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E L O IWS CEi WVV. KiXA/klILUlNl\ ,) MIVA. DI--' NEW: 253 Old Blyn Highway SEQUIM , W ASHINGTON 9 8 3 8 2 Area Code 2 0 6 Telephone 6 8 3 -6 6 4 4 Sept. 21, 1979 Linda Reymers Box 375 Eugene, Oregon 97440 Dear Miss Reymers: This is in response to your request for a written statement. I am willing to testify in connection with EPA\ s hearings oh cancella tio n of 2, 4, 5-T and Silvex. Yours truly, E lo ise W. Kailin, M. D U) & f C~A /- y ' Ms. P a tto n O f f i c e o f G e n e r a l C o n s u l West Fo tfe r Room 581 401 M S t . &.W. Washington D.C. 20460 A n t h o n y M. F r a n c i s c o n e P . 0 . Box 364 Nskewing Oregon 97149 I , ' A n t h o n y M. P r a n c i s c o n e , a g e 2 6 ? f o r e s t w o r k e r , c a r p e n t e r , hereby say th at a l l th a t is w ritte n which follow s is tru e . I w ill s w e a r i n c o u r t i f n e e d b e and i n way _o t h e r i n s t a n c e s i n w h i c h i am c a lle d to do s o . . I was work-tog tprecm m erical th in n in g t r e e s ) , during th e summer o f 1878. i n t h e S iu law N a tio n a l. F o r e s t otftof th e A lsea Ranger D i s t r i c t . ' R p r i n g t h e week o f S e p t e m b e r 3 1 , 1978 u n t i l VO c t o b e r 6 , 1978. X wpa!exposed to the Phenoxy h e rb ic id e , siIves' through the I n h a l a t i o n of" s la s h smoke. The ra n g e r d i s t r i c t (A lsea) th a t week/ was s l a s h b u rn in g so h e a v i ly t h a t v i . s i b l i t y was l i m i t e d to under- 7 5 -f e e t. The smoke bad a s tra n g e chem ical sm ell to i t i I t was b u r n i n g b o t h m y s e l f a n d my p a r t n e r s ; # p h n S h e r i d a n and M i c h a e l v . V a n e b o , e y e s and n o s t r a l s . - We h a d a fcfery h a r d t i m e b r e a t h i n g . 1, m y se lf had th e f o l lo w in g symptoms s t a r t i n g Monday O cto b er 2 , 1 9 7 8 , t h e d a y we r e t u r n e d t o w o r k : I baci chronic d ia rrh e a the whole week, h e ad a ch e s, d iz z in e s s , g a s t r o i n t e s t i n a l c r a m p s . T h e s e c r a m p s w e r e so p a i n f u l t h a t t h e y -, w o u l d c a u s e me- t o . b u c k l e o v e r i n i n t e n s e p a i n . . "r'he c r a m p s o c c u r e d a b o u t e v e r y 20 m i n u t e s , t o on h a l f h o u r f o r f o u r f u l l d a y s . ' I b a d such a shortage' o f.b re a th th at about every ten to fifte e n minutes i had t o s i t down t o c a t c h my . b r e a t h 'and! e n e r g y . T h i s w e n t op t h e w h o l e week I was working on th e u n i t . 1 have- never been s ic k l i k e IheS b e f o r e , a t some p o i n t s th e cram ps, w eakness, e t c . , were so in te n se - t h a t I t h o u g h t I was g o i n g t o d i e . 1 bad. no. a p p e t i t e , e v e r y b i t o f f o o d made me n a u s e a t e d , b u t I s t i l l a t e ' b e c a u s e I knew my b o d y n e e d l ed f o o d . A l s o -I b a d a v e r y , h a r d t i m e s l e e p i n g e a c h r . i l | g h t . My p a r t n e r s , .also:.) e x p e r i e n c e d a l l - t h e . same sy m p to m s ,' e x c e p t ' t h e bad c r a m p s a n d b a d - d i a r r h e a . - . We w e r e so i r r -t a b l e t h a t we a l m o s t g o t i n t o a f i g h t b e t w e e n e a c h o t h e r , w h i c h ' was so odd,- b e c a u s e -we n e v e r had any p r o b le m s b e tw ee n us b e f o r e . I h a v e known Mike fane-bo. f o r s e v e n y e a r s a n d tfohn S h e r i d a n f o r a. y e a r . Today w e ,, g e a l o n g a s goo d f r i e n d s . i t was j u s t during th a t week that, th e re was any for of disharmony in our f r ie n d s h ip which 1 th in k i s r a t h e r odd. Also-, o u r COR t ( i n s p e c t o r ) , f r o m A l s e a r a n g e r d i s t r i c t o f S i u s l a w N a t i o n a l F o re st to ld ns during th a t week t h a t - a la r g e r amount than normal of h is co-w orkers'for the d i s t r i c t were out sick w ith the f lu , which .was c a u s in g him to work more h o u rs because o f th e s m a ll 'c r e w s . W h a d t o d r i v e t o t h e c o a s t (?25 m i l e s ) e v e r y d a y a f t e r w o r k j u s t to be a b le to b r e a th . I never E xperienced a i r so pclute before.. A t t a c h e d t o t h i s r e p o r t i s t h e l a b work d o n e on my b l o o d . You c a p i s s e t h a t t h e r e was r e s i d u e o f s i l v e x i n my b l o o d e v e n two d a y s (when th e blood was drawn) a f t e r I l e f t th e 'w o o d s. The la b reeiey ed . t h e b o o d . 3 d a y s a f t e r i t was drawn and. r e p o r t e d t h r e s u l t s 7 d a y s a f t e r i t was draw n.* As s o o n a s I l e f t t h e work area, on O c t o b e r ' 6 , 1978, .the very next) day I began to f e e l b e t t e r . .The .diarrhea slowed way down, . e n e r g y was c o m i n g . baekV my e y e s q u i t b u r n i n g , my l u n g s ' w e r e n t_t_w*,r^ s o r e * i r r i t a b . l i t y was., au b a i -ding-,--ftlJb .tiv_,--syis-p.t.-om.-s- -were-- ---- siowy"v a n is h in g . I never went back a f t e r October 6, 1978 t o ' th a t ... .c o n tin u e d on' following: Dace. #* '* ' % St a r e a . I t to o k two months afterw cjrds' b e f o r e I could' say t h a t I f e l t P f c y . s i c a l l y g ood a g a i n . I n o t h e r w o r d s , t h a t toy e n e r g y was u p a n d .that I f e l t strong and healthy again.. . T h is i n c i d e n t was r e p o r t t b Bob fflmy, head o f c o n t r a c t i n g , S l u s l a w R a t i o n a l F o r e s t C o r v a l l i s , O r e g o n , by Mike Vanebo who h a n d l e t h e n e g o t i a t i o n , f o r o u r c r e w . B o b 1s r e s p o n s e was t h a t t h e r e was no' r e c e n t s p r a y i n g i n t h e a r e a we w e r e w o r k i n g i n o f h e r b i c i d e s . The smoke w a s n 't coming from our imm ediate a r e a , i t was coming from m i l e s a w ay . Fie s a i d t h a t t h e f o r e s t s e r v i c e i s n ' t l i a b l e f o r a n y d a m a g e s . P l e a s e c o n t a c t mgs i f n e e d b e . . - k' Sincerely, 7 l__. - .. . M K k I L a a x j 1 / ^ ^ M t o s / U L x J X jL C s v k q A n t h o n y - 4- F r a n c i s c o n e STATE OF OREGON, County of Lincoln ss. FORM NO. 2 3 -- ACKNOW LEDGMENT STEVENS-NESS LAW PUB. CO., PORTLAND. ORE. BE I T R EM E M B E R E D , That on this............. 9 th........day of........ ,.Ap r 11................... ...................., 19 1% befor'e m e, the undersigAnnetdn,oanyN oMta.rvF^Praunblcicisicnoanned--fo--r--s-a-i-d--C-o-u-n--ty- and State, personally appeared the within n a m e d ..................................... . ............... -.......................-................................................. known to me to-be the identical individual..... described in and who executed the within instrument and acknowledged to me th at.... h e .................... executed the same freely and voluntarily. ___ ' IN T E ST IM O N Y WHEREOF, I have hereunto set m y hand and affixed - 7- m y official seal the day and year last above written. N otary Public for Oregon. M y Commission expires..... ^/..).h/3Z........ *5 GHT LABORATORIES OF IMPERIAL VALLEY, INC. 106 SO. 8th STREET, BRAWLEY, CALIFORNIA 92227 344-2532 labo rato ry no. FOR SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION 0013H6 E DR. C . STRINGHAM BLOOD & URINE TONY F R A N C ISIO N E 1 . BLOOD 2 . URINE REPORTED 1 0 - 1 3 - 7 8 SAMPLED r ec eiv ed 1 0 -9 -7 8 Based on sample drawn by this laboratory delivered to us - - " ^ X RESULTS 0 F MALYSIS A LL R EP O R TED I N MIG-EO GRAMS / L BLOOD KRENITE N.D. PHENOXY H E R B IC ID E S; SILVEX 0.025 URINE N.B N.D. NOTE : N T . = NONE DETECTED TO S.M.' ' : \ A p r i l . X, 1976 / J.?./ ..-\ .-X 7 ': $0!fa<.b*fe%y.' C o o r d i n a t o r ; H - - . , : . ^ Subi se t :Herbi cide Spraying . '- ' ' \ / D u a n e - E n g e r c a l l e d me t h i s A.M. t o i n f o r m u s t h a t t h e FHWA c r e w p e r f o r m i n g l i n e s u r v e y s i n S e c . 8 , T. 2 9 S , R. 11W g o t h i t by h e r b i c i d e T u es. The" f o l l o w i n g day t h e y became s i c k a n d v o m i t e d . * -we s h o u l d ^ g e t t h e i r names a n d m o n i t o r t h e s i t u a t i o n f o r a f t e r e f f e c t s , i f any. ' f e n e e d t o f i n d o u t why t h e s e men w e re e x p o s e d t o h e r b i c i d e p o i s o n i n g and devise procedures to prevent sim ilar accidents in the future. L arry Oasey To P i l e s A p ril 3, 1978 From Herb Olson S u b j e c t : R e p o r t o f E x p o s u r e t o . H e r b i c i d e S p r a y by FHWA S u r v e y Crew . The M y r t l e w o o c a r e a m a n a g e r i n f o r m e d me t h a t t h e FHWA S u r v e y Grew h a d been in the spray area during our herbicide a e ria l spray operations. I h a v e b e e n u n a b l e t o t a l k w i t h Wayne B a r b e r , FHWA f o r e m a n y e t t o g e t a f u l l r e p o r t on c o n t a c t w i t h t h e s p r a y . The i n c i d e n t may h a v e o c c u r r e d d u r i n g , o u r s p r a y i n g o f a c l e a r - c u t l o c a t e d i n t h e SE-&, S e c . 7 , T. 3 9 3 , R. 11W. T h i s u n it i s d esig n ated as number 11-3 in. the 1978 spray c o n tra c t in the M y rtle- . wood a r e a . The u n i t was s p r a y e d on Mon A.M. , Mar. 3 9 t h , b e t w e e n . t h e h o u r s o f 10 :30 and 11:45. I examined th e u n i t a pproxim ately ^ -hour b e fo re sp ray in g and found no evidence of anyone i n the a re a. I drove through the u n it to the end of the road along the East boundary of the u n it. I stopped several tim es to look over t h e - u n i t and put out s e n s i t i s e d paper to check on spray c o v e r a g e . I o b s e r v e d t h e s p r a y o p e r a t i o n from a v a n t a g e p o i n t on t h e West edge of.' t h e u n i t a n d d i d n o t s e e o r h e a r any s i g n o f t h e c re w i n t h e a r e a , a t t h e tim e. The h e l i c o p t e r made two t r i p s to spray th e u n i t . . Spraying s t a r t e d a t a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 0 : 3 9 A.M. w i t h t h e s e c o n d l o a d d e l i v e r e d a b o u t one hour la te r . Herb Olson To F i l e s A p r i l iS, 1978 From Herb Olson . S u b j e c t : H e r b i c i d e S p r a y I n c i d e n t i n v o l v i n g FHWA S u r v e y Grew , I c a l l e d P e t e K i r k , M y r t l e w o o d s i l v i c u l t u r a l i s t t o h a v e h i m adk Torn Schaab, h e l i c o p t e r p i l o t on our spray c o n t r a c t , to determ ine i f the p i l o t sa w t h e FHWA c r e w d u r i n g s p r a y o p e r a t i o n s on t h e u n i t i n S e c . -*?, --T. SOS,-- R. l l w . P e t e c h e c k e d w i t h t h e p i l o t t h e n c a l l e d me t o s t a t e t h e p i l o t d i d not see the crew and th a t the p i lo t ro u tin e ly in sp e cts each u n it from the a i r p r i o r t o s p r a y i n g . X t h e n c a l l e d Wayne B a r b e r , -FHWA f o r e m a n t o g e t m ore i n f o r m a t i o n on t h e i n c i d e n t . He s a i d some s p r a y h a d b e e n d e p o s i t e d on t h e crew and one man was s i c k t h e n e x t day. He d i d n o t know i f th e s i c k n e s s and the spray were re la te d . I asked th a t he ta lk with the crew and if. any- one on the crew f e l t they ex p erien ced any i l l e f f e c t s due to th e spray to s u b m i t a r e p o r t o f t h e i n c i d e n t t o me. Wayne s a i d h e d i d n ' t f e e l any h a r m - : f u l e f f e c ts were caused but w ill d iscu ss th e m atter-w ith h is crew and report to the d is tr ic t. Herb Olson .. Memo f r o m Ji m B a t d o r f f , COAR S u b j e c t : A c c i d e n t a l a e r i a l h e r b i c i d e s p r a y i n g o f FHWA c r e w ' b y E v e r g r e e n H elicopters, Inc. On T h u r s d a y A p r i l 1 , 1973', 1 0 : 4 5 A . M . , I r e c e i v e d a p h one c a l l from : Wayne B a r b e r , - s u p e r i nfen&ent o f a c r e w o f FHWA e m p lo y ees" t h a t had. b e e n sp ra y e d by a h e l i c o p t e r a p p ly in g h e r b i c i d e s , w hile th e crew was su rv ey in g a p r o p e r t y l i n e . The i n c i d e n t o c c u r r e d on Monday,. March 2 9, 1976, as the crew c o n s i s t i n g o f W illia m K. G e n t, J o s e p h F. L a m b e rt, F o s t e r E. G r i b , a d S t e n h e n J . Qouner we re s u r v e y i n g a s e c t i o n l i n e common t o S e c . 7 and .8 o f X ,v T. 3 9 S , R. 1IW* ( a p p r o x i m a t e l y 10 m i l e s S o u t h o f M y r t l e Oregon ./ ^ ' I n ^ c o n t a d l r % the- p r o j e c t . . I n s p e c t o r , P e t e r K irk,- a n d c ftira r p e r s o n n e l o f . t h e '- l f ^ r t i e w o e s o u r c e A r e a , i n - w h o s e a r e a t h e i n c i d e n t o c c u r r e d , I . l e a r n e d t h a t a u n i t f i t t i n g t h e a b o v e l o c a t i o n d e s c r i p t i o n h a d b e e n t r e a t e d on Mon day, March 29, 1978 under a c o n tr a c t with Evergreen H e lic o p te r s , In c . fo r . w h ic h I h a v e t h e COAR. A c c o r d i n g t o P e t e K i r k - n e i t h e r t h e R e s o u r c e A r e a manager, John Warner, o th e r a re a personnel ( e i t h e r on or o ff th e p r o je c t lo ca tio n ) nor the c o n tra cto r' s personnel (the service personnel) nor the p i l o t , Tom S c h a u b , h a d r e a s o n t o s u s p e c t t h a t any o t h e r work was b e i n g p e r - : form ed on t h a t a r e a a t t h a t tim e . The i n s p e c t o r f o r t h e c o n t r a c t was on t h e a r e a and saw no v e h i c l e s i n t h e im m e d ia te a r e a . The p i l o t said, he. r o u t i n e l y i n s p e c t s each I n i t p r i o r to sp ray in g and saw no one. Wayne B a rb e r s a i d t h a t when th e i n c i d e n t o c c u r r e d 'the -crew moved o u t of t h e a r e a b u t d i d n o t wash o f f u n t i l t h a t e v e n i n g . One of t h e c re w m em bers, : W i l l i a m H. d e n t , " m i g h t h a v e v o m i t e d " , a c c o r d i n g t o B a r b e r . The o t h e r mem b e rs suffered- no i l l e f f e c t s w ith the exception of being nauseated f o r a day. The u n i t i n # i i e h t h e i n c i d e n t o c c u r r e d b o r d e r s th e s e c t i o n l i n e f o r a b o u t 400 f e e t a c c o r d i n g t o t h e p r o j e c t map. To h a v e b e e n s p r a y e d d i r e c t l y t h e c r e w wou ld h a v e h a d t o h a v e b e e n i n t h i s 400 ",f o o t a r e a * To n a v e b e e n 'f t r n d i r e c t l y s p r a y e d due t o n o r m a l d r i f t , t h e c re w w o u ld n a v e n a d to~~be. w i t h i n . . 200 f e e t e i t h e r sid e of the 400 area. Wayne was a l s o i n t e r e s t e d i n f i n d i n g o u t what c h e m i c a l / c h e m i c a l s t h e crew had been sprayed w ith ; a t what c o n c e n tra tio n , and what e f f e c ts th e c h e m ic a ls would have a t th e a p p l i c a t i o n r a t e . I t o l d him i t was " s tr a n g e " he should be c a lle d -u s 3 days a f te r the in c id e n t happened. Then I gave him t h e i n f o r m a t i o n h e ^ a s k e d f o r . The c h e m i c a l s u s e d w e r e : ! l b s . o f 2 , 4 - D ( 4 l b s . A . E . ) a n d 1-g- l b s . o f 3 , 4 , 5 - T P ( S i l v e x , 4 l b s . A. E . ) d i l u t e d w i t h a p p ro x im a te ly 9 .2 g a l. of d i e s e l o i l to make a 10 g a l. s o l u t i o n . The r a t e o f a p p l i c a t i o n was 10 g a l . / a c r e . I t o l d Wayne t h e a p p r o x i m a t e t o x i c i t y o f t h e cfiem icel on a n im a ls and t h a t i t would, t a k e a l a r g e q u a n t i t y of t h e s e c h e m i c a l s t o be s e r i o u s l y a f f e c tteed b u t t h a t d i f f e r e n t i n d i v i d u a l s h;a v e d i f -- feren t lev els of toleranc I t o l d him a t tides t i m e (3 days l a t e r ) i t appeared th a t i f th ere hadS' t been any problems th e re shouldn't be any b ut t o k e ep me i n f o r m e d . Xki t a l k i n g w i t h Wayne, on A p r i l 4 , 1976* t h e c re w h a s e x p e r i e n c e d .no f u r t h e r p r o b l e m s o t h e r t h a n h a v i n g b e e n n a u s e a t e d t h a t f i r s t d a y . Wayne a l s o m e n t i o n e d t h a t t h e c re w was n o t d i r e c t l y s p r a y e d b u t h a d come i n c o n - t a c k w i t h s p r a y d r i f t . Memos on t h i s i n c i d e n t w r i t t e n by H e r b O l s o n , t h e M v r t l e w o o d R e s o u r c e A r e a ' s A s s i s t a n t M a n a e e r . a r e a t t a c h e d CIm* fjJ J M L ju (L LO jl. ^ J jL A d J ^ cJj^LO ^Jy 04V ^l i ^ ^<? I .. j^ ^ y l X y(y^^~ U <Z P ^ /tL^ iSsZL/J t ^\>'&%0 C , fr7~<y ^ 6 ^ /Vu>h y tM lOu, 1 CLaXA; ^ SlA^J^JC *- ^ Q v U  y ) ^ aJ ^ a j Jiy JisL-C'vl. .X L jy y u tJ ^ UAs O tA-- ~~i [ X /] ^ - ' : c) y jy\5rt-^-~y jU /,l|0 ^T W L nM ~ jjs y L tU J fr y L r^ L A J t <'-0L^y v y - j ^(drHy) q/ M cL i/l jL V f 1 7 7 f. ? i . u . /fi MO U HK A B O RA.C >UIK S,' IN C chemical analysis and research ; I2S F*ULTONAVMUE, , : 1,SACnAMCNTO. CALIFORW93B2B :'\ 4 8 3 4 - 21 Auyurit 1973 li * "Lonpyaar ; 121 lias kv til Oi`UpQU .\ ixmomtory Jo, ./M't v .-il*.ft i veti v Sanul *573fc i/ n in 1 a U i r f u r C U l o r o p n e a o x v a c i d a a hd X'r> t e r LdeuLli. ItaiLloi (li l tirnh< uoxy a c id s . ( in c . a c ia s an J or Auino: Oui o r o p l u i u o / y O? tu r s Sitar 2, 0 ,9 ppm i .* .ppm.. iioue doter tod Mathen) Ue f : Vh\ `UW U V o l , I 2 2 2 U 3 i)u L e c t i o n Li ni1 i s : itdP-- -- ~ j , i>;j ppn 01 apio 2 f - i) ----- ^^~r - -- 0*03 ppin 2f 4, *10 ppi. c a t e r s - . - ^ ^ ^ - -- 0.02 ppn 'Further informa l i o n o f tnc t o x ic id: is. of t!ve Oiloronlurnony nci^n and /their e s t e r s to p la s- and aniraala can h ..obtained by, writaiip., ;x>/,pf. ;ph.y uaanf a c t u r e s . 1m," Amcmom Products i n e . Aubier, .Pena, 1*1002';, i\ia Dovi CainLeal Co, . ! , ' A g r i c u l t u r a l ^nemicala hi v i s i o n \m Midland, 'hc!iL;>m PMOAj v:>' "Ionsan to Co, , ~~~ Agricultural division -v: 0)w M* Liruiucr;. Alvei* '' / S t, la>uis* M issouri 63]o(i ^ ibbiidV /iVi-: I,Ai-0i`^T'HU:s, L b ;. . M a r j a l - L, He'/ey H i tm:Kor // 5 i k h f r ti) Bfr- / A / 6 r C B &mj FlK iW fr J , m o~ y Vfr W L P & O 'jeC T W & U C C m S ;'. ' C A rtff . ,, > X ^ fc , 'eJ ^ /Q 7 7 sjm ) 7 ,. ^& jt , l nfK ^ A u J __ -^IJ!_&^c7.--s y^L-t^yt^C^i~e- \JhiJ i gS^kJ /)> 7 f 7 `/ J , ' *j ....... . -- ,# i ^ L Z - ^ ^ / )!L \J- X .^S ^usyU ^L ij' ^ 7 4. ~ T s ' / tp r /Q /^yyZ& -0 /^--'J~ /tl^ isL y  y iU .'Cft&yYi' W C 4 .jP . 7f t j , ^ f s r f i r y /3 ^ -0 $ 2 -J/jlJ L usI*#, V /f yf 'UPDATE FROM BILL-- in case I don't make the meetl ng . .V \ I) Risk witnesa 1rstr- I don't havaaTiy conf i rmed additions to make to i t . Some suggest ions : I __ yj Technical n Jack Fellman-- Uof 0 Med S c h l. Bept. of Biochemistry. He is an expert in amino acid meta bolism and neurochemistry, and would be good to deal w/ Sjoten & S . ; unformtunately, he is on vacation t i l l Oct. 1 or thereabouts, s o . . . J e f f Bland--an envi momenta 1/organic chemist at U. Puget Sound jQ J o h n Craighead, Wilderness Research ' n s t it u t e , U. Montana-- has info on D and T e ffe c ts on Raptors C l Stanton Maxey Ocean Blvd. Med. C t r . , 921 E. Ocean Blvd. Stuart F la . 32494 387-3227 2) As fa r as motions go--Jim Campell is looking over my o u tlin e for the motion to not attend hearing, & w i l l have i t back by e a rly next week i f not before the meeting. Motion for f i e ld hearings is d o n e ... I have to type i t up in a f in a l form, which I w i l l do as soon as I c a n . . . Sorry if I don't come to the meeting, but 1 am being invaded by r e l a t iv e s , and jm having demands put on my t i m e . . . i f Jim brings back the motion, could someone e ls e deal with it i f I'm not around? Than ks... -B ill |^P0|URE WITNESS: Claude johnson, 2613 Howard Ave. , Medford, OR 97501. Had D and T in b 1ood, i n the land. \ raage, with appropriate symptoms, a ft e r being out hunting on sprayed A lso , Will Bloch, at In s t it u t e of Molecular Biology here at U of 0 (a phud in Biochem) says he might have a T i t t l e .XXX energy to put into helping on t h i s , looking at papers and such - MXpX was he who suggested Fel lman and Bland. . . If we need a neurochemsit q u ick ly, someone could c a ll Dell Rhodes at Y a le , (203)432 4186; she's an ex-professor of mine and a neuropharmacologist. . . she could probably suggest some one...KKim pm A lso, Pavel Smejtek at 0SU environmental Sciences (l think) has done work on membrane c9nd u c tiv ity and e ffe c ts of 2,4-D and PCP on sam e... I w i l l be in Portland Sun. n it e , can be reached at Quincy dormitory (774~904); may or may not be able to c a ll some of these folks on Monday am. I plan to go to Gold B ach on Monday, then to the C l in i c for Tues. and Wed. XpXtfMXyXXXXKlMfXMSXXX. If I am ffiKphXXf needed to do EPA s t u f f , let me know in Portland Sat or Sun n ite at above number, and I'll-co m e down on Mon. and Tues. morning.. .Gold Beach f o l k s ' l l understand (they j u s t sent us $50 for the cancellation hearings)... bb ([(i^crvut^ojri h fte W b ^ On A p r il 16, the f i r s t day of Earth Week, the HIS F o re st S e r v ic e w i l l begin .yef another a s s a u lt on the p r o d u c t iv it y , h e a lth , and g en etic in t e g r it y of th is p la n e t : the spjrayintj o f th. W illam ette N ational f o r e s t w ith to x ic h e r b ic id e s . At the same tim e, the C on g ijfssi/p a 1 Subcommittee on F o re s tr y w i l l be meeting in Eugene. : : : NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE OURSELVES HEARD:!! NORTHWEST COALITION FOR ALTERNATIVES TO PESTICIDES NORTHWEST FOREST WORKERS ASSOCIATION (NWFWA) U OF 0 SURVI VAL CENTER :^ GREENPEACE ;. (NCAP) ask you to j o in us on v**'*, - : * * r, C IG 2 & W Z 1 V 16 nooaw o 6^ G SPEAKERS: JOHN PLATT, 0 EC - JERRY RUST, LANE COUNTY COMMISSIONER NCAP/NWFWA/GREENP EACE 3-00 ; s c y c & c e C Y c t e e c i s ic e c o s e x m io PARKING AVAILABLE OTHER DATES TO REMEMBER: S ta te B i l l HB 3000 hearin g in A p r il EPA suspen sio n hea rin g s in A.pri.1 Symposium on P e s t ic i d e s , U o f 0 Med S ch o o l, P o rtlan d demonstr thons a t o th e r p la c e s , in A p r il and May FOR MORE INFO CONTACT: Greenpeace, POB 10362, Eugene 97440 NCAP, POB 375, Eugene OR 97440 NWFWA, POB 10107 fiugene^OR 97440 S u rv iv a l C e n te r, S u it e 1, EMU i f , U o f 0 , Eugene OR 97403 687-8121 J44-5044 485-2424 686-4356 V \ CLX X cJ F I R S T N A T IO N A L B A N K OF O R E G O N Date Savings A cct. No. TO OUR CUSTOMER: Out of s ig h t, out of mind can be ap p lied to money a s w e ll a s to p eo p le ! T h is i s our way of reminding you that you have a sa v in g s account with us - an account that has been in a c tiv e for fiv e y e a rs now . N atu rally, w e have been w ondering. We would lik e to s e e a ll of our a cco u n ts on the " a c tiv e l i s t , " b e c a u se w e know the value of a bank savin gs account. And a bank such as ours can offer you such a wide variety of se r v ic es in addition. P erhap s you m ight prefer to do your banking by m ail. Or perhaps one of our other branches is more con ven ien tly loca ted for you. If so , w on't you p le a s e c a ll on us and l e t u s explain our bank-by-m ail and interbranch se r v ic e s ? Even more important, w on't you at le a s t bring in your p a ssb o o k so that your in te re st credit can be entered up to date? We sin c e r e ly d is lik e m aking s e r v ic e ch arges on in a c tiv e s a v in g s a c co u n ts and would much prefer to have accounts reactivated; how ever, the heavy accum ulation of such accou nts m akes serv ice charges n e c essa ry to defray the c o sts of su p ervisin g and handling. You can avoid such charges by arranging within the next 60 days to have u s enter your in te r e st in )rour p a ssb o o k , a s s u g g e s te d ab ove, by a d v isin g u s o f your current a d d re ss, or by in itia tin g any tran saction a ffe c tin g your a ccou n t b a la n ce . MI S C - 3 7 2 -1 -6 4 Branch NORTHWEST COALITION for ALTERNATIVES to PESTICIDES P.O. BOX 375 EUGENE, , O R EG O N 97440 (503) 344-5044 August 14, 1979 \. ' To: Prospective NCAP Witnesses in the case of Dow Chemical Co. et al before the U .S . EPA, Cancellation Proceedings on 2,4*5-T and S ilv e x Hello. As some of you may know, NCAP formally f i l e d to:jin te rvene I n JJt-S'tT-a't I v e -- o'f;;2>4'>5^T and Si lvex on fo re st lands, pasture, and rights-of-way. This EPA action follows th e ir 1978 RPAR o f ' 2 , 4 , 5 - T and S ilv e x , and the emergency suspension of 2 ,4 ,5 -T and S ilv e x in February 1979 following release of the A1sea Basin Study where an increase in spontaneous abortions was seen in women 1iving/forested areas sprayed with 2 ,4 ,5 "T and S ilv e x . in' / We have been following these cancel 1at ion proceedings since our intervention in e a rly June, and are working at ra is in g money to help us p a r tic ip a te more f u l l y . At t h is time we are getting ready to f i l e a motion requesting f i e l d hearings in Oregon (and maybe in C a lifo r n ia or Washington also) (depending on what can be r e a l i s t i c a l l y done). If such a motion is granted, the whole show w i l l be brought out here fo r a period of time and we can le t the adm inistrative law judge see what the problem is for him self, and hear in person the testimony of people who have been exposed and p o ssib ly some of oyr local expert witnesses. Otherwise, the hearings w i l l proceed in Washington, D.C. o n ly, and testimony w i l l be reviewed in w ritten form o n ly . We feel this: Would not adequately define the r i s k issu e , since nc[one could possibly imagine what the Coast Range in December is l ik e when i t is raining from a description on a piece of paper, nor is i t possible to adequately define the extent of exposure and the circumstances which convince people of t h e ir exposure by something so impersonal as a w ritten re p o rt .. - There are precedents for f i e ld hearings in other EPA a c t io n s , such as the chlorodane/ heptdchlor hearings. One of the EPAlaw yerssuggested that we f i l e such a motion, and we are working at getting elected o f f i c i a l s and the EPA and EDF (Environmental Defense Fund) to support our motion for f i e l d hearings. I f we can do these thingsj there is a good chance that we w ill have f i e ld hearings here, probably in the la te f a l l or e a rly winter. We are working on short notice right now, as we must f i l e our motion for a f i e ld hearing and our l i s t of exposure (risk ) witnesses' at the same time, no la te r than September 14, We are told the judge would be more inclined to grant our motion i f we get i t in e a r l i e r , so that he is under less time pressure to make a decision ( i . e . we are being respectful of the pressure he is under). Therefore, we want to send th is motion and l i s t in by September 1, 1979. / August A k , 1979 Letter to Risk Witnesses Page 2 I am w riting a l l persons who may be our r is k w itnesses. We w i l l have to re fin e our l i s t as we cannot have as many witnesses as we would l i k e , although we w i l l push for a maximum number. Our l i s t includes workers and re s id e n ts, p o ssibly some a p p lic a t o r s , p h y sic ia n s, and maybe some s c i e n t i s t s and fo r e s t e r s . The EPA's l i s t o f w itnesses is almost e n t ir e ly s c i e n t i s t s and a few f o r e s t e r s , e tc . They have only three. (3) yes THREE, exposure cases on th e ir ten ta tiv e l i s t of w itnesses. That i s j u s t not enough. We want to center our case during f i e l d hearings on the people themselves. Now to why I am w ritin g to you and what 1 want you to d o ... We need an immediate response from a l l persons being contacted. You need to w rite us a le t t e r saying that you e ith e r w i l l or w i l l not be one of our w itn e sse s, should we _jdecJ d.e_we .want--'tou.juse_jyour.Jtes timony: and.dapandi ng on-whetbarLjor^qod^ f i e ld hearings is granted. You a lso need to b r i e f l y define your case. We do not need to give d e t a i l s of a testimony on our r i s k witness l i s t , but we must b r i e f l y sta te what the person w i 11 t e s t i f y to. Give us enough information in your b r ie f d escription so that we can make decisions about which testimonies have p r i o r i t y . I f th e ir i s any thing highly unusual about your case ( i . e . b irt h d e fe cts, spontaneous abortion, cancer, lab reports of i t in your blood, water, food, how many years you applied chemicals and what happened to you, e t c .) which may make your case more s t r ik in g and d efineab le, please le t us know what that information might be. Some of you have already sent in d etailed information on your exposure. 1 s t i l l want you to wri te a b r i e f description of what happened to? you (a few para-graphs is what 1 am talk in g about). We can then condense th is into 3 or k sentences, add our work during t h is he ctic time period w i l l be considerably lessened. Your response to us does not have to be typewritten or notorized. Future a f f i d a v i t s , e tc . w ill have to be typed and notorized, but right now we j u s t need to hear from you as soon as p o ssib le , and be able to f i l e our motion for f i e l d hearings. I f you have any questions, c a l l us between 9 and 6 weekdays. There a r e often people here on weekends, so j u s t try and you might be in luck. I f you can get your response to us no la t e r than August 22nd, then we w i l l be right in the ball park for meeting our time l im it . Hope to hear from you soon, and thanks! M /& Mar 1a G i l l ham Co-coordi nator ?.*S. 'P U a.se / ft ih<S C m telin k er) ^rvC eeci/K jj ~2>eu) is <m h t^ r 4 The Dow Chemccc T r^ i SOILS RESOURCE Public Input to the Brochure The following comments were provided in relation to evaluation criteria for the Soils Resource: - Protection of the soils resource should be considered. - Consider the soils resources, but don't let it preclude timber management. I. REQUIRED CRITERIA - IDT RECOMMENDATIONS Quantity and quality of soil resource will be maintained at present levels. 1. Soil erosion rates will not be above % present rates. 2. Soil fertility will not be reduced by more than 5% from pres ent level. WORKING GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS The following comments and recommendations were offered by members of the Working Group: 1. Present levels are too high. 2. Present levels are good enough. 3. Add economic criteria costs and benefits, direct and indirect. 4. Longer rotation of crop, i.e., 300 years. 5. Utilization of logging techniques to minimize soil erosion. 6. Add the following criteria - "soils stay in place and fertil ity rates stay high". DISCUSSION In several places in the National Forest Management Act, it states that activities can only be accomplished without impairment of soil productivity. Forest Service policy also directs that soil pro ductivity and water quality not be degraded. Therefore, it was agreed that there are "Required" criteria for the Soils Resource. The Working Group's comments also indicate a concern for soil erosion and fertility on the Mapleton Unit. There was some dis cussion by the Working Group as to what level the soils resource should be managed (current conditions or natural, undisturbed conditions). C fQ jg, L J I _ ft (O u J- As a result, it was agreed that a "Minimum" timber criteriasy.ll be established. This criteria will be based on the programmed target for Fiscal Year 1979 as adjusted for non-programmed salvage. Through this criteria, the land management alternatives can be evaluated in relationship to current timber outputs, * - DECISION MINIMUM CRITERION - TIMBER RESOURCE; Maintain the current level of timber harvest on the Mapleton Plan ning Unit (measured as the FY 1979 adjusted programmed target, 83 MMBF). II. RESOURCE EMPHASIS CRITERION - IDT RECOMMENDATIONS Maximize the production of softwoods and hardwoods on regulated lands, while meeting the required criteria for other resources. WORKING GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS Add the following criteria - "Management of a certain amount of hardwoods - MMBF per year". DISCUSSION The Working Group expressed a concern for the management of some volume of hardwood fiber. Also, public input to the brochure indicates a concern for a diversity of tree species rather than a monoculture. Review of these concerns indicated that the planning process should consider what will be the total fiber production, for both hard woods and softwoods, under any land management alternative. There fore, at the Resource Emphasis level, the goal should be to maxi mize fiber production rather than just softwoods (conifer) or hardwoods. * - DECISION RESOURCE EMPHASIS CRITERION - TIMBER RESOURCE Maximize wood fiber production (softwoods and hardwoods) on regu lated lands, while meeting the Required Criteria for other resources 21 1 .( iw J L ? , ) *rv\i&h*A/ ksc e e -, ncif F s t . S p i ^ s k ] 3 ,'H ,^ -'r P 4 z J - T ) , r ekd ill i>n, blad pi>U-li cisaiL-e y 0 ^ v -e ^ jo )u e o /^ -tL v v c l /h b I00 d j c O o J^ x ' Sp-^WvO A^ vvviaJ rn $* ^ i ^ u h 'c a J u r ^ O ^ O f x iw > ij ({ ^ YYytnrCFhsiJ H . / 3 rtu j^g z~ J & c L >*Ujl & ju e ^ A o ^ v > I I- - O-iKjQJL LO o jo Mo L C^Lu-olfi^U 'u n u a o u k ^ o u c ^ e ^ : 4 U ^ cL j.Vxoti^J- ^ "TY\ja . o J\S L. | CL-4>a-%9 ( I L ^ jCJ ^ /t S Y tVv-o^. I<LO-Us*o) ( J k ` k 2 * fk u e c j ^ L , ntv^- eU*vc*&> du*kxy ,U )ftv c c . ^ > se^ .i*rEXPOSURE SUMMARY SHEET S i l v Q /tn 2 . Exposure Type Persona 1 i nha lat on derma 1 i ngest ion Property water vegetation 1i v e s t o c k Con i f e r s : Other: 3. Person Exposed: Rural Resident Forest Worker Commercial A p p licator Home Use Other: Usage: Forestry Ri ghts-of-way Pasture Rangeland: Rice Lawn & Garden Other: _ _ _ _ 5. Documentation: Lab A n a ly s is : tissue blood urine water vegetation animal prod, soil air Agency Report: Physician's Report: Other : . date residue det. Yes co 11e c . 1eve! 1?m? t drift d ?s t a n c e lab or agency (name) Address of Lab, Agency, or P h y s ic ia n : D r . f i M. D. ; B a 6). 6. S p ecifics of Exposure: Date of I nci dent (s) : ________ . _______________ . Spraying Company or Agency ( D i s t r i c t ) : Chemical used, EPA Reg. # : _____________ ______________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Information source: _______________ / _________________ _ Witnesses: Complaint f ile d : . _________________`. _______ . .. .. ' 7. Legal Action Taken? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Successful? 8. Wi 11 ingness to T e s t i f y ? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9$ Name: ix o S C L.^- Address: _______________ Tele.: Mi-eq _________________________ . __________ Age: Sex: 10. A f f id a v i t on f i l e wi th (Name and address of organization) Oosl LlHv -fm M \C jTYUXMm CS --b T ~. B roc ' 3 7 5 1 SiuyiASL^y O I- \ *%.*/ gj lanct Earth: Christian Science onitor, Feb. 1, 1978: "At least 500,000 pesticide poisonings occur each year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). And while no accurate breakdown exists, WHO officials stress that among poorer nations, the poisoning rate is alarmingly high. "The world uses about 4 billion pounds of insect, mite, rat, and woed killer per year--about a pound for every person on Earth. Industrialized nations produce about 97 per cent of these products, according to the Food and Agriculture ..Organization (FAO), and use 80-90 percent. . . . "The worlds pesticide industries operate virtually unmonitored. In the United States, federal law allows coirtpanies to produce and export pesticides banned or not yet registered here. American companies exported more than 77 milSon pounds of unregistered pesticides in 1975, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)." / \ British Columbia: Mirian Doucct and \ . Tier associates in B.C. have compiled a well-documented research report on 2,4- D, "The Other Face of 2,4-D", available for $7.00 from South Okanagan Envi ronmental Coalition, P.O. Box 153, Penicton, B.C. V25-6K3. The report contains much unpublished research and unrelcased data from industry and government ("our" government!), in cluding "bootleg copies" of Bionetics studies run in 1965, 66 and 67 showing 2,4-D to cause liver cancer and lymph- cancer in animals. "Were quoting the still unpublished studies by Dr. Diane Courr.ey, Chief Toxicologist for the Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.) which reveal ed that low doses of 2,4-D for a long period of time cause more fetal damage than large doses. We are quoting a yet I unpublished Health, Education and Welfare report covering 79,000 animals which shows that the dioxin is not responsible for the birth deformities, that this is caused by the chlorophenols themselves. "This study was confirmed by our . Canadian official, Dr. W.B. McKinley, ) in 1972 when his group studied 2,4-E) / and 2.4,5-T in rats. They found that even y 2,4-D, which does not contain dioxin, was producing more birth deformities at lower doses then 2,4,5-T. Our officials and even the chemical Manufacturing # companies--like Dow Chemical--have been insisting that the dioxin is respon- , *1 T ' . t #> ALL O'v K Coos Bay, Oregon: Rose Lee lives-with NEW ZEAL,- her 2 children at Allegheny, outside Coos Bay. Their spring was contami nated by Weyerhauser spraying. In December her daughter developed bruises which wouldn't go away, so her mother took her to Dr. Morgan in Coos Bay. A blood test showed that her platelet count had dropped from the normal 200,000 count to 6500, which is well below the level at which dangerous internal hemorrhaging can occur, so she was immediately admitted to the hospi tal. From there she was sent to Chil dren's Orthopedic Hosp. in Seattle. The disease is called IPT, and one known cause is industrial pollutants. There is no specifically known relation to herbi cides, but this remains a possible c :u;-e. Her blood test revealed I microgram/ liter Silvex in her blood (one per; per billion) and a water sample caken from her family's kitchen tap showed .2 microgams/litcr (.2ppb), of 2,4-D. Pose came to Eugene and talked to Fred and There had been no ac herbicides for 20 year Bay, New Zealand, wh September the peace w helicopter showering i with 2,,4,5-T. The nearer had 18 months previous a baby daughter with t normaities and suspects, spraying early in her l possible cause, was thi take action, especially a ply came from the sprayed. AH branches of were informed iinmedia, days a public meeting w. the local people vnanhv. their strong concern at : ing brought to bear cm eradicate so-called roxi such poisons, reeling w: decided that a. comma formed to investigate the Ann. Afterwards, there was a town atccl with spraying in meeting in Allegheny. com mi gee has since w The Allegheny town- meciuv.; drew 150 people from a cross-sec! ion of the community including loggeis. Lvery- currying cut its invest ie. ing the news media v. whenever possible. ^Soo bedy was mad at oyvrhwww . /.'fh, do we always assume people who. work in the woods will take the side of the :v::k owners?) Nc. one from County or d u e agencies showed up to answer one: .ions about dangers to health (they .-.ere invited). A representative of VAyew hauser took a list of demands but Vfeyer- hauser won't do anything e/xeyt. maybe advertise when they are going to spray. Fred called Dept, of Agriculture, \ /rich bus premised to take samples, arm me Coos County Health Dept. v. ho promised to take blood samples. Resi dents of the area are demand lug mat herbicides be kept out of their water incident another atlemr supply. spray with Tordon cor. Fred has 6 depositions fro nr peorle. from the back of a kmdru residents and loggers., who have suffered to s o r e private rvsido: ill health effects from the rymhrw. mgeu residents marched There are six cases of cancer on_. and.cs>::flc.ull-J.Liiexcmtr.~ watershed, and 10 down, the road. have decided discretion part of valor ::s he beat ; He has not re turned since realizes that to reques: : any herbicide is out of this agriculturally don*, out we do kel we have here in Covernors Bay geograpnic location. We ; The Wall Street Journal, Feb, 13, 1975: the head of Lyneltcn Ha"Under Attack: Small Chemical Firm slopes gently up from has Massive Problems With Toxic steepens to 1..500 ft. Most Products". A detailed account of corpo ccs. which are on the . rate irresponsibility on the part of land near the sea, rely o: Velsicol, a subsidiary of Northwest In soring water from the as dustries (a diversified holding company above. O ur case, request ______ Oregon Bancher~Not identified bee?'use of the effect i t -would bsvo -~ii|n his court case. * /"** ) nI have a r a n c h i n Oregon, and i n t h e e a r l y S pring o f t h i s y e a r ' a h e l i c o p t e r came over and sp r a y e d a l a ^ a e s e c t i o n o f h i l l l a n d . a d j a c e n t t o my r a n c h . While- 'they ' wore d o in g t h i s t h e y v i o l at e d t h o " Oregon F o r e s t P r a c t i c e s Act and s p r a y e d d i r e c t l y i n t o my s p r i n g -water ''Three days a f t e r ve v e r e sn r a y o d we t o o k e x t e n s i v o b l o o d and u r i n e t e s t s and we found c o n s i d e r a b l e amounts o f a c o m b i n a t i o n o f 2 , 1f-*D and 2,**,5-2 -In. t h e blood and u r i n e o f my wife- a n d ' m y s e l f * -."Lot-me r u n t h r o u g h h e r symptoms, which began 2*+ t o 36 h o u r s a f t e r the- s p r a y i n g o c e u r e d , and we v e r o u n k n o w in g ly d r i n k i n g t h i s w a t e r b ecau se we had been away from t h e r a n c h w h i l e t h e s t r a y i n g : ) V 5525 CAVES' HIGHWAT CAVE JUNCTION, OREGON 97523 .MAY-,22, 1979 OK A,-BAT IN FEBED ARY 1 9 7 S' A HELICOPTER FLEW; OVER' MY-.HOUSE -;' _ANH WHEN.'..IT.iffl.AQiiEDL-THE FOREST. JEHIND. JOffi.. HOJ SE...MI .DAUGHTER TTVEfi^m^CRGOS^lfflE- STREET-DTQfTS^RM--TffiO"WlDE-:EAft:-OSr"-p T R ^ -i & lE ;G"-EENEA-TH'-^HE-- -- HELICOPTER'. THIS- HUNTFROMATHE^IOODS ON" MY SIDE OFF THE:"' " HOAD TO THE FOREST ON fflFI OTHER SIDE OF THE "rOAd' AND' OVER' A GREAT -DEAL OF THE AREA ON THE OPPOSITE- -SIDE OF THE ' ROAD- I THERE0 SEEMED TO BE -TRHONS-AAHIOH---HAD--G0:NE^UP-:IHE-OLD;-l3GGING:-RQ-A--D^A7GRO--S-S^iHl----ST-RlET- I FOUND IT ; TO BEOjA-D'aNdr 2 ,4 7 5 -T I ..GOTTIN 'TTOTJOH'.'lHW^THE' DEPARTMENT:' 0 F vAGRICULTU RE :IMMEDIA.TELY:,-;.S.INCE A ,CREEK , " KELLEY ' .C R E E K W icH'-:EU;.N:S--'THR(^-OH-iiT.HE' WOODSMCROSS THE' -STREET IILEELlEaiVIXOGAUOPTERS^JGU-^ ^0NGVIEW HFTOER~O -M PANI^NI^^ m T m s E m m Y W 'S Q m ^ m sw m D ^ w -^ \TATE, OF OREGON, County of. - ss: FORM NO. 2 3 -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT STEVENS-NESS LAW PUB. CO.,. PORTLAND, ORE. . BE i T R E M E M B E R E D , That on this...... of........................................./:/L<t^Lr..............................1 9 7 j ..t bre me, the undersigned, a N otary Public in and for said County and State, personally appeared the within \ed . . I ...... ' Vi to me to be the identical individual.... described in and who executed the w ith in instrument and Vwledged to me t h a t . , ........ executed the same freelywywmmmkmmmmkm^mmM^m i IN T E S T IM O N Y WHERE?CUF, I have hereunto set m y hand and kffixed m y official seal)dfli^Adayf/anpf year last^above w rittenw ;F. ROBINSON :M y Commission expiresS::.T_____ . My Qommisstoh' Expires (0 - STATE OF OREGON ' DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE LABORATORY SERVICES SALEM, OREGON 97310 LABORATORY ANALYSIS REPORT OREGON DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE DATE 3 / 6 /7 8 Plant Division Agriculture Bldg. Salem, OR 97310 SAMPLE DESCRIPTION Water Samples from K e lly Creek - Cave Junction (B) 150 yard upstream from water intake and water intake (A) SAMPLED BY: Mike Jennings, Sam Hamilton and J e f f Schwanke _______ 1 SHIPPED BY: . RECEIVED ON: 2/28/78 RECEIVED BY: A.C, Cornwell ANALYZE FOR: LABORATORY NO. 03083 ' 03084 03085 03086 03087 03088 2,4-D and 2 ,4 ,5 - T SAMPLE NO. 2-24 2-24 2-25 2-25 2-26 2-26 (A) (B) (A) (B) (A) (B) A N A LYTICA L RESULTS 6 ppb ; 3.0 ppb 1.1 ppb 1,5 ppb 1.3 ppb 1.4 ppb 2,A,5-T 8 ppb 5 .0 ppb 1-7 Ppb 2.1 ppb 1.5 PPb 2.1 ppb SPM1891-603 State Department of Agriculture AGRICULTURE BUILDING, SALEM, OREGON 97310 'i v ` March 15, 1978 Agnes Betty Wetzel 5525 Cave Highway Cave Junction, OR 97523 ANALYTICAL RESULTS OF WATER SAMPLES TAKEN FROM KELLY CREEK I am fenclosing for your information laboratory a n a ly t ic a l r e s u lt s of water samples taken from K e lly Creek by state fo re str y personnel and subsequently submitted to t h is department for a n a ly s is . the a n a ly tic a l r e s u lt s from Laboratory Services D ivision are given in parts per b i l l i o n (ppb). I have converted the r e s u lt s into parts per m illio n (ppm) and lis t e d them in order that you may r e la te to the allowable tolerances in water. See the enclosed xeroxed copies of pages 77 and 78 o f " S iv ic u lt u r a l Chemicals and Protection of Water Qua 1it y " and page 14 of the EPA B u lle t in : " I s Your Drinking Water Safe?" Milligrams per l i t e r as given in the EPA B u ile tin equal one part per m illio n (ppm). RESULTS IN PARTS PER MILLION (ppm) Date 2/24 (A) 2/24 (B) 2/25 (A) 2/25(6) 2/26 (A) 2/2.6 (B) 2,4-D .006 ppm .0 0 3 ppm .0011 ppm .0015 ppm .0013 ppm .0014 ppm 2,4,5-T .008 ppm .0 0 5 ppm .0017 ppm .0021 ppm .0015 ppm .0021 ppm vv't / -O Tom Harrison Pesticide Supervisor Plani Division (503) 378-3776 1k-2/5: Enelosure cc: Neil S k i l l , State Forestry Norm Parker, Western H elicopters Stan Benson, Longview Fiber Cp. >: : : / r/ : STA ie OF OREGON'. `S?ARMENT.' :OF AGRICULTURE LABORATORY SERVICES SALEM,- OREGON 97310 LABORATORY ANALYSES -REPORT OREGON 'OEFARTmNT.8F -MRI CULTURE DATE 3/6/73 Plani: . D i v i s i o n ;Ag r i e u 1 re 'B-1.d v. /S alsa, R 9730. SAMPLE DESCRIPTION: W ater ' Samples from '/Reily- Creek - ; Cave 'fu n c tio n (S) ' ISO, yard /upstream from water .-Intaka and' water .Intaka |AV /-/./H ik e -J e n n in g s , $B,,Harai 1to n 7 SAMPLED BY: /. - .an d J o t t Sefeionke - . SHIPPED BY: RECEIVED ON: 2/ 28/ 78/ RECEIVED BY: /L,: CofmvaH ANALYZE FOR: ' %aM~ and Z ?k , 5 - T ' - ///..: F / /,/ LABORATORY NO. SAMPLE n o .: A N A LYTICA L RESULTS ^ / : /SUSS > 7 : / 2:-2h '- :/' . ":./ -$.'/ :p p b ;// 8 ppb ,.y'i,-`v3r. a ; ; 7 / ; a / / / / ; : :.../'77/:.77 / 3i o;.ppbr>:7; V/ 5:.;0 ;'|3:pfev. ; 2 "2 5 ; :.m / / '/;/.; .// : : / / : /"/.. . /// ;/l:> 1/ ppfcv.;... ; "7 1: j : p p b . 0 3 0 3 6 / 7 7 ; / ; 2 -25 /- M r y ; ; a -v 7 3S87 7 7 7 '. / ,:2 "2'6 M , : 7 . : '- 7 0300$ . ' ;/ - 2 - 2 6 / "(s) / : ';,: .// /./ A:;;' .'/I 7 5 :p p b - / // / 2 . 1; ppb. ;1 . 5 /ppb, / 'T .^ J>pfc 7 / ,2 . i : ppb; ' ANALYST:; / . Perm 2035 ; R v.'4/77 ' ;,"V ANALYSIS COMPLETED ON 3/3/78 : 7-1,1a ' SPMK91 603 CAVE JUNCTION, OREGON 97523 KAY 2 2 , 1979 fw \z\ | ' TO WHO'M IT M CONCERN q 77 7!' qTK ''("V('' ' j ON A DAI IN FEBill ARI 197g A H ELIC O PIER lliW OVER MY HOUSE j AND WHEN IT REACHED THE FOREST BEHIND THE HOUSE MY DAUGHTER | LIVED IN ACROSS THE STREET IT RELEASED A LARGE STREAM OF LIQUID FROM THE WIDE BAR OR PIPE HANGING BENEATH THE HELICOPTER. THIS RUN, FROM_THE .WOODS,. ON MY SIDE ,,OF THE ROAD TO THE FORF.ST_ON 'THE .OTHER S^TTR OF THE ROAD AND OVER A GREAT DEAL OF THE AREA ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD FROM ME. WAS REPEATED MANY TIMES. SINCE THERE SEEMED TO BE TRUCKS M ICH HAD GONE UP THE OLD LOGGING ROAD ACROSS THE STREET I SENT MY SON UP TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS BEING SPRAYED. WHEN I FOUND IT TO BE 2 , 4 - D and 2 , 4 , 5-T I GOT IN TOUCH WITH THE jDEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IMMEDIATELY SINCE A CREEK KELLEY"N, 7 CREEK ,AV^ClQJ^NS_ra.ROy GH THE WOODS ACROSS THE STREET, SUPPL I ED MY DAUGHTERS . HOUSE.W IT H DOBffiSTIC JWAJER. THE LONGVIEW FIBER COMPANY' S REPRESENTATIVE AND WESTERN HELICOPTERS * REPRESENTATIVE BOTH ASSURED Me 7 a .,BUMPER) STRIP WAS BEING L3EFT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CREEK. [jpCLOSED ARE THE RESULTS?, OF THE TESTS MADE ON THE CREEK WATER? A DAY OR TWO AFTER THE SPRAYING. k & // f' t f ^r ./s/:r # STATE OF OREGON PARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE LABORATORY SERVICES SALEM, OREGON 97310 LABORATORY ANALYSIS REPORT OREGON DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE DATF 3/6/78 Plant Division Agriculture Bldg. Salem, OR 97310 (RLE DESCRIPTION: Water Samples from Kelly Creek - Cave Junction \ (B) 150 yard upstream from water intake an4 water intake (A) ) I Hike Jennings, Sam Hamilton '\p!eD BY: _____ and Jeff Schwanke________ e N/ED ON: 2/28/78 SHIPPED BY: RECEIVED BY: cr' A.C. Cornwell A) y Kj A ALiYZE FOR: 1 ORATORY NO. 03j084 0^085 O jjo 8 6 0^087 03088 I 2,4-D and 2,4,5~T SAMPLE NO. AN A LYTICAL RESULTS 2 -2 k 2-24 2-25 2-25 2-26 2-26 (A ) (B) (A) (B) (A ) (B) l . i' / V. ) / 6 ppb j 3.0 ppb 1.1 ppb 1.5 ppb 1.3 ppb > 1.4 ppb 2 ,4 ,5-T 8 ppb 5.0 ppb 1.7 PPb 2.1 ppb 1.5 ppb 2.1 ppb I i \ oroo cvV o ! NAVST: ML ANALYSIS COMPLETED ON: 3/3/78 SP*4189i -603