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Robert Guaatini Chdraan lava Our Water P O Box 25 Graan Rhoda Idand 02827

Dear Mr Guaatini 1

hank you for your October 23 latter to Adainiatrator Gorauch axpraing your concern about axpeditiou dacieiona on a luperfUDdCooperative A9~nt for the Picillo d-p aite in COYantry abodeIaland linea y offilaquo h currently actin9 u liahon MtVHn IPA Waahington and tha State of Rhoda I a land on thia iaaue I have beenaakad to napcmd to your latter

Aa you -Y be nara on Rovtler t ltll DA Adainiatrator AMa 11 Gorauch announced in a latter to Inator Jolm ChafH that DA wu aakin9 available an a4ditional 154 llillion to CODtiznbull the cleanshyup of tha Picillo dup aiu Tbeaa fundamp will be expended under a cooperatiw agr--nt DOW in tha banda of the ltbo4e Uland DepartMntof ~vironantal Jlanag~t Uti DDt) for flnal ravhiooa We bopethat tha r ining iaa~aea can be raaolved quickly

lbeaa new fundbull are in addition to the Ul alllloa in DA fUD48 andfl4 aillion in ODI funda which have already been allotted to the dte By way of clarification le than f300000 of EPA fandbull have been apent on the atudiaa to which you object Moreover thebullbull atudiebull have been of value in both planning the clean-up effort8 teating newMthoda of aite inYeatigation and eJCPerinting with new bullthoda oftreatMnt

cra~~o1 =p~1~ ~hzctr~i=Ib~orb=e~iu rval EPA a Enfor~t 01viaion wabull able to arrange for the reshyaval and aafe diapoaal of 4000 gallOiiiCil-PCa-Contuinated UCNIT at ao tbit to tlil publiC Xi yOu ari iVifi dilil fUhdi PINittect ua to re-enter the alta in July and r ~~andbull of _g_allona_ gthaaardOla waate and to work with the-nnMrbullhallbull office to UDdershytiltbull tile ~Ulle~--k~~qp~t_ion__laquogtf unotoblo lab pock 5-f middotCotaateriala lbe handlizag of thbullbullbull aatariala regulri4 tlii__ tnJJl~be cl08e4 to all other WOfk Conaequantly we and tha JU DEN asrMCif axC~VAUOft would-ribull~ nbullt s~rinp DUF1ng Efta lnterli ii DIMyen1 ba eveloplng an opeirlonr p an which your organisation haa callect for bullbull a part of the Cooperative Agrent

I u phued at the pr09re both DEN and ampPA have bean able to aake on the Picillo clean-up Though you bullY be Upatient that tlle work

f OJl-tdr~ =~~ctfbulla~ f~middot~llioa intereat bough difficult probl will oontinue to ariae I can only pledge to rebullpond in abull reabullonable e fabullhion bullbull poibla

lincerely youra ~c~~

Labullter A Iutton P E ampationd Adainiatrator

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