ESCO MARINE INC. Facility Overview - NSRP

Ships located within our slips
attached to winch system with
containment Boom aft.

ESCO MARINE INC.
Ship Remediation & Dismantling Facility
Working Under
Local, State, & Federal
Environmental, Safety, & Health
Regulatory Laws

ESCO’s B.M.P.
Environmental Programs
• (PCB’s) Polychlorinated Biphenyls - Including Liquid and solid media
• Asbestos
• (Petroleum Hydrocarbons) Fuel oil/ Hydraulic oil/ Lubricants / Grease /
Sludge / and Sump oil
• RCRA Metals Lead, Barium, Cadmium and Chromium , Zinc s )
• (Universal Waste) Mercury ,(liquid) (solid) Fluorescent bulbs
•
• (CFC’s)Ozone Depleting Substances
• Waste Water / Fire fighting, bilge water, ballast water
• Solid Waste
• 10 Approved Navy Cutting Pads- 60 mil lined with 1,000 gallon liquid
collection tanks @ each pad.

Safety & Health Programs
• Diving Operations
• Work Permits
• Fire Prevention and Protection
• Scaffolds, Ladders, and Other Working Surfaces
• Health and Sanitation
• Employee Training and Documentation
• PCB Management
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Fall Protection
• Lead Management
• Respiratory Protection
• Workplace Electrical and Lighting
• Accident and Incident Investigation
• Drug and Alcohol Program
• Water Operations Safety
• Confined and Enclosed Spaces
• Welding, Cutting, and Heating
• Compressed Gas Cylinders
• Housekeeping and Temporary Lighting
• Hazard Communication
• Asbestos Management
• Rigging and Material Handling
• Hearing Conservation
• Employee Emergency Plans
• Spill Program and Emergency Response
• Blood borne Pathogens Program
• Machine Guarding

ESCO Marine Inc. Ship Dismantling
Facility - Statistics
• 3,945 Feet of waterfront Dockage
• (3) – Slips with Containment Boom, & Winching Capabilities.
• (4) - Vessels, can be berthed along shoreline, with engineered mooring.
• (1) – 2,000 hp ocean tug
• (4) – Hopper Barges – Scrap hauling
• (3) - 150 ton Lifting Cranes
• (1) - 165 Ton Lifting Crane
• (2) - 220 ton Lifting Cranes
• (1) – 110 ton lift crane and magnet
• (5) - Magnets - Scrap Handler
• (5) – Off-road articulated trucks
• (5) – Loaders with Forks and Buckets
• (1) – 2500 hp Universal Hammer mill Shredder
• (1) –3000 psi High Speed Bailers
• (1) – Electrical Cable Chopper - Copper Processer
• (2) –Steel Process Handlers – Genesis Mobile Sheer/Stationary Richards Sheer
• (350) - Trained employees of various crafts.
• [1] – Power cat C Wire Chopper

ESCO Facility Map -1

Waste Accumulations from
` the past 18 ships
• Asbestos 7,671,728 pounds
• PCB Bulk Waste 10,715,854 pounds
• PCB Oil 20,506 pounds
• Recyclable Oil 431,672 gallons
• OWS 2,537,203 gallons
• Mercury 1,878 pounds

ESCO Marine Offices
ESCO Management, Navy, MARAD
Offices
Field -Environmental, Safety,
Medical & Production Offices

Safety & Health
Training Department
Respirator Fit Test Confined Space Training
Respirator Care Fall Protection

Digital Truck Scale/ Radiation
Detector & Digital Cordless Remote
Crane Scale

Steel Processing Techniques
Stationary Richards Shear
1500 R. Genesis Shear / 385 Cat
75 Cutters / 6 Ft. Torch

2,500 hp Hammer-Mill Shredder
&
Conveyer Separation System

2,500 hp Hammer-Mill Shredder
&
Master Control Station

Processed Steel
Scrap Handling Equipment

Container Transports
Roll Off Trucks Case 821 Forklift

Fuel & Maintenance Trucks
• Fuel – Oil – Lube – Air - Greases

Maintenance Building with Offices

Road Maintenance Equipment
Motor Grader
Dozer
Dust Control Truck

Lifting Cranes

Oil & Water Transports
4 – Vac. Trucks

Center Slip / Winch

West Slip / Winch

ESCO’s Self-Contained Cutting Pads
Total of 10 Cutting Pads

East Slip & Support Offices

NON-Ferrous Department
Loading Dock

3000 psi High Speed Bailer
40 tons per day

Oil & Water Separator
Flood Alarm System
Separator Unit
Digital TPH Meter
Clarifier/Processed Water Tanks

PCB & Mercury Hazmat
Storage Area

Vessel Make-Ready Equip.

PCB Paint Removal Process
• Process Containment
• 40,000 PSI Water Blaster
• Processed water disposal tank
• Solid paint flake collected,
bagged, placed into container

Pre Cable & Post Copper

Electrical Cable Chopper / Copper
Recovery Processor

2 - Vectors – 1400 CFM Air Movers
Dry & Wet Material removal

1st - Lunch Room-Climate Controlled
• Filtered Drinking Water &
Ice
• Hand Washing Station
• Decon Area
• Eating Facilities

2nd - Lunch Room-Climate Controlled

Shower / Decon Area

Clean / Dirty Rooms

Uniform - Laundry Room
Lead Program

Processed Scrap Ready for Market

Scrap Barge Load Out

ESCO Sales Division

ESCO Metals –1 of 3 Feeder
Yards
ESCO has 3 separate feeder yards, located in Donna, Tx., Brownsville,
Tx., & Matamoras, Mexico. The three feeder yards supply ESCO Facility
with materials for shredding ops., Non Ferrous ops., and Sheering ops.

Special Projects
• Ex-Albert Watts: Dolphin Island Mobile, AL
Remediation/Dismantlement While Afloat
• Ex-Oriskany: Pensacola, FL Remediation and
Sinking of Largest Man-Made Artificial Reef
• Hwy 90 Bridge: St. Louis Bay, MISS
Removal of Hwy Bridge Damaged by Hurricane
Katrina

Special Projects Continued
• Harrah’s Casino: Lake Charles, LA
Remediation and Demolition of Hurricane
Damaged Casinos
• USCG Shrimp Boat Salvage: Gulf Coast
Salvage of Hurricane Damaged Shrimp Boats
• Lone Star Brewery: San Antonio, TX
Asbestos Remediation and Demolition of
Internal Process Controls

Special Projects continued
• Texas Clipper: Brownsville, Texas
Remediation & Sinking of Artificial Reef .
• Zeus Drilling Rig: Freeport, TX
Dewatering/Repair and Remediation of all Tanks

Oriskany Sink
ZEUS Platform
Special Projects
Texas Clipper Sink
Prep