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S c h ra d e r, r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s from the P o rt o f P o r t l a n d , and o t h e r i n d u s t r y and community r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s . The p r e s e n t a t i on was 1ed by EPA s t a f f Sean S h e l d r a k e , Laura Knudsen and Ka rl G u s t a v s o n , the EPA Contaminated Sediments L e a d , who f l e w out from D.C . to present to the group. The p r e s e n t a t i on i nclu ded a b r i e f s i t e ove r v i ew from Sean b e fo r e Ka rl walked the group through the g o a ls o f the agreement reached by the EPA and the 4 PRPs i n December. Ka rl di scussed each type o f sampl i ng t h a t w i l l ta k e pi ace under the agreem ent, hi ghl i g h t i ng the di f f e r e n c e s between the EPA' s o r i gi nal pi an and the December a greem ent. Each type o f sampli ng i s d e s c r i bed i n the a tta c h e d h a n d o u t s . He hi g h l i ghted many Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tiers 8&9 ED 002061 00115312-00001 p o s i t i v e changes i n the agreement, such as a d d i t i o n a l s u r f a c e water sa m p lin g , a new and improved s u r f a c e sediment sampli ng p a t t e r n , and the addi t i on o f the f i s h a c o u s t i c t r a c k i ng s tu d y and pore w ater sampli n g . Sean a l s o t a l k e d about t h r e e E a r l y A c t i o n P r i o r i t y S i t e s : G a s c o / S i l t r o n i c , R i v e r M i l e 11 E a s t , and Termi nal 4. He menti oned t h a t the EPA i s worki ng c l o s e l y w ith NW N a t u r a l , Si 1t r o n i c and the DEQ to d e s ig n the c l eanup pi an f o r t h a t s i t e , whi ch i s ex pected t o ta k e 2-3 y e a r s . Duri ng the Q&A p e r i o d , t h e r e was a 1o t o f co ncern about the new pi a n ' s deci s i on to o n l y sample smal1mouth bass i nstead o f m u lti p ie f i s h s p e ci es as the o r i gi nal EPA pi an had r e q u e s t e d . There was a l s o co ncern about a 1ack o f communi t y i n p u t i n t o the December agreement and the pi ans f o r the E a r l y A c t i on P ri o r i t y Si t e s . Sean emphasized t h a t the December agreement i s o n l y the f i r s t s t e p o f sampl i ng and addi t i onal work w i l l be done i n the f u t u r e . He a l s o s a i d t h a t the 4 PRPS i n the agreement are not 1i a b l e o n l y f o r the c o s t s o u t l i n e d i n the agreement and c o u ld be on the hook f o r f u t u r e c o s t s , as a re the o t h e r PRPs not in thi s agreement. 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I f you b e l i eve you r e c e i v e d t h i s e - m a i1 i n e r r o r , pi ease n o ti f y the sender im m e d ia te ly , d e l e t e the e - m a i1 from yo ur computer and do not copy o r di s c l o s e i t to anyone e l s e . I f you a re no t an e x i s t i n g c l i e n t o f H&K, do not c o n s tr u e a n yth i ng i n t h i s e - m a i1 to make you a c l i ent u n le s s i t c o n t a i ns a s p e ci f i c statem ent t o t h a t e f f e c t and do not di s c l o s e a n yth i ng t o H&K in r e p ly th a t you expect i t to hoid in c o n fid e n c e . I f you p r o p e r ly received t h i s e-mai 1 as a c l i e n t , co co unsel o r r e t a i ned e x p e r t o f H&K, you sho uld mai n t a i n i t s c o n t e n t s i n c o n f i dence i n o r d e r t o p re s e r v e the a t t o r n e y - c l i e n t o r work p ro d u c t p r i v i l e g e t h a t may be a v a i 1a b le to p r o t e c t c o n f i d e n t i a l i t y . Sierra Club v. 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