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a. iin RwoEsiregmrnrsAea.rmeBcsoosmr AR TAFT, STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP 1800 FIRSTAR TOWER 425 WALNUT STREET CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202-3957 Fa51S3.t38a1.r28a3m8es ewtatnucom March 18, 2002 CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED 426 _ 1174 . al Sai Bint sr 3g SE 3220 Son z 308 2 = No. 7000 1670 0009 4961 7436 No. 7000 1670 0009 4961 7429 David P. Watkins Groundwater Program Manager Armando Benincasa `West Virginia Department Of Environmental WDievsitsiVoinrgoifnWiaatDeerpaRretsmoeunrtceOsfEnvironmental Protection OfficeOfLegal Services Protection. 1356 Hansford Street i C1h2a0r1leGsrteoenn,brWiVer S2t5r3ee0t1 Charleston, WV 25301 ay i Re: Consent Order Between WV and DuPont (Order No. GWR-2001-019): DuPont's January 2002 Report Entitled "Compilation ofHistorical C-8 Data DuPont Gentlemen: As we mentioned previously, our law firm and two Charleston, West Virginia, law firms are currently representing a group of individuals in connection with claims against DuPont and the Lubeck Public Service District relating to contaminationof human drinking water supplies `with ammonium perfluorooctanoate (a/k/a "C-8") attributable to releases of C-8 from DuPont's `Washington Works facility in Wood County, West Virginia. We understand that, under the terms of the referenced Consent Order entered between the State ofWest Virginia and DuPont on `November 14, 2001, DuP Team ("GIST") a Report ont is requi providing a red to submit to the "compilationofall Groundwater Investigation available ground water/surf Steering ace water `monitoring and hydrogeologic characterization data for" DuPont's Washington Works facility and Local, Letart, and Dry Run Landfills,as described in Table A-1.aofthe Consent Order. We have revieawcoepdy ofa 2002, prepared by DuPont January entitled 2002 document made available "Compilation of Historical C-8 to us Data by WVDEP on March DuPont Washington 7. `Works prepare MainPlantand in this regard. Landfills," Upon revi ewwhoiftchhewedaatsassuummemaisrtihzeer d ine thtahtp aRteDpo uorPto,r nittwbt aescormeeqsu ired to evident tpohsastetshseiRone.port inexplicably omit references to a sSubsTtaAntIialNamount ofC8 data within DuPont's 000058 ! / David P. Watkins Armando Benincasa March 18, 2002 Page2 historicaFlorsaemxpalmipnlgeo,finC-c8oninnecsutrifoancewiwtahteDru,PDountP'osntdiosncluyssrieofneorfsatvoalielvaeblsleofdaCt-a8rdeegtaercdtiendg in tsourlfeavceelswoatfeCr-duirninsgur2f0a0ce0 waantder2,00i1n.cluDduiPngontthehOash,ihooRwievveerr,,dasutbisntganbtaicakltdoocatumleeansttat1i9o8n4 r(esfeeerrei.ng., tEoxht.heAy)e.arNo20e0x1plhaansatbieoenniisnpexrpolviicdaebdlyaniygwnohreerde. iLniDkuePwoisnet,'swiRtehporretspaescttotowahvyaiallalbolefdtahteadartelaatpirnigor 0conlfeiverlmsinogf CC--88 dleevteelcsteidn iitnstdhreindkriinnkgiwnagtweartweerllatst(hweelWlass3h3i1n,g3t3o2n,Waonrdks3,36D)udPaotnintgpboascsekstsoesatdlaetaast 1991 (see, e.g, Exh. B), but inexplicably fails to referencethatdata in either the text ofits Report roresipnectthetotagbrloeuanldlweagetdelrydsautmamparroivziidnegd itnhecoavnanielcatbiloenwwaittehrtrheesuWltassh(Tianbglteon2.W1o(rCk)s.,FTuarbtlheerA,-w1itohf the Consent Order requires DuPont t0 provide data with respect to, not only levelsof C-8 in `weglrlosunadtwtahteerWwaeslhlisnagntdonpuWbolrickswaptlearntsuitpspellfy, wbiutthailnsoa aolnled-amtialererlaadtiinugs t[oofC]-t8hei"np"lraensti.deDntuiPalont has rfaeislieddenttoiaplrgovrioduendawnayteirnfwoerlmlastioornpuwbhlaitcsoweavteerr swuiptphlrieesspweictthtionlaevoenles-omfilCe-8raddeituescotefdthien either rWeassidheinntgiatlonwaWtoerrkwse,lldecsopnittaeiinnefdo"rhmiagthioCn-w8i"thleivnelDsuPionn1t9'9s3,po(ssseeesEsxihoinbithtaCt)a,talneadstinofnoermaadtjiaocnent wlieatshtin19D8u4Po(nsete'sExpho.ssAe)s.siDounPcoonntfiarlmsionignCex-p8liicnapbulbylifacildsrtionkrienfgerweantceertshuepcploinefsiramsefdarexbpaocskuarseaotf those consuming this water. the presWeintceh orfesCp-ec8titnosCe-ve8rdaaltparrievlaatteinregsitdoetnhteiaLletwaerltlsLannedafriltlh,atDLuaPnodfnitllp,osbsuetshsaessdnaottarceofnefrienrcmeidng twhiethretshueltLsetoafrtthLoasnedtseislt,s aenvyewnhterehinotthheuereRgseuplohtrst oarreienxapnryeosfsltyhreefteabrleenscesdubomniPttaegdei3n ocfonDnuePcotnito'ns MCoanrscehnt7,O2r0d0e2r,eCxopnressesnltyOrredqeuirrweistDhutPhoentUntioteidncSltuadteesw.itAhsinwittheh RtehepoWratshalilnhgitstoonriWcoalrdkast,atwhiethin DpuubPloinctw'astpeorsssuepspsliyonwreiltahtiinnagtoonel-emviellesorfadCiu-s8odfettheectLeedtianrtaLnayndrfeislild.ent(iSaelegCroonusnednwtatOerrdewre,llats Toarble: A-L.a) DuPont also inexplicably fails to reference the confirmed exposure to those who are consuming the water from these private residential wells containing C-3. it appea`rWsitthhatreDsupePcotnttoadlastoaphraessfeanitleeddbtoyprDovuiPdoenatllinicnofnonremcattiioonnwwiitthhiCn-i8tastptohseseDssriyonRurenlaLtainndgfitlol, DhiusPtoornitc'asl dpeotsescetsisoinosnocfoCn-f8irimntwhaatteDruiPmopnatctbeedgabny sthaamtpLlainndgfiflolr.anFdorceoxnafmiprlmee,d dthoecupmreesnetnscewoitfhiCn-8 idnocDurmyenRtuantiCorneecokndfaitrimnignbgatchke tporaetsleenacseotf19C9-08(isneeseEvxehr.alD)re,saidnednttihaaltwDautPeornwtelplosssneesaserst.he Dry 000059 ' David P. Watkins `Armando Benincasa March 18, 2002 Page 3 Run fails Ltaonmdfeinltli.on(SaeneyoEfxht.hiEs.)inAfsorwmiatthiotnheinotihtserReCp-o8rtd.atTahreefReerpeonrcte d abo also ve, DuPont inexplicably inexplicably omits any reference drinking to potential exposu contaminated ground rteo wa tCe-r8orbebiyngandiimsaclhsarcgoendsufrmoimngthceonDtraymRinuanteLdanwdaftiellr afmroomngthtehDorsey Run Creek. Based upon the foregoing omissionsofdata within DuPont's possession relating to historical confirmationof C-8 in various surface and drinking water samples, DuPont's Report is incomplete required to saunpdpsluebmsetnatnttihalelRyefploarwetdw.itWh eallhienrfeobrymraetqiuoenstw,itohnin`ibtsephoosfasoelsusfriocnlireenltsa,titnhgattoDaulPlont be historical detections of C-8 in all surface water and drinking water samples taken in connection `with its Washington Works, Dry Run Landfill, and Letart Landfill,asexpressly required under the Consent Order. (Ty . RAB/itc Enclosures cc: R Edison Hill, Esq. Larry A. Winter, Esq. Gerald J. Rapien, Esq. \ lobert A. Bifott 000060