Monthly Meeting June 21, 7:00p.m. Agenda

We will meet in person this month at St. Louis City Hall on Mill Street.  We are not planning to Zoom the meeting, so please attend in person.  The room is large enough to sit away from others if necessary.  We look forward to seeing you!

Additions to agenda

Approval of April minutes (We did not meet in May, due to the PBB 50th Commemoration conference)

Treasurer’s report

Correspondence and Communication:

·         Obituary for Carol Layman, who served as co-secretary of the CAG for many years, and who received the CAG Hall of Fame award in 2019.

·         Articles on PBB 50th commemoration published in Morning Sun, St. Louis Sentinel, WCMU Radio and WOODTV.

·         Article about the Joe Scholtz Memorial Free Fishing Derby in the Gratiot County Herald.

·         Letter of support to the National Cancer Institute for funding for the PBB researchers at Emory University.

·         Letter to EPA RPM requesting information on the radioactive materials buried at the plant site.

·         Response from EPA regarding radioactive investigations on the plant site.

·         Burn Pit Chronology compiled for upcoming technical meeting on Tuesday, June 27 at 7pm via Zoom.

·         PBB Hero Award given to Pine River Superfund Citizen Task Force.

Program:

Videos taken by drone of the excavation of PSA 1 at the plant site.

EPA Report Velsicol Sites: Tom Alcamo, Project Manager

·         OU3 update

·         OU4 update

·         Downgradient Vertical Barrier Wall update

EPA Report Burn Pit Site:  Jennifer Knoepfle, Project Manager

·         Upcoming Zoom technical meeting devoted to the Burn Pit OU1 at 7pm on Tuesday, June 27.  All are welcome.

EGLE Report: Erik Martinson, Project Manager

·         Update on latest fish sampling in the impoundment

·         Update on excavation of DDT contaminated soil in neighborhood

Technical Advisor Report: Scott Cornelius

New Business:

·         Report on the 2023 Fishing Derby – Gary Smith

Ongoing Business:

1.  PBB Leadership Team Update –  Brittany Fremion, Norm Keon

2.  PBB 50th Commemoration Follow-up Report – Brittany Fremion, Ed Lorenz

Adjournment: Next meeting date: July 19, 2023