TW Roswell Remediation

I received a call from Bill Olson (NMOCD) this morning regarding remediation
activities at the Roswell Station. Bill said that Dave Cobrain with the NMED
HRMB made a visit to the OCD's office yesterday to get an update on
activities at the site. Bill said that he provided Mr. Cobrain with copies of
assessment reports for the site. The last report submitted to the OCD was the
"Phase IV Assessment Report, Ground Water Monitoring Report, & Phase V Ground
Water Assessment Work Plan" dated June 30, 1999. The Phase V work plan was
subsequently approved by the OCD in a letter dated August 19, 1999. The
assessment activities had been on hold pending a resolution of off-site
access issues. More recently, we obtained an amendment to the existing water
development easement so that we could complete the Phase V assessment
activities. This work is scheduled to be complete within the next 4-6 weeks.
In a letter to the OCD dated August 29, 2000, we indicated that a report of
ongoing groundwater monitoring activities and a Phase V assessment report
would be submitted to the OCD office by December 31, 2000. This was the last
written correspondence between the OCD and TW.

Bill also indicated that he has worked with Dave Cobrain before. Bill had
several positive and encouraging comments about Dave and about his discussion
with Dave, including comments from Dave to the effect that media should not
be assumed to contain listed wastes and that TW should proceed with
remediation with oversight by the OCD. Bill said that he informed Dave of
certain outstanding issues that have impeded progress with remediation at
this site. Bill also indicated to me that he was encouraged by Dave's
involvement and with other individuals now on staff at the NMED HRMB.