From: Susan Hansen

Sent: Wed May 27 14:01:57 2015

To: DECONCINI Nina; HAMMOND Joni

Subject: FAILURE TO DISCLOSE FACTS! Media Contact Molalla Pioneer

Importance: Normal

Dear DEQ,

Tiffany failed to disclose that the call on Monday from Cline said that (per Tiffany's exact words to me today) "there was a release but that it was confined to the plant" and that it was not till Friday that Molalla disclosed that RAW SEWAGE had gotten into Bear Creek. That is a huge omission of fact. If DEQ thinks that is the kind of information a reporter is seeking - a vague "they reported on Monday" without disclosing that Molalla/Cline FAILED to report the RAW SEWAGE in Bear Creek on Monday - then DEQ looks like it is part of a cover up. Molalla's permit requires it report a spill like that within 24 hours so why did Tiffany fail to disclose that failure to report the whole story on Monday?

Susan

-----Original Message-----

From: yelton-bram.tiffany@deq.state.or.us

Sent: Wed, 27 May 2015 20:17:12 +0000

To: foxglovefarm@inbox.com

Subject: FW: Media Contact Molalla Pioneer

Susan,

I know you have additional questions about the Pioneer story and what I said to Peggy Savage.

When a member of the media contacts us, we fill out a media contact form to try to capture the questions as asked and our response. We answer the questions as asked.

Tiffany

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From: YELTON-BRAM Tiffany

Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 11:37 AM

To: DECONCINI Nina; ALSDORF William H; DANAB Marcia; MCPHERSON Lee; SVELUND Greg; WHITE Brian; FLYNT Jennifer; ARMSTRONG Ken; COLE David

Cc: CALDERA Stephanie; MANEY Ella; [All DEQ] Regional Solutions; PEDERSEN Dick; HAYES-GORMAN Linda; ANDERSEN Keith; HAMMOND Joni; HUDDLESTON Dana; EMER Lydia; WILES Wendy; MRAZIK Steve

Subject: RE: Media Contact Molalla Pioneer

Date and Time Contacted: 5/21/15 11:27am

Publication/Station: Molalla Pioneer

Reporter’s Name and Phone Number: Peggy Savage 503-829-2301

Topic Discussed: Peggy asked if the City of Molalla contact DEQ about the release. I replied that I received a call from the city (PW director) on May 11^th at 4:30pm which was within 24 hours of discovery of the release. The NPDES Permit requires that we are notified within 24 hours. I also explained that we received a written report on Friday, May 15^th that is also required by the permit. This report documents the cause of the release and response to it as much as is known by day 5. She asked about volume and next steps and I said we are still investigating.

Reporter’s Deadline: tomorrow am 5/21 am