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omen are coumaon SENIOR e111 La RsoeslreanosreAnr.gBesos r TAFT, STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LL. rr -- 1800 FIRSTAR TOWER 425 WALNUT STREET CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202-3957 cuenttaariassoz Sal Se LA amasos tstonss sisi AR 236 _ 1175 March 26, 2002 TELECOPY AND REGULAR U.S. MAIL Chris Negley, Esq. West Virginia Division Of Environmental POrfoftieccetiOofLnegal Services 1356 Hansford Street Charleston, WV 25301 Dee Ann Staats PrWoetsetctViiorgninia Department of Environmental 1356 Hansford Street Charleston, WV 25301 William Toomey Manager of Source Water Assessment WPreosgtrVaimrginia Department of Health and Human Resources Bureau for Public Health 815 Quarrier Street, Suite 418 Charleston, WV 25301 Janet E. Sharke, Esq. (3EC00) UR.eSg.ioEnnvIillronmental Protection Agency g,., Office OF Enforcement, Compliance on and Environmental Justice (Mail code ~~ = 57 3EC00) G SR 1650 Arch Street = 5% Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029 =z So OGfrfeigceSomfitLhe,gEaslq.Services Ohio Environmental Protection Agency 122 South Front Street P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, OH 43216-1049 LUiSl.liaEnnPviinrzoonnm,enEtsqa.l Protection Agency a Region V 77 West Jackson Blvd. Chicago, IL 60604-3590 Re: Jack W. Leach, etal. v. E.L duPont de Nemours and Company et al. CONTAIN NE op 000061 March 26, 2002 Page2 Ladies and Gentlemen: Carper,ABseein&dicDaetitezdleinr,prPiLorLcComamnudnWiicnatteironJso,honursol&anwHfiilrlm,PaLnLdCtohfe lChaawrlfiersmtsono,fWHeilslt, PViertgeirnsioan,, are representing the Plaintiffs Company ("DuPont") and the in a lawsuit currently pending against E.I. Lubeck Public Service District ("LPSD") duPont in State de Nemours and Court in West VciorngtianmiianaitniwohniocfhhculmaiamnsdhraivnekibnegenwaatsesrerstuepdplaigeasinwsitthDuaPmomnotnaindumthpeerLfPluSoDroionctcaonnonaetceti(o"nC-w8i"t)h oFrriidgaiyn,atMinagrcfrho2m2,Du2P0o0n2t,'JsudWgaeshHiinllgotfotnhWeoWrkosodfaCcioluitnytiynCWirocouditCCoouunrttya,gWreeesdttVoircgeirntiiaf.y On pPlearisnotinfsfsw'hcolsaeimdsritnokpirngocweaetderasisaocrlahsassabcetieonncaognatianmstinDautPeodnwtitahndC-t8heatLtPriSbDutaobnlbeethoarlefloeafsaelsl from VDiurPgoinnti'asreWsaisdehnitns.g)toOnurWolrakwsfifracmisliwtyi.ll,(Tthhiersecfloares,s cbuerrpeunrtsluyinignctlhuedePslatihntoiufsfsa'ndcsloafimOshoinobeahnadlWfoesft all membersofthat classof individuals. concernAesd tihnadticyaotuerd aigneonucriepsrimoar yletntoetrsboefrNecoevievminbgearllo1,f2t0h0e1,inafnodrmMaatriocnhth8,ey20n02e,edwienaorreder to pNeorvfeomrbmetrhe14t,as2k0s0r1e,quCiornesdeonfttOhred"eCr-entAesrseedsisnmteonbteotfweTeoxnitchietyStTaeteamo"f W(e"sCtAVTirTgeianmi"a)anudndDeurPtohnet aOnudrilnatwerfnailr,muhnapsubbleiesnhreedcereipvoirntgsafnrdormeDvuiePwoinntgaansdub3sMtanctoinaclearmnoinugntCo-f8 siinntceematlhecosrurmemspeorndoefnce 2di0s0c0o,vwerhyenreloautredlatwo cfliarimmbsetghaant Cre-c8eibveiinnggCd-iscdhoacrugemdenftrsomfrDoumPoDnutP'osnDtriyn RcounnneLcatnidfoinllwiitnhWood RCouunntCyr,eeWk.estAsViorfgitnoidaa,y'wsasdaktiel,lwineg hhuanvderreedcseiovfehdeaanddofrceavtitelweedwhaoppwroexriemdartienlkyin1g85f,r0o0m0tphaegDersyof dreotcauimneedntcsonsfurlotmanDtusPtoonrteavnidew3tMheraevlaaitlinagblteoCt-h8e tdoatxai.citAysaninddeifcfaetcetdsionfoCu-r8.priWorecaolrsroeshpaovnedence. our consultants' information that assessmentofthe available C-8 toxicology data the CAT Team apparently has been provided to differs substantially date by DuPont, as from the fmoermoDruiPaolnitz.edAisnitnhdeicaantaeldysiinsosuert pforritohr icnortrheesJpaonnudaernyce2,0w02e,breelpioervteftrhoatmtEhneviavraoinlatbhlaet Cw-a8s dparteapared does not Because justify or support the United States the analysis advocated by EPA, nevertheless, agreed DuPont through the Environ report to use the 14 ppb standard advocated in that `Emnavyirnoont breeporretceiinviitnsgraelcloenft tChoensaveanitlaObrldeeCr-w8idtahtaD.uPont, weareconcerned that your agencies 10 sit asB2asmeedmbuepornotfhtehefoCreAgToinTge,awmeohnebreebyhroaeqfultehsfet tehnetiorpepcolratsusntihtaytwtoeapnpoowinrteaprreespernetse(naltlative DpeurPsoonnts'swhWoassehidnrgintkoinngWowraktse)r,istoorenhsausrebetehnatctohnitsavmeirnyatlaerdgewigtrhoCup-o8factittriizbuetnasblheastoarveoliecaseesinftrheo.m CAT process, and to ensure that the other members of the CAT Team are provided accessto all 000062 March 26, 2002 Page 3 osftattheemeavnatislraebcleenCtl-y8mdaatdaetihnatthyeoulrocaalgePnacrikeesrmsbauyrgnomtedotihaetrhwaitsethreeCceAivTe TferoammDmuaPoyntb,e oGnitvreanck to acsomspoloenteasitpsosCs-i8blteoxaiscittoywahneatlyhseirsobuyracslieeanrtlsycaasntdheeseingdnoaftaAeprrielpr,es2e0n0t2a,tiwvee troeqsueersvtecaosnfaimremamtbieorn ofthe CAT Team. Thank you. RAB/mdm cc: R. Edison Hill, Esq. Larry A. Winter, Esq, Gerald J. Rapien, Esq. Robert A. Bilott 000063