ot' view, I want to find out ,juat how detrimental it ie• And I thfnk the rset of oui• Commission too xould like to know that before We can judge it. We A.re taking your sta.temant. We d.oatt know if it would be detrimontal to you or not. But if it ia wo are certainly not going to permit anything to go in thare that would destroy the property. Mr. SorenaQnt I would like to have a verification of the noutral.ity of these gaees from eorae other sourca than from the Enginevr from thie particular oompany iteelf. Mr. Foeeeen: well before he gets that nerIIit I can assure that this Coar» miesion wonlt give it to him unlesa we ar e absolutely certain about that. Rr. Sorensons I havo a proper ty wi th over $75,000 inves tment o wi thin a hundred yarda from wher4 this placo ig going in and I am definitaly inter-- ested to know whother these fumes are going to affoct our ahrubbery or whether theee lSmelld' eare going to carry across into my property. 14r. Foeseon: hto w311 f ind that out bef or e we ge t through. Mr. Blpnat What is your place7 Mr. Sorenson; The Aco Motor Court. lir. 139noon; Ted Beneon is my name. I have the property that is easto just acrose the tracka. Now I have a well within a hundr ed feet of thie location. I also owa property north of where this plant would be, where ray homo ie. Now this man said there woro-two littlo ehacks there. We havet on Broadway, the firwt etreet that ie opened through, eevoral houses. A Iot of houses, then within 1/2 a block ia whvra your new addition with 52 homoep and thay havo a lex,ge nart of signere on the petition. tdr. Gustafson hae already aelrnowledged-tha,t it will kill gerani=z:s. 't will kill flowers, well, it it will kill that, it will kill our lawua and it will kill the same on our property. Mrs. Fleto : I am Mrs. Wilford Fleto. We are'~ h~c SOwiOxa:. VFh.p-t this gentleman eaye ie probably true, but we do know that evory once in a while • the pumps go haywire on the wells. SlThenever that hapnens there wouldnit be elny watar for while. Ha said himself that the ~.imee would get through, aad we do have power failures that will turn off eloctricity, and it could heppea thon. St would juat take a little bit to kill all of our plants and everything elae. ghen it wouldnit take very long to ruin us. Mr. Fosaeen: Well, we realize that. But we caa not at this time go into that que$tion, but we want to find out first how dotrimental it is, or if it ie dotrimontal. We do kaow, as a matter of fact, I t hink all of us know o that i t i e very valuF3.blo to the pro sPeri ty of the ent ir e country. We know that phosphate fe3•ti].izer is very advantageous to tho econorny, but I don t t kaow y@t s and I don i t believo any of the r es t of then wSll know wliat effect it will have evantually upon the proporty. --12-- ACTIVATRD rF~TTLIZ^R C0M-v.c,nTI014. Continued Mr. Bienz: T would like to ask Mr. LQlly and tho rest of the poople, if this company ie willing to gign an agreemant that there will be no fumoa and no duet, will that be agreoablo? I nean undor the feloay, , of abate-- • mont. We would have the right to aba,te. Mx. Lally; J~id the property ownors alsot 14r. 3ienz: Yes. Do you think that would be agreeable with your cliente or with the neople around thero? Mr. Lallys I4ay I say, Mr. 3ionz, th?t this is, I donlt want to be a oog in the wheole of progress, I am not for or against this. I am saeking informa.tion so I can inform my client. It can bo done without any risk, of coursa I am not against it. I would like to ask tho gentlamon two more questions, if I may? I4r. paseah! Yes1 gb to it. 2~r. llryl Ie thls corporati.on a locally owned corporation? Are the stoCkholdars in Spokane or where? I4c. Gustafson; In the Inland Empiro, nainly in 5pokane, and largely the local atockholders are farmers in the surrouading regiona. Mr. Lally; Does this corporati,on own the ground in which you plan to have it on? Mr. Gustafson; Yes, that is correct. Mr. Lally: You bought 3t for that purpose7 14r. Gustafaon: Yes, tha.t is right. Mr. .^oaseen: What ia it incorporatvd for4 fiow much? Mr. Gustafson: At the present timo we are authori.zad for s'100,000.00. 14r. Lallyt How inflammablc is your product? Mr. Gustafson: It is not inflammable at all. I4r. Lally: Does your finished fertilizer have any odor4 Mr. Gustafaon: Z1o. Mr. Lal ly: I s i t a powdor ? P.ir. Gustaf$on: Yes, thA,t is right, a granulated powder. 2vIr. Lall~,r: And if it is wet does it have an odorp Mr. Gustafson: No. Mr. Lally; Undor no conditiona thore ie no odor for the finished product? hlr. Gustafson: 110. Mr. Fosaeon: jirE311 I think we have to declare this finished for the present. I-ir. Walker; Due to the neccssity of tochnical inform,ry.tion on it, and x bolieve it's got to come finally through the Stato Colleges, I move this haering be continued until our nvoxt regular moeting. I bvlievo that the Oommission ha.s got to got eomo techinical inform.ation on it before we paes on it. I4r. Fosaeen: I think so too. llo I haar Q soaond to that motion3 Mr. PIeigs: Exactly what ie the motionp Nir. T;alkor: That wQ continue this hearing for the ne ;t rogu.lar mooting. Irir. Reim,: I 111 eecond i t. Mr. 1"ossoen: A11 in favor say ayo. Mdmbors: Aye. • Xr. Foaeevn: Any questf one? Proport.y Owner: Yes, will we be notified? I mean the immediatoly adjoining ' property ownQrst Mr. Fosseen: Oh absolutely, ti►a want you people to sit in with ua. W. Graham: You have notice right now eir. Visitor: I dontt lrnow when it is going to be sir. 14,r. Grahani It will ba the 1ost 1,7ednesday of the month. V~' itQr: Another thing is valuation, thdre aro two nieces of property within 200 feet of that proporty, the two littlo lots on East Sprague, with a building worth as much money as they ha.ve tncorporated and for that reaeon, wa are trying to nrotect our proporty. -13- ACTIVSTED FMT,ILIZZ"R Continued Mr. Gustafeon: PArdon mo for interrupting, is thorc any possible way of spe3ding this up? Aftcr all wc are attomnting to begin production rola- tivoly soong wo want to got buil.ding startod bofore any IN. P. A. orders • will stop us. Wo i.,t,ant to got started and Iwonder if thero is any possi- ble way of speeding it up7 lIr. F4seeon: You wouldnit think that they would put a atop on a thing liko that would youY tdr. GUe taf son: Today I don t t think 1 ivIr. Fosaden! BQCause Y will tell you it is a matter of fact we neod groatar production as you have said in the beginning. Mr. auatafsoni Yes, I know. Mr. Fosseen; t'fell thoro shouldntt be any stoppage but ure have to protoct thoso poople around thoro too. Mr. Gustafson! That is right. Mr. Froeman: I was wondering Irlr. Chairman, would it bo at all possible to ask the Board at this time to act on somo basis wheroby upon sufficioni or proper proof in the way of lottars, we will say fron experts of Waah-- ington Atate Collego, or othor placcs, as to sufficient proof to the P1pnning Commission or the Secrct,,-ry of the Planning Commiseion, a permit could be granted based upon subaission of th~-~.t propcr proof? Mr. Fosegen: Wo will ondeaver to got that inforr.iation for you and in hopes that the Board will havc a special sosaion, or something. Mr. Wa].ker: Dontt forget that these prop.:rty owners ha.vo to be renotified, you have to give them ti.mo to do that so they can bring in their proof. Mr. i-Iiller; One othcr thing, I think you s.re not on the right-of--way, but whvre the road might sometima in the future wish to go undorneath the viaduct in the new placQ to straighten it out thera. Isntt th~.t right? Mr. Fraeman; Yes. 2'horo is ajog in the road thc7•e but their property lies to the wost of whara the ropd would go. It wouldnlt touch their proper ty. Mr. Foeseons I hope I havc a committoe to act upon this. You peoplo who aro out there in the Valley., could you sorvo on this cornr.iittoe7 IvIr. Bienz: ThorQ is a technicisn. Thore is a lawycr. Ivlr. Walker: Yos, but you and Ar. Anderson are out there. It is your territory. It isnit a m~.~tter of special momont to come boforo the Bo3rd. If you grant ono fertilizer permit then you will have to grant all. I donlt thinlc this should be tho responsibility of asomraittoe. I think tho property owners and all should bo right hcre before the 3oard. 14r. Ln,lly: hiay I ask NIr. Chairman, do you gontl.omon have exDcrts likc this gontlomon who has been spoaking to ropresent you in the investigation? Iflr. tialkers All we can call on noti► ig the State Colloges and tho Universi- ties. Mr. Lally: That is what I:aaan. I knov► nothing a'oout it and I k-now thoso mon know nothing about it. 24r. Walker; A11 we can call on is the 3uroau of IIiinos and the diffarent Universitias and StatQ Colleges a.nd Statc Department of Agriculture. . hlr. Ander;on: Wo will get what information wo can on it before wo do anything. • Hir. 3~onz: Idvi certainly want to protect the nroperty owners, the property that ie P.lroc dy thoro. 14r. Anderson: Yf it is a worthwhilo product, tnvn i-ie don't want to ston it. IIr. Fosseon: We11 therc ie no question about that. Mr. Walker: It is a worthwhilo product. Rr. Meig,l: If the sponsor hero had callod thomsolves tha Activrn.tod Super Phoapates Corporntion instead of tho Activated Fertilizcr Corporation thoy would hava takon ooneidorablo odium away from tho namo and wouldn't be so offensivv. .-14-. ACTIVr~~D MIILIZER CORFOR ;?T Continucd ~ I4r. Lally; Do I vnderstands t~k~. Chairman, it is Gdjourned thon until the de-t3 Aentionod, tho 1G st t': ednead~~y of Juno3 Iwbr. YQpaocn: t:'e might have a special sQSeion, Totz. This seema vury im- portant to me and I think it does to tho rest of our committeo here. ' I.Ir. 4ustafeon: Ae I havc said this is one plant in a acrios of plants , w,; will bo building and thoro is a lot of pressure from tho stockholders to get something moving and ainoo they h2ve sovcral othcr eites locatod, thoy might want to put a11 our prasont monoy in tho othvr plants so wo would likobo know aE soon as ppssiblo where we are going to locate this. Thero may bo other sites wo can movc in and lot this ono go at tho present timc. Itr. 1•1i,11er: I-ir. Chairraan, one auostion, Z'lOW can thc infornation bc mado avai lablo to ue as thQ o:mct wture of tho -orocess of manufacturing? FQsseQn: Wc would bo glnd to invite you in on it whon we meet. t-ir. I=liller: I mean before tho noxt maeting so tve can got some tcchnical informa.tion ourselves. NIr. V'alkcr: I cen answor your question. You peoplc represont 1250000.00 worth of praporty out tharo, you can afford to sPond somo money for the - invattigation to Drotcct itour own property. I.ir. Idiller: Pwly question was pertaiaing as to th.- nature of thoir manufact1,u- ing process. 1-Ir. k'alker: I'd say to rc;far to their attorney, ne can give you thnt. i•Ir. -x'reeman: This cor-ooration hF s offices and thcy will b;: glad to explain it to qou. tle have offices in tho Popton 3uildi:g. iYir. Fossovnt Letls mooc along and go to tha no::t ono. ACTION; Continued until the next meeting or special meetine for docision and further invostigation. P'EaTMq TOP S0TL RZMVAL Mr. GrAham: We will h.:ar now the application of Claudc Pondoll of Routo 1, Spokanc to romove top soil commcroially from a-oortion of tho SE4 of S244 of Soction 1--24-41, betFrcon tho 41d Chonoy 'riighway and the Washington Sti'a.ter Powor RPI and north of Hallot Road* I-IQiLs: Is that adjoining tho -rca ho onco had a permit for? I4r. Graham: Yos. Roauiraments as to 77)0eting, publicatian and notice havo boon net. Tho Soil Consorvation Service ^nd thc Agricultural Agent has boon notifiod and I hava aommunicationa from both of thcm k►hich I ahall rcad. I will raad first thc lottor fron i-Ir. Spencer. (Mr. Grahan read the lottor. ) Thie is from the County Tlreod control office. (Mr. Graham road thc lettor.) i1lr. Andcreon; Dpcs this ground thoy vx-pc:ct to put this drainago ditch on have thie quaek gxase in it tool r~1r. Pondellt Practically my ontiro ranch ha.s quack graas on it. I lm rcally not as intcrostod in what thoy do with thQ df.rt as you fellows probably a,ro, howovor, I was not thoro with Ifir. Sponear. Ifve novcr seen az~y of theso fellowa but thc Courity Commissioner$ who wara thore with me apprOve of it, ~ tha,t fa to me, bocausQ thoy have boen oxplained by mo what I have boen doing thvre. So iar as the ranch stands today, I wouldnlt put it back tho v!n-y it waa krhen I wps in this room 1-21 years aga for quito P sum of money beeauso it ie moro productive today than it was then, and becRuse Iam eontrolling thc water. O good doal of water runs dor►m through that ranch evory yoar and itte gone for absolutoly nothing. I ha~vc built a dam thQro and I wa,nt to mako tha t largor, i s wh? t I want to do, i-Iy wif C to ld no she was wi th I•ir. Sppnoer and I doubt vory much if ho could go and toll me where they romoved tha dirt. Ilve got a groator crop wher:; they renioved tho dirt tho first period then I hava over had Aroviously. I doubt if he could tell mo -15-. SPGKA176 COJZtTY PLA'.r1i:-7G C0I0:I3: xON 1-1 IN U T-!-!'J 5 September 26, 1951 iC,ETIi7G: Called to order by Chairman, A. B, rosseen, in the Comr.;issionerst Assembly Eoom in the County Covrt House at 2:00 P.I,:. MI? =S: The minutes of the meeti.ng of July 25, 1951, were approved as submitted. iZVIEIPA-1-1-5: Fresent: Messrs. Poeseen, 3ienz, Anderaong Calkins, ;rlcClure, tiIeigs, P-rix, Nhyre, Wal.ker, Chaffins, 3xcell & Rudolf. ACTYVIT-ED.~ ---q'ERTILxZ:,;R COR,.~ORATIOII SPECIhL I,LrcI-7T, NIr. Fosseen: First we ha.ve some unfinished business to take care of, the application of the gctivated l'ertilizer Corporation. Any of the proponents hero to speak? IYIr. YrAemani IqIr. Fosseen, we have placed in your hands, the plans of the machinery, etc*, that we contenplate Autting in out there• Unfortunately, Mr. Gustafson our Eneineer, was called out of town late last evening. He had to go to the coa3t on some Government natter. The -olans submitted are of the pl.ant, and there are specifications attacbed~to it giving a morQ detailed reaunet of the proCess and also information about Vrhat the various things in the plant consist off that is what they are made of. Also there is a letter from the Irashington State Col.lege Institute of Technology whose etaff have gone over all of these pla.ns, and given their opinion that all of the materials used in our plant are satisfn.ctory for the purpoae and in their opinion there will abaolutely be no fumes omitted frcm this plant. This rnatter was also submitted to the State Depaxtment of :iealth for tlleir determination of whether in their opinion there wou].d be any injuries te the health of any individuals or animals in any wayt and they ha.ve apnroved it also. Also it has been submitted to a consulting engineer by the name of 34r. Woods in the Hutton Ruilding here in Spokar.e, and he ha,s submitted his letter of approval on it tr.at there will be no fumes in that plant. He authorized us to atate that he consulted tvith Mr. 114cGivern, who is the head of the 1neineering departmant of Gonzaga rniversity and also with Father HclToal, before giving hi.s opinion on it. ITow: as we have Previously stated here, we believe we have proof t?iat this nlant in no - way will cause any damage whatsoever. Our o-oronents have submitted, to the Commission, a petition opposing the establishment af this plant, conr- taining approxinately 90 ilames, as I understand. Incidently, we have gone over those 90 na.mes and find that some of theM reside up on Ninth hvenue, which is a mile south of this place. I donlt believe it cnuld affect them in any tivay. 1•Ir. Fosseen: I,Ir. FreeMan, my understanding is tlzat you have to give a bond snyway protecting t,:em on that. 14r. Freeman: t'te have offered to give some type of bonc3, to be determined by the Conuuission to the affect that we wi1l construct the P1ant according to these plans, which have been approved by tho College. jle are willing to give a bond as we Yiave stated to the Commission. We don't want to be burdened with too ex~ensive a bond and we would rrefer to r,ave it run ~ in kind of a step by step basis if possible. 1^Te can construct ane unit ~ and an examination can be ina.de, and if it is according to the nlans and snecifications, thon we go on to the next ste-o. 'Fhat way it would save us considerable money in bond fees. Aiso, we~went out and contacted a large number of peo-ple in this neighborhood. Particularly those people to whom the Commiasion has sent notices of the heai•ing. Those were the paxties that the Commission felt would possibly be injured on this. They are the people right around the -oroperty. A great nwnber of these peonlo have signed the petition opposing this plant. A number of them havv changed their minds. I"je have apetition here favoring the construction of this ACTI~TAT~D FL'RTILIZ~R COR?'nRaTI01? Continued 1~lant. There are neru-jy 34 names on that. $ere is a p13t which we have drawn in color, showing outlined in blue, the pronerty of the Activated Fertilizer Company, unon which they propose to construct this nlant. The legend in the coriier shows the nature of this other color. Now aa I say, in circulating our pe ti tion, we haven lt gone as f ax as idinth Avenue and we haven i t gone nor th of Broadway. I believe if it were f igured out by area, it would be 90% of the acroage to be in full favor of our place. From tlie atandpoint of peraons sign-- ing the -oercentage wouldnit run that large. But you will notice, that in the direction the prevailing tiaind would blow that we have no oixvae3tion. Now, iJlr. I:ally has asked ae to have 1.4r. Guatafson here to e.:plain this more in detail, but I am very sorry Mr. Gustafson had to be called out of town. The specificar- tions which ar e attached to the plzn, we believe pretty well explains the procesa , and tells what materials the vaxious items in the plant are made of. Theee have been gone over by experts, as I say by Mr. Ur.)od, by the College, by the State Department of HQalth. We are all satisfied witr it. We do not feel, under the circumstanaea there is noing to be any damage whatsoever done to the property ownerg around here by reason of any fumes: Mr. Salter of the Company ia here. I might ask him if ho has anything further to add. Mr. Posseen: We woul.d lik-e to hear from him. I4r. Saltgr: Kr. Chairman and gentlemen. 14y naine is S4 E► Salter and I am Presidellt of the Activated Fertilizer Cornoration. r think Mr. Freernan has covered this pretty well. I have talke3 to a lot of 17oonle oiit there in the Valley and I know just hoYr they feel. Some that we did talk to intimated th4t they had been misin#'ormed on the thing. I think our sv.bmittal of these plans to Washington State Collage, and two experts who can read drawings and speci-- fications wi11 prove beyond any doubt tha.t we are not going to harm anybody. I'de are going to help the farmers of this country and -1ve them so:r;ething they need and need badl5r. Tho shortage of phosphate fertilizer in this country is very acute. I•Ir. Fosseent I think we a2•e all conversant v►ith the need of it. I'x. Sal.ter: Fte want to supply that needo and we will suppIy it if we a.re allowed to go ahead and build this 1p1ant. Ifr. Posseen: Have you been out there in t11at territory yourself? Mr. Salter : Yes, I have. Mr. Posseen: h'hat nro-nerty out there would be apt to be damaged, and what typs of vegatation would be dana.ged? t•ir. Salter! Right around us there is nothing, but twable weeds. Zt is mostly vacant ground• You can see that from the uictures here which I took. Mr. Fosseen: Do you ft.nd anyone out there in particular thp-t was agitating against the plant or is it a number of individuals? gr. Salter; I think it was just a few individu:=ls d.oing most of the agitation, a lot of people, as Z say were missinformed. People we contacted said they heard about thi s beforehand. They say they didn ft think we would do damage to anyone. ihey would eay, e signed the other petition and we don 't like to sign this one becau5e we are neutral, but you go ahead and whatever the Com-- mission decided is all ri`;ht with us." IYir. Posseen: What did these roeo-nle o_r-)osing you say? i,1r. Salter: They said we would be worse than the rondering plant, and that we would stink everybody out of the Valley. ?tow I donlt tlzink thrzt is possible. I have a sammle, and I am going to open up the box and see how many of you fellows are stunk out of this room,- because this is what we are going to manuk- facture. This is what will come out of the plant. (I,ir. Salter passea a sample around. ) I think, I-tr. Posseen, that we have proof here beyond any doubt tha.t we are not putting up a plant that ie going to raise any odors, or omit any fumes. Thero will be somA fluorine generated, but trnt is taken care of by the scrubber which is a-nr,roved by competant engineers. Wo would like to begin construction before winter come$. If we donit get oti.r contract3rs started on thia Job soon at the pricea quoted, itts going to cost us still more money than -2- ACTI VAT~D =TI LIZER COR"^" TIOPT Continued i,f wetd cot gtarted last Spring. The winter work on this job is going to cogt tne contractor more and he is going to demand a little more money. The longer we delay, why, the more it is going to cost us. Wetd like to get etarted just as soon as possible with not too many crinpling conditions to meet. IJIr. Mei&q.-: I.1r. Salter, apnro;Cimately what will be the size of your staff? About how many peo-ole will you have employed in tho operation of your plaht? tdr. Salter: Our operation out there is going to be very largely autoraatic. I donYt think there will be over ten employed. Now if we ez-oand to other locations, we will hire more people. PiIr. Walker: Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask some auestions. ','That is your capital etock7 Mr. Salter: 4ur capital stock is two million, five hundred thousand dollars. • 14r. Walker: HoW much is subscribed now? Pflr. Saltert 4'Te have been holding out, not going ahead offering our stock for ' sale, awaiting our permit. There is about $20,000 paid in capital. Ur. Freeman! It is $29, 000. Mr. Walker: There has beer. $299000 actually paidin. Wha.t is the cost of the -nlant? I4r. Salter! The plant wi11 cost wnen the macY:inery is all in there ready to onerate, will cost somewhexes over $10C,000.00. tvir. Walker! I want to knvw the actual dollars. You have engineers and should rave the actua,i cost. Mr. Saltar: If our Engineer were here he could give you tha.t exact figure. I-Ir. Walker: What is your Engineer ts figure? Mr. Salter; dround $125000. It mav cost us a little r:ore on accaunt of this ~ delay. Pdr. Walker: And you have to pay for that ,yet. No%, nuch of that is r,-.aterial that you can't get? I4r. Salter; We have our steel spoken for. ihe sontractors who are going ta do this job, I think, have ma,de nrovision$ for every-th#.ng, that is including Ehe steel. 1.1r. k'alker i I3'ow this fluorine scrubber, hotJ rauch additional cost has that been to yout Ur. Salter: That is something oux Engineer could answer, I couldnft give it to you. Mr. Freeman: That has been figured in the cost, W. 'edallcer. It is not a matter of additiona.I cost. kr. Walker: I want to knoor the cost of these items of construction. It may hinge on the matter of a bond. I don't want you to put up $125,000 bond when a $259000 bond is sufficient. r-ir. Snlter; We cannot give you an exa.ct figure on what the scrubber will cost us now. It is not a particularly expensive matter. The specifications wili show that. Mr. ►1alker; I want to know how much all of those things cost and whether or not you can get steel for it those are the things I want to know. Mr. Salter; I mfght noint out at the present time this plant, in so far as obtaining the materials is concerned, carries top priority, bec3use of the great need. ,Although we donlt 1novT what is going to hagpen from day to d.ay. If we . can' t get materials we cantt bui.ld. i•s. galker: It should be necessalry to put up a performance bond. Sife dontt want you to have a$125,000 bond when a$25,004 bond wa.11 do. I4r. Freeman: As I pointed out we axe wi,lling to give that bond. I1Ir. S'talker.: Now you have a two million, five hundred thousand dollar corporation here with only $29,000 ?~aid in capital. You have a long toays to go to even raise *125,00O that you are going to put into this plant. MY'. Freeman: It ie not as long a ways to go as it Mi~;ht seem, Nir. Walker. Wo have purposely not been taking subscriptions on stock until the whole matter was settled. Nevertheless there have been contacts made. A contract will be let on this thing tho minuto we have a permit. --3-- rCiIV:4~ ~J 7MRITILIZER CORF'lk"TIOId Continued 4w ~ IYir. tti'alker: You have come in here beforo to this Comnission unequiped to givo certain figures, which in your breakdowns your Engineer could give you. 1•1r. Freeman, you are an attorney, and you are faniliar witr a performance bond. Your Engineer haa overything 1,rokon cbwn as to how ruuch each thing co a ts . Lven the detailg of thi.s conveyor belt. %rhat I'm trying to arrive at in, how much are we going to neod for aperformance bond? I+ir. Freeman: ~~e could givo you that cost inforriation the first of the week, when I-Ir. Gustafson will be back. . Asr alker : I may be out of order, but-- hlr. Salter: Tho building part wzl.l run about $50,000. That is figured in the $125, 000. It would leave the machiner3r somQwhere in the neighborhood of ~1509000 to $75,000. NIr. Walker: You have no breal; dotvn from your Engineer on what thi s scrubber will cost'P idr. Salter : PTo, not what the scrubber wi11 eost. Mr. Wa].ker: I brought this out, Mr. Chairr_zan, for the reason that out there in Fraii:lin Parko there aras supposedly every disease in the world for about three years, and finally they ad.mitted it was the fluorine gas from the alurni- ni. T)lant. It took about three years to bring it aut in the open. I think a performa,nca bond wi.ll bo necessary. 1vir. Fosseon: Fsow far out do you think it will be detrimentalY I~Ir. Walker: I thin'K t1ia whole vallQy, because you can1t tell how far those funes go. mhat Valloy is a wide area and there is a lot of oxpenseive shubbery there. 14r. Fosseen; Are you goin,~; to ignore this man, "Albrooktst' o-oinion? Rr. r:'al?cer: Ilm not ignoring h,.m, but I want to lnow if that scrubber is going in thera, and I think it ought to bv guaranteed tha.t the scrubber is going in there. iMr. Salter: I might bring out this, that the Iriead plant had no neans of arrest-- ing or controlling those fwaes. Everything they generate was sent out into the air. They would put more fumes out into the air in one day thon we would in two or three yaars, even ittithout the scrubber. Out plant ia on?s► a 30,000 ton capacity plant. gs i,ir. Albrook points out in hig letter it will be rauch oasier to control ours because ours is much smaller. Yet they are controlling the Vancouver plant 100% using the same type scrubbei• that we are putting in here. I•1r. Albrook told me that it wouldntt be necessary to put in a,nything oxtra. The scrubber wo-ctld take caro of it. I said, "I s there anything elsa that can be put on thore to safegu~.~rd or eliminate any odor", wnd he said, "Yes" . I said, "11ha,t are they", and he said, "Saddles t?lat they put on the outlet of the scrubber". I said, "~'t'hat would they cost to put in there"? Ho sa.id, "Around $300 or $400". I said, "tLet t s put theTa in and be sure". If wo put those saddles on there then it is absolutely safQ and sure. He said, "Yes, 100% safe". I tm not a chemist or an Lngineer, I tm going by «hat peoplo who do know and ora recognized as Engineers tell mo. r'gr. Fosseen; That is what ore will have to go on too. Mr. Saltert I oace asked an Engineer what damage arould be done if we didn't put a scrubber on it. Ao said tha.t it «ould be doubtful how much damage would be dane, maybe a fow flo!+►ers right around the plant k•ould be damaged. Ho said the amount of fluorino gas which you will gonerate will be very small. i,Ir. Fosseen: Zet us heax fron T-Ir. Lally. Rr. La11Y: Mr. Chairrsan, I am Tom Lally, representing the Cowley estate only. I4av I correct what I think the Presidont gavo to the bost of his knowled.ge? In looking at the records in the Auditor's Office, prior to the last hearing, thero is filad, instrument 965736A instrunent 39741 filed a yeur later. On the first date there was stater;iont that the capital 1)aid in LMas '=1,000 and the aame date the capital was 410,000. That tras in v.arch, 1950. On Juno 15, 19519 a year later an aff idavit of -oaid in capi tal tj7us $8, 600. -4- gCTI VATM F''::RTI LUM C01L,,-"1'TI0-'-T Cont inued I4r. Nethercutt: Yes, but I was not an engineex'ing studellt at Washington State, and I have no knowledge whatsoever of this type of work. Nr. Meip--s: I was just wondering, regardirig rea13.b9,l.ity of the atatement of , Dr .Albrook, who is the Director of the Divi,sion Of Iiidustrial research, and in reply to these people. Ilm juet reading this as a matter of information, to squelch some quegtions as to whether or not we are accepting some un-- reliab le testimony here. This is signed by Ix. Albrook, in which he says; "All , materials as proposed are very satisfactory for handling the nhosphate rock and sulphuric acidr Tr.e air fn the den will be changed once every 4N minutes. ' This is satisfactory. The scrubbing tower for hydrogen f luoride removal, as ~ _ ~)roposed, would prove eatisfactory. The aluminum nlant at Vancouver, :'-'ashing-- il toil ha.s satisfactorily talren caxe of fluoride emenations. The volume of gases . handled by the Activated Fertilizer 0orporation would be much smaller and, tnerefore, can be controlled much more eaaily. After the plant is etarted, we will check the acrubber outlet for gases and paxticizla,te matter. t:ith the precautions as outlinedi there will be no damage to surrounding property.11 Now we are laymen and we have to depend on such statements as tha.t from people who are an authority. I would have to accept that as rather authorative, would,nit you? 14r. itethercutt; In the first place, it may be authorative, but they have spent nillions of dollare oa this plant up north of town and F►hother they contemplate mlything else, I dontt know. ' 14r. Meigs: Well, George, I k►as with the gtaff that built that plaat out there and I absolutely knoW that there wae no provision mado to take care of any gas emanation from thcse plants out there. Iput in a year and nine months on the construction. I do Inow tha.t they have set aside some 2' million dollarsp after they found out how nuch da.ma.ge is being done. There were no provisions made before. iJIr. I,Tethercutt: f:ere, we are dealing with a corporation that is groesly under-- financed. They ha.ve very littls responsibility that the surrolanding property owners are going to have any cht3ztco of e@coverirg whatever loes they may have been caused by the plant out there• Of oourse thig corporation is only inter. ested in the 1ertilizer plant, but they seem to be grossly underfina.nced. Some. times even experts have been wrong. This f luorine gas is a very obnoxioua gas. Y say, I thi.:zk We should have something definite. I thirlt we are entitled to iiave it. tiie axe dealing here with one of the fasteat growing portiona of the Ynland Empire and I certainly think that would be obnoxious. Ifm not an expert. Theso men have experts, and as one of your own men said, Y have eeen definite results in Franklin Park as to what has hapUened from fluorine gas. 1.Ir. Fosseen; t?ell, they paid for its didn:t theyY ihey paid $25,000 on top of what they were iJlr. irethercutt; Mr. Fosseen, I tn not objecting to that, and I zm expecting that this company is going to pay for any damage thvy do. 2his Commission should consider tre etructur e of this company, what res-nonsibility is going to be in the evont these experts are wrong. Damage could result here and that is what I an primarily interested in. ` PvIr. Calki.r.s: I have this thought. I think we are missing the point. Theso people have a perfectly logical question to put here to the Board. The prop-- erty owners are certainly entitled to be pIDOtected. Iylr. ti-Ialker wants to know what it is going to cost to build that scrubber. It night cost ~,,35,000 and then make sure that they put up a bond to build a$5,000 scrubber. It might do a million dollars worth of damage because a$5,000 scrubber didnit work. That is what George wants to know about. ifir. Walker : That is what II-raat to ImoVl in the matter of f ixing the bond. I•ir• Calkins; It seeras to rae quite simple. They are willing to put up such bond as ma,y bQ required, or else not operate, but if the acrubber donlt work the plant cantt ogerate. This plant on the Coast has beon built like that to stop the emission of those d.anaging fumes. The people who are building the plant -7- kCTIVATF,D FETILIZF. CORp 'I0~1 Continued have to accept that responsibility. tte can make sLU•e that they buil.d the scrubber, na,ke them put up a bond to see that they do, but if it f'-ils to control, you coul.dnit afford to have the dama.ging fumes emitted. That mig damage your stock eale, but at the same time that is the chance you have to take. If we have to go back and become experts to know for sure what Will hanlien, the Board will be taking quite a little on thei.r ha.nds at that. Y don't think we axe quite joining the problem here by si.nply getting a bond to build the scrubber. Mr. ;'lalker: That acrubber was proven for the re~.~o9a1 of fluorine gas in the Stockd.a,le plant. And that cost in excess of three million dollars. IvIr. breeman: That is quite a large plant in corrrParison, I:r. jti'alker. 14r. Walker s I know it, that is why I want to know what it cost you. Freeman: 1 can give you that informa.tion the first of the week. Iflr. Calkins: I don:t think you are going to find the property owners satiafied by not ,joining the thing better thaa we are 3oining it here. 14r. S'+alker; I would like to ask Jack a question. You have atwo and one-half million dallar corporation a.nd you axe only going to build a$125, 000 plant. ~ .Are you going to build eome more plante in the Va11ey3 Mr. I'reeman: Ido, our plan is to supply a radius of a-oproximately 9 miles around Spokane. j'Then this works out, and if it does work out, we probably will consider doing this. ?3efore we get this thing going, we are going to have $125,000 invested. That is a$15,000 piece of property there, and the building which will be on it will be $41,000, The contractors have submitted the bid for building the building itself. There is 56000 worth of respon-- sibility, or we donit operate. Ife are not going to risk the $25,000 we are going to have in thib4 We are not going to take a.ny possible risk. If we run 2 pounde of material through it we will have it checked. We will stop it itnnediately if therA is the slightest emissibn of fumes& We cannot a..fford law suits and loose a11 the capital we have put into it. i-;r. filalker: Have you Cleared with the S.E.C. ? Mr. Freeman: Yeet We have clea.red with the S.E.C., and we have cleaxed with the State Depaxtment of Lioenseea I4r. Dobeon: I do feel here, like the gentlena.n over here said, that if it does go in I would like to see some type of bond as to Vihat type of bui lding they are going to nut up. If some vf the equipment fails ana there is d.arsage done to the property, tha.t is what I want to see, a bond to protect the property owner s . . 11r. Fosseen; Unlesa there is any objection from the Comnigsion Zwill apPoint a committee, comPosed of Mr. Bienz, I4r. Anderson and Mz. I4eigs. The three of them to get together and work with you people on tha.t. Do I hear any ob,jections to that4 If not, Ytll appoint tha.t committee. Mr. NIcClure: Ild like to make a motion, h2r. Cha.irma.n, that after ife hear from .?11 the members that we ref er this to Executive Session. Pir. I,tyhre: I second the motion. 14r. Posseen: Do you think that we can hear from all? Mr. I4cClure: I think we should give all those that are sa.yi:zg something new an opportunity. I4r. Calkins: Mr. Fosseen, is it posaible for this committee to grant a provi-- ~ sional permit whereby they could bn.ild and start to oPerate and are charged with the responaibility of not doing damage. They couldnft give bond high , enough to continue to operate a plant that was passing off dangerous fuiaes ' because the bondsman would quit after tha,t, so they would have to suspend operations. It seems to me that theytve done their part now in ma,king sure that they think they can build a plant whf.ch wi31 not, but if 3t does# they would simply have to quit. Can you grant such a prorisional permit? Mr. Walker: I have auch an authorization written dotim here if you would like to hear i t. hlr. Fosseen: Yes, letts hear what you have, it might stop all this talk. .-g.- ACiIVAT~D FEtiTILIZER 00.1)0 0101T Continued Nr. `':alker: Y move that the arplication of the Activated Fertilizer Corporation to construct a nl.ant at the location and for the ,pur_r,ose described therein be granted provided that said Corporation post a perfornance 80 opQration bond i.n the penal awn of $50, 000 gu.aranteeing the construction of the plant accord ing to fina.l construction plans and specifications a&pproved by Dr. R. L. Albrook, Industrial Researeh Division of W'ashington State College; and further guaran• te4ing that for a period of five yoars after the start of operation no flu+orine or other darnag3.ng or offensive gasses ehall be emitted from said plant. I don t t knoar whether you wa.nt to go for a thing 13.ke tllat or no t. Mr. Calkins: That still doesntt cover the point, P•Ir. Chairman. If they guarantee it and eantt back it up, they could run into tremendous daLlaga. My point is to r;o one ste-o farther and their being able to continue to operate is based . upon it, in othor words the pla.nt would have to be closed down. That is going to hurt the purchasers of the plant and so on, you cantt write a big enough bond to take care of tha.t. I don't think it makes any difference to those next door but a few miles aclay makes a difference. Mr. Walker: That is the way I figured ten miles away. Mrr. Calkins: These peonle are willing to take that chance, the penalty of being closed doVrn. Iie grant a perinit for ajunk yaxd, providod that they put a fence around it, and they don't put a fonco around it, they put thoir stuff right out on the highvay and we 1et then operate. ;le never f ind out where we s tand. We seen to have a permit to grant and no nermit to closa. I4r. IdhYre: 11r. Chairma.n, Ild like to call for a vote on the question. Ivr. Fosseen: Ma.ke a motion, letts see what it is. IJr. I•icClure: Unless we ha.ve nei-f evidence from the floor I move that we refer this to Executive Session. i-:r. .Andarson: I t-till second it, IZr. 1•I:4ira : Ilve already s econded it. Ijir. Fosseen: What is yo-ar pleasure gentlemen? Ivlr. Bienz: I might ask, is there any new evidence to be presented? i•:r. Fasseen: How can we tell? Iir. hi,yhre: Letis vote on it. I•Iotion caxz'ied. Iv;r. Fossoen: I=d like to add I-Ir. Calkina to that cormittee. I id like to make Mr. .Aiiderson Chairman of that Committee. Get after this juat as soon as you can so we can get it off the docket. ACTIOh: Executive $ession reports that the permit be granted to construct the ir plant as per anpli cat ion on f i le wi th tne Cor.v.i s, ion, provided that said Corporation post to Spokane County a perforniance and operation bond in the Penal sum of guaranteeing the constrtzction of the plant according to final construction plans and specifications approved by Drt i. Z. Albrook director of the Research Division of the State College of Vlashington, and further guaranteeing for a period of 5 years no fluorine or other damaging or offeneivQ gasvs shall be emitted from said Phosphate r lant. C'rESr-M HILLS IE4VEIAPI•^i?T PRELI.-IIi~'.ARY FI.AT • 1•1r. Graham: I have one prelininary pla.t here, which is Chester Hills Devololament. :~r. State is out of town on vacation, and I dontt know anything about this one. (A brief discussion was held. ) i-Ir. Posseen: It is only a prelirainary pl.at isn't it? I•lx. Graham: Yes. i-x. i:eigs: Imove that Fre accept it as a preliminary plat. vir. Anc?erson: I second that motion. 14otion carried. I`2S5Ii7G:PM1S ADDITIOIF FINAL PLAT I-Ir. Graham: ~~re have several Final Plats today, so I will turn this over to I-1r. Chaffins) as I•ir. State is out of town. (A brief discussion was held. ) -9- ~ rJf Je/rl`r!l'l.l J ._.!rf,Fl',f . ?I!'tr i'~1 f 11' I/, 1flr. ri.i~+l~/' •!~f{/~I/IF F~" ra r .~~~r./E,G ~ . w~,~If/ . . , ~r~/~~'~ /i ~ ez - Ilez~,/ . ~,Tur ~ 2 kw~ Spokane•.,Q1.1nty i la~.~.n.irq, LP ,ounty ~c~urt House Spokane 11 'i'Tashington. Re AOTT'IAT~ FT-EETIL?ZF`R C~~i' Co-r)v to r,~r, Jack I3.F're~eman, S T"I~.;~T~f,i~* s u ~+eil Vl4JmlJlY f y understanding,in taikirzg to your Executive Secretary, It i s mi Don S. -Traham,tll- hat. you h.ave deni-eex -bhp applicatiara of the above n&mea coM- pany unti7 xt ha,s,aaang ather matters,f urnished you ~Yfrztten detailed description of the machinery ab.d equipment to bs installed by it in its loreposed ~lantpand that after that shall have been furnishe+d,my clients and other prvtestents sha3l have had an opportu;nity to have vur experts ~~~dv it a-nd have a Y~earin,.,, before ~fou. ~3c-_2,din, ccp~- heret~f' ta its aba~re naitaed attorney,az~e~ Wc-l,~d appreciate it xf he could give zne +du-plicate writinSs of what hi: client will furnish ~.Fou,sc~ T cn,n 7,r~ ~,s nL~~?-~ +-~r.^_e as nossxble. ~ sinc:nre1y truUt 1"hat s-uch descriptic,7~ -w;11 ~-:ave full details,az to exact size9diemsions,kind of material in each vu?d all parts sC thf~A Tn~,'' expEr't.-5 c`lT'? ~'`'..~iCtu1'e ExaCtls;F wI1'?.~ the ri-a?°.t 1sr ~ 17- P S Y 1` o f... nJ .7 . c - r LA ~ i.~+~ ~ ~ iicK" COUWY 19 5 1 . ~ ~ . r-- ~ ~ ~ . `~.,./f•/~ni/i/i,i~ / l ~ :Y 6~ / n, June 20,1951 Mr Jack ~'reonan, Attorne;y at law Golumbia,:;dg. Spokane,iiasli. Ke Meeting SpoloLne County Plarming Comnis siau June 27th-Activated Fertiliser Corporation. Denr l[r. Preems,n: i have just roceived notice af continued heariw_; of the above matter on Juno 27th. I oabnot poseibl,y be ready for at least ' ten d.ays thereeiter ae the expert I want has buen unavail- ab1e.I ara aure thst Mr. Aul Cooney,nttorney for other in- terestvd paeties wxll not be ready either. So I write this to a40id you.r lisving ezpert or other witnes sea on the 27th, in view of r,y needing a aoa- tinunnce. I em mailing aopy o f thi s to -~'r. Uon S.Gra- ham,Dcecutice Secretary of the Carxn.f.ssion and tcIFr. Cooney. v ery Sinc ere1y y ~ ~ ~S Thoet ,!r', „r1a1 , At / f o , ~ d W LO > ~ w ~ U ~ LU4 r ~ ~ TR,r+. i,',ATi^ 7F nYPLIC::TiOi' OE ACTtVATZD FERTITaI777-R COPP. F03 A SPECIAT ` ~,dMIT TO CONSTRUCT ATYD OPMA"77 A RUZLDII.G FOR TF7 RTFACT'JRF OF StJPITR PAOSPAT" 70R COs~4,3R0IAL MR'11L1ZFR OF 5.2221 of 55281 07 sE~ oF slr,~, 0-7 sEC . 13..225-43. LYT7-_ . . _ , . , T, CO?rNTY OF SPOKA.TE ) ~7. Gusta~'3un , being first duly sworn, deposes and says : That at all ti:r.es nentioned herein he was, and now is, a citizen of the United States, a resident of Spokane Cour►ty, Wushing±on, and over the age of twenty-onn yefirc.. That on May , 1$1, he p-rsonally nosted three (3) true and correct copies of the hereto Qttached NOTICP, OF PTTI3LIC HEAT?ING at the follow- l /1iT~-•.'1 L'}' e tan~:. -)n :es c~~'_~F~~' 2• Near k c--nt;r o f east line 3• Near cen'.(-r o:~' so~,tii I 1 ~,,,~,~~~~,,1~-ry~ , Subst;ri~,3d and swnrn to t;efore. 19 . I • I N4TA~I PUB LI CII1 A-D FOR I I SPOKAPIE COUP? i Y, 7:'ASHINIGTCN ~ Residfng at Spokane, Washir:r-t nri ~ I i ~ NoTZCE oF PvBzrc aMrrr'43 NOTICE I S ,_REFY GItirEAT that the Spokane Oounty Plannzng Com- mission will hold a public hearing in the Commissionerst Assembl,y :toom in the County Court House on Thursday, 7 10 at 2:00 P.T.T. to make decis ion on the foilowing prd j ect : te VC1pUft%l~ ~ AdOW, ~ 7WU119rMe ~WJ* 3 *'AWtft3 a:-40d1 tO t*'%A ~A ~ +r~~4~ fe 1~~ c' ~w Y'w "orrm4dal T'wttusor o-t y n?• of ~V~~ f04; ef im. a!' oft. . 9 9~M `:'We '~~a~~ •.~l~, ~c'k; •-'-~A~ ~ n. ~ ~'-+w!~ 4'~* ' ,4~ t~~' ~ t`~ rs~ 1"~ ~ 4~' "-Wole I At said t i:ne and place, any interested gerson ms,v bP heard for, or againat, thP granting of the above application. . SPOSM COUNTY PLANNIRtG C010ITSSION 5 ~ {L__~_ . By DON S. GRAHAI+I, Executive SecrFtary 1ZATF,P: GT'OKAATE, WAS=+GTO1V ~ 160 ~g~~ xay 16 9 1951 Aativated Fertilissr Corp. 737 Pe3►ton Bui ldi ng 9poirane. W^ ahingtan f3entlernens The hearing on your application for a 5pecial Perrr.it to conetruct & operate a buildinp; tor maauta,otlwe o! Stmer ?ihoepatee for commercial ha.s bFen definitely set for Thursday, yi$,y 319 1951 a.t fertili$er@ ar near 2;00 P.i,I. I'le are unable to tell you the exact hour when your project will be considered, as the order of business fcr the session is quite extended. It is essential tha,t you or your representative be present at the public hearing, as the Commission r:ay desire further informa,tion re1a-- tive to your proposed activity. Enclosed, pl.ease find four notices of public hearing, three of which are to be posted at threF conspicuous Flaces on the proposed site of your building. This should be done immediately uocn their receipt, as the not;ces should be posted at least ten ciays before the dnte set for the hearing. The other notice should be kevt f or your files. jqe a.re also enclosing an affidavit of posting, to be ccmpleted by ,you and filed witr, the Secretary in this office sometir:ie before the hear ing. If you have not already done so, it will be necessary to see "Ir. Excell, County Sanitarian, in regard to your sanitation or your permit cannot be EivPn considPratian. Very truly yours, SP0''l"b C OUI7T Y P?O1MiM ~ OI,U-4IOSS I ON es By Ene. 5 Evecutive Secretary ~ A ~ ,s ~'I ~ I~/ / y~ r ~-~-i~~ ~ L.,~ ~ ,...-~f -r.~ / ' / ~ /~~I~ ~ 1~l~ ~ , f . i ~ , ~ . ~ , ' ~-%-~s'~ ~ C ' L.~ / ~ ~ , r ~ f /~y7,, . , ~ , ,~7 ~ - tll~ ~Z ~j~~✓/ '~i.~. ? ~ (1 r / < ' ~ / ~ ! « y ~ , ~ , 1 -r ( ,iS, J` / / . 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CONTRACTING AND MAhUFACTURiNG AL. BETTIS, Assr, GENFRAL MANAGF.R MACHINE AND WELDE" RTS EDGECLIFF MACHINE AND WELDING WORKS E. 7501 SPRAGUE AVENUE SPOKANE 15, WASHINGTON , _ ~ ✓ ~ i~~ . . ~n~ . ~ ~n,~~ ~ y.~~- ~o,~ • - ~ , - J. . ~ . , ~ _ ~ _ ~ ~s~^--a--c ~ , ,tv ~ ~ • ,~,,~,~L. 1.,,,. vz~ ~ ~ . ~ - zew-/l. ~PEC VED SPOKANE COUNTY ~ ~ ~ ~ - \ . J r . ~ ~ 1 . t ~ 1 1` J - - I To ; The Spokane County Plannint-Commisaion. ?."1e, the undersigned abutting adjoining and aurrounding owners, being interested persons hereby respectfully request that the application o2' Activated Fertilizer Corporation 2'or a special permit to and operate a building for the manufacture of a hosphate and oommercial rertilizer on the 5.222' of E. 528' of SE ~ of SeQ. 13-2.15-43, lying N. of R/W of C.M. ST. P& P Rp., and west of Park Road, be denied Por the ressons that the surrounding areas are primarily business, and residential, and tha t the operation of said fertilizer plant would result in of'fensive, obnoaious odors, and fumes wbich would be detrimental to health, pesaeful posseasion, and the general welfare ot' the abutting adjoiniag and surrounding community. N-UE ADDRESS • I e . . ~ ~ v ~ rrK ~ 4Ke " 911 ~ ~ ~ d, 1 ~ . f~, - . . . , • - 7'01 f If" ~ ~ ~•~~y ~ ,,Q,~►''~'~-~'''`~ ~ 70 c,A` . , ~ AA ~ G ~ - ~ `~p ` . ~ - 2,AAA .~.,J • ~ X 1 ~ ~ , , ♦ ~ o rc,..ue Uuatq e, ttie underai -,ned abuttia►3 adjoinink .3 Find eurrounding owmere, hein->- interested perr-ons hereby reapeoti'ully renupet thst the .9ppiiar: f.lon of `,etivated F'Prtilizer ^vrpormtion for f, 'oeoial nermit to and oprx4ate a bililding far the m)nuTmoture o1' ephosntiyte janl o_ M-rProirzl tertili~or on tr,e .2220 o* 528' of ^r of ~eQ• 13-25"'43, lying N4 at R/.. 01' t7•..• :'31o . ?Ad vfeAt of "r3rk aed, be dwiPd for the rc-aaone thfit the Qurrovnaing :r~,9P P.re primarily busiuess, nd rPSidentifil, :nd th-: t t,te vverati.on o!' Rnici fertili7er i~.lant-would result in offeaaive, obriuZiuue aQora, -,n:~ furaee w.tfoh wbu1d* De deiriment-Al to hQ-.)lt:i, nePoeful poseiresioA, aad Ltie •-eneral vaelPjre o!' the abuttint± ,-djoinin~ iad au,rrounding cor~r.unity. ~+..+...f..r+r..r..~.~ -........~..r~f. _ .....__......f..~ «...w~+r~+r...r--w.... .w~.►- rrr~• ` yr., ~ t• r- ' J~.`./a. Sti! ~ ) ♦ '004 • ;'r~ _ V r - " i ~ ~ ' . ✓ ~ l ~ ~ r.l \ ~ ~ / ~ f ~ ~ a •i • 1 • T 1 I ` , J J f r • ~ ~ r f /'~iy, ~ •1 ~ ( ~ , i f I ~ I r ..~T~ `iI' ' i ►/i' l. ~ i/ Li f ~ , ~ ~ . I ~ ~ r ` ' ~ , : / _ _ ~ , ~ . f -~G ;!Z < < , ~ ; ~ ' 2 , ~~5~-~•.~.~-.-.-.~ ~ . - 7A - , ,c~ - ~ • ~ ~ ~ . . ~ ~ J~ ~Z ~ • ~ - ~ t ~ °Lt ~~•--'~-c t- t ~ ' . c- ! , ~ ~ • ~ - ~ , ~ , `J ~ l , :.aL--(, t ~ _ ` . / ~ ' ' • / i , . . , ; . ' ~ r I : l • ~-1- _ : fA! . AN • _ ~ . . • ' . . . ~ . ~ ' i ~ , , ' ' - . _ i . , ~ ` ~ ' 1~-•~ rl ~ ' / L' ~ ' ~ r '.~~'G~o _e" 7S G _ 2( 73 ~ C~ • , r • r , • lG3n ~ 3~7 r ~ / • ~ ~ /17 - . i 1 ~ ~~~,,•s,~.4, 7f ' - n ~ _ r / ~ ~ a~ ~ L•~f ~ _ . ~ _ ~ - , L~ . . v ~ 1,7 ~ ~ ~ qc C - - ~ ~ ~ • ~ - - ~ . _ ~ 17 ~ J ' ~ ' J j ~ 7n.~_~_ . -I' . . ~ _ .~~~'i!~•t'-~ ~v ~ ~x~ - ~ - - _ - ~ I D w ' 0,-" ~ • ` . ~ ~iC1~~~ T ' . L doop ~ ~ ~ ~ ~/►~-C~l ~.~1.~ / ~li2~ ~ ,l•~/~`-~1-'~ ~ •L.~ ~ ~ c~ , - `10 ~ . 4 . ~ ~ ,f ~ ~J~ , `o yr--!~'f i . . . r`/ i ~'+f / ~ ~ j , ~ . 1 y .i} i. f /1 i_!t. ~ !~J ~ ~ ` ~ . i • ~ . ' ~ / ~ ' ~"7 ` • ~ . . -7 , / ~ 1 I J • ~ ~ M~/ i~~ ~ ~fyf y , ' ' ~ . . ~ ~ . ~ ` e~ ~ f C I ~ :j s e. ~ . 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' PRO PERTt' Q`+NNER ADDRE SS • ~ ~~~~~V~ ~ _ ~ ~ - ~ ~ L~ ~ , ~ r ~ - /J I ` /qy L ~ t " l1 , , ; /7 . . ~ . ~ ~f , . : , ~ ~ - ; L? 04 _ 1 _ , ~-,1- ~ - , •r - c.z/~~' ~'~d~,1~.,~ I t_ , , ~1 Sp • f~' ; , _ l ~ • ' ~ _ / . ~ ~ ` ~ ~ ~ , • r-- , , ` '~l t/ ce4 ! , fT i . ~ ~ y ~ ~ • ~ ~ f I j ~ 1 . • - ( r ~ , - ,,r. /~.~_-icL , °v t 1 ~ L~<••~•~ !`-~k ~.~y, ~ ~ -3-,cc • ~ l Lr~~L • i i t;.. ~ 7~'~ y ~ * / / • ' 7L r ol,~.r~v''?iC~ lZ - ~ C~ ~ ~ i ~ - . yoo/ . G~U ~ , . Et7 ?,Z/ , . . - 1 i . . o = 'tie "ock-,ae "ounty `11#;nuxing "mmisslan. e, the undersi-med aDutting aeJaining qnd surmunaiQg ownere. tein,y Sutei•eeted perrons hereby r,#~Ppeotfully reRUest t.L,,A, .:t ± t, o appLioA, tion of '.ativated "~rtili~er ^arporatioA :'or 1-n rpiocia3 pe,ait to anQ aper,"te a bijlluing Por the menufgature of *A ^hornfi,iZP aad Q.mmFrainl fertil.iz*r ota tt,e "°.222' 02' 5269 of " 1 of "~~eo. 13-25-43, lyita.n t ~►f i~/ ' of j 7. ~ weat of '"Zlrtc oad., bo dwied .*ar the rrasans ±hoE the surrounlin~ reis v r-e primtirily bueip~►ge, ~n~ r~si~~~ti~l, -ind th~: t•,,jie operntina af soici fortilia_er plant arauld reault 1n cffansive, oOnnZiuus odvr~, --n-1 4'tumes W;kf.ah would be de#lrime»t~rl tt; fto~ltxilo voeeeful poeseeeion, find e" ;~eaprril welftire of the abutt in4? adJviniA- :r::l Burrnl..wding oorttiriity. 7 / .2 I sr {v{' 07111 ~ , All , ,..r % , . _-~-''4_. . • -3-> ~ ~i ~r ~ r S .d...~--- ✓ ; ~ ~~~r ~ ..g,_ ` 7.-~ 19 7 J • -''f 'k:"~-.~- X- -y'i:.~•y J~'~ 1• , I .'1' i- + j~LyI'. / ~ ~ ,:`y . • ' n. 1~-'' j . ' . * ~ ..c~A.-~ t -r-r. • ' t I ~ . ~ 7 . , ~ . .-f . . • el~~~~ I .1t/ • ~ - r~.- h . ~ . . _ .J ~ M' AV 740 ► ~~0 ~10. ~o P a 'i • ~ 'r f, ~ ~ -,r~,,.,.. i . M ~ • Y~ ~ J /y~( W.14 ~ ..~..f 44-4,- ~ ' ~ .~d•.~,.`~- ( ~ ~ ~ . ~ D'-'V L,,.. j~ S ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 1t . ~ 12- ~F PUBLIc ~~~TlqG ~TC~"ICE IS .~~Y G1~ tlat the ~crl~.ne C~ty Px~ia~g Go~- - mi~~~~n wilI ~old a public heaz•ing in the C~mmi~sioners' Aew-- WjLq temb1y1 z~om in the Ccauaty CvurE House on Thursday, MaY 31~ 1951~ ~er r~ at or near 2:00 11.14• to cozxsi.de~ the application Qf Activated Fertilizer Corporatian for a special permit to constrv.~t an& HASER'S RECEiP~ operate a Irailding for, t~ manufacture vf Su~er Fhoop}ates for commercia1 fertilizer of S.~~~~ ~f 3. 5281 of SA c~~ M-17 of lTA,CH AND HOLe~ Sec. 13-~25-43: lying N. of R/[f of 0. M. St. P & 1' Ry. 9 and west of Far~ Road. At said time ,~i plBce, any inteTested ioe$'san may t►e heard for, `or agains ts, t he_ granting nf the abova meAtioned-permito. 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