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April 11, U U

Mr. :-ti c:hael R. Deland Ret.lonal Adlliniatrator Ret)ion I u. s. Cftviron.ental Protection Afency

J. r . X.uedy Federal luildint ao.ton, K&aaacbuaetta OZZOl

J Dear Hr. Deland•

I vrite on behalf of the follovin9 co.puiaa which have been identifiad by the ! PA ~• potentially raaponaibla pactiaa vith raepect t o the Picillo s ite in Coventry, ~ho4a leland • Gertaral .!lectric, Monaanto, CAP, Ruttara Univaraity, Olin Corporation, Mhland Chaaical Corporation, Roba &ad Haaa ~any, P.:xxon Re­s earch and En9inaarin9 Corporation, ;..C"icart Cyan..Ud Corporation

·and Uydron LaboC"atoriee , I nc . 'ftlaea c:011paniae have ton~ed a aubco.aittea c:oneiatin9 of t our o f the ir e~~ployaea to adviae thftl on techn i c al matte ra re l atinq t o t he ei t e. Thil Coaai t tee il headed by Richard lle ndey of Olin Corporation.

T'heae c:oca9aniea are i n the proce aa of 9atherin9 da t a to evaluate t be lite and to detaraine what remedial ac tion , if any, needs t.o be undertaken. The llacbeC'I of the technical aubco.• lllittae i n par f oraainq this t.aak, would find i t both deairable and useful to conault Cirectly with technical :nem!)ere of your staff . Accordin9ly, a request is hereby made to ? ermit the technical repreaentativea o f t !\aee companiea to rneec directly with appro­priate ~ambers of t he e PA s taff. I would hope that your a9ency would find thia uaaful • • uall .

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I look forward to your reeponee.

Sincerely,

Richard H. .Tobneon

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CCI ~ John Moebee Deaint z. Sberaan, !•q. HI'. aic:har4 Hendey

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