<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Ditto and my interpretation of Tom’s email is "1) <span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">DTSC has completed a risk assessment, but has not determined the final cleanup plan for the ponds and 2) </span><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even though Pond 8 and other pond sediments present a very low risk, </span><font class="" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we are required to take action to further <span class="">protect public health and the environment.” i.e., Point #2 could be invoked and force GP to clean up all toxins in Pond 8. Is this correct, Tom? </span></font><div class=""><font class="" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><font class="" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="">Susan Nutter </span></font><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 23, 2018, at 12:07 PM, Laurie York <<a href="mailto:ttfarm@mcn.org" class="">ttfarm@mcn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thank you all for your vigilance with the pond clean-up issue. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Tom, when you state, “Pond 8 sediment presents <span style="font-size: inherit; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">negligible risk to a visitor of the future trail because a visitor on the trail would not be exposed to any ponds sediments</span><font face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" class="">”, he seems to not be including wildlife that swim and drink from the pond as “visitors”. I think this is a critical issue for birds, deer and other wildlife. If your agency is required to protect the public and the environment, I’m assuming wildlife need to be protected as well.</font><div class=""><font face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" class="">When a substance is considered carcinogenic, such as the toxins/dioxins in Pond 8, I take that risk quite seriously. Otherwise why are these toxins/dioxins labelled “carcinogenic”? I don’t think concerned citizens of the Mendocino Coast are willing to allow you to </font><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit;" class="">sweep this issue “under the rug”. </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: inherit;" class="">Please proceed with a full clean-up of Pond 8.</span></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" class="">Thank you,</font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" class="">Laurie York</font></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><hr tabindex="-1" style="font-size: 16px; display: inline-block; width: 1012.328125px;" class=""><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" class="" style="font-size: 16px;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Lanphar, Tom@DTSC <<a href="mailto:Tom.Lanphar@dtsc.ca.gov" class="">Tom.Lanphar@dtsc.ca.gov</a>><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, February 21, 2018 8:19 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Ann Rennacker (<a href="mailto:annxpress@live.com" class="">annxpress@live.com</a>)<br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Setty, Asha@DTSC<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Georgia-Pacific cleanup plans</font><div class=""> </div></div><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" class=""><div class="x_WordSection1"><div style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="" class="">Ann,</span></div><div style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="" class="">Thank you for the note. I took a while for me to respond to your email because you sent it to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:T.Lanphar@dtsc.ca.gov" id="LPlnk254025" previewremoved="true" class="">T.Lanphar@dtsc.ca.gov</a>. My correct email is<a href="mailto:Tom.Lanphar@dtsc.ca.gov" id="LPlnk241050" previewremoved="true" class="">Tom.Lanphar@dtsc.ca.gov</a>.</span></div><div style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">We appreciate your interest in staying updated. We are working on preparing on update to share with those who commented. I have copied our Public Participation Specialist, Asha Setty, on this email as well. In the meantime, you are welcome to contact either of us for updates anytime. Here is some information that may help answer your questions:</div><div style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="" class="">Georgia-Pacific asked and was granted by DTSC an extension for submitting the draft final Operable Unit E Feasibility Study to March 2, 2018. DTSC has not yet received a Response to DTSC comments.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class="">As far as the ponds</span><font size="3" class="">,</font><span class=""><font class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>DTSC has completed a risk assessment, but has not determined the final cleanup plan for the ponds.</font><font size="3" class=""> DTSC has determined that Pond 8 sediment presents a negligible risk to a visitor of the future trail because a visitor on the trail would not be exposed to any ponds sediments. Even if a visitor to the trail enters Pond 8 and has contact with sediment 50 times a year for 30 years, the risk continues to be extremely low. </font><font class=""> Even though Pond 8 and other pond sediments present a very low risk,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font></span><font class="">we are required to take action to further<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="">protect public health and the environment. </span></font></div><div style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><span style="" class="">DTSC is committed actively informing and involving the community in our process. I will post the draft final Operable Unit E Feasibility Study on DTSC’s Envirostor site soon after I receive it. After we received the draft final Operable Unit E Feasibility Study, DTSC will send out a community update (fact sheet</span>)<span style="" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and hold a community Town Hall meeting this spring to discuss the draft final Feasibility Study.</span></div><div style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Thank you for sharing your experiences at the mill site and reaching out for updates. We will be sending out an email to those who commented this month to provide additional information.<span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);" class=""></span></div><div style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Sincerely,</div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p><div style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Tom Lanphar</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div>TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send an email to <a href="mailto:occupymendocino@lists.mcn.org" class="">occupymendocino@lists.mcn.org</a> put "Un-Subscribe me" in the Subject line.<br class="">For listserv problems please contact: <a href="mailto:listmanager@mcn.or" class="">listmanager@mcn.or</a></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></div></div>TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send an email to <a href="mailto:occupymendocino@lists.mcn.org" class="">occupymendocino@lists.mcn.org</a> put "Un-Subscribe me" in the Subject line.<br class="">For listserv problems please contact: <a href="mailto:listmanager@mcn.or" class="">listmanager@mcn.or</a></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>