Mr. Holland noted that drillers facing penalties might not be the most reliable people in plugging wells, and supervision might need to be required. General Comments on the Report's Organization, Scope, and Content - The Chair and Mr. Mills gave a brief description of the report. The Chair asked that comments regarding the report be forwarded to Mr. Mills prior to the October 24 meeting. A couple of misspelled words and an errant FAX number were noted. Mr. Musick noted that in the draft comments, the ACS had focused on issues which it felt were the most important.
All comments are fairly general.
He reported some final tweaking to Handout 2 would be required. The most important item in the comments recommended that EPA recognize that the states are different, that groundwater impacts for the listed pesticides might not be seen in the states, and that other pesticides may be higher priorities for states. The states should spend their resources on doing what was important for their state. Mr. Musick informed the Committee that if a Committee meeting could not be scheduled before the comments due date, that the ACS would submit them as discussed at the last meeting. The consensus is that this will slow the streamlining process down.