Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2002-0036-0306
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2003-09-05T04:00Z

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MEMORANDUM
TO:
Mary
Smith,
EPA
VIA
FACSIMILE
(
202)
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1053
FR:
John
C.
Kolojeski
DATE:
August
19,2003
Dear
Mary:

Pursuant
to
our
conversation
on
August
13&,
I
am
enclosing
for
your
review
a
Memorandum
containing
an
analysis
of
the
alleged
evidence
in
support
of
the
environmental
dissociation
of
FTC
at
the
Lower
Ecorse
Creek,
MI,
and
West
Allis,
WI,
sites,
by
Drs.
Ghosh
and
Luthy.
T
am
advised
by
John
Voorhees
that
he
has
sent
a
copy
of
the
same
Memorandum
to
the
EPA
Chief
of
Staff,
Thomas
J.
Gibson,
in
preparation
for
his
meeting
today
with
Mr.
Gibson
and
Geoffrey
Grubbs.

As
we
disc­
it
IS
information
cont
a
i
n
e
d
d
t
entia1
toxic
pollutant.
The
West
Allis
data
were
previously
shredded
on
a
point­
by­
point
basis
by
outside
counsel
for
WEPCO
in
a
statement
submitted
for
the
EPA
record
on
this
matter
on
July
6,2001
e
E1­
10).
The
analysis
by
Drs.
Ghosh
and
Luthy,
which
I
enclose
today,
fbrther
cts
this
information.
The
bottom
line
is
that
there
is
no
basis
r
any
conclusion
that
FFC
dissociates
under
the
environmental
conditions
.
.
.
.
.
.

I
I
ofthese
two
sites.
It
is
EPA's
duty
not
to
allow
these
two
situations
to
.
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false[
y
perpetuate
a
position
to
the
contrary.

Finally,
as
we
also
discussed,
the
embarrassing
involvement
of
Dr.
Hatheway
in
both
the
West
Allis
case
and
as
a
member
of
the
Peer
Review
Panel
has
permanently
tainted
both
matters.
How
can
he
admit
in
one
forum
last
year
that
he
has
no
expertise,
knowledge
or
training
in
either
the
chemistry
or
toxicology
of
FFC
and
yet,
go
on
to
arrive
at
such
sweeping
conclusions
on
these
very
topics
in
the
Peer
Review
Report
this
year?

Again,
EPA
has
a
duty
to
find
out
the
answer.

I
hope
this
information
is
helpfid
to
you.
I
will
follow
up
with
a
phone
call
to
you
later
today.