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What is that hugh mountain of white stuff off of Hwy 30 near St. Gabriel?
Posted on 6/7/15 at 5:15 pm
Posted on 6/7/15 at 5:15 pm
Bi-product from one of the plants? What exactly is that stuff? 
This post was edited on 6/7/15 at 5:19 pm
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Posted on 6/7/15 at 5:16 pm to lsu1987
Jindal has given tax credits to the Mexican cartels for a storage facility.
Posted on 6/7/15 at 5:17 pm to Jim Rockford
Posted on 6/7/15 at 5:19 pm to lsu1987
If it's what I'm thinking of, that stuff is a byproduct of something from one of the chemical plants. It has a consistency similar to powered limestone. Or at least a chemical makeup that's similar. We've used it by the truckload on our fields in place of lime. It's not as potent, so it required a lot more tonnage. Even with free delivery to the farm, it was still a pretty good size hassle to be out there spreading it all the damn time.
Posted on 6/7/15 at 5:19 pm to lsu1987
I need pictures to let you know.
Posted on 6/7/15 at 5:25 pm to Chazzy McRamzee
Posted on 6/7/15 at 5:29 pm to lsu1987
Hugh Hefner
Hugh Jackman
Hugh Freeze
Hugh Grant
So much Hugh
Hugh Jackman
Hugh Freeze
Hugh Grant
So much Hugh
Posted on 6/7/15 at 5:30 pm to BottomlandBrew
Salt?
This post was edited on 6/7/15 at 5:31 pm
Posted on 6/7/15 at 5:36 pm to lsu1987
I have wondered this for years now and forget to look it up every time I drive by
Posted on 6/7/15 at 5:38 pm to TigerTatorTots
Phosphogypsum, its gypsum formed as a by-product of the production of fertilizer. People refer to them as Gypstacks.
Posted on 6/7/15 at 5:39 pm to lsu1987
gypsum , by product of the petrochem plants
This post was edited on 6/7/15 at 5:40 pm
Posted on 6/7/15 at 5:55 pm to MulveyTiger
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Phosphogypsum, its gypsum formed as a by-product of the production of fertilizer. People refer to them as Gypstacks.
This is the correct answer. Normally, gypsum could be used in all kinds of construction products and you'd think the gypsum byproduct would go to that. However, due to the way the ore used to make fertilizer associates with other elements, it usually contains a VERY small amount of things like uranium and radium. So, the phosphogypsum usually ends up being very slightly radioactive. The radioactivity is above EPA limits for use in commercial products, so instead of being able to make construction materials out of it, they just pile it up and make gypstacks.
This post was edited on 6/7/15 at 6:01 pm
Posted on 6/7/15 at 6:01 pm to TigerstuckinMS
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's very slightly radioactive due to the naturally occuring uranium and radium in the raw materials used to make fertilizer.
Yep. Brother works there. Funny thing is that it is to radioactive to sell, yet there is a crew of people who work on it 40 hrs a week. Parish or government quit giving them permits to expand. So they have to go up with the pile
Posted on 6/7/15 at 6:05 pm to TigerstuckinMS
Gypstack from Mosaic for the huge pile in Convent. They have a sulfuric acid/phosphoric acid plant there. Base products for fertilizer made at the Mosaic Faustina plant in Donaldsonville.
This post was edited on 6/7/15 at 6:11 pm
Posted on 6/7/15 at 6:07 pm to lsu1987
petrochemicals and LA -- I love the state but dadgum yall have been sold out by the politicians for years.
Posted on 6/7/15 at 7:57 pm to TigerstuckinMS
Thanks for detailed explanation. . I figured they could not use it to make anything. The mountain keeps getting higher and higher......
Posted on 6/7/15 at 8:37 pm to djangochained
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djangochained
Your not supposed to know that
Posted on 6/7/15 at 8:46 pm to Howyouluhdat
They are impressive. Can't understand why they aren't able to blend it off into roads or something.
Posted on 6/7/15 at 9:33 pm to MikeD
Need to fly it over the Middle East and dump it there
Posted on 6/7/15 at 9:42 pm to LSUFANDS
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Need to fly it over Tuscaloosa and dump it there
FIFY
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