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Tw4WS(29huw0a9eiwt2seh)SL.li.i6i2nvv08Cgiinn09tagog-p9snsi8t,ttooo8Dnln1CgSGrtorre2oue0upt0pd,0,cS3L.cWLoCm Confidential - Subject to Mediation Agreement August 10, 2017 Patrick Davis ODeffpicuetyoAf LsasinsdtaanntdAdEmmienrisgterantcoyr Management U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20460 Re: FNoerwmCeraSssyelcloHricFkascviliiltlye, GHriockusnvdilwlea, teNreCwoYnotarkmainnadtion Superfund Site Dear Mr. Davis: Thank you for your response dated July 19, 2017 to my letter to Mr. Kelly and our June 14, 2017 meeting. While we are disappointed with the response, we do appreciate your wthiellirnegnaeressstoomdeiscmuisssunthdiesrsmtaanttdeinr gwsithabmoeutanthdeyfoaucrtspraonmdptVreersizpoonn'sse.moItidvoe,shoinweseveerk,infgeara thfuallt settlement that I would like to clarify. Most importantly, Verizon is not seeking to obtain a preferential deal through an early cash out. Rather, the company has offered to substantially overpay the Federal Government for aooCnffEytmhRCeiCllEifLooRAnrmCsliLeaoArbf iSlaliityadylbdci(ioltbiirtouyfntatahcsliaulidtbtyojit,ellcmabtryastyowtaoh"siavttvhianeengdfoUoarrvndaeitnerryde$-2coS0opt0naettnameemsilr,lisinoi.na"n)tioionrVndpeetarhriszattootnrheraseisspcoemrenivassekueilnatcegodrsethtflrseiosaamsngedethnfpereoaromyopiunefsgurarotttehfifoneensrr for three reasons: First, Verizon believes that its team's efforts are better devoted to business daisedscduareedssessth. athSneelcitcoigonandtt,ianmgVienlriaaiztbiooilnnitywfriasosnmutsesththirseelafFotiernmdgeertraol faaGcobilivutyesirnnwemhseiscnhtthtathotehhaapsvuebnlioactmouppnleejursaftutleynddasftotrtroibouqvteeusirckstlioyx Verizon. Verizon is convinced that there is no reasonable likelihood that allowing any Superfund activities to play out will result in liability to Verizon in an amount anywhere close to the amounts that it has been offering to pay. Indeed, it is far more probable that full Superfund clisiteigrftaaartiinomtnyowtrheilal ttrhecasonumltietsisn pwaoivttheenraytiafsulull"bfssaetiarttnlsethimaalerepn"at.yinmSerimenttuptrloynVpfoeutrr,izrVoenes.orilzvToinhngir,idsoawnnicldlienfginaantoldlyp,foaVryeaarilzl,pornietsmsepiueomktesnthtthiaaelt Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 3/4 ED 002061 00090519-00001 rreeqspuoirnesdibinilitaynyfosretthtleemSeynlct)o. r facility (subject, of course, to the standard CERCLA "reopeners: Verizon also believes that the distinction that the EPA is making with respect to the soil remediation and groundwater studies is misplaced. Verizon recognizes that the EPA is addressing a number of groundwater sites in the general area in Hicksville that the Agency biselnieovtesacctiovuelldy pinovteonlvteiadllywhitahvethseomsoeil rerelamtioendisahtiiopntoatthetheforfmoremr eSrylScoylrcfoarciSlitiyte.andHtohwaetvtehre, EitPiAs important to understand that the US Army Corps of Engineers is not limiting its efforts to soil remediation. Rather, as it has stated on many occasions, the Corps will follow the contamination from the Sylcor facility wherever it goes. Thus, the Army Corps of Engineers will address the tgcrheoreaoscutsfhnoedrmtdwoeawrtaaedsSrdyibnrlecaaossnsreydSboiutoreptahohlnlatowshfehtimhaetspotahSilcesitteepsdaantrthtdhieaoststhtehbeeeSligEeitervPoseAu.dnisdtTowihnbaeveteesasre.ntitgtalaebTtmisnhoegulnusitft,etihinnwaofttahrtcshette, ccuaponsanleirkttaieaemlnsyainlhyaeastvdiioesnnnoteffraotthhrmleey contamination from the former Sylcor Site does have some contribution to these other Sites, the amount proposed to be paid by Verizon will more than cover the amounts that could be faottrrisbuuctehdctoontthaemfionramtioenr.SyIlcsohrofualcdilitnyotaendthtahteVAerrmizyonCohrapds oevf eEnngoifnfeereerds wtoouinldcrteaakseereitsspopnasyimbielintyt with the excess directed for use by the EPA for these Sites even if there is no connection discovered. As noted in my earlier letter, rather than providing substantial resources to the Federal Ggreeoinmveebrruonrumsseesniett,ttftloehrme aerlenl ctoewfnitttlhhyetfhiloeevdegrloavw$e2sr0un0imt emmnaitlylitoowneintllhstafeotarcdVeesrVeizeeorkniiznoghnatsoto hasalhrveifeat dittyhseeexFffpoeerdtnesdraferlodmGtooovfeaferdnrdimnregesnsat contamination at the Sylcor facility - conditions that the Federal Government agreed to take responsibility for when the Sylcor plant was in operation and which resulted from practices someraeonktdhaaetredsdesceblaeyrkathttoieonaUtth.rSiob.ludAtinetgotmothitcheeEFfneoedrmregreyarlCSGoyomlcvmoerrisnSsmiitoeen.n.t rIenspaodndsitiibolne, fVoer raiznoynammaoyunbtes tchoamt ptheelleEdPtAo I have passed your letter on to the Verizon attorneys responsible for this matter and I am sure that they will continue to remain in contact with Ms. Kivowitz as well as the Justice Department and Army Corps lawyers about this matter. I know that the lawyers continue to hold Aourmt syoCmoerphsoopfeEthnagtinreaethrsertothraenaclhitigaatfeu,ll tsheettlEemPAenwt iollfjothinis wmitahttethreinJuaswticaey tDheapt awritlml beennt eafnitdbtohthe the Government and Verizon. I again wish to again thank you and Mr. Kelly for your time and consideration. Sincerely, TRFhooeubneLdritivniLng.gLPsitavoirnntngGesrtroonup, LLC. Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 3/4 ED 002061 00090519-00002