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Charles Ryan A ssociates, Inc. 1510K*nfiwhn DoukvatU, tost P O Hnx ?*& C'harircinn,Wt'sl Vnyinio 2?3?3 PhOftC 3W/342-0151 TO: noyci: SCO'iT, PLANT MANAGER, MONSAT5TO, IU TKO PIERRE WILKINS, DIRECTOR, CREATIVE SERVICES FROM: CHARLES E. KYAN DATES OUI.Y 2b, 10 7D POSSIBLE QUEST!ONC (AND SUGGESTED AWSV7ERS) PROM a01IN MCCOY ON THE SOl-j D WASTE DISPOSAL ISSUE 3. IIOW ID MONSANTO CURRENTLY PIBEOSINC. OF ITS SOLID WASTE? 7\nsv;er vie collect. our solid waste irons location?*. around the plant, and nove it by vechiclc to the landfill site north of r>ur facility, within our plant boundary lines. s; land fill is operated under nt-rioi. regulation:; and is inspected oti t* regular basis by the West Viryinirt Department, of Natural Resource'.:*;. 2. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT ANY OF THIS MATERIAL MIGHT M'EC.II INTO THE WATER TAiDLE AND 71IP. KANAWHA ltlVER? Answer We have a series of perimeter and c-rinss-c.-rocsing wells drilled through the fill layer, trnh layer and a clay liner into the water Lable. We tohe namplee from thone walls and analyze them on a regular ba.*;is. These sample:; indicate v e `re not. leeching any material into tbn water table. o* (IN CASE A QUESTION IS ASKED ON WATER) Answer The plant, lias only tv:o outfalls. One enmus from the water treat*,ant plant where all our liquid runoff is trea ted before being released. This outfall in monitored and the process v:e use in treating the water has l;c:cn used ap an example. of how to operate such a plant by the ERA. o ~PL (Reyee, l #rr* pretty sure you saiu I'?/; used it a*: an example, COlTOCit Iu if 1 1p wrong) The second outfall is from a non-contact trading P(jf,fl0fttiAliOiiS;>Al*VRTi5!Kii<CGMIVWY PUSUCATfPHSPMDClWftLS KUVIS'.QN.ViDIOTAiiA*P MlM PTiCOiK-DH^ C__0_7_517 V . M . A v! . _____ _ /i.V > C%A,,* . .. -> v*-?/ accisw^ii^-v^'sv.EV'vsa ^rrt5 ` confidential arcan o f the Eckhardt report and X simply can't violate that confidentiality. 11, IS'TKKRK ANY Hr.ASON TO BF CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE AT<EAG? Answer insofar s we know, there was nothing done in the past that would affect the public. 12* WHAT ABOUT THE TOXIC DIOXIN TIERE AT MONSANTO? Answer fnicC F i r s t , i t should bi; c le a r ly imdortitOiid th a t the: Hi t.ro plant topped manufacturing dioxin-. .j& r- 7-4S-T in 19G9'an d The p lan t does not cu r re n tly manufacture any chemicals which produce tra c e amount o f any unwanted contaminants in the dioxin fa m ily . ^ 13. 1VE UNDEX(STAND THAT H0NS7iNT0 BURIED THAT DIOXIN EQUIPMENT HERB AT Tm; PI.ANT? Answer When we dismantled the equipment in the early '70?e, we decontaminated it and buried it here on the site. We monitor the containment of all solid waste buried at Nitro through a series of wr.-l1a around the pi ant. and throughout the sol id waste disposal area...that way wc can ensure that the waste is being contained. 14* Irow DID YOU DISPOSE OF THE 24S-T WHILE THE UNIT WAS OPERATING? Answer There v?as no solid waste from the manufacture of 245--T_ Wt: did have filtor olothoS;, duUt bags and i 1oor sweepings. Those wore burned in the plant incinerator. That was an acceptable and fd.andard procedure at. that time. 15 WHAT DID YOU LEAKN WHEN YOU ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS CONGERSSMAN ECKHARDT HAD? Answcr Vic learned nothing from t.Lc: quor.t.ion*; Congressman Eekhardt had, we were simply ashed to reply to hi a quo t;i.ione * (This is a question that McCoy told Fred Winterfcamp he wii:i going to ;k but. he did not ask Lbe question) 16. ARE YOU FEARFU: THAT Till;RE MAY BE A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION FROM "DUMPING*' THAT TOOK PI.ACE BEFORE YOU CAKE TO KITRO? Answer Again, insofar as we know, there was nothing done in the pa;.it that would the public. C0719 A'reraKtn?rvr!iw: ivsaw?m 4 17* WHEN DO YOU EXPECT THE ECKHAHDT KKl*OKT TO HE MADE PUHJJC OK Ills COMMITTEE TO ACT? Wo Dave had no indication that the report is to lift made public nor have we had any indication that- fiy crhioii would be raorited* C07520