# AKAH 

# TRIBAL C UNCll p.o. BOX 115 NEAH BAY, W, A 98357 360-645-2201 0 0 The Makah Tribe is an equa ' t opportunity employer.
August 

### 15. 2012 Dennis McLerran Regional Administrator EPA Region 10 1200 Sixth Avenue. Suite 900 Seattle. WA 9810 I 

### Re: Proposed Lisring**(~(!he** Worm//()liSL' 

### Beach Dump Oil Ihe .\(friol7a/ Priorities 

### Lis! Dear Mr. McLerran. vVe are writing to express the [vlakah Tribal COLlIlCil's appreciation**t~Jr** the consultation meeting we had \vith Dan Opalski. Brandon Perkins and Lisa Castanon on August 6 in Neall 

### Bay and to confirm that the 'rribe wishes to move forward \\i1h proposing the Warmhouse Beach 

### Dump for listing on the National Priorities List 

### (NPL), The consultation meeting was proc!ucti\e an d l helped us gain d hetter understanding oflhe overall process of proposing the Dump for listing, ,'-\:s \ve have explained in previous correspondence. the 'T"ribe is strongly committed to r : eslOring this pan ofthe Reservation which for decades has been blighted by the Dump, By doi m g so. \\e will protect the health of the l'vlakah community and the surrounding environmeni on whieh the Tribe depends for its subsistence and economy, These dual objectives have made the Dump · s closure our highest environmental priority for many years . 

### and we are looking f'ol'\vard to achieving our goal in partnership \vith EPA
. After considering the issues that ,\oLlld be pa't Or<1n EP !\-Ied cleanup process. the Tribe has concluded that proposing the Dump I'Of' listing O U I the N PL is th e Llppropriate next step in our long effort to investigate. mitigate and. 

### tinall) , cillse the Dum p, This ellon is pan ol'the Tribe's larger work to provide compf'ehensive sulid \,'aste management on th e Resen'ation. and we \verc proud to show your stalTthc transfer station th at is scheduled to go o nline this Fall. We request that EPA move forward with the proposed listing il11he next available
. rulcmaking cycle. which we understand \\'oulcl involve a federal register noticl' proposing th e Dump for inclusion 011 the NPL in the spring 01'2013, Throughollt the ' rribe's effort s to Llcldrcs s the ' seriolls elwirof1m ental and health issues posed by the Dump. \ve have appreciatcclthc close \\ orking re lationship \vith and respect t()r Makah values expressed by EPA alld Region lOin p:lrticulaL This goes a IOllg \Vct.y to building the confidence and trust that a continued eollaborativ : -:? elTon \\ill require
. . ... from NPL listing to

### Dennis J ; 1cLerran 

### Re: Warml!ouse 

### Beach Dump 

### NPL Lisfing August J 

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### the subsequent investigation. review of alternatives. selection of remedial design and remedial action. Thank 

### you again for Region 1 O's hard work on this issue of critical importance to the 

### Tribe. and \ve look 

### forward to moving this effort fonvard in close consultation with 

### you and your staff. Please do not hesitate to 

### contact us for additional information as you prepare materials for the proposed Iisting. As \ve noted on ALlgust 6, our staff contacts for this project will be Dana 360-640-8125) and Steve Pendleton , 

### 360-640-2165)
. Michael Lawrence, the 

### Council's Vice Chairman, will remain the Council's lead on this matter. Sincerely yours. MAKAH TRIBAL 

### COUNCIL Sarff

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### cc (by email): Dan Opalski, EPA Region 10 Brandon Perkins , EPA Region 10 Lisa Castanon. EPA Region 10