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PARAGRAPHS OF THIS MSG KEYED TO NUMBERED PARAGRAPHS OF REFERENCE.
1. NOTED
2e AS YOU KNOWe I AGREE COMPLETELY THAT UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT
RUNIT wILt BE INDIEFINITELY QUARANTINED (WHICH I BELIEVE IS
INEVITABLE) + CLEANUP ACTIONS ON THAT ISLAND WOULD BE OF LITTLE OR
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RELOCATED TO ANOTHER PART OF THE ISLANDe IY BELIEVE THAT A CASE MIGHT
BE MADE THAT IN THE LONG TERMs RELOCATION OF CONTAMINATED SOIL
FROM A TERRESTRIAL SUB-SURFACE LOCATION TO THE CACTUS CRATER COULD
MAKE THE CONTAMINANTS MORE RATHER THAN LESS BIOLOGICALLY AVAILABLE>
HOW EVER I DO NOT RAISE THIS AS AN ISSUE BECAUSE THE INCREMENTAL
ADDITION TO THE LAGOON WATERS AND SEDIMENTS WOULD BE SO TRIVIAL.
AS TO THE RELATIVELY FEW RELATIVELY HIGH CONCENTRATIONS YOU HAVE
NOTED? I CAN SEE NO JUSTIFICATION FOR DISTURBING THEM. I HAVE NO
IDEA WHAT FRACTION OF THE TOTAL INVENTORY THEY MAY REPRESENT? BUT
ASSUREDLY IT 1S SMALL, NOR CAN I SEE ANY RATIONALE FOR SETTING OR
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