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P o Hnx 2d4 C6arir*lnn,Wt*vlVnyiaif.?!A?3 PtiOtiC 304/3*12*0161 TO: ROYCE SCOW, PLANT MANAGLK, MONSANTO, N JTKO PIERRE WILKINS, DIRECTOR, CREATIVE SERVICES FROM: CHARLES Y-. KYAN DATES OMI.Y 26, 10 70 POSSIBLE QUESTIONS (AND SUGGESTED ANSWERS) LK.OM JOHN MCCOY ON THE SOI.3D WASTE DISPOSAL ISSUE 3, HOW IS MONSANTO CURRENTLY DIS I1OS INC. or ITS SOLID WASTE? An&v;;er Wc uolloct our solid waste iroiu locations around the plant and move it by vechiclc to the landfill site north of rmr facility, within our plant boundary lines. Thin land fill is operated under ut-riet. regulations and is inspected on a regular basis by the West Virginia Department- of Natural Hcsouroos. 2. 3n IT POSSlbLb THAO* ANY OP THIS MATERIAL MIGHT ERRCII INTO THE WATER T7;DLL AND TUP. KANAWHA 10 Vi:R? A n ?.v?er Wc bnvn a series of poriiiuvter and cri ss-croeaing wells drilled through the fill layer, trash layer and a clay 35nor into the water Lable. We tohe. samples from those wells and analyze* then oil a regular basis. These san.plon indicate wo* re not. lcaching any material into the water table. o. (IN CASE A QUESTION IS A SK E D ON N A T L 10 Answer The plant, has only tv:o outfalls. One eoinos from tlie water treatment plant whore all our liquid rmioXf is treated before bciny released. Tills outfall it. monitored and the* process* wo use in treat-iny the water has boon used np an example, of how to operate such a plant by the Li'A . (Royce, I 'ivt prott.y sure you said ERA used M. as an example, correet rue if 3'n> wrong) The second outfall is from a non-contact- eooling pij&UCficiftliVoSsAl'VtRTl5!*COMPACT Pli&lirATfGNSP.HCNUftLS TUV1S;0N.VilOlATiAM MtW PR03UGr.#a*$ C^ 075.17 t, % -.t - -- v * . .-y. -2- water wyntorn* it. has no contact with oar chemical prooenn in the plant but It too is scuuploci coming in and before lcayjny the plant. *ii^i- ir do you k n o w wiiat y o u 'r e nvrrJNG i n t o t h i s d u m p s i t e ? rt*a' iM , ^ Answer We keep an inventory list oi ala items that e. . ^ "" are disposed of in the landfill* . ,i Vf ^ V ' TrvJ-fc - ~ J/!ki 'eic- , V t> b. WHAT Ki NH OP STUFF ARE YOU DUMI`4NO? j .(L\w-e Answer Well/, for cvKamnlc, ^uildUpg J8 generates CJJOO . pcn^nd/, a yweok/, o..cei^tnin^tcAs r :;{u:3Las/eap^r and ^oodV ' / / y7 . WHAT ABOUT THESE DRUMS 1 SEE KEKK, WHAT KIND OF MATERIAL DO TITBY CONTAIN? Answer Those*: drums and any drums ot the landiill site eonLain trash to bo emptied - No drums of liquid material re brought to the landfill- .7 WHAT HAPPENS TO THE HIGHBY TOXIC WASTE? Answer il highly toxic wastes are incinerated. This in the beet v;ay to handle them because they arc clean burners and wc can boNt. dispose of them by burning. 8. HAVfc YOU RAFLIED TO CONGRESSMAN EC.KIIATtDTfS INQUEST THAT YOU SUPPLY HIM WITH INFORMATION CONCERNING YOUR OLD LANDFILL SITES AND KIIAT DID YOU TELL HIM? Answer Wo have replied to Congxfsfsfiman Eckhnrdt in nome detail- However, we consider that material to be confidential in nature until such time, as hie committee releases the material or the ccmuiitt.ee acts. G o rn 5 9. WHAT ABOUT Ttftf SITES YOU HAVE USED. HAVE THEY ALWAYS BEEN WITHIN THE PLANT OH HAVE YOU USED SITES OUTSIDE THE PLANT? Answer I can tel] you that since 2 have been with Monsanto in Nitre, vie have only used in-plant sites. 10. WHAT ABOUT BEFORE THE TIME YOU CAME WITH MONSANTO IN NTTIiO? heo?Answor Iveiity years or yo, there was, 3 understand, some off--:vit-c: dumping. Again, we arc into the C07518 ^5*i| -3- coni'idential aroar. of the Pekhardt report and 1 simply c a n 't violate that confidentiality. 11. 3'6 THKHK ANY RKASON TO FT- CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE AREAS Answer iimofax s wo know, there was nothing done in the past that would affect the public. 12. WHAT ABOUT TIIH TOXIC DTOXJTi IIERF. AT MONSANTO? Anever First, it should bi: c l C'.at 1y undtirstood that the Nit.ro plant topped manufac-tur5nq j o k h v - > >'>. * ticC j& r- 245-T in 19G9*ai*& T h e plant does not cur rently raanufaeture any chemicals which produce ^4^.^ ^ ^rvxrXS ^ ,ry J-fTT trace amount'.*, of any unwanted contaminants in the dioxin fami1y . // 13. WE UNDERSTAND THAT MONSIiNTO BURIED THAT DIOXIN EQUIPMENT HERR AO' TUP PI.ANT? Answer When we dismantled the equipment in the early '70'e, we decontaminated it and buried it here* on the site. Wc monitor the containment of all solid waste buried at Nitro through a series o f w e l l s r o u n d t-hc p i a n t a n d t h r o u g h o u t the s o l i d waste disposal area...that way wc can ensure that the waste is being contained. 14. HOW DID YOU DISPOSE OF TIIE 24S-T WHILE THE UNIT WAS OPERATING? Answer There we3 no solid waste from the manufacture o f 2 4 5 ~ T . Vie d i d haver f i l t e r c r l o t h e S : , dvii;t. bags and floor sweepings. Those were burned in the plant incinerator. That was an acceptable and standard procedure at. that time. 15. WHAT DID YOU LEARN WHEN YOU ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS CONORhSSMAN ECKHAKPT HAl>Y Answer wc learned n o t h i n g f r o m th e . q u e s t .i o r e ; Congressman Eckhardt had, we were simply asked to reply to hir, quest ions * % % (This is a question that McCoy told Fred Winteikisiup he was going to but lie did not ask the question) 16. ARE YOU FEARFUL THAT THERE MAY BE A. POTENTIALLY 1WJGEN0US SITUATION FROM '*BUM FING*' THAT TOOK PI.ACF BEFORE YOU CALL TO NITRO? Answer Again, insofar as wo know, there was nothing dnno in the past that would fleet. the public. C07519 4*37* WIEN DO YOU IXPECT THtf l'CKHAROT KKKOK'J* TO RK MARK l'UMJC OK IIIS okmittje TO ACT? AiUVK^r Wc: Rave hacl no indication that thc report 5s t.o h*; madci puLaie 3iar hve wc had any indication that- any acrhiKi would b raerited. Ys C07520 ISSUES 1. Is the Nitro plant a safe place? 2. Are alleged health effects from trichlorophenol and PAB different from earlier findings? 3. Are allegations from employes and others about earlier secretive dumpings/disposal of contaminated trichlorophenol on Nitro property valid? If so, is that of material concern today? 4. Is there a continuing exposure of significance to dioxins or other compounds in the Nitro plant today? In the community today? M. C. Thrddahl 6/15/79