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I am a near-neighbor of the project. I have three comments regarding the documents that I have reviewed:

1) DNR Waterway Authorization: The documents reference the DNR Waterway Use Authorization 20-A10919, which was initiated in 1997 and was renewabl...↓e for up to 24 years. This parcel includes the TOC fuel loading dock. The documents say that the purchaser will assume this authorization, but I have not yet found any information on how this dock will figure into the cleanup plan, or whether it is the purchaser's intent to try to make future use of the state waterway. -

2) Surface water management. In the SEPA checklist, it is stated that after the cleanup, approximately 80% of the land will be covered with impermeable surfaces. It is further stated that stormwater management will be required for the site, but completely defers this action to a future development. However, the overall cleanup action is supposed to be independent of future proposals.

3) Wildlife. Herons make use of the TOC dock and some surrounding areas during their pre-nesting period. This should be taken into account in scheduling activities on the site.

I oppose the fact that they are trying to cut corners. The Ecology's chosen clean up is to excavate and remove the contamination NOT try to Encapsulate it. These sites have known TCE contamination which has been banned in most of the world since the ...↓70's along with other awful long lasting contaminates. Read your own reports. This company should be made to do it right. They are also being RELEASED with a settlement of liability with your Consent Decree, so who's going to pay when the encapsulation fails? We will- with our water. We are the ones who have to live with this once the developer is long gone. It is quite insane to think that this is all to be done while there is KNOWN continued contamination from the Railroad company BNSf. This plan is irresponsible to the community your are to serve. If this company is to be trusted to do the clean up, at least make them do it according to the recommendations of the Ecology's chosen clean up plan in the reports you post. Encapsulation is FAILURE waiting to happen and yet they propose it. Can you spell Hanford? Smells the same. Do you remember that we are in an earthquake region? Doing this wrong should be off the table. If they are indeed the experts they tout, they can do this right IF you require it. Please do.

Respectfully,

Francine Walsh