NOTE
Subject:
Call
to
Bingham
Sand
and
Gravel
TO:
File
FROM:
Al
Livnat
DATE:
9/
26/
05
I
just
spoke
with
Mr.
Larry
Bingham,
the
owner
of
Bingham
Sand
and
Gravel,
Treece,
KS
(
Tel:
620­
679­
9810;
Fax:
620­
679­
2966).
This
is
to
acknowledge
my
recent
telephone
conversation
with
Mr.
Bingham
and
to
express
my
appreciation
for
the
information
he
kindly
provided
me.
As
discussed,
we,
at
the
USEPA's
Office
of
Solid
Waste
collect
the
information
as
part
of
our
Congress­
mandated
task
of
issuing
guidelines
on
the
beneficial
use
of
chat
in
the
Tar
Creek
Mining
District
of
Oklahoma.

Bingham
Sand
and
Gravel
market
washed,
screened
chat
as
graded
material
to
contractors,
about
95%
of
whom
use
it
for
state­
sponsored
asphalt
applications.
The
reminder
is
marketed
for
other
asphalt
application
uses.
The
material
is
hauled
as
far
as
250
miles
to
customers
in
KS,
OK
and
MO.
Up
to
'
about
3
to
4
years
ago'
the
company
used
to
sell
some
of
their
product
to
the
Heartland
Cement
Plant,
Ferdonia,
KS,
a
practice
since
discontinued
due
to
the
cement
plant's
adoption
of
local
aggregate
for
their
manufacturing
process.
