From: Susan Hansen
Sent: Wed Nov 15 13:50:55 2017
To: YELTON-BRAM Tiffany; YELTON-BRAM Tiffany; Richard Whitman; BACHMAN Jeff; DECONCINI Nina
Cc: rdavis@oregonian.com
Subject: RE: Richwine report /questions about backsliding and long standing failure to perform I&I
Importance: Normal
Thanks Tiffany. It will be extremely interesting to see what DEQ comes up with. Susan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tiffany.yelton-bram@state.or.us
> Sent: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 21:01:42 +0000
> To: foxglovefarm@inbox.com, tiffany.yelton-bram@state.or.us,
> richard.whitman@state.or.us, jeff.bachman@state.or.us,
> nina.deconcini@state.or.us
> Subject: RE: Richwine report /questions about backsliding and long
> standing failure to perform I&I
>
> Susan,
> We are not able to respond to your question this week but we are
> researching issues raised by the report and will respond early next week.
> Tiffany
>
>
>
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Susan Hansen <foxglovefarm@inbox.com>
> Date: 11/15/17 11:21 AM (GMT-08:00)
> To: YELTON-BRAM Tiffany <tiffany.yelton-bram@state.or.us>, Richard
> Whitman <richard.whitman@state.or.us>, BACHMAN Jeff
> <jeff.bachman@state.or.us>, DECONCINI Nina <nina.deconcini@state.or.us>
> Cc: rdavis@oregonian.com
> Subject: Richwine report /questions about backsliding and long standing
> failure to perform I&I
>
> Dear DEQ,
>
> After reading the Richwine report, I am confused by the "backsliding'
> that Richwine suggests is possible regarding Molalla's ongoing problems
> with BOD compliance. Note the attached 2014 email exchange where DEQ said
> backsliding on BOD limit was not possible and that Molalla needed to fix
> its known problems. Please explain what the interested public is to
> believe - that, as Richwine claims, Molalla could rewrite its permit and
> get higher BOD limits or that DEQ can't allow backsliding on that issue?
>
> I also again call your attention to the long failure of DEQ to require
> proper I&I, see attached DEQ "Lyle" email. The point of that email is
> that way back 2013 Molalla was using its budget problems as an excuse to
> have DEQ absolve it of its obligations regarding I%I. You were just
> provided with pages from the Molalla 2017-1018 budget that cut a "DEQ
> mandated" I%I project and cut cleaning of the aeration basin from the
> budget because Molalla claims it can't afford to do the work.
>
> Susan Hansen
> Bear Creek Recovery