Dear Congresswoman Emelia Sykes c/o Richard Harper
Concerned Citizens of Lake Twp. request your personal review of the entire attached document below. It contains vital information concerning the health, safety and welfare regarding this community.
First, you will find the remarkable formal legal comments provided by Lake Twp. officials to US EPA Region 5 regarding the fatally flawed plans for the Uniontown IEL Superfund site landfill. Extremely strong language was incorporated as you will see, much of this aligns with what we have previous sent to you via Richard . Unfortunately, soon after this was given to EPA, the Twp. dramatically changed course, appearing to inexplicably side with the polluters after submitting these critical comments to US EPA regarding the dismantling of even very basic, institutional controls EPA said were meant to isolate the poisons from migrating outward in gases and groundwater, - in favor of enhanced flushing of the 780,000 tons of hazardous substances in this former sand and gravel pit. It is believed by many, the Twp. caved due to being listed on a "Potential 3rd Party Defendant List" that curiously got floated around the county, that included the health dept. and twp., along with many entities, including the US Army and some major government contractors and waste haulers. Indeed, I can never forget the morning when Trustee Ruley called me up, saying her attorney, Dave Herbert, had just advised her ...:" They would be in BIG trouble, if they challenged the "crummy cap"...We viewed this as a warning of what was to come next, and yes, it was devastating to see the betrayal, after Ruley herself admitted many times "she knew" the radiation was up there. We have news clips saying similar quotes,.
We ask that you also review the attached formal hearing from 1999 convened by US EPA's then National Ombudsman, Robert Martin and investigator, Hugh Kaufman. Our IEL files were confiscated from Mr. Martin's office along with some other high-profile cases he'd been investigating, after he'd dared to support the Ohio EPA's notion of "shallow trenching".in a preliminary report to the EPA Administrator...
As pointed out, when this file was sent to us by Dr. Mike Ketterer, radiation expert from N. Arizona U., he flagged Akron native expert, James Titmus, who has vast knowledge on this matter raising PORTS/Piketon...... The NRC had informed CCLT back in 1994 that the sister site, Wingfoot Lake a few miles from the IEL, was "the precursor to PORTS/Piketon in the development of the gaseous centrifuges.... I will copy engineer Mr. Titmus on this letter, so that you will have his email , in case you wish to discuss further.
We believe after full review you will understand just why we have recently requested your assistance in obtaining the more recent testing conducted regarding both IEL landfill toxic vapors and groundwater migration for deadly 1, 4 Dioxane given EPA's continued stonewalling.
Regards,
Chris Borello, spokeswoman for CCLT/Uniontown IEL Superfund Site, OH...