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ce Comalon TERT her ro EE RowneiennsgremAa. nBeisceoomt AR 246 _ 1184 TAFT, STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP 425 WALNUT STREET, SUITE 1800 CINCINNATIs, OsHIaO 45202-3957 Fa AX 513.361.0205 andi SS usnian cohlBueEmSTns July 22,2002 TELECOPY JUaSn.etEEn.viShraornkmee,ntEaslq. Pr(o3tEeCc0ti0o)n Agency-Region Ill Office Of Enforcement, Compliance and Environment Justice (Mail Code 3EC00) 1650 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029 Lillian Pinzon, Esq. (C-14]) Region V U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 77 West Jackson Blvd. Chicago, IL 60604-3590 Re: ReRegqauredsitnTgoC-SfplesakswWeisth USEPA/ATSDR Members Of CAT Team Dear Ms. Sharke and Ms. Pinzon: USEPA's and ATSDR's representatives to the C-8 Assessment of Toxicity Team ("CAT Team") As you are aware, we have asked on several occasionsforthe opportunity to speak with established under the Consent Order between E.I. duPont de Nemours and Company ("DuPont") and the State of West Virginia. The CAT Team met in Cincinnati on May 6-7, 2002, for the purposesof selecting "screening levels" for C-8 in environmental media and announced "screening levels" for C-8 in air and soil later that week. As of today's date, we have not received any confirmation from you that we may proceed with discussions with any of USEPA's or ATSDR's representatives to the CAT Team. We now understand, based upon recent communications from USEPA. that it has not yet approved any sreupcrhesiennftoartmivaelsd,igsicvuesnsitohnast boeutrwleaewn our firm lcaurwrfeintrlmyarnedpraensyeonfts tPhleaiUntSiEffPs AinolritAigTaStiDonRagainst DuPont CEBRERN N0E00E144 on C-8 issues. We also understand that there has been no deci; `whether the USEPA Janet E. Sharke, Esq. Lillian Pinzon, Esq. JPualgye222,2002 or ATSDR will agree to comply with any subpoena issued to obtain the testimonyofthe USEPA oStraAteTCSoDurRt CinAWTesTteaVimrgmienmiab.ers on these issues in connection with the litigation now pending in Please confirm as soon as possible, in writing, whether USEPA or ATSDR will agree to either: (1) allow us to speak informally with any of the USEPA or ATSDR. members of the CAT Team with respect to C-8 issues; or (2) agree to produce anyof the USEPA or ATSDR CAT 1T0e.2amsumbepmoebnearsfofrodroacufomremnatlsdpeopsosseistisoend tion dciosncnuescstisounchwimtahtttehres.C-inaidsdsiuteiso.n Tthoaangkreyeoiun.g to respond E20 RAB/mdm ce: R. Edison Hill, Esq. Larry A. Winter, Esq. Robert A. Bilott 000145