From: Susan Hansen

Sent: Wed Nov 15 11:21:00 2017

To: YELTON-BRAM Tiffany; Richard Whitman; BACHMAN Jeff; DECONCINI Nina

Cc: rdavis@oregonian.com

Subject: Richwine report /questions about backsliding and long standing failure to perform I&I

Importance: Normal

Attachments: Molalla DEQ failure to due I& I due to budget crisis DEQ' s Lyle.JPG; BCR DEQ BOD Molalla no backsliding 2014 page two.pdf; BCR DEQ BOD Molalla no backsliding 2014.pdf;

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