RE: DEQ Public Information Request

Thanks for your work on vigorous enforcement of our environmental laws to protect Oregon's resources and Oregonian's health. We are looking forward to seeing the progress you are making to bring Molalla's serious and ongoing violations into full compliance. It's our understanding from Tiffany that there cannot be any backsliding on permit conditions - Molalla attempted backsliding in the last permitting period and it was rejected. We certainly hope DEQ is respecting that rule and making it clear to Molalla in this prolonged work toward compliance.

Thanks for your request Susan. It will be handled through our records request process.

Cc: jason.miner@oregon.gov; psavage@molallapioneer.com; michael.c.kron@doj.state.or.us

See below for a formal public information request to see ALL DEQ staff notes from the July 5, 2017 meeting with Molalla regarding the ongoing and severe violations wastewater permit violations and the need for a MAO. DEQ's secret meetings that exclude stakeholders like Bear Creek Recovery - which spent years researching Molalla's wastewater violation issues (noting in that process DEQ's failure to vigorously enforce) and has a settlement from a Clean Water Act lawsuit in place that DEQ's actions regarding pending violations affect - is not embracing the transparency in government that Oregonians have long campaigned for. It is offensive to those of us who fund the state agencies to have "our" agency staffers fail to respond to phone calls or direct questions so we are forced to file pubic information requests.

Bear Creek Recovery expects that such a high level meeting would have resulted in excellent staff notes. We look forward to seeing the outcome of this very long awaited meeting reflected in DEQ staff notes. Since the meeting was so recent, there should not be difficulty in producing the requested records.

Requester Information

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Susan Hansen

Company

Bear Creek Recovery non-profit

Address

PO Box 50 , Molalla 97038 United States

Phone

(503) 789-7179

foxglovefarm@inbox.com

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Records Requested

All DEQ staff notes taken at the July 5 meeting with the City of Molalla/ Ring Bender law firm and DEQ. Request includes the notes/ meeting records of Director Whitman, Director Whitman's staff, Nina DeConcini, Jeff Bachman and any other DEQ staff present at the July 5 meeting regarding City of Molalla wastewater violations / MAO. Include any emails generated after the July 5 meeting between City of Molalla / DEQ staff / Ring Bender dated July 5 or July 6 2017. Bear Creek Recovery has a fee waiver in place and has a law suit settlement in place with the City of Molalla so BCR is a stakeholder in the outcome of the MAO and the pending violations. We will, as usual, share all public information widely, including with our members, on FB and webpages and via newspaper submissions.