From: THIESSEN Kenneth
Sent: Thu Jan 18 09:17:35 2018
To: VROOMAN Gary L; SEIDEL Paul; GRABHAM Cheryl; CHAPMAN Cheyenne
Cc: THIESSEN Kenneth; HAFLEY Dan
Subject: Townsend Farms update
Importance: Normal
Attachments: 180117_(Townsend_Fa)EDB_ltr.pdf; DEQ team, Townsend Farms’ consultant has today requested 60 days to respond to DEQ’s Dec. 19, 2017 letter which made the case for Townsend Farms being a/the source for EDB in groundwater adversely affecting their production wells and City of Fairview municipal wells. I did not intend for this to become a letter writing campaign. DEQ has placed on hold review of Townsend Business Park PPAs, a 1200C NPDES construction permit application, and review of soil cleanup work plans for Townsend Business Park lots pending signatures on a RI/FS Consent Order compelling Townsend Farms to determine the EDB/pesticide source and propose remedial options. In a meeting with DEQ October 2017 Mike Townsend requested that future Townsend Business Park PPAs be decoupled with the unresolved EDB groundwater issue. At that time, he indicated his willingness to take responsibility for the EDB problem with qualifications. I have prepared a draft Consent Order for this purpose which is now in review with Gary Vrooman. The next step was anticipated to be a meeting between Townsend Farms and DEQ to sign the RI/FS Consent Order, to document a plan to resolve the groundwater EDB problem and to allow the development of certain Townsend Business Park lots to proceed. The mutual goal is to decrease/remove liability of new business park lot owners for the EDB problem in groundwater while providing a path forward to resolve this substantial problem. I suggest that we continue to pursue the Order on Consent to move this project forward in a timely manner. Ken Kenneth Thiessen RG,CEG Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Northwest Region Cleanup Program 700 NE Multnomah St., Ste. 600 Portland, Oregon 97232 (503) 229-6015 From: Paul Trone [mailto:pault@evren-nw.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2018 5:48 PM To: THIESSEN Kenneth <Kenneth.THIESSEN@state.or.us> Cc: Mike Townsend <Mike@townsendfarms.com>; Margaret Townsend <Margaret@townsendfarms.com>; Kerry Rea <Kerry@townsendfarms.com>; William E. Gaar (weg@buckley-law.com) <weg@buckley-law.com>; John P. Ashworth (JAshworth@kelrun.com) <JAshworth@kelrun.com>; David J. Zarosinski (david@zlawpc.com) <david@zlawpc.com>; Jeff Townsend (jefftown3@yahoo.com) <jefftown3@yahoo.com>; Lynn Green <lynng@evren-nw.com> Subject: Potential for EDB Contamination, Townsend Farms Hi Ken, The attached letter is TFI’s initial response to DEQ’s Memo dated December 19, 2017, which is titled “Potential for Site-Related EDB Contamination to Groundwater, Townsend Farms, ECSI #4230. Please do not hesitate to call me if you have any questions. Thank you, Paul Trone Principal Geologist 503-452-5561 ph 503-522-7880 cel “This communication may contain privileged and/or confidential information. It is intended solely for the use of the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, you are strictly prohibited from disclosing, copying, distributing or using any of this information. If you received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and destroy the material in its entirety, whether electronic or hard copy. This communication may contain nonpublic personal information about consumers subject to the restrictions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. You may not directly or indirectly reuse or redisclose such information for any purpose other than to provide the services for which you are receiving the information.”