CASE SUMMARY: * THE BAILEY WASTE DISPOSAL SITE IS A CLOSED INDUSTRIAL WASTE FACILITY AND IS PART OF SALTWATER MARSHLANDS NEAR THE CONFLUENCE OF THE NECHES RIVER AND SABINE LAKE. THE SITE LIES WITHIN A 100-YEAR FLOOD PLAIN. THE BAILEY WASTE DISPOSAL SITE ENCOMPASSES APPROX 280 ACRES LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRIDGE CITY IN ORANGE COUNTY, TEXAS. THE SITE IS WEST OF TEXAS HIGHWAY 87 AND IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE VIA A SHORT BRIDGE SPANNING A DRAINAGE CHANNEL, ADJACENT AND PARALLEL TO THE HIGHWAY. THE SITE ITSELF IS UNDEVELOPED EXCEPT FOR THE PRESENCE OF A DILAPIDATED SHACK. IT IS BOUNDED BY UNDEVELOPED LANDS AND AGRICULTURAL TRACTS AND IS APPROX 2 MILES FROM THE NEAREST RESIDENTIAL AREA. THE NEAREST DEVELOPED PROPERTY IS ACROSS THE NECHES RIVER AND IS INDUSTRIAL IN NATURE. THE SITE ENCOMPASSES TWO PONDS REFERRED TO AS POND A AND POND B AND THEIR PERIMETER LEVEES. * THE SITE WAS CONSTRUCTED BY MR. JOE BAILEY IN THE 1950'S AS A FISHING CAMP. A HURRICANE DESTROYED THE CAMP IN THE 1960'S BY INUNDATING THE FRESHWATER PONDS WITH SALINE WATER. THE SITE ALSO OPERATED AS A DISPOSAL FACILITY FOR INDUSTRIAL MUNICIPAL AND OTHER WASTES DURING THIS PERIOD. THE SITE WAS CLOSED IN 1971. *