From: YELTON-BRAM Tiffany

Sent: Tue Sep 20 16:53:22 2016

To: 'Susan Hansen'; DECONCINI Nina

Cc: wwtp@cityofmolalla.com

Subject: RE: Complaint: City of Molalla wastewater discharge/ ponding / moisture content on Coleman Ranch fields

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Thanks for providing this information. We are following up with the city now.

Tiffany Yelton Bram

WQ Source Control Manager

Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

700 NE Multnomah St., Suite #600

Portland OR 97232

Desk 503 229 5219

Mobile 503 975 0046

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From: Susan Hansen [mailto:foxglovefarm@inbox.com]

Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 4:09 PM

To: YELTON-BRAM Tiffany; DECONCINI Nina

Cc: wwtp@cityofmolalla.com

Subject: Complaint: City of Molalla wastewater discharge/ ponding / moisture content on Coleman Ranch fields

Dear DEQ,

Please find attached a number of photos taken mid-afternoon Sept. 20, 2016 of major ponding in the Coleman Ranch field south of Freyer Park Road, directly across from the entrance to the Coleman Ranch house. There is a big gun sprinkler running in the field slightly uphill from the area of ponding and there is a handline sprinkler running to the north in the Creamery Creek field along the ranch house entry road (see photos). Please check for the rules on moisture content and ponding in wastewater discharge permit. Either the sprinkling is causing the ponding and/or the moisture content in the fields is too high for the fields to absorb the water, causing ponding at the low point. I have photos from the summer that show the area in question was dry all summer long.

Susan Hansen

Bear Creek Recovery

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