From: Tushar Kansal Sent: Friday, April 22, 2016 11:56 AM To: Patrick Field Cc: Valerie Andersen; Jocelyn Ayer; Jan Chague; Barbara Cianfarini; C. Jeffrey Cook; Rebecca

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Subject: Housatonic CCC -- CT Subcommittee Mtg next Wednesday Attachments: CCC Meeting Agenda - April 2016 vFINAL (160413).pdf; PR April 2016 CCC

Meetingdocx.pdf

All, A reminder that there will be a meeting of the Connecticut Subcommittee of the Housatonic Citizen's Coordinating Council held on Wednesday, April 27, at 5:30 pm. I have attached the agenda for the upcoming meeting as well as a press release. EPA has reached out to media outlets but please feel free to share the press release with any media and online outlets with whom you would like to do so.

The meeting will be held at: Housatonic Valley Regional High School Room 133 246 Warren Turnpike Road Falls Village, CT 06031

Finally, Dr. Jose Martinez (jmartinez@hvrhs.org) at the high school requested that I circulate the below message in case anybody is interested in taking a brief tour of the high school and their planned renovations before our CCC meeting.

Best, Tushar

Message from Dr. Martinez There is a building project proposal for the high school that will be voted on June 6th. The project, if approved by the district's voters, will provide our students with up to date science labs, update our outdated boys and girls locker room facilities, replace old and inefficient boilers, replace two underground oil tanks, and much more.

The reason for this email is to let you know that I will be conducting tours so that citizens can see the current state of the building and see for themselves why the building renovation is necessary.

Would you be to send out an email to your group to let them know that I will meet with anybody that is interested in seeing the building and discussing this at 5:00 pm on April 27th (half an hour before your scheduled meeting). I will meet people in the main lobby of the high school (enter the building where the tall pillars are located).

Also, here is a link to our district web page that gives some of the details of the renovation proposal. http://www.region1schools.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=20203779&pageId=32108208

Tushar Kansal

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On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 11:38 AM, Patrick Field wrote: All

I just wanted to let you know that I cannot attend next week’s CT Subcommittee meeting of the CCC. I am sorry I cannot be there.

Tushar Kansal, who has been the CBI associate on the project many of you know, will facilitate in my place for this meeting. Tushar will be accompanied by Toby Berkman for note taking. We have a full agenda and want to ensure that all attendees, especially those from Connecticut, have ample time to ask questions and hold discussion. Tushar will ensure that presentations stay on time and that there is ample time for dialogue.

Sorry I can’t be there.

Regards,

Patrick Field Managing Director Consensus Building Institute 617-844-1118 pfield@cbuilding.org

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Housatonic CCC -- CT Subcommittee Mtg next Wednesday

From

Tushar Kansal

To

Patrick Field

Cc

Valerie Andersen; Jocelyn Ayer; Jan Chague; Barbara Cianfarini; C. Jeffrey Cook; Rebecca Cushing; Shep Evans; Lynn Fowler; Benno Friedman; dgibbs6@ny.cap.rr.com; Tim Gray; HEAL; J Herkimer; Nat Karns; chuck.kilson@gmail.com; Madden, Andrew (FWE); Jim McGrath; McLaren, Rod (GE, Corporate); Claire B.W. Miller; karen.pelto@state.ma.us; Peterson, Susan; Dennis Regan; June Roy-Martin; Corporate) Silfer Andrew (GE; Tagliaferro, Dean; cthurston@william.stanleybp.com; eleanortillinghast@att.net; Tor, Eva (DEP); Sherry White; Berkshire Environmental Action Team -; Ziegler, John (DEP); Eleanor Tillinghast; JBurke@hillcresteducationalcenters.org; 1CharlieHTML; Audrey Cole; Conway, Timothy; adixon@hvatoday.org; lgaherty.berkshireplanning.org; Richard.gates@corporate.ge.com; Bonney Hartley; Mark Jester; jddave@hotmail.com; kevin.mooney@corporate.ge.com; Murphy, Jim; O'Neil, Kelsey; Molly Sperduto; Thomas.Potter@state.ma.us; Dale Abrams; Bruce Winn; agwislocki@gmail.com; Dickerson, Dave; Environmental Stewardship Concepts LLC; Ferry, Christopher; Julie Herlihy

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All,

A reminder that there will be a meeting of the Connecticut Subcommittee of the Housatonic Citizen's Coordinating Council held on Wednesday, April 27, at 5:30 pm. I have attached the agenda for the upcoming meeting as well as a press release. EPA has reached out to media outlets but please feel free to share the press release with any media and online outlets with whom you would like to do so.

The meeting will be held at:

Housatonic Valley Regional High School

Room 133

246 Warren Turnpike Road

Falls Village, CT 06031

Finally, Dr. Jose Martinez (jmartinez@hvrhs.org) at the high school requested that I circulate the below message in case anybody is interested in taking a brief tour of the high school and their planned renovations before our CCC meeting.

Best,

Tushar

Message from Dr. Martinez

There is a building project proposal for the high school that will be voted on June 6th. The project, if approved by the district's voters, will provide our students with up to date science labs, update our outdated boys and girls locker room facilities, replace old and inefficient boilers, replace two underground oil tanks, and much more. 

The reason for this email is to let you know that I will be conducting tours so that citizens can see the current state of the building and see for themselves why the building renovation is necessary.

Would you be to send out an email to your group to let them know that I will meet with anybody that is interested in seeing the building and discussing this at 5:00 pm on April 27th (half an hour before your scheduled meeting). I will meet people in the main lobby of the high school (enter the building where the tall pillars are located).

Also, here is a link to our district web page that gives some of the details of the renovation proposal.

http://www.region1schools.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=20203779&pageId=32108208

Tushar KansalConsensus Building Institute716-907-2868tkansal@cbuilding.org

On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 11:38 AM, Patrick Field wrote:

All

I just wanted to let you know that I cannot attend next week’s CT Subcommittee meeting of the CCC.  I am sorry I cannot be there.

Tushar Kansal, who has been the CBI associate on the project many of you know, will facilitate in my place for this meeting.  Tushar will be accompanied by Toby Berkman for note taking.  We have  a full agenda and want to ensure that all attendees, especially those from Connecticut, have ample time to ask questions and hold discussion.  Tushar will ensure that presentations stay on time and that there is ample time for dialogue.

Sorry I can’t be there.

Regards,

Patrick FieldManaging DirectorConsensus Building Institute617-844-1118pfield@cbuilding.org

CCC Meeting Agenda - April 2016 vFINAL (160413).pdf

CCC Meeting Agenda - April 2016 vFINAL (160413).pdf

EPAHousatonicRiverCitizensCoordinatingCouncilConnecticutSubcommittee

HousatonicValleyRegionalHighSchool

Room133246WarrenTurnpikeRoadFallsVillage,CT06031

April27,2016,5:30PMto7:45PM

Agenda

5:30 IntroductionsandAgendaReview5:40 TAGGrantRecipientUpdate

• Update,TimGray,HRI,TAGRecipient6:00 RestofRiverUpdate,USEPA

• Updateonstatusincludingdecisionprocess,summaryofchangesinConnecticutproposedactionsfromthe2014proposedplanandthe2015IntendedFinalDecision

• Discussions6:20 StatusofRestorationProjectsUndertheNaturalResourceDamages(NRD)

Program• Presentation,MollySperduto,USFishandWildlifeService• Discussions

6:45 FishConsumptionAdvisoriesinConnecticut

• Presentation,SusanPetersonandMikeHumphreys,CTDEEP;ShareeRusnak,CTDPH

• Discussion7:10 DuckConsumptionAdvisoriesinConnecticut,RickJacobson,CTDEEP

• Discussion7:20 GeneralUpdatesandIssuesfromConnecticutSubcommitteeMembers7:30 PublicCommentPeriod7:45 Adjourn

PR April 2016 CCC Meetingdocx.pdf

PR April 2016 CCC Meetingdocx.pdf

News Release U.S. Environmental Protection Agency New England Region April 13, 2016 Contact: Kelsey O’Neil, 617-918-1003

EPA GE Housatonic River Public Meeting Scheduled in Falls Village, CT for April 27

The next meeting of the Connecticut Subcommittee of EPA’s Citizens Coordinating Council for

the General Electric / Housatonic River site will be on Wed. April 27 from 5:30 to 7:45 p.m.

The meeting will be held at the Housatonic Valley Regional High School in Falls Village, CT

Members of the public are welcome to attend. See the location information and agenda details

below.

Representatives from the US EPA, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental

Protection, the Housatonic River Initiative, and the Connecticut Sub Council, Housatonic River

Natural Resource Trustees will update the CCC and the public on various aspects of the cleanup

project including an update on the Status of EPA’s proposed cleanup plan for Rest of River, and

the status of Restoration Projects and Fish & Duck consumption advisories in Connecticut.

Pursuant to a 2000 Consent Decree signed by the United States, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and

the General Electric Company, GE is required to address PCB contamination from its Pittsfield,

Massachusetts facility. To date, nearly all of the 28 separate PCB response actions have been

completed. Currently, EPA is overseeing GE’s work on the Unkamet Brook cleanup in

Pittsfield, and EPA is proposing a cleanup for the Rest of River area, as outlined below.

In June 2014, EPA issued a Proposed Cleanup Plan (also referred to as a Draft Modification to

GE’s Reissued RCRA Permit) for the remaining areas, known as Rest of River, to be cleaned up

at the GE Pittsfield/Housatonic Site. In October 2015, EPA, as required by the Consent Decree,

issued an Intended Final Decision (intended final remedy) to GE. Both the Proposed Cleanup

Plan and the Intended Final Decision estimate that the cleanup will require 14 years of active

remediation.

On October 29, 2015, GE issued a “Notice of Dispute” to EPA, invoking a dispute resolution

process under the Consent Decree. The parties then attempted to mediate the dispute but did not

reach an agreement on the final cleanup.

From January – March 2016, EPA and GE have exchanged legal position papers as part of the

dispute resolution process. The statements of position are currently under review by an EPA

decision maker.

The meeting space is fully accessible. Should you have special needs or questions about the

meeting, please contact Kelsey O’Neil at 617-918-1003.

Additional information on the Housatonic “Rest of River” cleanup can be found at:

https://www.epa.gov/ge-housatonic

EPA Housatonic River Citizens Coordinating Council Connecticut Subcommittee

Housatonic Valley Regional High School

Room 133 246 Warren Turnpike Road

Falls Village, CT 06031

April 27, 2016, 5:30 PM to 7:45 PM

Agenda 5:30 Introductions and Agenda Review 5:40 TAG Grant Recipient Update

Update, Tim Gray, HRI, TAG Recipient 6:00 Rest of River Update, US EPA

Update on status including decision process, summary of changes in Connecticut proposed actions from the 2014 proposed plan and the 2015 Intended Final Decision

Discussions 6:20 Status of Restoration Projects Under the Natural Resource Damages (NRD)

Program

Presentation, Molly Sperduto, US Fish and Wildlife Service

Discussions 6:45 Fish Consumption Advisories in Connecticut

Presentation, Susan Peterson and Mike Humphries, CT DEEP; Sharee Rusnak, CT DPH

Discussion 7:10 Duck Consumption Advisories in Connecticut, Rick Jacobson, CT DEEP

Discussion

https://www.epa.gov/ge-housatonic

7:20 General Updates and Issues from Connecticut Subcommittee Members 7:30 Public Comment Period 7:45 Adjourn

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