§ 17-10. Industrial areas.

(A)

Resolutions [and ordinances] creating the various industrial areas were enacted in [substantially] the following form; the identification of each such area is included herein as subsection (B):

"(a)

The land, an accurate legal description of which is attached to the resolution [or ordinance] from which this section is derived as Exhibit "A" and an accurate legal map of which is attached thereto as Exhibit "B" be, and it is hereby designated and established as an industrial area under the terms and conditions of, and with all the privileges and immunities granted under Louisiana Revised Statutes, section 33:130.11 et seq.

"(b)

The secretary of the police jury is instructed to file certified copies of the legal description, the map of the industrial area, and the resolution from which this section is derived with such instruments attached, with the clerk of the district court of the parish in both the mortgage and conveyance records of said parish.

"(c)

The secretary of the police jury is further directed to furnish a certified copy of such resolution to petitioner, and to the assessor of the parish, and to request that the assessor duly note the action of this police jury in the records of such assessor's office.

"(d)

The secretary of the police jury is further instructed to provide a certified copy of such resolution to the State Department of Commerce and Industry, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and to the State Department of Public Works, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and to any other public agency as such secretary may deem fit in order to carry out the purpose and intent of such resolution.

"(e)

Industry located within the boundaries of the industrial area hereby designated and established as described in Exhibits "A" and "B" shall be exempt from any new tax levied by a special service district for the purpose of providing water service after said industry located within the industrial areas has filed an affidavit with the secretary of the police jury stating that it is privately furnishing and maintaining within its own premises within the industrial area its own water service.

"(f)

Any industry located within the boundaries of this industrial area as described in Exhibits "A" and "B" shall be exempt from any new tax levied by a special service district for the purpose of construction and cleaning of non-public streets after said industry located within the industrial area has filed an affidavit with the secretary of the police jury stating that it is privately furnishing and maintaining within its own premises within the industrial area its individual construction and cleaning of non-public streets therein.

"(g)

Any industry located within the boundaries of this industrial area as described in Exhibits "A" and "B" hereto shall be exempt from any new tax levied by a special service district for the purpose of street lighting after said industry located within the industrial area has filed an affidavit with the secretary of the police jury stating that it is privately furnishing and maintaining within its own premises within the industrial area its individual street lighting.

"(h)

Any industry located within the boundaries of this industrial area as described in Exhibits "A" and "B" shall be exempt from any new tax levied by a special service district for the purpose of providing sewers and sewerage works after any industry located within the industrial area has filed an affidavit with the secretary of the police jury stating that it is privately furnishing and maintaining within its own premises within the industrial area its individual sewers and sewerage works.

"(i)

Any industry located within the boundaries of this industrial area as described in Exhibits "A" and "B" shall be exempt from any new tax levied by a special service district for the purpose of providing fire protection after any industry located within the industrial area has filed an affidavit with the secretary of the police jury stating that it is privately furnishing and maintaining within its own premises within the industrial area its individual fire protection.

"(j)

Any industry located within the boundaries of this industrial area as described in Exhibits "A" and "B" shall be exempt from any new tax levied by a special service district for the purpose of providing garbage and refuse collection and disposal after any industry located within the industrial area has filed an affidavit with the secretary of the police jury stating that it is privately furnishing and maintaining within its own premises within the industrial area its individual garbage and refuse collection and disposal.

"(k)

No industry located within the boundaries of this industrial area shall have any of the privileges and immunities set forth in Louisiana Revised Statutes, section 33:130.11 et seq. or of such resolution unless and until that industry files with the secretary of the police jury a duly executed agreement that said industry will notify the police jury in writing immediately upon the discontinuance of the furnishing or maintenance of any one or all of the services hereinabove enumerated to themselves and that industry will further allow an inspection by the police jury or any agent or designee thereof of the premises on which the industry is claimed, by affidavit duly filed, that they are furnishing and maintaining any or all of the above enumerated services. Such inspections shall be limited to observations of the areas and facilities pertinent to the services which the industries claim by duly filed affidavit to be furnishing themselves.

"(l)

The secretary of the police jury is further authorized and directed to file certified copies of all of the agreements filed with the secretary by industries located in the industrial area, complying with the requirements of such resolution, with the assessor of the parish.

"(m)

This section shall not, in any way, impair or restrict any agreement between industry located in this industrial area and the police jury and/or the City of Donaldsonville from mutual police and fire protection in the event of grave emergencies involving the public safety and requiring mutual aid and assistance in protecting same."

(B)

Following are the land descriptions of the various industrial areas and the owners thereof:

(1)

Property of Wyandotte Chemicals Corporation included in an Industrial Area created in accordance with the provisions of L.R.S. 33:130.11 et seq., said property being more particularly described as follows: A certain tract or parcel of land, situated on the East bank of the Mississippi River, being formerly Cottage Farm Plantation, and a part of Mount Houmas and Linwood Plantations, composed of portions of Sections 11, 13 and 14, Township 10 South, Range 2 East, Parish of Ascension, State of Louisiana, containing 1645.4 acres, more or less, and being more particularly described according to the landowner's survey drawing No. G-3187 hereto attached as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of the center line of the Levee and the Northeasterly property line of Wyandotte Chemicals Corporation; thence N 42° 59' E 2626.5 feet; thence S 57° 39' E 1300 feet; thence N 55° 44' E 749.54 feet; thence N 57° 39' W 755.25 feet; thence N 55° 44' E 5566.3 feet; thence N 47° 06' 30" W 1929.10 feet; thence N 42° 59' E 100.0 feet; thence S 47° 06' 30" E 1145.2 feet; thence S 46° 26' E 2117.8 feet; thence N 54° 15' E 3428.8 feet; thence S 46° 38′ E 1886.4 feet; thence S 54° 33′ E 629.3 feet; thence S 45° 42' E 2118.7 feet; thence S 56° 02' W 10,303.59 feet; thence S 55° 27' 20" W 3651.24 feet; thence N 35° 05' W 2040.17 feet; thence N 35° 09' 10" W 3067.9 feet; thence N 41° 18' W 235.7 feet; thence N 7° 02' 50" W 277.5 feet to the point of beginning. Together with all of the alluvion and batture as well as the fee to any properties within said parcel as might be burdened with servitudes. (Res. of 5-11-67)

(2)

A certain tract or parcel of land owned by First Mississippi Corporation et al., together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and all rights, ways, accretions, privileges, servitudes, prescriptions and advantages belonging or in anywise appertaining thereto, situated on the right descending or West bank of the Mississippi River, being formerly a part of Riverside and Stella Plantations, composed of portions of Sections 10, 11, 33, 40 and 71, Township 11 South, Range 15 East, Parish of Ascension, State of Louisiana, containing 1,000 acres, more or less, and being more particularly described according to a plat of survey dated March 12, 1965, as follows: Commence at the Northwest corner of Section 33, Township 11 South, Range 15 East, said corner being the common corner for Sections 33 and 32, Township 11 South, Range 15 East (marked by Old Stone (Granite)); thence proceed South 1° 02' 48" East along Western line of Section 33 (the dividing line between Sections 32 and 33), a distance of 306.55 feet to a point on the northern right of way line of the Texas & Pacific Railroad; thence South 48° 30' 30" East along Northern right of way line of said railroad a distance of 1266.30 feet to the point of beginning (being the Southwest corner of the property herein conveyed); thence North 1° 00' 00" West a distance of 7388.61 feet to a point and corner; thence South 86° 28' 00" West a distance of 53.05 feet to a point and corner; thence North 2° 32' 24" East a distance of 1082.61 feet to a point and corner; thence North 36° 33' 46" West a distance of 46.25 feet to a point on Southern line of Louisiana Highway 18; thence North 15° 21' 16" West across Louisiana Highway 18 and levee a distance of 241.33 feet to a point; thence South 58° 00' 46" West a distance of 206.01 feet and point, thence North 86° 55' 03" West a distance of 622.72 feet to a point, thence North 1° 02' 48" West a distance of 290.73 feet, more or less, to the mean low water line of the Mississippi River and corner; thence in an Easterly direction meandering along the mean low water line of the Mississippi River a distance of 3189.79 feet, more or less, to a point and corner; thence South 27° 02' 47" East a distance of 729.85 feet, more or less, to a concrete monument on the Southern line of Louisiana Highway 18; thence continuing South 27° 02' 47" East a distance of 1418.55 feet to a point and corner; thence North 62° 38' 00" East a distance of 548.53 feet to a point and corner; thence South 33° 31' 11" East a distance of 5522.82 feet to a point and corner; thence North 70° 24' 05" East a distance of 40.01 feet to a point and corner; thence South 64° 57' 16" East a distance of 169.30 feet to a point and corner, thence proceed along the arc of a curve to the left (the radius of which curve is 150.00 feet and the long chord of which bears North 69° 26' 53" East, 214.33 feet) a distance of 238.75 feet to a point and corner; thence North 23° 51' 03" East a distance of 293.12 feet to a point on the Parish line common to Ascension Parish and St. James Parish and corner; thence South 18° 48' 17" East along said parish line a distance of 949.59 feet to a point and corner; thence continuing South 52° 23' 00" West along said parish line a distance of 1818.87 feet to a point and corner; thence South 74° 48' 26" West a distance of 6152.54 feet to the point of beginning. Together with all of the alluvion and batture as well as the fee to any properties within said parcel as might be burdened with servitudes. (Res. of 5-11-67)

Editor's note— This area was enlarged by resolution enacted on Jan. 4, 1979.

(3)

A certain tract of land situated in the Parish of Ascension, State of Louisiana, on the left or East bank of the Mississippi River in Section 9, Township 10 South, Range 3 East, Southeastern District of Louisiana, together with all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes and batture thereon and thereunto belonging, bounded in front by the low water mark of the Mississippi River, above by lands owned by Ormet Corporation and by Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, formerly Conway and Clark Plantations, below by Monroe and Bursle Plantations and in the rear by the eighty (80) arpent line and the remainder of Orange Grove Plantation, being a portion of the tract of land known as the Orange Grove Plantation, and being a part of the whole tract acquired by Miles Planting & Manufacturing Co. by an act passed before James S. Barman, Notary Public, for the Parish of Ascension, dated May 4, 1904, recorded in the conveyance records of Ascension Parish in Book 45, page 533, and being the same, and all of the property acquired by present vendor as per acts of record in the Conveyance Records of Ascension Parish in Book 134, Page 109. The above described property is subject to outstanding rights-of-way for pipe lines, power lines, railroads, drainage canals and public roads. The tract of land herein described contains one thousand (1,000) acres more or less plus 20.03 acres in levee, the Jefferson Highway right-of-way and the Sorrento-Darrow Highway as more particularly described according to a survey made by Durald F. Woods, C.E., dated April 6, 1958, a copy of which is attached hereto having been paraphed "Ne Varietur" by the undersigned Notary Public for identification herein, as follows, to-wit: Begin at a point on the East bank of the Mississippi River marked by the letter "N" for the point of beginning; thence proceed North 24 degrees 30 minutes West a distance of 19.80 chains to the point marked "O"; thence proceed North 30 degrees 28 minutes East a distance of 4.100 chains to the point marked "C"; thence proceed North 30 degrees 28 minutes East a distance of 229.128 chains to the point marked "D"; thence proceed South 59 degrees 0 minutes East a distance of 20 chains to the point marked "E"; thence proceed South 40 degrees 45 minutes East a distance of 16.706 chains to the point marked "F"; thence proceed South 37 degrees 22 minutes West a distance of 12.835 chains to the point marked "L"; thence proceed South 42 degrees 47 minutes West a distance of 3.064 chains to the point marked "K"; thence proceed South 37 degrees 27 minutes West a distance of 19.21 chains to the point marked "J"; thence proceed South 40 degrees 45 minutes East a distance of 41.423 chains to the point marked "H"; thence proceed South 46 degrees 20 minutes West a distance of 193.416 chains to the point marked "A"; thence proceed South 46 degrees 20 minutes West a distance of 4.830 chains to point "N" and the point of beginning. (Res. of 7-17-67)

(4)

A certain parcel of land owned by Shell Oil Company, situated on the east bank of the Mississippi River, composed of portions of Sections 1, 2, 13, 14 and 15, Township 10 South, Range 2 East, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, and batture, described as follows: A tract described as beginning at the grate bar located at the upper back corner of the herein described tract, said corner having Louisiana Lambert Plane Coordinates of X = 2,114,802.64 and Y = 558,301.34; thence south 55 deg. 56 min. 03 sec. west 10,297.26 feet to an 8" round iron post; thence south 55 deg. 35 min. 59 sec. west 3,501.96 feet; thence south 34 deg. 44 min. 59 sec. east 2,111.36 feet; thence north 55 deg. 50 min. 03 sec. east 1,988.58 feet; thence north 55 deg. 52 min. 03 sec. east 3,370.62 feet; thence south 25 deg. 35 min. 30 sec. east 637.25 feet; thence south 25 deg. 25 min. 44 sec. east 227.58 feet; thence north 55 deg. 21 min. 51 sec. east 1081.75 feet; thence north 58 deg. 22 min. 28 sec. west 234.48 feet; thence north 55 deg. 58 min. 02 sec. east 33.05 feet; thence north 58 deg. 22 min. 28 sec. west 911.88 feet; thence north 55 deg. 55 min. 26 sec. east 8,353.62 feet; thence north 47 deg. 20 min. 28 sec. west 1,975.38 feet to point of beginning; together with the alluvion and batture and all other lands between said tract and the mean low water mark of the Mississippi River and embraced within an extension of the upper and lower lines of said tract to the mean low water mark of the Mississippi River, the whole of said property consisting of a single parcel of land fronting on and extending back from the east (left descending) bank of the Mississippi River and containing 698.34 acres, more or less; said tract herein described being shown on a plat of survey dated October, 1967, attached hereto and made a part hereof. All bearings and distances are based on Louisiana Lambert Coordinate System (South Zone). (Res. of 12-14-67)

(5)

That certain tract of land owned by Allied Chemical Corporation, situated in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, on the east side of the Mississippi River and fronting on said river, more particularly described as follows: Commence at the intersection of the boundary between the Parishes of Iberville and Ascension and the east or left descending side of the Mississippi River; thence along the Parish boundary, northerly away from the river to a grate bar having Lambert Coordinates (hereinafter "LC") of X = 2,091,343.23 and Y = 576,885.13; thence to another grate bar designated Point H, having LC of X = 2,092,161.61 and Y = 576,716.92; thence to a 2" I.D. Pipe/Cap designated as Point I, having LC of X = 2,092,327.39 and Y = 577,813.11; thence to a 2" I.D. Pipe/Cap designated as Point J, having LC of X = 2,092,484.34 and Y = 578,982.62; thence to a 2" I.D. Pipe/Cap designated as Point L having LC of X = 2,095,846.46 and Y = 578,512.37; thence to a 1¼" pipe designated as Point H-1 having LC of X = 2,100,319.28 and Y = 577,889.99; thence to a 1¼" pipe (NE corner of Section 29) having LC of X = 2,101,446.11 and Y = 577,668.25; thence S 08°59'05"W to the center line of New River; thence following the sinuosities of New River to a point having LC of X = 2,096,056.68 and Y = 568,298.09; thence to a 1½" pipe on bank of New River having LC of X = 2,096,092.76 and Y = 568,276.54; thence to a 1½" Iron Pipe designated Point C-1, having LC of X = 2,097,471.99 and Y = 567,455.04; thence to a point designated K-5-R, having LC of X = 2,097,026.90 and Y = 566,645.56; thence to a 1½" pipe designated as Point K-4, having LC of X = 2,095,195.30 and Y = 567,872.74; thence to a 1½" pipe, designated Point K-3, having LC of X = 2,093,699.56 and Y = 568,471.39; thence to a 1½" pipe designated Point K-2 having LC of X = 2,093,043.85 and Y = 568,653,95; thence S 17°49'30" W (through a T Bar/Cap designated Point K-1 and having LC of X = 2,091,356.41 and Y = 563,402,96) to the Mississippi River; thence up the River to the point of beginning, all as more particularly shown on a plat by Allied Chemical Corporation, Geismar Complex-Ascension Parish, Drawing No. 895-D-1058, attached hereto, and consisting of Tract 1-2536.590 acres, Tract 2-66.444 acres and Tract 13-33.220 acres, according to said plat. (Res. of 3-4-68)

(6)

A certain tract or parcel of land owned by Monochem, Inc.; Morton Chemical Company; The Borden Company; and Uniroyal, Inc.; situated in the Parish of Ascension, Louisiana, in Sections 10, 11 and 3, Township 10 South, Range 2 East, and Sections 48, 49 and 50, Township 9 South, Range 2 East, more particularly described according to a compilation of surveys and maps prepared by Brown & Butler, Civil Engineers, revised February, 1968, and attached to and made a part of this petition, as follows: Starting at a point on the common property line between Monochem, Inc. and Wyandotte Chemicals Corporation, which point is North 43° 02' 40" East a distance of 30.59 feet from a concrete monument marking the intersection of the easterly right-of-way limit of the Illinois Central Railroad and said common property line, thence North 47° 16' 00" West a distance of 1,100.00 feet to a point and corner at the northwest corner of the 24.024 acre Rubicon tract; thence North 42° 44' East along the common property line between Monochem and Rubicon a distance of 1,010.80 feet to a point and corner; thence South 47° 16' East along the common property between Uniroyal and Rubicon a distance of 1,050.35 feet to a point and corner; thence South 43° 02' 40" West a distance of 705.85 feet to a point of curvature; thence southwesterly along the arc of a curve to the right a distance of 342.68 feet to a point and corner; thence South 47° 16' 00" East a distance of 187.63 feet to the point of beginning; thence North 43° 02' 40" East a distance of 68.40 feet to the northwest corner of the 49.618 acre Rubicon tract; thence North 43° 02' 40" East a distance of 2,192.18 feet to a point and corner; thence South 47° 01' East along the common property line between Rubicon and Uniroyal a distance of 1,008.69 feet to a point and corner, said point being common property corner between Rubicon, Uniroyal and Wyandotte; thence North 55° 44' East along the common property line between Uniroyal and Wyandotte a distance of 4,171.30 feet to a point and corner; thence North 47° 06' 30" West a distance of 1,929.10 feet to a point and corner; thence North 43° 02' 40" East a distance of 100.32 feet to a point and corner; thence North 47° 03' 50" West a distance of 1,140.05 feet to a point and corner; thence North 44° 40' 50" West a distance of 1,013.85 feet to a point and corner, on the common property line between Uniroyal and Borden; thence continuing North 44° 40' 50" West a distance of 2,114.00 feet to a point and corner on the centerline of Louisiana State Highway No. 73; thence South 42° 25' 10" West along said centerline a distance of 3,819.86 feet to a point and corner; thence North 53° 16' 40" West a distance of 1,880.98 feet to a point and corner; thence South 37° 45' 40" West a distance of 1,094.20 feet to a point and corner on the east bank of New River; thence South 9° 15' 36" East along said bank a distance of 65.87 feet to a point and corner; thence continuing along said bank South 12° 09' 19" West a distance of 255.63 feet to a point and corner; thence South 5° 29' 57" West along said east bank a distance of 91.36 feet to a point and corner; thence South 26° 11' 15" West along said bank a distance of 70.32 feet to a point and corner; thence South 1° 57' 14" West along said east bank a distance of 199.98 feet to a point and corner; thence continuing along said bank South 20° 54' 17" West a distance of 147.04 feet to a point and corner; thence South 42° 38' 50" West crossing said New River, a distance of 770.10 feet to a point and corner; thence North 57° 57' 20" West a distance of 80.00 feet to a point and corner; thence South 38° 26' 40" West, crossing the Illinois Central Railroad and Louisiana State Highway No. 30, a distance of 2,202.68 feet to the ordinary low water line of the Mississippi River; thence southerly along said ordinary low water line a distance of 5,541 feet, plus or minus, to a point on the property line between Uniroyal and Wyandotte; thence North 43° 02' 40" East a distance of 642 feet, plus or minus, to a point and corner on the westerly right-of-way line of Louisiana State Highway No. 30; thence North 43° 02' 40" East along the common property line between Monochem and Wyandotte a distance of 2,312.98 feet to the point of beginning and including all properties within the above described boundary, with the exception of the interior parcels of land owned by M. L. Geismar, Joseph Guichet, and Rubicon, all as shown on map dated December 1967, and revised February 1968, by Brown and Butler, Consulting Engineers, titled "Map of Industrial Area, Geismar, Louisiana." (Res. of 3-14-68)

(7)

That certain tract of land, owned by Allied Chemical Corporation, situated in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, on the east side of the Mississippi River and fronting on said river, more particularly described as follows: Commence at the intersection of the boundary between the Parishes of Iberville and Ascension and the east or left descending side of the Mississippi River; thence along the Parish boundary, northerly away from the river to a grate bar having Lambert Coordinates (hereinafter "LC") of X = 2,091,343.23 and Y = 576,885.13; thence to another grate bar designated Point H, having LC of X = 2,092,161.61 and Y = 576,716.92; thence to a 2" I.D. Pipe/Cap designated as Point I, having LC of X = 2,092,327.39 and Y = 577,813.11; thence to a 2" I.D. Pipe/Cap designated as Point J, having LC of X = 2,092,484.34 and Y = 578,982.62; thence to a 2" I.D. Pipe/Cap designated as Point L having LC of X = 2,095,846.46 and Y = 578,512.37; thence to a 1¼" pipe designated as Point H-1 having LC of X = 2,100,319.28 and Y = 577,889.99; thence to a 1¼" pipe (NE corner of Section 29) having LC of X = 2,101,446.11 and Y = 557,668.25; thence S 08° 59' 05" W to the center line of New River; thence following the sinuosities of New River to a point having LC of X = 2,096,056.68 and Y = 568,298.09; thence to a 1½" pipe on bank of New River having LC of X = 2,096,092.76 and Y = 568,276.54; thence to a 1½" Iron Pipe designated Point C-1, having LC of X = 2,097,471.99 and Y = 567,455.04; thence to a point designated K-5-R, having LC of X = 2,097,026.90 and Y = 566,645.56; thence to a 1½" pipe designated as Point K-4, having LC of X = 2,095,195.30 and Y = 567,872.74; thence to a 1½" pipe, designated Point K-3, having LC of X = 2,093,699.56 and Y = 568,471.39; thence to a 1½" pipe designated Point K-2 having LC of X = 2,093,043.85 and Y = 568,653.95; thence S 17° 49' 30" W (through a T Bar/Cap designated Point K-1 and having LC of X = 2,091,356.41 and Y = 563,402.96) to the Mississippi River; thence up the River to the point of beginning, all as more particularly shown on a plat by Allied Chemical Corporation, Geismar Complex-Ascension Parish, Drawing No. 895-D-1058, attached hereto, and consisting of Tract 1-2536.590 acres, Tract 2-66.444 acres and Tract 13-33.220 acres, according to said plat. (Res. of 4-10-69)

(8)

A certain tract or parcel of land, together with all rights, ways, privileges, appurtenances and batture thereunto belonging, situated in Sections 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18, Township 10 South, Range 2 East, Southeastern District of Louisiana, in the Parish of Ascension, Louisiana, the property herein conveyed being more particularly described as follows: Begin at the intersection of Sections 1, 13, and 80, said Township 10 South, Range 2 East, Southern District of Louisiana (said point of intersection being marked by an old ¾ inch iron pipe); from such point of beginning proceed North 47° 04' West a distance of 1082.42 feet to a concrete monument and corner; thence South 56° 29' 15" West (and along the common boundary line of property of Shell Oil Company whose own survey thereof, however, shows this bearing to be South 55° 55' 26" West), a distance of 8312.93 feet to a point on the easterly line of a 60 foot Illinois Central Railroad right-of-way, and continue South 56° 29' 15" West a distance of 65.89 feet to a concrete monument on the westerly side of said 60 foot wide railroad right-of-way and corner; thence South 57° 34' East along the westerly line of said railroad right-of-way a distance of 1154.58 feet to a point and corner; thence South 56° 07' West a distance of 1081.75 feet to an iron pipe and corner; thence South 56° 30' 40" West a distance of 3407.48 feet along the northerly line of Lot 6, Belle Helene Plantation as said lot is designated on map of Belle Helene Plantation by Daney & Waddill, C.E.'s, dated April 26, 1911, on file in the office of the Clerk and Recorder for the parish of Ascension, Louisiana, to a point; thence South 55° 40' 50" West continuing along the northerly line of said Lot 6, Belle Helene Plantation, a distance of 1859.60 feet to a point; thence continue South 55° 40' 50" West along a projection of the northerly line of said Lot 6, Belle Helene Plantation, a distance of 790.04 feet, more or less, to the low water mark of the Mississippi River; thence southerly, meandering along the low water mark of the Mississippi River, a distance of 593.21 feet, more or less to a point marking an extension to the low water mark of the Mississippi River of the southerly line of said Lot 6, Belle Helene Plantation; thence North 57° 01' 15" East a distance of 621.38 feet, more or less; thence continue North 57° 01' 15" East a distance of 95 feet, more or less, to a concrete monument marking the intersection of the southerly line of said Lot 6, Belle Helene Plantation, with the easterly line of the right-of-way of the River Road; thence continue North 57° 01' 15" East along the southerly boundary of said Lot 6, Belle Helene Plantation, a distance of 3876.21 feet to a point marked by a concrete monument and corner; thence North 70° 17' East continuing along the southerly boundary of said Lot 6, a distance of 1373.90 feet to a point marked by a concrete monument and corner, this point being the intersection of Lots 6, 27 and 26, said Belle Helene Plantation; thence South 25° 08' East a distance of 1791.19 feet along the westerly line of said Lots 27 and 26 to the southwest corner of said Lot 26, a point marked by a concrete monument and corner; thence North 83° 26' East along the southerly line of said Lot 26 a distance of 3220.21 feet to a concrete monument on the easterly side of the said Illinois Central Railroad right-of-way and corner; thence southeasterly along the westerly line of said 60 feet wide Illinois Central Railroad Company right-of-way a distance 999.90 feet to a concrete monument and corner; thence North 84° 22' East a distance of 73.07 feet to a point where the easterly line of said Illinois Central Railroad Company right-of-way intersects the southerly line of Lot 39, said Belle Helene Plantation; thence continue North 84° 22' East along the southerly line of said Lot 39, Belle Helene Plantation, a distance of 4380.33 feet to a 2 inch iron pipe and corner, marking the southeast corner of said Lot 39; thence North 19° 19' 30" West a distance of 3985.98 feet along the easterly line of said Lot 39 and a projection thereof to a 3" × 6" cast iron pipe and corner; thence North 71° 42' East a distance of 593.27 feet to a 3" × 6" cast iron pipe and corner; thence North 23° 27' West a distance of 2506.18 feet to a 4" × 4" concrete monument and corner; thence North 65° 04' East a distance of 1003.69 feet to a 4" × 4" concrete monument and corner; thence North 47° 04' West a distance of 1310.33 feet to the ¾ inch iron pipe marking the intersection of Sections 1, 13 and 80, said Township 10 South, Range 2 East, the point of beginning of the herein described property; the property includes Lots 6, 26, 27, all of Lot 28, said Belle Helene Plantation, except that portion of Lot 28 previously sold to Shell Oil Company by act of record in Conveyance Book 186, folio 429, official records of the Parish of Ascension, Louisiana, and also includes Lots 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 and 39, Belle Helene Plantation, together with such portion of the said right-of-way of the Illinois Central Railroad Company as is embraced in the hereinabove description, and together with the batture to said Lot 6; the property being more fully shown, moreover, on a survey by Bovay Engineers, Inc., identified as Drawing No. S-6, drawn June 21, 1967.

Less and except the following two tracts:

(1)

19.391 acres more or less of the hereinabove described tract conveyed by Vulcan Materials Company to the Illinois Central Railroad Company for and pursuant to an option previously granted said Illinois Central Railroad Company by Wilfred P. Duplessis and Wilmon I. Duplessis and said tract of land thus conveyed from the hereinabove first described tract by itself described as follows:

A certain tract or parcel of land containing 19.391 acres, more or less, located in Sections 15 and 18, T-10-S, R-2-E, S.E. District of Louisiana East of the Mississippi River, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, and being more fully described as follows:

Begin at a point on the S.W. right-of-way line of the I.C.R.R. said point lies 30 feet S.W. of, and perpendicular to the centerline of said I.C.R.R. at survey station 111+84.74 as shown on map of "Property to be acquired by Illinois Central Railroad Company" by Brown & Butler, Consulting Engineers, dated December 20, 1966, revised May 22, 1967.

From said point of beginning run S 48°35'00" E along said Railroad right-of-way a distance of 526.82' to a point and corner; thence S 48°34'35" E along said right-of-way a distance of 1762.25' to a point of curvature; thence southeasterly along the arc of curve to the right, the long chord of which bears S 48°08'46" E, a distance of 86.10 feet to a point and corner; thence S 83°43'27" W a distance of 719.05 feet to a point and corner; thence N 45°51'59" W a distance of 686.64 feet to a point and corner; thence N 30°13'13" W a distance of 1269.97 feet to a point and corner on a line perpendicular to said railroad survey station 111+84.74; thence N 41°25'00" E along said line a distance of 100.00 feet to the SW right-of-way line of the I.C.R.R. and the point of beginning.

Said tract of land contains 19.391 acres, more or less, according to the plat of survey, dated December 20, 1966, revised May 22, 1967, made by Brown & Butler, Consulting Engineers, a copy of which is attached to said act of sale to Illinois Central Railroad Company, of record in Conveyance Book 200, Entry No. 88851, official records of Ascension Parish, Louisiana.

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A certain tract of land containing 22.00 acres located in Sections 15 and 18, T-10-S, R-2-E, Southeast District of Louisiana, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly described as follows:

Commence at an iron grate bar marking the common corner of Sections 19, 20, 17 and 83, T-10-S, R-2-E, Southeast district of Louisiana; thence North 84 degrees 22' 00" East, 239.69 feet along the section line common to Sections 17 and 83 to a point, said point falling on the southerly right-of-way line of the Illinois Central Railroad; thence North 40 degrees 26' 00" West, 243.71 feet along said right-of-way line to a point; thence continue along said right-of-way line an arc distance of 842.29 feet having a radius of 5733.80 feet to a point; thence continue along said right-of-way line North 48 degrees 51' 00" West 2616.56 feet to a point; thence South 41 degrees 25' 00" West, 50.00 feet to an iron pipe and corner said corner falling on the southerly servitude line of an existing 50 foot servitude of passage; thence South 48 degrees 35' 00" East, 327.49 feet along said servitude to an iron pipe and corner; thence South 41 degrees 25' 00" West, 50.00 feet to an iron pipe and corner; thence South 30 degrees 13' 13" East, 340.67 feet to an iron pipe and corner; thence South 59 degrees, 46' 47" West, 50.00 feet to an iron pipe and corner, and POINT OF BEGINNING; thence South 59 degrees 46' 47" West, 750.00 feet to an iron pipe and corner; thence South 82 degrees 18' 47" West 499.33 feet to an iron pipe and corner; thence North 7 degrees 41' 13" West, 1332.34 feet to an iron pipe and corner; thence North 56 degrees 07' 00" East, 109.94 feet to an iron pipe and corner; thence South 53 degrees 16' 32" East, 1508.84 feet to an iron pipe and corner; thence South 30 degrees 13' 13" East, 40.67 feet to an iron pipe and corner; and point of beginning.

All in accordance with map by Hallanger Engineers reproduced from a drawing by Walk, Haydel & Associates, Inc. entitled "Map showing the survey of a 30.45 acre portion of the Vulcan Materials Company Property, in Sections 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, & 18 T-10-S, R-2-E, Southeast District of La., Ascension Parish, La. for Foremost-McKesson Property Company."

Being the same property sold to Foremost-McKesson, Inc. by act recorded in Conveyance Book 302, folio 260 and as Document No. 158, 296, official records of the Clerk of Court and Recorder for Ascension Parish, Louisiana. (Res. of 10-15-87; Ord. of 11-21-96, Exh. A-1)

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That portion of ground, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining and all batture and batture rights, alluvion by accretion, dereliction or otherwise, situated in the Parish of Ascension, State of Louisiana, in or near the settlement called Burnside, forming part of the Monroe Plantation on the left descending bank of the Mississippi River in Townships 10 and 11 South, Range 3 East, more particularly described as follows: From the point of intersection of the upper or northerly line of Monroe Plantation with the water's edge of the Mississippi River, run in a northeasterly direction, along the upper line of said plantation, bearing North 46° 21' East, a distance of 319 feet, more or less, to a point in the top of the levee; thence continue along the said upper line and along the same course, through a grate bar at 183.22 feet, a distance of 3613.90 feet to a monument; thence turn right and run South 29° 18' East, a distance of 2388.49 feet to a point; thence turn right and run South 62° 18' 14" West 3985.20 feet to the water's edge of the Mississippi River; thence turn right and run in a northerly direction, along the water's edge of the Mississippi River (upstream) 1313.70 feet more or less, to the point of beginning in the upper line of the Monroe Plantation, containing 165.58 acres more or less. (Res. of 7-21-88; Ord. of 10-6-94; Ord. of 11-17-94; Ord. of 12-15-94)

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[Petitioned by Enron Louisiana Energy Company.]

Tract No. 1 (1.0 acres). That certain parcel of land situated at the Southeastern Land District, east of the Mississippi River, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, Section 47, Township 9 South, Range 2 East, more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows: Commencing at a point on the common line of Sections 47 and 46, Township 9 South, Range 2 East, same being the northeasterly corner of a tract of land containing 7.045 acres which is covered by rights-of-way for the Mississippi River Levee, Louisiana Highway 63, and the Illinois Central Railroad and the southeasterly corner of the northern portion of a tract of land containing 69.69 acres; thence North 30° 13′ 23″ East along said common line of Sections 47 and 46, a distance of 1482.20 feet to an iron pipe, same being the southwesterly and beginning corner of this tract; thence North 30° 13′ 23″ East with the boundary line of the said 69.69-acre tract a distance of 217.80 feet to an iron pipe, same being the northwesterly corner of this tract; thence South 59° 46′ 37″ East a distance of 200.00 feet to an iron pipe, same being the northeasterly corner of this tract; thence South 30° 13′ 23″ West a distance of 217.80 feet to an iron pipe, same being the southeasterly corner of this tract; thence North 59° 46′ 37″ West a distance of 200.00 feet to the beginning corner and containing one acre of land, more or less.

Tract No. 2 (7.045 acres). That certain parcel of land lying within Section 46, Township 9 South, Range 2 East and Section 8, Township 10 South, Range 2 East, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, containing 7.045 acres, more or less, which said tract is covered in its entirety by previously granted rights-of-way for the Mississippi River Levee, Louisiana Highway 63, and the Illinois Central Railroad, all according to a plat of survey made by Charles A. Cooper, Registered Land Surveyor, dated October 15, 1959, as revised October 23, 1959, more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows: Commencing at the southeast corner of Section 46, Township 9 South, Range 2 East, and the northeast corner of Section 8, Township 10 South, Range 2 East, which point also marks the point of intersection of the range line of Townships 9 and 10 South, Range 2 East with the easterly boundary lines of Sections 46 and 8; thence North 30° 13′ 23″ East a distance of 100.04 feet to an iron pipe, same being the northeasterly and beginning corner of this tract; thence South 30° 13′ 23″ West along the easterly boundary line of Sections 46 and 8, consecutive distances of 100.04 feet, 80.00 feet, 101.00 feet and 80 feet, (a total distance of 361.04 feet) to an iron pipe and corner, same being the southeasterly corner of this tract; thence North 58° 00′ 44″ West a distance of 850.40 feet to an iron pipe, same being the southwesterly corner of this tract; thence North 30° 13′ 23″ East a distance of 361.04 feet to an iron pipe, same being the northwesterly corner of this tract; thence South 58° 00′ 44″ East a distance of 850.40 feet to the beginning corner and containing 7.045 acres of land, more or less.

Tract No. 3 (69.69 acres). That certain tract of land lying within Section 8, Township 10 South, Range 2 East and Section 46, Township 9 South, Range 2 East, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, containing 69.69 acres, more or less, more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows: Commencing at an iron pipe located at the intersection of the center line of the Mississippi River Levee with the east boundary line of said Section 8, Township 10 South, Range 2 East, said iron pipe being 231.02 feet South, along the east boundary of Section 8 and Section 46, Township 9 South, Range 2 East, of the intersection of the center line of the Illinois Central Railroad track with the East boundary line of Section 46, Township 9 South, Range 2 East; thence South 30° 13′ 23″ West a distance of 464.00 feet; thence North 62° 11′ 00″ West a distance of 137.50 feet; thence North 55° 59′ 00″ West a distance of 120.10 feet; thence North 34° 00′ 00″ West a distance of 166.00 feet; thence North 50° 36′ 00″ West a distance of 152.53 feet; thence North 74° 42′ 00″ West a distance of 191.60 feet; thence North 66° 47′ 00″ West a distance of 108.40 feet; thence North 30° 13′ 23″ East a distance of 735.10 feet; thence North 58° 00′ 44″ West a distance of 150.07 feet; thence North 30° 13′ 23″ East a distance of 2719.18 feet; thence South 59° 46′ 37″ East a distance of 1000.00 feet; thence South 30° 13′ 23″ West a distance of 3031.04 feet to said point of beginning, containing 76.735 acres within said bounds and excepting therefrom 7.045 acres of said land lying within and under rights-of-way of Mississippi River Levee, State Highway 63 and Illinois Central Railroad. (Ord. of 10-6-94)

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[Petitioned by Shell Oil Company.] Two certain tracts of land described as Lot Five (5) and Lot Four (4) according to a Survey of C. Mistric Surveyors, Inc. dated September 4, 1991, said Lot 5 containing 65.914 acres more or less; said Lot 4 containing 36.964 acres more or less;

Legal Description of Lot 5. A certain tract of land located in Sections 14 and 15, Township 10 South, Range 2 East, Southeast Land District, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, and more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a concrete monument, located at State Plane Coordinates X=2,118,007.694 and Y=555,352.269, being the Southeast corner of Section 13; thence South 68° 36′ 02″ West 9,649.836 feet to the northeast corner of Lot 5, being the point of beginning; thence from said point of beginning South 25° 26′ 31″ East 864.60 feet to a 1.5″ iron pipe at the southeast corner of Lot 5; thence South 56° 06′ 44″ West 3,406.90 feet to a concrete monument at the southwest corner of Lot 5; thence North 22° 56′ 47″ West 855.32 feet to a concrete monument at the northwest corner of Lot 5; thence North 55° 50′ 58″ East 3,371.58 feet to the point of beginning, containing 65.914 acres, all as shown on a Map of Survey, prepared by Russel L. Mistric, RLS, dated September 4, 1991.

Legal Description of Lot 4. A certain tract of land located in Sections 15 and 18, Township 10 South, Range 2 East, Southeast Land District, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a concrete monument, located at State Plane Coordinates X=2,118,007.694 and Y=555,352.269, being the southeast corner of Section 13; thence South 68° 36′ 02″ West 9,649.836 feet to the Northeast corner of Lot 5 of the Belle Helene Plantation; thence South 55° 50′ 58″ West 3,371.58 feet to a concrete monument at the northeast corner of Lot 4, being the point of beginning; thence South 22° 56′ 47″ East 855.32 feet to a concrete monument at the southeast corner of Lot 4; thence South 54° 29′ 44″ West 1,853.50 feet to a point along the easterly right-of-way of Louisiana Highway 75; thence along the easterly right-of-way of Louisiana Highway 75 North 26° 13′ 19″ West 587.92 feet to a point of curvature; thence along the easterly right-of-way of Louisiana Highway 75 curving to the left, an arc distance of 300.26 feet, which has a radius of 1,959.87 feet, and a long chord of 299.97 feet which bears North 30° 36′ 40″ West to a point at the intersection of the easterly right-of-way of Louisiana Highway 75 and the northern boundary line of Lot 4; thence along the northern boundary line of Lot 4 North 55° 48′ 58″ East 1,919.565 feet to the point of beginning, containing 36.964 acres, all as shown on a Map of Survey, prepared by Russel L. Mistric, RLS, dated September 4, 1991. (Ord. of 10-6-94)

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[Petitioned by Shell Western E and P.] The property for which this request is made is situated wholly within the Parish of Ascension and is more particularly described as follows: Lands located in Section 46, Township 9 South, Range 2 East, and in Section 8, Township 10 South, Range 2 East, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, and being further identified as Tracts 5, 6 and 7, and Parcels 2 and 3 shown on the Plat of the Tebone Fractionation Plant attached to a Sale and Right of Way Agreement dated April 23, 1964, executed by Union Oil Company of California and Socony Mobil Oil Company Inc. in favor of Shell Oil Company, recorded in COB 179, File No. 75596.

Certain lands located in Section 46, Township 9 South, Range 2 East, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly identified as Tracts 1, 2 and 3 on the plat of the Tebone Fractionation Plat annexed to a cash deed dated April 23, 1964, executed by Union Oil Company of California in favor of Shell Oil Company, recorded in COB 179, File No. 75595.

A certain tract of land located partially in Section 8, Township 10 South, Range 2 East, and partially in Section 46, Township 9 South, Range 2 East, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly described as Tract 4 on the plat of the Tebone Fractionation Plant annexed to a cash sale dated May 27, 1965, executed by Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc. and Union Oil Company of California in favor of Shell Oil Company, recorded in COB 185, File No. 79834. Said tract containing 7.045 acres, more or less, which said tract is covered in its entirety by previously granted rights of way for the Mississippi River levee, Louisiana Highway No. 63 and the Illinois Central Railroad, all according to a plat of survey made by Charles A. Cooper, registered land surveyor, dated October 15, 1959, as revised October 23, 1959, a blueprint copy of which is marked Exhibit B for identification, said tract being delineated thereon by read outline, said 7.045 acre tract being further particularly described according to said plant as follows: Commencing at the southeast corner of Section 46, Township 9 South, Range 2 East, and the northeast corner of Section 8, Township 10 South, Range 2 East, which point also marks the point of intersection of the range line of Townships 9 and 10 South, Range 2 East, with the easterly boundary lines of Sections 46 and 8; thence North 30° 13′ 23″ East a distance of 100.04 feet to an iron pipe located at the northeasterly corner of said 7.045 acre tract which is the point of beginning; thence South 30° 13′ 23″ West along the easterly boundary line of Sections 8 and 46, consecutive distances of 100.04 feet, 80 feet, 101 feet and 80 feet (a total distance of 361.04 feet) to an iron pipe and corner; being the southeasterly corner of said tract; thence North 58° 00′ 44″ West a distance of 850.40 feet to an iron pipe and corner, being the southwesterly corner of said tract; thence North 30° 13′ 23″ East a distance of 361.04 feet to an iron pipe and corner, being the northwest corner of said tract; thence South 58° 00′ 44″ East a distance of 850.40 feet to the point of beginning, all according to said map. (Ord. of 10-6-94)

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[Petitioned by Rubicon, Inc.]

(1) Rubicon, Inc. Property, Geismar, Louisiana, being comprised of a 21.334-acre tract and a 50.004-acre tract located in Section 11, Township 10 South Range 2 East, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly described as follows:

First: A 21.334-acre tract

Begin at a concrete monument with brass disk on the northerly right-of-way line of "E" Avenue (a private plant road) having Louisiana Coordinate System, South Zone, coordinate x=2,101,745.99, y=558,459.65; thence from said point of beginning run South 47° 16′ 00″ East (true) 1,050.35 feet to a point on the northerly side of a Uniroyal Chemical railroad spur; thence South 43° 02′ 40″ West 705.86 feet along said railroad spur to a point of curvature; thence southwesterly along the arc of a curve to the right having a radius of 418.62 feet the long chord of which bears South 66° 29′ 50″ West 333.20 feet, a length of 342.68 feet to a point and corner; thence North 47° 16′ 00″ West 178.24 feet to the southerly line of Liquid Carbonic, being the common corner between Uniroyal Chemical, Liquid Carbonic, and Rubicon, Inc.; thence North 42° 44′ 00″ East 160.00 feet; thence North 47° 16′ 00″ West 238.79 feet; thence North 42° 44′ 00″ East 20.00 feet; thence North 47° 16′ 00″ West 386.02 feet; thence South 42° 44′ 00″ West 20.00 feet; thence North 47° 16′ 00″ West 59.20 feet to the southerly right-of-way line of "E" Avenue; thence South 42° 44′ 00″ West 160.00 feet; thence North 47° 16′ 00″ West 50.00 feet to the northerly right-of-way line of "E" Avenue; thence North 42° 44′ 00″ East 1,010.80 feet to the point of beginning and containing 21,334 acres.

Second: A 50.004-acre tract

From a point of reference, being the point of beginning of the first described Tract at Louisiana Coordinate System, South Zone, coordinate x=2,101,745.99, y=558,459.65, run South 47° 16′ 00″ East (true) 1,105.48 feet, thence North 43° 02′ 40″ East 1,249.29 feet to the northwesterly corner of said 50.004-acre tract and the point of beginning; thence South 46° 58′ 45″ East 30.00 to a point on the common corner between Uniroyal Chemical, BASF Wyandotte, and Rubicon Inc.; thence South 43° 02′ 40″ West 60.00 feet; thence South 46° 58′ 45″ East 973.28 feet; thence South 55° 46′ 50″ West 197.36 feet; thence South 34° 13′ 10″ East 71.06 feet; thence South 42° 44′ 00″ West 1,550.05 feet to a point of curvature; thence southwesterly along the arc of a curve to the right having a radius of 381.97 feet, the long chord of which bears South 57° 29′ 04″ West 194.51 feet, a length of 196.68 feet to a point of common curvature; thence northwesterly along the arc of a curve to the right having a radius of 554.00 feet, the long chord of which bears North 85° 14′ 52″ West 185.75 feet, a length of 186.63 feet to a point on the northerly right-of-way line of the Illinois Central Railroad; thence North 58° 20′ 02″ West 860.12 feet along said right-of-way; thence North 43° 02′ 40″ East 2,290.95 feet to the point of beginning and containing 50.004 acres.

The said 21.334 and 50.004-acre tracts described herein above are more fully shown on two maps by Brown & Butler, Inc. title "Map Showing Survey of Tracts A, B, C and D Of The Rubicon Plant Complex Containing 71.389 Acres Located in Section 11, T10S - R2E, Ascension Parish, Louisiana", dated May 20, 1982, revised through October 15, 1987, and "Map Showing Survey Of A 0.051 Acre Parcel Taken From Tract `C' Of The Rubicon Chemicals, Inc. Property, Geismar, LA, Located In Section 11, T-10-S, R-2-E, Ascension Parish, LA", dated April 18, 1986, revised May 21, 1987.

Less and except the following tract:

A certain tract or parcel of land containing 0.051-acre taken from the southwestern portion of Tract "C" of the Rubicon Chemicals, Inc. property at Geismar, Louisiana, being in Section 11, Township 10 South, Range 2 East, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly described as follows: From an aluminum cap set in concrete at the intersection of the common line between Rubicon Chemicals, Inc. and Uniroyal Chemical and the easterly right-of-way line of the Illinois Central Railroad at Rubicon Chemicals, Inc. plant grid South 0+15.81, East 29+14.35, run South 58° 20′ 02″ East along said railroad right-of-way line a distance of 860.12 feet to a ½-inch iron pipe and the point of beginning of said parcel at plant grid coordinate South 8+59.94, East 30+79.46; thence from said point of beginning run southeasterly along the arc of a curve to the left, having a radius of 554.00 feet, the long chord of which bears South 85° 14′ 52″ East, 185.75 feet, a distance of 186.63 feet to an iron rod set in concrete at plant grid coordinate South 10+06.35, East 31+93.77, being a point on the common line between Rubicon Chemicals, Inc. and BASF Wyandotte; thence northwesterly along said common line and the arc of a curve to the right, having a radius of 381.97 feet, the long chord of which bears South 82° 12′ 22″ West, 132.29 feet, the arc passing through an aluminum cap set in concrete at 70.98 feet having plant grid coordinate South 9+65.87, East 31+35.58, a total distance of 132.96 feet to a ½-inch iron pipe at plant grid coordinate South 9+22.25, East 30+91.65; thence run North 58° 20′ 02″ West along the easterly right-of-way line of the Illinois Central Railroad a distance of 63.49 feet to the point of beginning at plant grid coordinate South 8+59.94, East 30+79.46; said parcel having an area of 0.051 acre, all being more fully shown on a map by Brown & Butler, Inc. titled "Map Showing Survey of a 0.051-acre parcel taken from tract `C' of the Rubicon Chemicals, Inc. Property, Geismar, Louisiana, Located in Section 11, Township 10 South, Range 2 East, Ascension Parish, Louisiana," dated April 18, 1986, and revised May 21, 1987.

(2) A certain 0.704-acre tract or parcel of land being a portion of Rubicon Inc. property located in Section 11, Township 10 South, Range 2 East, Ascension Parish, Geismar, Louisiana, and being more particularly described as follows: From a point of reference being a concrete monument on the intersection of the westerly right-of-way line of 40th Street (a private plant road) and the northerly right-of-way line of "E" Avenue (a private plant road) at plant grid coordinates North 1,084.01, East 3,956.00, proceed South 42° 44′ 00″ West 656.00 feet to a point and corner; thence proceed South 47° 16′ 00″ East 754.01 feet to the point of beginning; thence from said point of beginning at plant grid coordinate North 330.00, East 3,300.00, proceed North 42° 44′ 00″ East 220.00 feet; thence proceed South 47° 16′ 00″ East 26.00 feet; thence proceed North 42° 44′ 00″ East 33.00 feet; thence proceed South 47° 16′ 00″ East 11.00 feet; thence proceed North 42° 44′ 00″ East 5.00 feet; thence proceed South 47° 16′ 00″ East 88.00 feet; thence proceed South 42° 44′ 00″ West 208.15 feet to a point of curvature; thence southwesterly along the arc of a curve to the right having a radius of 49.85 feet, the long chord of which bears South 87° 44′ 00″ West 70.50 feet, a length of 78.30 feet to a point; thence proceed North 47° 16′ 00″ West 75.15 feet to the point of beginning.

Said tract contains 0.704 acres and is more fully shown on a map by Brown & Butler, Inc., James M. Theriot, Professional Land Surveyor, titled "Map Showing Survey of a 0.704 Acre Tract Taken from Tract "B" of the Rubicon Inc. Property in Section 11, T 10 S - R 2 E, Ascension Parish, Geismar, Louisiana," and dated April 6, 1993; and

(3) A certain 0.311-acre tract or parcel of land being a portion of Rubicon Inc. property located in Section 11, Township 10 South, Range 2 East, Ascension Parish, Geismar, Louisiana, and being more particularly described as follows: From a point of reference being a concrete monument on the intersection of the westerly right-of-way line of 40th Street (a private plant road) and the northerly right-of-way line of "E" Avenue (a private plant road) at plant grid coordinates North 1,084.01, East 3,956.00, proceed South 42° 44′ 00″ West 656.00 feet to a point and corner; thence proceed South 47° 16′ 00″ East 734.01 feet to a point and corner; thence proceed South 42° 44′ 00″ West 354.80 feet to a common corner between Rubicon Inc., Liquid Carbonic Specialty Gas Corporation, and Uniroyal Chemical Company, Inc., at plant grid coordinate North 350.00, East 2,945.20, and being the point of beginning of said 0.311 acre tract; thence from said point of beginning proceed South 47° 16′ 00″ East 178.24 feet along the common property line between Rubicon Inc. and Uniroyal Chemical Company, Inc. to a point of curvature; thence proceed northwesterly along the arc of a curve to the right, having a radius of 418.62 feet, the long chord of which bears North 87° 11′ 47″ West 136.84 feet, a length of 137.46 feet to a point on the easterly right-of-way line of the Illinois Central Railroad; thence proceed North 58° 17′ 22″ West 208.59 feet to a point on said easterly right-of-way line; thence proceed southeasterly along the arc of a curve to the left having a radius of 788.51 feet, the long chord of which bears South 69° 10′ 49″ East 142.39 feet, a length of 142.58 feet to the southwesterly corner of Liquid Carbonic Specialty Gas Corporation; thence proceed North 42° 13′ 07″ East 74.57 feet to the point of beginning.

Said tract contains 0.311 acres and is more fully shown on a map by Brown & Butler, Inc., James M. Theriot, Professional Land Surveyor, titled "Map Showing Survey of a 0.311 Acre Tract Taken from Uniroyal, Inc. Property Located in Section 11, T 10 S - R 2 E, Ascension Parish, Geismar, Louisiana," and dated April 6, 1993; and

(4) A certain 9.781-acre tract or parcel of land being a portion of Rubicon Inc. property located in Section 11, Township 10 South, Range 2 East, Ascension Parish, Geismar, Louisiana, and being more particularly described as follows: From a point of reference being a concrete monument on the intersection of the westerly right-of-way line of 40th Street (a private plant road) and the northerly right-of-way line of "E" Avenue (a private plant road) at plant grid coordinates North 1,084.01, East 3,956.00, proceed South 42° 44′ 00″ West 20.00 feet to the point of beginning; thence from said point of beginning at plant grid North 1,084.01, East, 3,936.00, proceed South 42° 44′ 00″ West along the north right-of-way line of "E" Avenue, 1052.00 feet to a ½-inch iron pipe at plant grid North 1,084.01, East 2,884.00; thence proceed North 47° 16′ 00″ West 404.99 feet to a ½-inch iron pipe at plant grid North, 1,489.00, East 2,884.00; thence proceed North 42° 44′ 00″ East, 1,052.00 feet to a ½-inch iron pipe at plant grid North 1,489.00, East 3,936.00; thence proceed South 47° 16′ 00″ East 404.99 feet to the point of beginning.

Said tract contains 9.781 acres and is more fully shown on a map by Brown & Butler, Inc., James M. Theriot, Professional Land Surveyor, titled "Map Showing Survey of a 9.781 Acre Tract Taken from Uniroyal, Inc. Property Located in Section 11, T 10 S - R 2 E, Ascension Parish, Geismar, Louisiana," and dated April 6, 1993. (Ord. of 10-6-94)

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[Petitioned by Union Oil Company of California.]

Parcel 1.

That certain tract or parcel of land, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, being a portion of Waterloo Plantation near Geismar, East of the Mississippi River, in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, comprising all of Section 9 and a portion of Section 10, T10S-R2E, all of Section 47 and portions of Sections 48, 49, 50, 62, and 63 (the latter two sections being a resurvey of portions of Sections 29 and 30) Township 9 South, Range 2 East and being more particularly described according to a plat of survey made by John W. Kellen, Jr., C.E., dated June 25, 1962, a copy of which is annexed hereto, as follows: Beginning at a point on the upper (i.e. upriver) boundary of Section 9, T10S-R2E, on the left descending bank of the Mississippi River, which point is South 30° 13′ 23″ West a distance of 6413.80 feet from the upper rear corner of Section 47, T9S-R2E; thence North 30° 13′ 23″ East along the upper boundary of Section 9, T10S-R2E, and the upper boundary of Section 47, T9S-R2E, and the upper boundary of Lot 1 of Section 62, T9S-R2E, a distance of 7666.39 feet to the southerly boundary of original Section 29 (Lot 2, Section 62), T9S-R2E, to a grate bar for corner; thence South 80° 28′ 55″ East, along the southerly boundary of original Section 29 (Lot 2, Section 62 and Lot 2 Section 63), T9S-R2E, a distance of 3972.81 feet to a 1¼″ iron pipe for corner; thence North 42° 42′ 17″ East a distance of 632.42 feet to the center of Louisville Lane; thence along the center of Louisville Lane South 52° 27′ 14″ East 513.95 feet, South 50° 11′ 24″ East 913.00 feet, South 47° 05′ 44″ East 100.00 feet, South 41° 52′ 44″ East 146.00 feet and South 47° 38′ 04″ East 1075.43 feet to the westerly right-of-way of La. State Highway No. 73; thence along the westerly (i.e. upper) boundary of the right-of-way of Louisiana State Highway No. 73, South 41° 01′ 15″ West 511.22 feet, South 37° 35′ 15″ West 180.75 feet, South 34° 09′ 15″ West 202.34 feet, South 38° 26′ 15″ West 213.48 feet, and South 42° 43′ 15″ West 4136.94 feet to the lower rear corner of the Minel L. Geismar Property; thence North 52° 59′ 06″ West, along the northeasterly boundary of the Minel L. Geismar property, 1840.65 feet to its upper rear corner, to a concrete foundation block for corner; thence South 38° 03′ 14″ West, along the upper boundary of the Minel L. Geismar property, 1094.20 feet to another concrete foundation block for corner on the east bank of New River; thence along the east bank of New River with its meanders, South 08° 57′ 24″ East 65.90 feet, South 12° 27′ 46″ West 255.70 feet, South 05° 48′ 16″ West 91.43 feet, South 26° 29′ 46″ West 70.35 feet, South 02° 15; min; 06″ West 200.10 feet and South 21° 11′ 25″ West 147.13 feet to another concrete foundation block for corner; thence continuing along the upper boundary of the property of Minel L. Geismar, South 42° 55′ 01″ West 770.00 feet to a concrete foundation block for corner; thence North 57° 40′ 41″ West 80.00 feet to a corner of the Minel L. Geismar property in the center of an old plantation road, a 1¼″ iron pipe for corner; thence South 38° 43′ 41″ West along the center of the road and a projection thereof, crossing the center of the Illinois Central R.R. at 1150.34 feet and continuing for a total distance of 2182.04 feet to the bank of the Mississippi River; thence along the bank of the Mississippi River with its meanders, North 43° 10′ 38″ West 869.20 feet, North 53° 18′ 14″ West 636.07 feet, North 19° 23′ 43″ West 114.73 feet, North 49° 58′ 49″ West 478.58 feet, North 41° 08′ 53″ West 144.15 feet, North 72° 33′ 29″ West 114.60 feet, North 41° 22′ 16″ West 190.09 feet, South 74° 37′ 57″ West 194.34 feet, North 34° 15′ 19″ West 158.40 feet, North 70° 52′ 12″ West 305.46 feet, and North 39° 20′ 53″ West 203.93 feet to the place of beginning, containing 999.779 acres more or less.

Less and except the following described property sold by Alex C. McKowen to Mrs. Jewell V. Webb by act before Leon Geismar, Notary Public, passed on February 28, 1946, registered in Conveyance Book 84, Folio 395, Entry No. 21896, to wit:

A certain small tract of land situated in Ascension Parish, being a portion of Waterloo Plantation and more particularly described as commencing at a point on the Public Road along the Mississippi River, which point is five hundred and sixty-five (565) feet west-northwest from the southwest corner of the property presently owned by M.L. Geismar and measures west-northwest a distance of one hundred and ninety (190) feet, then north a distance of ninety (90) feet, then east a distance of one hundred and ninety (190) feet, then south a distance of one hundred and fifty (150) feet to point of beginning, as shown on a plat of sketch of said land annexed to and made part of said act of February 28, 1946.

Being the same property acquired by Vendor from Alex C. McKowen by act before Jess Johnson, Notary Public, passed on December 19, 1950, and registered in Conveyance Book 92, Folio 399, Entry No. 33449 of the records of Ascension Parish, Louisiana.

Parcel 2

A certain tract or parcel of land, together with all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, and being comprised of Sections 43, 44, 45 and a portion of Section 46, T9S-R2E, and portions of Sections 7 and 8, T10S-R2E, Southeastern District of Louisiana, containing four hundred eighty-eight and 292/1000 (448.292 A.) acres, more or less, and being more particularly described according to a plat of survey made by John W. Kellen, Jr., C.E., of Kellen & Associates, Ins., dated August 18, 1961, as revised October 2, 1961, a copy of which is attached to act recorded in COB 161, page 287 of the official records of Ascension Parish, Louisiana: Commence at a point marked by an iron pipe which is the northwest corner of Section 43 and the northeast corner of Section 42, T9S-R2E, which is the point of beginning, thence South 74° 03′ 14″ East, a distance of 680.60 feet to an iron pipe which is the common corner of Sections 43, 44, 19, and 32; thence South 67° 46′ 37″ East, a distance of 1611.06 feet to an iron pipe which is the common corner of Sections 44, 45, 31, and 32; thence South 55° 46′ 40″ East along the northerly boundaries of Sections 45 and 46, a distance 2189.07 feet to an iron pipe and corner, which is the common corner of Sections 46, 47, 61 and 62; thence South 30° 13′ 23″ West, along the easterly boundary of Section 46, a distance of 2985.77 feet to an iron pipe and corner, which is the easterly corner of a 62.778 acre tract owned by the Goliad Corporation; thence North 59° 46′ 37″ West a distance of 1000.00 feet to an iron pipe and corner, which is the northerly corner of the Goliad tract; thence South 30° 13′ 23″ West along the westerly boundary of the Goliad tract, a distance of 2719.00 feet to an iron pipe and corner at the northerly right of way of the Illinois Central Railroad; thence South 58° 00′ 03″ E along the said railroad right-of-way a distance of 150.07 feet to point and corner; thence South 30° 13′ 23″ West, crossing the southerly right-of-way of the railroad at 100.05 feet, the southerly right-of-way of Louisiana State Hwy. No. 30 at 180.09 feet, passing the northerly corner of Goliad Corporation 6.912 acre tract at 361.18 feet and continuing for a total distance along this bearing of 649.90 feet to the westerly corner of the Goliad Corporation 6.912 acre tract on the left descending bank of the Mississippi River, which is marked by an iron pipe, which point is the southeasterly corner of the described property and the easternmost point on the Mississippi River of the described property; thence along the bank of the Mississippi River with its members as follows:

1.

North 65° 57′ 01″ West 201.95 feet

2.

North 56° 50′ 24″ West 100.18 feet

3.

North 49° 08′ 29″ West 51.78 feet

4.

North 53° 59′ 10″ West 100.54 feet

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North 64° 41′ 26″ West 91.40 feet

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North 51° 35′ 25″ West 101.76 feet

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North 51° 32′ 11″ West 100.18 feet

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North 42° 31′ 46″ West 102.91 feet

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North 81° 19′ 35″ West 99.46 feet

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North 82° 41′ 01″ West 103.58 feet

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North 60° 10′ 08″ West 100.85 feet

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North 69° 55′ 50″ West 146.12 feet

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North 71° 10′ 18″ West 86.68 feet

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North 82° 33′ 57″ West 100.09 feet

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North 83° 11′ 56″ West 103.96 feet

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North 60° 56′ 14″ West 110.98 feet

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North 45° 38′ 47″ West 101.98 feet

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North 75° 46′ 06″ West 120.91 feet

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South 86° 44′ 37″ West 87.03 feet

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North 87° 27′ 00″ West 101.61 feet

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North 78° 24′ 03″ West 100.02 feet

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North 69° 34′ 09″ West 95.83 feet

to an iron pipe and corner, being the westernmost point of the described property on the Mississippi River; thence North 18° 13′ 22″ East along the westerly boundary of Section 43, crossing the southerly right of way of La. State Hwy. No. 30 at 863.17 feet, the northerly right-of-way of Highway No. 30 and the southerly right-of-way of the Illinois Central railroad at 945.54 feet, the northerly right-of-way of the railroad at 1048.50 feet, and continuing for a total distance along this bearing of 6563.32 feet to an iron pipe at the northwest corner of Section 43, which is the point of beginning, all as shown on said map.

Less and except the following:

1.

The entire undivided ownership in and to certain lands located in Section 46, Township 9 South, Range 2 East, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly identified as Tracts 1 and 2 on the plat of the Tebone Fractionation Plant annexed to File 75595 of the official records of Ascension Parish, Louisiana.

2.

An undivided one-half (½) interest in and to a certain tract of land located in Section 46, Township 9 South, Range 2 East, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, and more particularly described as Tract 3 on the plat of the Tebone Fractionation Plat annexed to File 75595 of the official records of Ascension Parish, Louisiana.

3.

An undivided one-half interest in and to a certain tract of land located partially in Section 8, Township 10 South, Range 2 East, and partially in Section 46, Township 9 South, Range 2 East, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, and being more particularly described as Tract 4 on the plat of the Tebone Fractionation Plant annexed hereto and marked Exhibit A for identification herewith, said tract containing 7.045 acres, more or less, which said tract is covered in its entirety by previously granted rights-of-way for the Mississippi River levee, Louisiana Highway No. 63 and the Illinois Central Railroad, all according to a plat of survey made by Charles A. Cooper, registered land surveyor, dated October 15, 1959, as revised October 23, 1959, a blueprint copy of which is attached act recorded in File 79834, Ascension Parish records, said tract being delineated thereon by red outline, said 7.045 acre tract being further particularly described according to said plat as follows: Commencing at the southeast corner of Section 46, Township 9 South, Range 2 East, and the northwest corner of Section 8, Township 10 South, Range 2 East, which point also marks the point of intersection of the range line of Townships 9 and 10 South, Range 2 East, with the easterly boundary lines of Sections 46 and 8, thence North 30° 13′ 23″ East a distance of 100.04 feet to an iron pipe located at the northeasterly corner of said 7.045 acre tract which is the point of beginning; thence South 30° 13′ 23″ West along the easterly boundary line of Sections 8 and 46, consecutive distances of 100.04 feet, 80 feet, 101 feet and 80 feet (a total distance of 361.04 feet) to an iron pipe and corner, being the southeasterly corner of said tract; thence North 58° 00′ 44″ being the southwesterly corner of said tract; thence North 30° 13′ 23″ East a distance of 361.04 feet to an iron pipe and corner, being the northwest corner of said tract; thence South 58° 00′ 44″ East a distance of 850.40 feet to the point of beginning, all according to said map. (Ord. of 10-6-94)

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[Petitioned by Ormet Corporation.]

I. Those portions of Clark and Conway Plantations situated in the Parish of Ascension, State of Louisiana, in Sections 7 and 9, Township 10 South, Range 3 East, east of the Mississippi River, which portions are designated as Parcel No. 1 on the plan of J. P. Sessions, C.E., dated October 18, 1956, revised October 20, 1956, further revised January 9, 1957, and further revised June 12, 1957, a copy of which is annexed to an Act of Correction recorded June 20, 1957, at Entry Number 51854, of the records of the Parish of Ascension, Louisiana, and are described thereon as follows: Commencing at a cast iron grate bar which marks the corner common to Sections 7, 9, 12, and 32, Township 10 South, Range 3 East; thence South 14° 52′ West 5,029.42 feet to the point of beginning; thence from said point of beginning run South 58° 30′ East 3,970.5 feet to a point on the boundary line between Conway and Orange Grove Plantations; thence along the boundary line between Conway and Orange Grove Plantations South 30° 19′ West 10,695 feet more or less to the Mississippi River; thence along the Mississippi River in a northwesterly direction 750 feet more or less, to a point lying on a line which runs North 30° 19′ East and passes through a point located South 28° 30′ 30″ East 696.5 feet from the U.S. Mississippi River Station 3057 + 56.0, which station is marked by a brass disc set in concrete and stamped 3057 + 56.0; thence North 30° 19′ East 370 feet more or less to the center of the Mississippi River levee at a point which is located South 28° 30′ 30″ East 696.5 feet from the aforesaid brass disc stamped 3057 + 56.0; thence North 30° 19′ East 790.26 feet; thence North 42° 47′ West 2139.8 feet; thence North 25° 32′ East 458.4 feet; thence North 25° 12′ East 836.5 feet; thence North 23° 54′ East 4,117.6 feet to the southerly side of the Sorrento-Darrow Highway No. 761 right-of-way; thence along the southerly side of the Sorrento-Darrow Highway No. 761 right-of-way North 84° 47′ East 132.9 feet; thence North 15° 15′ East 722.1 feet to an iron rod 1 inch in diameter; thence North 14° 52′ East 2,461.4 feet to the point of beginning. Containing 658.5 acres, more or less.

II. That portion of Conway Plantation situated in the Parish of Ascension, State of Louisiana, in Section 9, Township 10 South, Range 3 East, east of the Mississippi River, designated as Parcel No. 2 on the plan of J. P. Sessions C.E. dated October 18, 1956, revised October 20, 1956, further revised January 9, 1957, and further revised June 12, 1957, and described thereon as follows, to wit: Commencing at a cast iron grate bar which marks the corner common to Sections 7, 9, 12, and 32, Township 10 South, Range 3 East; thence South 14° 52′ West 260.92 feet to the point of beginning; thence from said point of beginning run South 58° 30′ East 5,241.47 feet to a point on the boundary line between Conway and Orange Grove Plantations; thence along the boundary line between Conway and Orange Grove Plantations South 30° 19′ West 4,569.95 feet; thence along the boundary line between Parcel No. 1 and Parcel No. 2 North 58° 30′ West 3,970.5 feet; thence North 14° 52′ East 4,768.5 feet to the point of beginning. Containing 483.12 acres.

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[Petitioned by Star Enterprise.]

The following described property, to wit:

A certain tract of land containing 2458.50 acres, more or less, consisting of part of Section 9 of Township 10 South, Range 3 East, all of Sections 4, 69 and 70 of Township 11 South, Range 3 East and parts of Sections 1, 58, 67 and 68 of Township 11 South, Range 3 East, Southeastern Land District, located East of the Mississippi River as shown on a plat of survey by W.J. Cointment, Jr., dated March 29, 1985 and being more particularly described as follows, to wit: Commencing at the point on the Mean Low Water mark of the East bank of the Mississippi River where the boundary line between Ascension and St. James Parishes intersects the East bank of the Mississippi River. Said point being the point of beginning; thence Northerly on and along the Mean Low Water mark of the Mississippi River as follows:

North 07 degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds West, for 223.35 feet,

North 05 degrees 14 minutes 09 seconds West, for 169.49 feet,

North 06 degrees 44 minutes 25 seconds West, for 578.80 feet,

North 15 degrees 00 minutes 43 seconds West, for 323.26 feet,

North 12 degrees 00 minutes 16 seconds West, for 214.39 feet,

North 18 degrees 32 minutes 23 seconds West, for 216.35 feet,

North 14 degrees 36 minutes 29 seconds West, for 216.05 feet,

North 16 degrees 59 minutes 18 seconds West, for 216.44 feet,

North 11 degrees 25 minutes 31 seconds West, for 216.11 feet,

North 13 degrees 16 minutes 51 seconds West, for 123.45 feet,

to the Southwest corner of the property owned now of formerly by E.I. Dupont de Nemours and Company; thence North 62 degrees 02 minutes 17 seconds East, on and along the lower or southerly line of said Dupont property, for a distance of 4036.62 feet, to the Southeast corner of said Dupont property; thence North 29 degrees 31 minutes 41 seconds West, on and along the rear or East line of said Dupont property, for a distance of 2388.04 feet, to the Northeast corner of said Dupont property in the southeasterly line of Orange Grove Plantation; thence North 46 degrees 04 minutes 55 seconds East, on and along the southeasterly line of the Orange Grove Plantation, for a distance of 11,423.02 feet, to the Southeast corner of said Orange Grove Plantation; thence South 42 degrees 15 minutes 01 seconds East, on and along the 80-arpent line, for a distance of 2452.68 feet; thence South 23 degrees 20 minutes 28 seconds East, on and along the 80-arpent line, for a distance of 670.08 feet, to a point in the westerly line of lands acquired by the State of Louisiana for State Highway No. 70; thence along the westerly line of lands acquired by the State of Louisiana for State Highway No. 70 as follows:

South 09 degrees 10 minutes 31 seconds East, for 88.65 feet,

South 06 degrees 18 minutes 45 seconds East, for 200.23 feet,

South 09 degrees 13 minutes 57 seconds East, for 300.27 feet,

South 14 degrees 53 minutes 06 seconds East, for 200.77 feet,

South 09 degrees 10 minutes 55 seconds East, for 1400.11 feet,

South 05 degrees 25 minutes 47 seconds East, for 300.58 feet,

South 09 degrees 17 minutes 28 seconds East, for 200.25 feet,

South 12 degrees 55 minutes 34 seconds East, for 300.46 feet,

South 09 degrees 10 minutes 43 seconds East, for 3199.99 feet,

South 06 degrees 19 minutes 33 seconds East, for 199.92 feet,

South 09 degrees 10 minutes 48 seconds East, for 799.99 feet,

South 06 degrees 17 minutes 17 seconds East, for 300.53 feet,

South 09 degrees 10 minutes 31 seconds East, for 99.99 feet,

South 13 degrees 57 minutes 37 seconds East, for 301.20 feet,

South 09 degrees 09 minutes 39 seconds East, for 1000.22 feet,

South 06 degrees 16 minutes 29 seconds East, for 300.40 feet,

South 09 degrees 15 minutes 01 seconds East, for 122.37 feet,

to a point in the boundary of St. James and Ascension Parishes; thence westerly along the boundary line between St. James and Ascension Parishes to the point of beginning on the Mean Low Water mark of the East bank of the Mississippi River;

Except the following properties:

(a) A certain tract of land situated in Ascension Parish on the left descending bank of the Mississippi River, Section 1, of Township 11 South, Range 3 East, Southeastern Land District of Louisiana; containing 0.5 acres and being "Tract A" and "Tract B" on the attached plat by Salmon & Associates, Inc., dated February 4, 1991, and described as follows: Commencing at United States Engineering District (USED) levee survey base line at Station 3099+24.07, found 2 inch iron pipe in concrete as shown on a plat of survey by W.J. Cointment, Jr., dated March 29, 1985; thence North 62 degrees 02 minutes 17 seconds East, 137.17 feet on and along the property line of Star Enterprise to the southeast and E.I. DuPont De Nemours property to the northwest; thence South 17 degrees 27 minutes 43 seconds East, contiguous to the east right-of-way of Louisiana State Highway Number 44, 10.17 feet to the point of beginning; thence South 17 degrees 27 minutes 43 seconds East, 66.11 feet, contiguous to the Louisiana Highway 44 right-of-way; thence South 14 degrees 57 minutes 43 seconds East, 75.00 feet, contiguous to the Louisiana Highway 44 right-of-way; thence North 62 degrees 02 minutes 17 seconds East, 172.98 feet; thence North 27 degrees 57 minutes 43 seconds West, 138.08 feet; this point being 10 feet southeast of the Star Enterprise property line; thence South 62 degrees 02 minutes 17 seconds West, 144.06 feet, on and along the eastern line of an existing 10.00 feet wide servitude, to the point of beginning.

(b) A tract of land containing an area of 21.82 acres, more or less, and located in Section 58 of Township 11 South, Range 3 East, Ascension Parish, Louisiana and being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point on the centerline of Louisiana Highway No. 44 and its intersection with the boundary of St. James Parish and Ascension Parishes, located this date a distance of 369.57 feet east of the Mean Low Water mark of the Mississippi River and also being the Southwest corner of a tract owned by Mrs. Jeanette Waguespack, wife of/and O'Neil Daigle, Jr., or assigns and the Northwest corner of a tract owned by Waguespack Company, Incorporated, or assigns; thence northwesterly on and along the centerline of Louisiana Highway No. 44 and the west property line of said Daigle tract the following courses and distances:

North 15 degrees 02 minutes 37 seconds West, for 40.90 feet,

North 14 degrees 18 minutes 06 seconds West, for 50.04 feet,

North 14 degrees 00 minutes 36 seconds West, for 49.96 feet,

North 13 degrees 32 minutes 04 seconds West, for 50.06 feet,

North 12 degrees 32 minutes 56 seconds West, for 49.99 feet,

North 10 degrees 45 minutes 52 seconds West, for 49.99 feet,

North 06 degrees 18 minutes 31 seconds West, for 49.98 feet,

North 04 degrees 50 minutes 41 seconds West, for 50.05 feet,

North 04 degrees 34 minutes 06 seconds West, for 50.00 feet,

North 04 degrees 22 minutes 36 seconds West, for 49.99 feet,

North 04 degrees 20 minutes 07 seconds West, for 51.66 feet,

to the Northwest corner of said Daigle property;

Thence North 77 degrees 04 minutes 49 seconds East, on and along the North property line of said Daigle tract, for a distance of 1736.70 feet, to its upper rear of northwest corner; thence South 12 degrees 39 minutes 01 seconds East, on and along the East property line of said Daigle tract, for a distance of 538.23 feet, to its lower rear or Southeast corner. Said point located in the North property line of a tract owned by Waguespack Company, Incorporated, or assigns, and on the boundary line between St. James and Ascension Parishes; thence westerly along the boundary line between St. James and Ascension Parishes to the point of beginning, as shown on a plat of survey by W.J. Cointment, Jr., dated March 29, 1985. (Ord. of 12-15-94)

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[Petitioned by CF Industries, Inc.]

A certain parcel of land situated in Sections 11 and 14, Township 11 South, Range 15 East, Southeast Land District, west of the Mississippi River, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, and more particularly described as follows:

Commence at the S/E Corner of that former subdivision known as River Dale, as per plat by T.J. Weishaupt, dated March 1959 and recorded at COB 153, Folio 436 of the Parish of Ascension as the point of beginning, thence N01—55—13E a distance of 1082.61 feet to a point and corner, thence N37—10—57W a distance of 46.25 feet to a point and corner, thence N15—58—27W a distance of 241.33 feet to a point and corner, thence S57—23—35W a distance of 206.01 feet to a point and corner, thence N87—32—14W a distance of 829.88 feet to a point and corner, thence N00—01—49E a distance of 356.70 feet to a point and corner, thence N84—40—24W a distance of 197.27 feet to a point and corner, thence N84—36—42W a distance of 109.63 feet to a point and corner, thence S06—30—29W a distance of 1870.45 feet to a point and corner, thence S81—50—02E a distance of 269.00 feet to a point and corner, thence S01—39—57W a distance of 4695.88 feet to a point and corner, thence S76—30—44E a distance of 395.17 feet to a point and corner, thence N00—01—49E a distance of 4825.26 feet to a point and corner, thence N88—23—19E a distance of 1119.65 feet to a point and corner, thence N01—37—11W a distance of 169.02 feet to a point and corner, thence S85—50—49W a distance of 53.05 feet to a point and being the point of beginning and containing 88.26 acres, designated as Tract "X", as shown on Compile Map by W.J. Cointment, Jr., dated August 23, 1995.

(Ord. of 4-18-96)

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[Petitioned by ICI Americas, Inc.]

A certain tract of land situated in the Parish of Ascension, State of Louisiana described as beginning at a 1″ × 6″ grate bar marking the Northwest corner of Section 62, T9S-R2E, said point designated as the point of beginning.

Thence, S80°29′37″ E along the northern line of sections 62 and 63 for a distance of 3,172.02 feet to a point on the northern right-of-way line of State Highway No. 39; thence, S45°05′17″ E along said right-of-way line for a distance of 1,249.85 feet to a point; thence, S45°02′39″ E along said right-of-way line for a distance of 2,194.32 feet to a point; thence, N88°50′34″ E along said right-of-way line for a distance of 69.36 feet to a point; thence, S42°43′12″ W along said right-of-way line of State Highway No. 73 for a distance of 3,999.36 feet to a point; thence N52°58′40″ W for a distance of 1,840.65 feet to a point; thence, S38°02′16″ W for a distance of 1,094.20 feet to a point; thence, N9°13′23″ W for a distance of 184.09 feet to a point; thence N59°45′48″ W for a distance of 3,398.48 feet to the western line of Section 47, T9S-R2E; thence, N30°13′24″ E along said section line for a distance of 4,344.52 feet to the Northwest corner of Section 62, T9S-R2E and the point of beginning.

Said tract contains 635.803 acres and lies within Sections 47, 48, 62 and 63, T9S-R2E, Ascension Parish, Louisiana. It is bounded on the east by State Highway No. 73; on the south by Minel L. Geismar, or assigns property and by a 275.881-acre tract formerly belonging to the Union Oil Company of California; westerly by Section 46, T9S-R2E; and on the north by the division of property belonging to Union Oil Company of California.

(Ord. of 12-5-96)

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[Petitioned by BASF Corporation, an area of the parish, accurate legal descriptions and maps of which are attached to the ordinance adopted January 6, 2000, as Exhibits A-1 through A-12, has been declared an industrial area and granted the privileges and immunities appertaining thereto.]

(Ord. of 1-6-00)

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[Petitioned by Vulcan Materials Company, an area of the parish, accurate legal descriptions and maps of which are attached to the ordinance adopted March 1, 2000, as Exhibits A and B, has been declared an industrial area and granted the privileges and immunities appertaining thereto.]

(Ord. of 3-1-00)

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[Petitioned by Borden Chemical and Plastics Operating Limited Partnership ("Borden"), an area of the parish, accurate legal descriptions and maps of which are attached to the resolution adopted June 15, 2000, as Exhibits A and B, has been declared an industrial area and granted the privileges and immunities appertaining thereto.]

(Res. of 6-15-00)

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[Petitioned by Air Liquide American Corporation ("Air Liquide"), an area of the parish, accurate legal descriptions and maps of which are attached to the ordinance adopted Aug. 3, 2000, as Exhibits A and B, has been declared an industrial area and granted the privileges and immunities appertaining thereto.]

(Ord. of 8-3-00)

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[Petitioned by CF Industries, Inc. ("CF"), an area of the parish, accurate legal descriptions and maps of which are attached to the resolution adopted Dec. 3, 2009, as Exhibits A and B and B-1, has been declared an industrial area and granted the privileges and immunities appertaining thereto.

(Res. of 12-3-09)

Cross reference

Industrial Development Board, § 18-5.