TETRA TECH PERSONAL & TELEPHONE CONVERSATION RECORD

HELENA, MONTANA

PROJECT NAME: Shields Valley Branch Line - Inactive Railroad PROJECT NUMBER: DATE:

September 2, 2008 INTERVIEWER: Daphne Digrindakis

TIME:

WITH:Tom Peterson, Owner of Shields Valley Grain

TELEPHONE NUMBER: 406-578-2515

Mr. Peterson operated Shields Valley Grain for 27 years. He bought the Clyde Park and

Wilsall grain elevators in the early 1980s. Seed treating was done a long time ago and

utilized the fungicide Vitavax 200. Mr. Peterson doesn’t remember a bulk plant in Wilsall and

has no knowledge of USTs at the Clyde Park elevators. There was never any refueling of the

railroad conducted at the stations along the Shields Valley Branch line.

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TETRA TECH TELEPHONE CONVERSATION RECORD

HELENA, MONTANA

PROJECT NAME: Shields Valley Branch Line - Inactive Railroad PROJECT NUMBER: DATE:

September 2, 2008 INTERVIEWER: Daphne Digrindakis

TIME:3:00

WITH:Warren McGee

TELEPHONE NUMBER: 406-222-0363

Mr. McGee was a brakeman and conductor on the Shields River Branch Railroad from 1930 to

1950. He indicated there was no refueling at any of the stations along the Shields Valley

Branch line. Regarding the bulk plant in Wilsall, he stated it was on the same track as the

grain elevators but couldn’t remember if it was to the north or south. He indicated there was

one tank at the bulk plant and it was used to store gasoline.

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REFERENCES (continued)

Olympus Technical Services, Inc. (Olympus), 2004. Phase II Remedial Investigation Report. Dennis Jones Bulk Plant. Clyde Park, Montana. Prepared for Montana Rail Link. October, 2003.

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