MOTCO Superfund Site (La Marque, Texas)

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This was a toxic waste dump back in the 1960s and 1970s, which was taken over by a Minnesota company called MOTCO in an attempt to clean up the waste, but they abandoned it. The federal government ended up doing most of the cleanup work.
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Coordinates: 29°20'6"N 94°56'6"W

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Omega Bay 0.5 km
Storage Tank 1 km
Dollar General 2 km
John M. O'Quinn I-45 Scenic Estuarial Corridor & Nature Preserve 2 km
USACE La Marque-Texas City Levee 2.5 km
Virginia Point Peninsula Preserve 2.7 km
Jones Bay 3 km
Pierce Marsh Nature Preserve 3.6 km
Flamingo Isles 4.7 km
West Bay/Western Galveston Bay 12 km

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