RE: Molalla's leaking lagoons

From: YELTON-BRAM Tiffany

Sent: Sat Mar 10 13:29:54 2018

To: Susan Hansen; YELTON-BRAM Tiffany

Cc: Richard Whitman; DECONCINI Nina; BACHMAN Jeff; rdavis@oregonian.com; jason.miner@oregon.gov; grandinetti.robert@epa.gov; PINNEY Mike

Subject: RE: Molalla's leaking lagoons

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From: Susan Hansen <foxglovefarm@inbox.com>

Date: 3/10/18 12:54 PM (GMT-08:00)

To: Susan Hansen <foxglovefarm@inbox.com>, YELTON-BRAM Tiffany <tiffany.yelton-bram@state.or.us>, YELTON-BRAM Tiffany <tiffany.yelton-bram@state.or.us>

Cc: Richard Whitman <richard.whitman@state.or.us>, DECONCINI Nina <nina.deconcini@state.or.us>, BACHMAN Jeff <jeff.bachman@state.or.us>, rdavis@oregonian.com, jason.miner@oregon.gov, grandinetti.robert@epa.gov, PINNEY Mike <mike.pinney@state.or.us>

Subject: RE: Molalla's leaking lagoons

Dear Tiffany,

In your below March 6 email you said you would provide answers to BCR's multiple outstanding questions "by the end of this week". The week ended and BCR is still waiting for answers to the questions about the 170,000 gallons a day leaking lagoons and the status of a DEQ/Molalla MAO (two years and still no MAO and still no payment for the multiple Civil Penalties). When will you respond? You mention "a multitude of priorities" - we hope that Molalla's issues are a top priority and believe DEQ should be providing much more prompt transparency about the issues here.

Susan Hansen

Bear Creek Recovery

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From: foxglovefarm@inbox.com

Sent: Tue, 6 Mar 2018 09:31:30 -0800

To: tiffany.yelton-bram@state.or.us, tiffany.yelton-bram@state.or.us

Subject: RE: Molalla's leaking lagoons

Tiffany,

When you get around to answering the questions about the severely leaking Molalla lagoons: since you say it will be addressed in MAO, please update Bear Creek Recovery in your reply about the status of that two year and counting MAO? It certainly seems that every time DEQ issues a draft MAO and says it is time for Molalla to comply, DEQ backs down. Bear Creek Recovery wonders when and how DEQ will finally reach a binding agreement to this seemingly never ending process (including enforcement of all the outstanding Civil Penalties). Perhaps the work load at DEQ would be lessened if there were less years of drafts, less meetings/stalling and swifter binding results?

Susan Hansen

Bear Creek Recovery

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

Sent: Tue, 6 Mar 2018 01:10:21 +0000

To: foxglovefarm@inbox.com, tiffany.yelton-bram@state.or.us

Subject: RE: Molalla's leaking lagoons

Susan

I want to provide you with a more detailed response that addresses the lagoon lining, the results of the leak test and how this will be addressed in the Mutual Agreement and Order but to do that thoroughly takes time. Due to current staff levels and a multitude of priorities, I am the person to answer your questions and I simply need a little more time to do so. I will update you by the end of this week.

Tiffany Yelton Bram

WQ Source Control Manager

Northwest Regional Office

Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

700 NE Multnomah St., Suite #600

Portland OR 97232

Desk 503 229 5219

Mobile 503 975 0046

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

Sent: Friday, March 02, 2018 9:59 AM

To: Susan Hansen <foxglovefarm@inbox.com>; YELTON-BRAM Tiffany <tiffany.yelton-bram@state.or.us>

Cc: Richard Whitman <richard.whitman@state.or.us>; DECONCINI Nina <nina.deconcini@state.or.us>; BACHMAN Jeff <jeff.bachman@state.or.us>; rdavis@oregonian.com; jason.miner@oregon.gov; grandinetti.robert@epa.gov; PINNEY Mike <mike.pinney@state.or.us>

Subject: RE: Molalla's leaking lagoons

Dear Tiffany,

Please answer the question that Bear Creek Recovery is asking about what DEQ plans to do about the Molalla sewage lagoons, which, per DEQ analysis, are leaking about 173,000 gallons a day. It is now well over a year since DEQ "requested" that Molalla do a test well program and you have been non-responsive - we asked this same question below on Feb. 25. What is the plan for the leaking lagoons? Does DEQ just plan to allow them to continue to leak and ignore the potential risk to rural wells?

Susan Hansen

Bear Creek Recovery

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From: foxglovefarm@inbox.com<mailto:foxglovefarm@inbox.com>

Sent: Sun, 25 Feb 2018 17:11:48 -0800

To: tiffany.yelton-bram@state.or.us<mailto:tiffany.yelton-bram@state.or.us>

Subject: Molalla's leaking lagoons

Dear Tiffany,

I keep looking for any progress on a test well plan for Molalla to prove what kind of impacts the 173,000 gallons/day of sewage that are leaking out of the unlined lagoons are causing to local groundwater and especially to rural wells. I see nothing in recent PRRs, like the one attached, that address that glaring problem. BCR called attention about 5 years ago to the water in Bear Creek in high summer/ fall in front of the sewage plant, when the rest of the creek bed was bone dry for miles up and downstream. DEQ asked for a test well program in Dec. 2016. What is the plan for protecting ground water and wells?

Susan Hansen

Bear Creek Recovery

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From: tiffany.yelton-bram@state.or.us<mailto:tiffany.yelton-bram@state.or.us>

Sent: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 00:42:53 +0000

To: foxglovefarm@inbox.com<mailto:foxglovefarm@inbox.com>

Subject: prrHansen7644

Hi Susan

Attached are the records responsive to this request.

There is one other open PRR from you that I can find—prrHansen7895.

Attn: Tiffany Yelton-Bram: Requesting all records - notes, draft documents, emails, letters, etc.- in possession of Tiffany Yelton-Bram regarding interaction with City of Molalla regarding wastewater compliance, MAO, facilities upgrades, funding, warning letters, violations, fines, etc from Jan 25, 2018 to Feb. 19 2018. Also requesting any draft MAO in possession of Jeff Bachman if such a document has been written.

Status

Assigned

We will work on this next week.

Tiffany Yelton Bram

WQ Source Control Manager

Northwest Regional Office

Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

700 NE Multnomah St., Suite #600

Portland OR 97232

Desk 503 229 5219

Mobile 503 975 0046

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

Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 9:38 PM

To: DECONCINI Nina <nina.deconcini@state.or.us<mailto:nina.deconcini@state.or.us>>; YELTON-BRAM Tiffany <tiffany.yelton-bram@state.or.us<mailto:tiffany.yelton-bram@state.or.us>>

Cc: rdavis@oregonian.com<mailto:rdavis@oregonian.com>

Subject: FW: Input Received:

Tiffany and Nina,

This request was just filed, thanks for the prompt reply on the previous request. Note this request is for the past week and specifically asks for any notes and agendas from any meeting that might have been held with City of Molalla:

All DEQ records - emails, meeting notes, documents, meeting agendas, draft MAOs, etc - related to any City of Molalla wastewater issues (compliance, plans, MAOs, permit changes, etc) from Jan. 24-Jan. 31, 2018. Please include all records in the possession of all DEQ staff related to City of Molalla wastewater in the given timeframe.

Bear Creek Recovery request a fee waiver because it works for the greater community good and uses all public information to inform the public and policy makers about the processes being used by DEQ to bring Molalla into compliance in a timely manner. We are happy to submit a fee waiver request if DEQ forwards the document.

Sincerely,

Susan Hansen

Bear Creek Recovery

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Sent: 31 Jan 2018 21:34:05 -0800

To: foxglovefarm@inbox.com<mailto:foxglovefarm@inbox.com>

Subject: Input Received:

Submitted: 1/31/2018 9:34:02 PM

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PO Box 50 , Molalla 97038 United States

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