00:30 - Subra Company 4 years old in 1985;
00:55 - Main services of her company - Chemical Analysis, Environmental Services, food chemistry, etc. Funding comes from private industry and some government work;
01:50 - Her company assesses chemical spills on oil rigs and the long-term environmental impacts; They are not a "watchdog."
02:50 - Biggest problems - Potential for surface and ground water contamination, soil contamination;
04:30 - discussing who checks for leaks in casings;
05:00 - Discussing Mr. Landry - a man who had a solid waste disposal site in a marshy area. Moved his site to Big Woods for "home industry" disposal, had no soil borings for 2 years, looking for new sites to dump trash, he was accepting oil field debris/trash. These sites have been contaminated with heavy metals surrounding the dump site. The heavy metals being found are the same used for drilling. Out of state companies dumping on these sites as well;
10:30 - Environmental impacts of these disposal dumps - Groundwater, surface water, soil is all contaminated with Barium, Chromium, Cadmium, Zinc, Arsenic, Mercury;
12:15 - Super Fund investigating spills and clean up areas;
13:15 - In only Vermilion Parish, there are 55 surface disposal sites;
17:30 - Marlow Corporation - They are a commercial saltwater disposal well permitted by the LA Office of Conservation;
20:30 - Discussing the biggest challenges for the Subra Company;
29:00 - Land owner, Leo Fontenot , allowing a company to use a borrow pit for dirt and sand to heavy metal offshore waste. Gulf Coast Pre-Mix dumped in the pit for $7 a load;
30:30 - Possible solutions for dumping - Subra says more money into enforcement to stop allowing dump sites is necessary; Education is important, as well;