In mid 2000's a corpus Christi resident who lived near ENCYCLE told me a bright blue alligator was seen in water near/at plant.
Encycle was right on a channel for 7th largest port in the USA. They took in stuff to be recycled but railed a lot of unknown materials to worlds largest two contop furnaces in el paso tx to be illegally burned. The smelter burned this type stuff from at least 1992 thru 1998. Maybe longer.