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INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM Date: From: Dept: Tel No: ll-Jun-1992 09:58am CDT Loren Wassell WASSELL, LOREN W. MCC 314-694-7002 FAX 314-694-1585 TO: Kevin S. Cahill TO: Laurence J. O'Neill ( CAHILL, KEVIN S. ) ( O'NEILL, LAURENCE J. ) cc: HERNDON, DIANE B CC: Steven D . Smith ( DBHERN@ CCMAIL ) ( SMITH, STEVEN D. ) Subject: WALL STREET JOURNAL Steve Smith advises that Scott McMurray yesterday called Nick Valkenberg, a VP at the consulting engineer firm of Geraghity and Miller. Two questions: Is it difficult for PRPs to agree on allocations? (Yes, often data is scant.) Status of the Dead Creek risk assessment? (Unsure; in Monsanto's hands for final review.) [We've sent data on to Illinois EPA] McMurray remained noncommittal on story timing. LWW DSW 134350 STLCOPCB4034308 k'bosc fa, UK wouldn't be a budget busterWater- Maqdoketa RiVer, drains,. a, shed management for Chesapeake portion of hilly eastern Iowa farm Bay costs about $20 million a year, land, were especially silt-laden dur Mr. Hansen says. ing the flood, says Robert Sheets, Moreover, the. corps' focus on Iowa Department of Natural Re-' navigation represents a taxpayer sources manager for the Green: Is subsidy that benefits relatively few, environmentalists and others claim. land wildlife refuge. Dredging the silt from the refuges A study issued earlier this year by isn't an option, wildlife experts say, v the'Public Policy Center of the Uni because that would disrupt the habi versity of Iowa concluded that ship tats for years afterward. The only ping grain from Iowa to New Orleans solution is to keep the silt on the- is only, marginally cheaper by river fields, environmentalists and Fish ; barge than by rail. The $80 million or and Wildlife officials say. That can i more that taxpayers spend annually be done,through greater practice of | on maintaining river locks and a j ninfe-fbbt navigation channel on the erosion-resistant farming methods such as no-till farming. upper Mississippi mainly benefits farmers living within just 100 miles Odds and Ends of the.river, the study concluded. nvironmental officials The corps says the overall eco nomic benefits of its expansion would exceed the costs. Moreover, the corps Eare keeping a nervous eye on hazardous-waste sites inun dated by the flood. Twelve feet of "has been balancing navigation in water surrounds a Sauget, 111., river terests with environmental interests side dump that contains toxic wastes for the past 15 to 20 years," says from; a nearby Monsanto plant, lap- spokesman Col. Miguel Monteverde. 1 ping against the clay "cap" covering Windstorms May Explain Decline in Eagle Births the dump. So far, the 22-acre dump's cap. is holding, says Mary Gade, director of the Illinois Environmen TATE and federal biologists are tal Protection Agency. ... Minne Sscratching their heads over pre sota's low-tech solution to purifying liminary estimates that show flood-contaminated wells Is to pour bald eagle reproduction plunged chlorine bleach down them, allow it about 15% in the spring and summer to sit overnight, and then let taps along the upper Mississippi, even run until the bleach smell disap though nest building increased. pears. If coliform bacteria is still Eric Nelson, a biologist with the detected using state-supplied kits, Interior Department's Fish and Wild- it's time to drill a new well. At Least He Didn't Use His Time Studying to Become an Attorney . By Jennifer Cody Staff Reporter of The- Wall Street Journal For an. executive with everything, ineluding.five to 10 years in the slammer, author Tracy Humble has just the thing: musings Jackson Pollock-like through the book ("Why are We here in tills life? On this-Earth? What's the point? What's the purpose?Howdiditgetscrewedup?").He says he wanted to "throw enough on the against a wa&Uke nerd. When it '/T was over, the nerd had become the rich1 y ~ est man in America, and IBM was dam- .. aged so badly that it had to take writeoffs Asa/ointprei equivalent to a third of the profits it had Industry sudd< made in its entire 80-year history. What follows is an inside look at the struggle be- trout tween Mr. Gates and Mr. Cannavino at a critical time M in the sudden, sad decline of International Business then Machines Corp.; the moment when the balance of if Go power in the computer industry changed, in an .embar- He w rassingly public showdown, while the nation's top soft- Cann ware executives looked on agape. , - . abou By 1989, the PC explosion had finally begun to un- hose, dercut demand for mainframe computers, IBM's IE bedrock business, which used to provide $4 billion or so year- a year in profits and routinely made IBM the most prof- six y RETAILING Radio Shack's MANAGEMI -.isy. .to.* ... . : . Haft 1 Head Broadcasts Stress on Service By Kyle Pope . Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal FORT WORTH, Texas-The marketing whiz brought in to spiff up Radio Shack's dowdy image yesterday unveiled a broad makeover for the sagging consumer-elec tronics retail chain. The changes, outlined by new Radio Shack President Leonard Roberts in a satellite broadcast to employees, include a bevy of services aimed at attracting new customers, especially women and con sumers wary of technology. Included are plans to offer drop-off repair services for home electronics, drive-through windows for small purchases, even a gift-wrap and delivery service that Mr. Roberts hopes will make Tandy Corp.'s flagship chain the FTD of the high-tech gift business. "The message is really, you're at home here," Mr. Roberts said in an interview last week. "Don't let the technology scare vou." DSW 134351 By Ti And Staff Reporters of Th NEW YORKbrimming with moi dry TV movie, is : family's public an ' threatening the br andretailing empir The: saga, invo plays, father-son r. of sexual infidelity began in June as struggle between D man Herbert Haf his son Robert, 4( roomed into a ful which the Haft cc three that are publ by the family-are The enraged fa ing abrupt shifts ir firing', seasonet managers and ad visers. He has re placed Robert, wh> had established ; strongtrack record with 34-year-old soi RnnalH an nntacto* STLCOPCB4034309 Monsanto FROM (NAME-LOCATION- PHONE) K. S. Cahill - G4WD - 4-7518 DATE: SU8J: REF: TO: March 12, 1992 Former Krummrich Landfill W. J. Boyle - 1740 G. F. Fort - G4WT D. B. Herndon - A2SP M. W. McCombs - G4WT C. F. Navarrete - G5NA R. G. Potter - G4NH D. L. Sliney - G4NJ M. W. Winkel - G5NA cc: L. J. O'Neill A. Smith S. Smith L. Wassell Pursuant to the terms of the consent agreement involving the former Krummrich landfill, a public meeting was held yesterday evening to inform the public of the work to be conducted at the site. We issued a press release to announce the meeting, and sent letters to opinion leaders in the area. Our press release was printed in the Belleville News-Democrat: Cahokia Dupo-Journal: and the East St. Louis Journal. The meeting was attended by representatives of Monsanto; Geraghty and Miller, our engineering consultants; Fleishman Hillard, our public relations consultants; and the Illinois EPA. From the apparent lack of interest on the part of the public and the media, we believe that we have reassured the community that no immediate threat to human health or the environment exists, and that Monsanto will do the right thing. The next public meeting will take place in approximately eighteen months, pursuant to the terms of the consent agreement. Challenges remain in the Metro East, and we will continue to provide updates on the progress of the work at the former landfill and related jjnkv ZQ to ;\i DSW 134352 STLCOPCB4034310 Monsanto FROM (name-location-phone) K. S. Cahill G4WD (4) 7518 DATE: SUBJ: REF: TO: December 2, 1991 cc: Illinois Attorney General Krummrich Landfill Announcement L.W. Wassell W. J. Boyle - 1740 D. G. Bartolanzo - A2SP G. F. Fort - G4WT L. J. O'Neill - G4WA C. F. Navarrete - G5NA M. W. McCombs - G4WT M. A. Pierle - A3NA R. G. Potter - G4NH D. L. Sliney - G4NJ M. W. Winkel - G5NA Roland Burris, Attorney General for the State of Illinois, will issue a press release on December 4, 1991, announcing the signing of a consent decree for Monsanto to undertake a Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study (RIFS) of the former Krummrich landfill. The structure of the decree calls for a thirty day public comment period on the contents of the decree, and the state has an additional sixty days to respond to the public comments. The RIFS will commence upon entry of the decree in the St. Clair County Circuit Court. Presumably this will occur in January, 1992. Although the Attorney General's press release is not as favorable as we would have liked, it was improved through negotiations with the Attorney General's staff, especially, Max McComb's work with the lead attorney for the state, to eliminate much of the onerous and misleading language contained in the initial drafts. Concurrent with the Attorney General's announcement, we plan to issue a Monsanto release to key media to clarify the agreement and our position on it. Through this release, we will also inform employees of St. Louis facilities. We are prepared for media inquiries. Bill Boyle will serve as primary spokesman. OSW 134353 STLCOPCB4034311 FEB-07-1992 12=45 FROM F-H St. Louis TO Monsanto 96941585 P.03/03 Ibtal Quality .. For further information: Andi smith, 618/482-6322 Monsanto Chemical Company W. (3. Knjmmrlch Plant 500 Monsanto Ave. Sauget. Illinois'62206-1198 phone.-(eisj271-5835 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE INFORMATION REPOSITORY, TELEPHONE NUMBER ESTABLISHED FOR FORMER LANDFILL SAUGET, ILL., February 7, 1991 -- A repository and a telephone number have been established to provide information about a project under way at the former Krummrich landfill in Sauget, it was announced today by Andrea H. Smith, the project's public information coordinator. In December, Monsanto and the Illinois Attorney General's office signed a consent agreement that will allow Monsanto to study Conditions at the former landfill and to evaluate alternatives for corrective action. The study is expected to take approximately a year and a half. The repository is at the Cahokia Public Library, 140 Cahokia Park Drive. It contains documents about the landfill project, including the consent agreement, diagrams and work plans. The library's hours are 9 a.m, to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m, to 1 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, A special telephone line has been set up at the Krummrich plant to allow residents to get information about the project or ask questions. The number is 618/482-6580. ### 00 recycled paper TOTAL P.03 DSW 134354 STLCOPCB4034312