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Lacostex Refinery

 
Site Contact:
Gary Moore
FOSC

(moore.gary@epa.gov)

Site Location:
11600 Carle Avenue
LaCoste, TX 78039
 response.epa.gov/lacostexrefinery

The Lacostex Refinery Site is located in LaCoste, Medina County, Texas. The site is located on approximately 38.4 acres of which only approximately 10 acres were used for the facility operations. The Site is a former asphalt manufacturing and petroleum refinery facility. According to information received from a former employee, the petroleum refining operations were insignificant. The Site consists of 18 Aboveground Storage Tanks (ASTs), 6 concrete lined sumps, oil/water separator, 59 drums,77 small containers of laboratory chemicals, main office, laboratory building, loading/unloading rack, and processing/storage building. The approximate volume and general classification of the wastes located on site include 400,000 gallons of oil wastes, 30,000 gallons of hazardous substances, and 12,221 square feet of asbestos containing material.


Last Tank to be cut. All hazardous liquid from T10 is transported to the incinerator in Port Arthur, Texas. Photo taken by Lynn Schaub, BNC, showing Sump 06, railcar, after it was pulled. Work progress photo facing southwest Work progress photo facing south Tank bottom being cut. Photo illustrating how tanks were cut to allow access for cleaning. Stockpiled metal Work progress photo facing west. Work progress photo. Facing south Metal is cut into sections as required by recycling facility Waste accumulated under one of the canopies. East Direction. Sump 06. Buried railcar. Tanks 2, 3, 4, and 5. NE direction. Tanks with brush overgrowth. Photo taken in an east direction. ONYX transports hazardous liquid to the incinerator from one of the tanks. Drums being powerwashed after waste was removed. All waste was transported to the incinerator in Port Arthur, Texas by ONYX. Concrete being broken into smaller pieces. Office building proximal to the canopy area was demolished. Photograph showing area where oil water separator was removed. Overgrown vegetation has been cleared to allow access to the tanks. U.S. Filter removes oil from the site. Photograph showing work progress. Shears being used to cut tanks to allow access for cleaning. Photograph showing north canopy area after concrete and metal were removed. Scrap metal is transported to the Horowitz facility in San Antonio, TX. Canopies proximal to the tanks have been demolished. Water truck is used for dust control. Alpha Technical Services (ATS) prepares to clean T07. Scrap metal and concrete generate from demolishing the canopies proximal to the tanks. Concrete from the north canopy demolition is transported to Covel Gardens. Tanks that have been cleaned are staged for cutting. Photograph showing removal of the north canopy. Lines below the north canopy area are excavated. Site personnel removing rebar from the concrete.
For additional information, visit the Pollution Report (POLREPS) section.