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ARDMAC AvertAlert Reinsurance Disaster-Mitigation
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20 Million Pounds of Deadly Lead Dust
in 18th Congressional District PA - But
✓ No candidates have mentioned the environmental liability for high rates of several cancers, diminished I.Q.s, on their websites
while urging potential constituents to donate money
✓ The Altus/Max Environmental Yukon Facility cannot handle ~$100M medical and life insurance liability throughout Pittsburg
area
✓ Youngwood has the highest lead concentration of 1200 lead sites in America, 4 X more than #2

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18th Congressional District
Special Election in Penn. March 13th, 2018
How does Lincoln’s Risk Registry identify major risks in any Congressional district of
interest? We have selected District 18 in the SW corner of Pennsylvania to illustrate our
methods because our analysis of environmental risks shows it to be one of the most
important in the country.

We Begin with a Tox Screen of major Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) facilities
in the region posted by the National Health Service US National Library of
Medicine as shown on the left.
Knowing that the district is in the vicinity of Pittsburgh and remembering
that Pittsburgh has had a problem with lead in the past, we began with a
review of lead emissions from the ToxMap link on my phone app called Eco-
Emergency Alert.
This revealed that the # 1 regional emitter of lead in the last 5 years out of
160 facilities was MAX ENVIRONMENTAL – YUKON FACILITY. This
facility is located in the 18th Congressional District in the SW corner of
Pennsylvania.

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 “I gave Altus/Max Environmental an F- for its
undisclosed liabilities. Many such firms like PBF
or Altus are either not insured or under-insured
offshore for a minor explosion killing a few
workers. Nearly universally they ignore the
F- Minus ongoing damage being done to their neighbors.
Stockholders in Pittsburgh corporations, their medical benefits
departments, real estate developers, and politicians need to
know what they are up against, and how to change it with
money and time on task."
"You can register a liability of a corporation at AvertAlert.us
and we will investigate, it as will stockholders who would like
to know disclosed and undisclosed liabilities.”
David Lincoln, President
Lincoln’s Risk-Registry

This facility released over 8.5 million pounds of lead compounds on land between 2010 and 2016, (last available report.) Drilling down we find that
the facility has been operating since at least 1998 (see below) and has released over 20 million pounds of lead compounds since that time.
On-site Releases by MAX ENVIRONMENTAL -- YUKON FACILITY
This facility reported to TRI from 1998 to 2016
On-site Release Estimates (lbs./rep yr.)
Chemical 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998
Lead
1,168,234 217,220 494,457 917,835 1,009,849 1,090,307 3,670,647 1,139,222 462,848 383,405 493,504 526,503 1,320,203 1,286,202 2,473,303 851,663 976,955 932,000
compounds 944,855

Next, we investigated how these lead emissions compared with lead emissions from the larger region.

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We zoomed out and looked at the entire Eastern Seaboard. This map showed that out of
the nearly 1200 lead emissions sites on the East Coast, the nearly 4 times more that the
next largest lead emissions facility.]MAX ENVIRONMENTAL – YUKON FACILITY had
the most lead emissions. [

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When we investigated the cancer mortality rates and the incidence of common
chronic diseases. What we found was startling!

This map reveals that a trend of Increased Female mortality from Bladder
Cancer running NW-SE Across Pittsburgh extends across the MAX
ENVIRONMENTAL – YUKON FACILITY near Youngwood. [On all mortality
maps the blue colors are elevated rates and the darkest blue shades are the
highest age adjusted death rates per 100,000 population.] While correlation
does not imply causation, it is a matter of curiosity and worthy of further
investigation to see if additional increased rates of mortality from other cancers
are present in the vicinity.

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This map shows some of the highest mortality rates for Rectosigmoid Cancer
in the US among females in parts of District 18 and near MAX
ENVIRONMENTAL – YUKON FACILITY marked as #1 on the map on the
left.

Melinda Pillsbury-Foster, Executive Director of AvertAlert.us says “that we noticed

the special election in the 18th Congressional district and looked at all three
candidates: Libertaran, Democrat, and Republican; noting that none of them
mentioned the most major problem facing the 18th, environmental liability for
dying sick folks. None have a phone number or email to send them information,
just appeals for contributions. Congress under Obama and now Trump has de-
funded the updates of the Tox-Maps you can find for anyplace in America on our
Eco Emergency Alert phoneapp, even though the self-reporting requirements to
the EPA and National Health Service are still in place. Ironically, TV stations have
only textboxes to comment in too, and no way to accept pictures, graphs, and
charts you can find on the Eco Emergency Alert phoneapp. Reinsurance will have
to pick up the slack by joining ARDMAC. The Freedom Interactive TV Association
will be curing the problem with CongressionalClearinghouse.com so voices can be
heard in pictures and megabytes for the first time in 17 years, whether they like it
or not. City leaders keeping obsolete chemical plants operating is not the kind of
leadership needed, and congress critters need to listen to potential constituents,
better than they have been to the electorate that elected them.

President Trump's advisor, Stephen Miller, in 2001 wrote that America needs
resilient refineries, making him the only person that cared except for the United
Steel Workers who have to operate HFA alkylation units in gasoline refineries that
have quoted him since 2005 for his foresight. Just as the USW wants gasoline
refineries to replace HFA, on the same basis that greater Pittsburgh is suffering
lead dust piled higher and deeper, along with fracking wells, and other poisonings
of the water table, they don't want to die either fast or slow. Public Interest
Research Groups (PIRG)s in 50 states identify 15,000 chemical plants, that for all
the trillions of bucks spent on the US Department of Homeland Security, are still
vulnerable to natural and man-made disaster. In the case of Altus/max
Environmental, the disaster is simply blowing in the wind. We hope President
Trump brings up these issues when he visits Pennsylvania, and hope he brings his
wise man Stephen Miller with him to motivate fiscal disaster preparedness.”

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 This map shows elevated mortalities for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, a type of cancer
frequently associated with environmental factors. It shows very high rates of this
cancer near MAX ENVIRONMENTAL – YUKON FACILITY marked as #1 on the map
on the left.

Given these alarming associations with certain types of cancer, it may be useful to review the litigation history and financial standing of MAX
ENVIRONMENTAL.
So, why should the voters in the 18th Congressional District care about environmental risks in their own back yard. Quite simply, they are the ones
who will be stuck with the headaches, the tears and the bills unless something is done about these matters before it is too late.

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Consider the case against MAX ENVIRONMENTAL. “In 1963, Mill Service, Inc. opened a hazardous waste disposal facility in Yukon… [the eastern
most hazardous waste processing and disposal site in the US.]
Beginning in the mid-1970s, residents of Yukon had complained of abnormally high rates of cancers and other ailments, as well as dying cattle, in
their community. Their concerns were generally ignored and many residents either moved away or died, Then, in 1995, Mill Service, Inc. was
consolidated with Allegheny Liquid Systems under the new name of MAX Environmental Technologies. The company began processing more oil field
waste and liquid chemicals.
The EPA has been content to state that there is no evidence of any contamination offsite in the air or the groundwater. However, if you look beneath
these surface assurances, you discover that there has been no mention of lead dust by authorities after decades of massive lead dust transport and
disposal. They were content to track the salts and nitrate fertilizers and impose minor fines on the companies for foul smells.
https://www.epa.gov/hwcorrectiveactionsites/hazardous-waste-cleanup-max-environmental-technologies-incorporated-0

Maybe now is the time to ask how this tiny landfill (shown on the satellite image below) has been able to profitably bury 20 million pounds of lead in
the shadow of residential subdivisions without admitting to contaminating the area.
Perhaps we should examine the company’s exit strategy to avoid these potential liabilities more
closely. Clearly, the residents think they have an odor problem, but more likely they have an IQ
problem caused by escaping lead and you can bet there have been no health or mental acuity
studies done. Despite this, the company has very aggressively fought to maintain and even
accelerate their operations
“In 2012, the company applied for approval to raise the height of its landfill by 40 feet. This cone-
shaped rise in elevation would give the landfill an additional six years of operations” [conveniently
until 2018]. Without this accommodation the hole would have filled by 2015.

The agencies and the residents may yet wish they had let it close. The DEP has already found that “MAX Environmental has failed to prevent the odors
from blowing outside the plant's borders. MAX agreed to pay a $70,000 fine for that violation.” This small fine although” the company earlier was
ordered to pay $10,000 to South Huntingdon because of the odors.”
What about the lead? There is no mention of the lead problem in the EPA summaries or media reports.
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“South Huntingdon filed another complaint on Aug. 31 alleging that odors from the 159-acre facility were blowing onto properties along Spring Street.
The odors continued for 21 days, from June 6 to July 4, the complaint said. Under the township's ordinance, the company can be fined $100 for every
day a violation occurs.”
http://triblive.com/news/westmoreland/9366545-74/landfill-environmental-max?printerfriendly=true
Maybe its time the politicians re-examine the ordinances to ensure that the health and future welfare of the community is fully protected?
Is this any way to handle millions of pounds of lead dust, when only a small amount of exposure can cause mental impairment?

http://www.wtae.com/article/smelly-hazardous-waste-landfill-gets-hefty-fines-and-new-permit-1/8058922
In 2015 “MAX Environmental in September agreed to a consent decree with the Department of Environmental Protection to process some sludge
inside a building at the site. In that consent decree, the company agreed to a $307,000 state fine for dumping more treated waste than allowed under
its permit “[and illegally raising the height of its landfill]

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In 2016 and 2017 “The Upper St. Clair-based company, which treats waste from steel mills and gas-drilling operations and stores residual
material in a landfill above Spring Street, is accused of violating a South Huntingdon ordinance that carries a $1,000 fine for each day a
violation occurs. “
“The citation is the latest in a series of legal battles South Huntingdon has fought with MAX over complaints from neighbors that dust
and odors blow off the 159-acre facility.”
http://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/11731124-74/max-company-huntingdon

In February 2017, MAX ENVIRONMENTAL was acquired by ALTUS CAPITAL PARTNERS for an undisclosed amount while “MAX’s
current CEO/ owner William Spencer will ride off into the sunset… “According to their website Altus has earnings of $ 4 million and one
wonders if they should be allowed to take on tens of millions in potential liabilities. MAX ENVIRONMENTAL may eventually incur huge
costs related to possible lead contamination on a massive scale.
It should be noted that in May according to TribLive http://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/12338344-74/yukon-waste-treatment-
facility-reaches-settlement-with-south-huntingdon-twp the company reached an out of court settlement with South Huntingdon for
$67,500 in exchange for dropping all existing citations. As far as is known, neither the media, nor the neighborhood lawsuits have
mentioned the potential liabilities for lead contamination as revealed on my phone.
Also, in 2017, Altus Ventures in Oklahoma and their partners were sued for a tax scam which involved multiple tax credits for a single
business investment which they had no intention of honoring or funding. In 2018 ALTUS acquired MGC Diagnostics a global medical
technology company.

http://prowlingowl.com/AltusVentures/Lawsuits/EZ-WayLawsuit.cfm

Another risk factor that must be assessed is from the Energy Map prepared by the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The Energy
Infrastructure must be evaluated in detail when the recent drilling history in the region is considered.

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This map shows the oil wells and oil pipeline infrastructure in SW Pennsylvania. Many of these wells are concentrated in the western arm of District
18.

An increasing part of the Marcellus Shale oil and gas play lies in Pennsylvania. Mostly within District 18 in Greene County Penn, which alone
(according to NPR) has over 870 wells drilled. These were associated with 111 violations totaling close to $ 1 million according to FracTrac.org. In
Washington County near the towns of Westland and Hickory drilling is also very active where more than 1200 wells have been drilled with nearly
200 violations totaling over $ 4 million in fines. These violations and fines have continued into 2018 as cited below.
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Map showing gas and oil wells drilled in and around Pennsylvania District 18

https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2018/01/16/dep-fines-natural-gas-company-1-7m-for-drilling-violations/

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Finally, one of the Energy Infrastructure risks that cannot be ignored is the Underground gas storage facility at he depleted Oakford Gas Field in the
Eastern part of District 18. As shown below this active reservoir has a max daily delivery of about 1.5 billion cubic feet (BCF) of gas per day and a total
capacity of 132 BCF in the ground.

This is nearly as large as the failed underground gas storage at Aliso Canyon in Calif which resulted in the evacuation of 10,000 people in the Los
Angeles area in 2015.

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Given these environmental risks in District 18, isn’t it time that politicians took some more pro-active positions to safeguard the voters? Shouldn’t the
residents be educated so they can better protect their families and their neighborhoods. Shouldn’t the media be alert to the potential for disasters in
this region. While every region has some environmental risks, these can frequently be reduced by long-range planning. You cannot plan for
contingencies if you are unaware of the potential risks. The Special Election in District 18 scheduled for March 13, 2018 is imminent and highly
contested. Also, it appears to have some of the largest overlooked environmental risks we have encountered so far in the USA.

Brock d'Avignon, Communications Director for ARDMAC (AvertAlert Reinsurance Disaster-Mitigation by Acqusition Consortium) states: "We were
looking first at Philadelphia where there are three depreciation doom obsolete gasoline refineries that have leaky pipes and valves of 300 other
kinds of pollution, and are still using Hydrofluoric Acid (HFA), the 2nd most toxic substance known to Chemistry. Reinsurance firms, that insure
local insurance firms from local disasters, are concerned that the 55,000-gallon storage tanks of the stuff used in catalyst alkylation, can rupture
in an industrial accident, storm, or terrorist action killing most of the 6.8-million people in the Philadelphia, Wilmington, Camden area within 19-
minutes of contact with it on the wind.

PBF Energy is a liability disposal unit for major oil companies, like their Philly refinery, and refuse to upgrade to modern catalysts, even since 9-
11-01. HFA can be replaced in 3 months by far less risky Sulphuric Acid, as it vaporizes at 560-degrees Fahrenheit, while HF vaporizes at 67F and
hugs the ground in wind killing literally everything. H2SO4 could kill a neighborhood, but not an entire city. There are 49 HFA refineries in 19
American cities and 24 towns; 26% of the total. See the Eco Emergency phoneapp for $1, www.AvertAlert.us and www.19minutes.us that also
mentions PBF's Torrance refinery that also can cause $9-Trillion in losses to reinsurance companies as would any of the three in Philadelphia.
Similarly, Altus that bought Max Environmental that has been dumping 20-million pounds of lead on and in the ground in Youngswood for 20
years, and 8.5-million pounds in just the last 5, is a maximum environmental disaster, and Altus can't absorb the Yukon Facility's liability any
better than a wet paper bag. It is a corporate fiction.
The real task for reinsurance firms is to be better informed as to where their losses can be averted, and use investment or buyouts to end pollutions,
because insurance actuaries know that for every $1 invested in pollution prevention, is $30 to $40 less in payouts on life and medical claims.

New financial instruments are also needed like Anti-Pollution Bonds, and Disaster Prevention Bonds, not just Catastrophe Bonds to be paid out
after its too late. Hedge Fund managers, as de facto reinsurers, park their wealthy clients' money in Cat Bonds thinking nothing bad can ever
happen in mass death to America. In the Pittsburgh area, the lead poisoning damage is more insidious than a sudden catastrophic release of HFA.
The true cost of doing business for 15,000 chemical plants, is the externality factor to killing your neighbors either fast or slow. Media needs to
question these hand-slap fines for the wrong offense as a public relations dodge of responsibility, or lies about where the pollution went; then ask
some hard questions of Pennsylvania's top seven reinsurers like Seubert & Associates Inc, or Babb Inc., who have offices in both Philly and
Pittsburgh, about fixing the status quo before their customers as local insurers are driven bankrupt by wanton negligence of companies like
Altus/Max Environmental.”

ARDMAC intends to do something about that with local groups of PACT People Act, that gave up after decades of begging bought politicians,
industry-owned regulators, and now do honest monitoring of harm to persons and property, and seek free-market remedies. We also will be

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assisting financial news outlets with Lincoln's Risk Registry, Ratings, and Relief on interactive TV networks, where it is not one-hand clapping of
left or right. Instead of whining, hosts will be seeking solutions with audience participation that will work. Money talks, BS walks.

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