Formosa building $47 million polyvinyl chlorid film plant and $8 million PVC pipe plant in Batchelor; will employ about 300 workers in rural Pointe Coupee. Price said Pointe Coupee representatives came along to thank Yang for the investment he has made in the parish....Read more
Lionel Bailey of Edgard hired by Formosa to be environmental manager of proposed rayon plant in Wallace; he posseses 14 years' experience in the environmental field, including two years at the state DEQ. First St. John the Baptist employee company has hired. Article...Read more
Up to $1 million in St. John the Baptist Parish economic development money could be used to help the South LA Port Comission in building the west bank pier Formosa requested. Port commission must submit a budget first outlining how the parish money would be used in...Read more
OSHA levied fines against Formosa after a six-month investigation that discovered more than 60 violations at its Point Comfort, TX vinyl chloride plant. Formosa claims these incidents are isolated to that plant and are not indicative of how they will operate in St....Read more
Formosa opened negotations to buy Evergreen Plantation. Alden Andre, Formosa's VP, claimed owners approached them. If they buy it, Andre says they would preserve the house and open it to the public. Preservationists don't like idea of another plantation being owned by...Read more
Quarter of St. John the Baptist Parish's west bank's 1,150 houses surveyed to determine residents' educational levels, training needs, and attitudes towards working at the proposed Formosa plant near Wallace. 1/3rd don't wan't to work at the plant, and half of these...Read more
$330,300 fines levied against Formosa's Point Comfort facility by OSHA. 62 violations of safety standards, including three willful violations. Company stopped monitoring for levels of vinyl chloride, violated standards for handling flammable and combustible liquids,...Read more
Article notes how stately plantation homes along River Road less begining to resemble Germany's Rhine valley and more like it's Ruhr Valley due to encroachment of petrochemical companies. Discusses how greenbelt will be threatened if Formosa moves into the region,...Read more
Environmentalists opposed to Formosa plant in Wallace have new ammunition as videotape footage has emerged of protesters in Taiwan protesting a Formosa plant there. Protesters oppose the company's product of C-F-Cs, an ozone destroying agent used as an aerosol...Read more
Gov. Buddy Roemer said that Formosa must meet new and improved state environmental standards for proposed $2 billion chemical plant in Wallace. Article notes opposition to rezoning property from residential to heavy industrial during a parish planning commission....Read more
Alden Andre, Formosa's VP of operations, unaware of opposition to proposed Wallace plant; however, claims will be a great contribution to the parish in terms of jobs, and will be a good neighbor. Planning and Zoning Commission to make a recommendation for proposed...Read more
Public hearing about proposed rezoning change in Wallace met with opposition. One resident likens it to "genocide." Various people from different organizations quoted. Concerns of residents, preservationists, and environmentalists listed. Alden Andre feigns innonence...Read more
Article very similar to "Formosa negotiates to buy plantation..." in TP (Jan. 5, 1991). Formosa opened negotiations to buy Evergreen Plantation, and this has alarmed preservationists.Read more
Article highlights two opposing viewpoints to proposed Formosa plant through the opinions of two residents, Wilfrend Greene versus Paul Stein. Greene said he has received three buy-out offers. Article notes that parish officials promised as much as $1 million from St...Read more
Article says that as many as 4,000 construction jobs and 1,600 permanent jobs could be created if Formosa goes through with its plans to construct plant in St. John the Baptist Parish. It is the second major chemical producer with plans to build in St. John, after...Read more
St. John the Baptist Parish School board members reversed themselves again on a controversial tax break they granted Formosa; board voted to restore the tax break just one week after voting to take it away, citing pressure from business people and other elected...Read more