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Message From: Sent: To: Subject: Lyons, Troy [/0=EXCHANGELABS/OU=EXCHANGE ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=15E4881C95044AB49C6C35A0F5EEF67E-LYONS, TROY] 4/18/2017 12:15:01AM Stout, Robert [Robert.Stout@bp.com] Re: Background Information for East Chicago Visit Thanks, Bob. Yes I will be traveling w the Administrator and will be joined by Gov Holcomb and senators young and Donnelly. This is helpful-l was unaware of the Anaconda/ARCO relationship Will call tomorrow Sent from my iPhone On Apr 17, 2017, at 6:50 PM, Stout, Robert <Robert.Stout(5)bp.com> wrote: Troy: I understand from Joe Ellis that you may be joining and staffing Administrator Pruitt on his upcoming visit to East Chicago. In that connection, I thought it might be helpful for you to have some basic information as summarized below regarding the historical background of operations at the site and the responsibilities that Atlantic Richfield has assumed in the environmental clean-up at the property. As always, please let us know if you or your colleagues have any questions or if further information or briefing would be helpful on any of these points. Best regards (and safe travels), Bob Stout Robert L. Stout, Jr. Vice President & Head of Regulatory Affairs BP America Communications & External Affairs 1101 New York Avenue NW Washington, DC 20005 Ex. 6 Office: Mobile: Background Information Atlantic Richfield never owned or operated a facility on the East Chicago property. A different company that later merged into the Anaconda Company operated at the site until 1946, when it sold the property along with the building and manufacturing facilities. Numerous companies operated industrial facilities at the property during the more than two-decade gap between Anaconda's sale of the property in 1946 and the sale of the property to the East Chicago Housing Authority in 1970. In addition, other companies operated entirely separate lead-related businesses in the vicinity of the East Chicago property. Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 2 ED 002061 00140388-00001  In 1977, more than 30 years after the Anaconda Company ceased operations and sold the property, and years after the sale to the Housing Authority, Atlantic Richfield acquired Anaconda. As the successor to Anaconda, Atlantic Richfield has assumed certain responsibilities related to the environmental clean-up of the property. Atlantic Richfield has worked cooperatively with the EPA for many years on remediation efforts at the site, including the 2014 Consent Decree that Atlantic Richfield signed along with DuPont/Chemours and the Administrative Order on Consent signed last month. Atlantic Richfield is pleased that United States Metals Refining Company has joined Atlantic Richfield and DuPont/Chemours in contributing to cleanup costs and efforts. Atlantic Richfield is hopeful that other responsible parties will soon step forward as well. Through the 2014 consent decree, Atlantic Richfield and DuPont agreed to spend an estimated $21 million to pay EPA's costs to excavate and remove contaminated soil in Zone 1 (the West Calumet housing complex) and Zone 3 (the eastern portion of the Site), and to properly dispose of the soil. Last month's Administrative Order on Consent provides millions of dollars to fund the EPA's efforts to remove contaminated soil from Zone 2 (the central portion of the Site) and perform indoor dust sampling and cleaning on residential properties in Zones 2 and 3. All remediation of the East Chicago site is being directed by the EPA. Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 2 ED 002061 00140388-00002