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High TECh ENTERPRISES motel's water well. Unfortunately,the owners of the motel did not fully understand your re- quirement and proceeded to have the water in the well analyzed by Precision Enviro-Tech Ana- lytical Laboratory, a local certified analytical laboratory. This action was undertaken in good faith by the Saint Francis Motel in hopes of finally putting this matter to rest. 8. In late October, 2004,the owners of the Saint Francis Motel asked me to review the lab results of Precision Enviro-Tech Analytical Laboratory's analyses of the water well, and I did this,provid- ing my conclusions in High Tech Enterprises Report#041001-L-F A copy of this report too was forwarded to your office. Since every chemical analyzed in this lab effort was shown to be either"non-detect" or"zero," it was not too difficult for me to conclude that the water well contained no hazardous chemicals, and was,therefore,totally safe to drink or to use in any other manner without causing any health hazard to a person who might come into contact with this water. 9. After receiving the copy of this report,your department demanded that the Saint Francis Motel further contract to have a certified geologist—or a person with equivalent credentials—evaluate the subterranean hydrologic flow path, flow rate,etc.to be able to ensure that the organic chemi- cals in the septic tank could not migrate to the water well. I believe that this is an accurate characterization of the chronology. I would now like to add a number of my own comments. First of all,I have included with this memo a copy of my Resume in order for you and/or your department to understand how my own qualifica- tions are sufficient for me to render certain judgments in this matter. Please note, I hold credentials as a Professional Engineer, a Certified Industrial Hygienist, a Certified Safety Professional, and a Quali- fied Environmental Professional. As you can see from this Resume,I have been involved in these fields for well over two decades. During our conversation of 1 December 2004,I informed you that the combination of my education, my experience,and my credentials was NOT sufficient to allow me to provide opinions on the subter- ranean hydrologic matters over which your office has expressed so very much concern. I believe, however,that I am able and qualified to provide ALL of the following opinions. 1. The volume of organic chemicals in the septic tank was INSIGNIFICANT—equivalent to just over 35.5 drops (i.e., as from an eye dropper)of these five organic chemicals in a tank containing approximately 600 gallons of septic fluids. On this same basis, 600 gallons of septic fluids is equivalent to just over 148,000,000 drops (i.e., as from an eye dropper). My opinion was that this level of organics was, as stated above and in the previously referenced High Tech Enter- prises Report#040501-L-F, INSIGNIFICANT. In my judgment, the situation required no ad- ditional remediation whatsoever. I believe that my professional qualifications are such that your department MUST consider this opinion to be valid. 2. Additionally,the septic tank no longer contains any "organic chemicals" (since its contents have been pumped). It is my opinion,therefore,that even if the contents of the septic tank are able to migrate to the water well—obviously,under favorable subterranean hydrologic conditions—that there is still no chemical hazard from such a migration. To stress again, there are no dangerous organic chemicals remaining in the septic tank. This too is an opinion that I believe your de- partment must credit as being valid, again based upon my professional qualifications. 3. Finally, I note that the Saint Francis Motel's water well is located approximately 260 feet WSW of the motel's septic tank,although I have no opinion as to the hydrologic distance between these two facilities. I note further that the well is approximately 30 feet east of an asphalt paved road- way. If there were to have been any organic impurities in this well,I would have expected that they would most likely be leachates of the shorter hydrocarbon chain members of a standard as- phaltic matrix. Since there were no such hydrocarbons identified as being in the well, it is clear that these asphaltic leachates have not migrated east 30 feet into the water well. Since the con- centration of these alphaltic hydrocarbons is orders of magnitude greater than the measured con- centration levels of organic chemicals that used to be in the septic tank, and since the distance between the roadway and the water well is just over 10%of the separation between the water well