LEGACY OF LOSS KOCH INDUSTRIES' LAYOFFS AND ENVIRONMENTAL HARM IN BATTLEGROUND STATES AUGUST 15, 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents ...................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 4 Alaska ......................................................................................................................................... 5 Layoffs .......................................................................................................................................................... 5 North Pole Refinery Closure ................................................................................................................................................................. 5 Flint Hills’ North Pole Refinery: Sulfolane Contamination And Subsequent Fight With Alaska Over Cleanup Standards ........................................................................................................................................ 6 Arkansas .................................................................................................................................. 10 Layoffs ......................................................................................................................................................... 10 Crossett Georgia-Pacific Layoffs ......................................................................................................................................................... 10 Fordyce Plywood Georgia-Pacific Layoffs ........................................................................................................................................ 10 Environment ................................................................................................................................................ 11 Crossett Schools Toxic Chemical Exposure ..................................................................................................................................... 11 Coffee Creek Water Pollution ............................................................................................................................................................ 12 Florida ...................................................................................................................................... 14 Jobs .............................................................................................................................................................. 14 Hawthorne Georgia-Pacific Plant ...................................................................................................................................................... 14 Layoffs at Palatka ................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Brunswick Georgia-Pacific Plant ......................................................................................................................................................... 16 Environment ................................................................................................................................................ 17 St Johns River ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Kentucky .................................................................................................................................. 18 Coal Mining Operation Was Sued For Destroying Homes ........................................................................ 18 Koch Victory, Division Of Reiss Coal Co., Was Sued For Kentucky Residents’ Private Property Damages ....................... 18 Iowa ......................................................................................................................................... 21 Anti-Iowa Agenda ........................................................................................................................................ 21 Layoffs ......................................................................................................................................................... 21 Dubuque Georgia Pacific Layoffs ....................................................................................................................................................... 21 Monticello Georgia Pacific Layoffs .................................................................................................................................................... 21 Fort Dodge Koch Nitrogen Layoffs ................................................................................................................................................... 22 Environment ............................................................................................................................................... 22 Georgia-Pacific’s Pm-2.5 Pollution ..................................................................................................................................................... 22 Leaks By Koch Pipelines ............................................................................................................................ 23 1981: Koch Pipeline Dumped 900,000 Gallons Of Crude Oil In Polk County, Near Des Moines River .............................. 23 1 1999: Koch Pipeline Break Dumped 150,000 Gallons Of Crude Oil Into Creek Bed Leading To Des Moines River ........ 23 2001: Ammonia Pipeline Leak Killed Nearly 1.3 Million Fish – “One Of The Largest Environmental Disasters To Hit The State.” ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Michigan .................................................................................................................................. 25 Layoffs ........................................................................................................................................................ 25 Environment ............................................................................................................................................... 25 Koch Industries Vendor Dumped Petroleum Byproduct Along Detroit Waterfront ................................................................ 25 Koch Industries Subsidiary Was Responsible For Kalamazoo River Pollution .......................................................................... 28 Minnesota ................................................................................................................................ 31 Layoffs ......................................................................................................................................................... 31 Duluth Georgia-Pacific Closure And Layoffs ................................................................................................................................... 31 Environment ................................................................................................................................................ 31 Federal And State Pollution Fines ....................................................................................................................................................... 31 Oil Spills .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 31 Water Pollution ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 33 Air Pollution ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 34 Land Sale .................................................................................................................................................... 35 Sale Of Land For Housing Units ........................................................................................................................................................ 35 Delays Over Pollution Concerns ......................................................................................................................................................... 35 Completion Of Housing Development On Land ............................................................................................................................ 36 Montana ................................................................................................................................... 37 Matador Cattle Company Ranch Held Grazing Permits Under Federal Program That Costs Taxpayers $140 Million Annually ................................................................................................................................. 37 Matador Cattle Company And Federal Grazing Permit Program ................................................................................................. 37 40 percent Of Koch Industries’