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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCEAIR FORCE REAL PROPERTY AGENCY

AFRPA/COO-Kelly AUG 0 12006143 Billy Mitchell Blvd Ste 1San Antonio TX 78226-1816

Dear Kelly Restoration Advisory Board Members

The following is an action hems report for the ii July 2006 Kelly Restoration Advisory Boardmeeting.

1. Mr. Quintanilla requested the Ke11yRAB be provided copies of signed minutes, January 2005through September 2005 for furt her review and approval of the entire 1MB.

During the 11 October 2005 Executive Committee meeting, both cochairs signed and approvedthe minutes for the December 2004 through September 2005 meetings, including RAB andTechnical Review Subcommittee (TRS) meetings. Copies of these signed minutes weredistributed in RAB member meeting packets for the 18 October 2005 RAB meeting. NABmembers who need additional copies of the minutes may obtain them from the Information -

Repository or RAB Cochair Library. - -

2. Mr Garcia asked to be provided with instruction on how to be added to the Chief Clerk'smailing list for the State of Texas.

To be placed on the mailing list of the Chief Clerk, please contact the Office of the Chief Clerkat:

Office of the Chief ClerkMC 105TCEQP0 Box 13087Austin TX 7871 1-3087

You may request to be added to: (1) the mailing list for a specific application; (2) the permanentmailing list for a specific applicant name and permit number; and/or (3) the permanent mailinglist for a specific county. Clearly specif' which mailing list(s) to which you wish to be addedwhen sending your request. The permit number for the former Kelly AFB is 50310.

3, Mr. Silvas requested the Cadmium/breast cancer study be added to a future meeting agenda.

The Cadmiumlbrcast cancer study is outside the scope of the environmental restoration programat the former Kelly AFB. For issues regarding health concerns, you may contact the PublicCenter for Environmental Health at 2513 Kennedy Circle, Building 180, Suite 105, Brooks City-Base, TX 78235.

KELLY AR # 3241.2 of 15

4. Mr. Quintanilla requested AFRPA provide a briefing on the final RAB Rule.

AFRPA is currently reviewing the Final RAB Rule and developing discussion items for KellyRAB members.

5. Mr. Silvas would like AFEPA/CRSC Kelly to add State Representatives Jose Menendez andRobert Puente to its mailing list.

AFRPA has added Representatives Menendez and Puente to the RAB mailing list.

Thank you for your continued interest in the Kelly Restoration Advisory Board.

Sincerely

at)ADAM U. ANTWINESenior Representative

KELLY AR # 3241.2 of 15

On the Sleuthing TrailCASE: "Roddy, the June 21,

2006, issue of the Journal ofthe National Cancer Institutefeatured a report of a study,'Cadmium Exposure andBreast Cancer Risk.'

"According to a Reuterssummary of the report, whichI read on a Web health site,'Women with the highest lev-els of cadmium in their urinehave more than a two-foldhigher risk of breast cancerthan women with the lowestlevels. ... This held true afteraccounting for establishedrisk factors.'

"That news brought backmemories of your investiga-tion of Kelly AFB contamina-tion several years ago.

"Didn't you write aboutKelly workers' exposure tocadmium ... and about ahigh incidence of breast can-cer among Kelly workers?

"Do you think there is alink?"

INVESTIGATION: After re-viewing my Kelly-contamina-tion files, here is what I canreport with certainty:

In 2001, during a months-long effort to identify envi-ronmentallhealth hazards atthe former Air Fbrce base, Ilearned:

• For nearly 30 years, aplating facility in Building301 contained vats of cad-mium in which aircraft partswere dipped, Occasional leaksin the vats led to contamina-tion of soil and groundwater.

MAt various times, build-ings 258 and 259 were usedfor cadmium plating.

"These platinghops werevery small and quite old," aformer Kelly worker told me."During the Vietnam conflict,

were dis-charged intoLeon Creek."

• "Cadmiumwas used inevery AirForce platingshop," an AirTraining Corn-mand old-timer recalled."And vaporsalways boiledoff the (cad-miunilcya-nine) solu-tion."

Regarding breast cancerIn 2002, the Air Force pub-

lished the results of a studyof the mortality of civilianswho worked at Kelly AFB be-tween 1981 and 2000. Themost troubling findings:

• Breast cancer occurredmore often than expected inboth men and women.("Three men died from breastcancet where one or nodeaths would be expected.There were 18 breast-cancerdeaths among women in thestudy, where only eight wouldhave been expected.")

• "Elevated mortality" wasnoted among female "blue col-lar" workers.

While Air Force research-ers expressed some concernabout the fmdings, they con-cluded:

"This study could not deter-mine any common exposureor risk factOr for the men andwomen with breast cancec"

And:"it is unknown whether the

excess (of breast cancerdeaths) was occupationally re-lated.

"Because the study popula-tion was relatively young —

"follow.up," and as far as Iknow, there are no plans toconduct additional studies ofthe mortality of Kelly workersand/or their families.

I mention "families" be.cause of a warning from TaraBergeson, an environmentaltoxicologist at the WisconsinDepartment of Natural Re-sources, who was quoted in areport of the cadmium/cancerstudy published in the Milewaukee Journal Sentinel:

"...people who work withcadmium should take preceu,lions to avoid carrying cad'.miwn.containing dust homefrom work on clothing, skin,hair or tools."

Bergeson's comment caughtmy eye because while prepaiing to write this piece I cameacross this question and an-.swer in an April 3, 2001, col-umn:

'What did Kelly workerstouch, breathe and take hauteon their clothes?...

"An educated guess aboutBldg. 301 would include cad-fmiuin and chromium."

It seems safe to assumethat plating-shop workers atKelly took cadmium home ontheir clothes day after day,year after year — in somecases, for decades.

I understand that such col-.umnizing assumptions caflbemore worrisome than belpftil:to Kelly workers and theirfamilies. But I'd rather be.guilty of scaring folks unnec-essarily than withholding in-,formation that could motivatethose workers and familymembers to put regular medi-cal checkups high on theirlists of priorities.

To contact Roddy Stinson,

SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS SUNDAY, JULY 9,2006 ,3A

Cadmium/breast canceE studystirs memories of Kelly probe

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STINSON.

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at e

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site

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ordi

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info

rmat

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pro-

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ce o

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cur

rent

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avat

ion

site

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ar th

e 15

th te

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form

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dru

ms

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chlo

rina

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solv

ents

, suc

h as

tric

hlor

oeth

ylen

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site

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ne o

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vera

l lan

d-fi

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inve

stig

ated

'to

dete

rmin

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e nu

mbe

r of

dru

ms,

(2)

how

far

dow

n th

e dr

ums

are

buri

ed a

nd(3

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e be

st p

roce

dure

s fo

r re

mov

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the

drum

s or

"st

abili

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em.

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estig

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ill p

rodu

ce a

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rect

iveMeasiires Study"

bySept

30.

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Car

rillo

, chi

ef o

f co

mm

u-ni

ty r

elat

ions

for

the

37th

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inin

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mg

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ic A

ffai

rs O

ffic

e at

Lac

k-la

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FB, w

as.p

artic

ular

ly c

ordi

alw

hile

hel

ping

me

-bta

in th

atinfor-

mation.

She

also

stressed:

1.

The

re is

not

hing

sec

retiv

eab

out t

he 1

5th-

tee

landfill

exca

va-

tion. 2.

Mem

bers

of

the

Lac

klan

dCom-

mun

ityCouncil

on R

esto

ratio

nha

ve r

ecei

ved

regu

lar

upda

teson

drum

s in

the

land

fill

area

s, a

ndsu

ch b

rief

mgs

will

con

tinue

.So

...W

hile

the

"dig

ging

" at

the

golf

cour

se s

ite is

intr

igui

ng, t

he in

for-

mat

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Suspeet:snar after higfrspeed-chase; dragnet seeks 2nd manBfJóeKieter followflgilghspJcNewsstaff writer.

The, fugitives, who fled from anarmed robbery in Mississippi into Ala-A manhunt involving police dogs. a bama. reportedly tired on a Reform

tacticaj squad landed ne armed POt)- 'The ffiè7wjot hit. according toséarchthg for another' in a wooded area - '- '

*SeeManhun, Page' 4A

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IPOJC HELP — Dioxiirtflj lace —

[t -'•------'--e-to- aceuatèIythe herad-sugar level.

hè*' keep airaocurate track,ug.:etocmtroIjflie maclune cib4

"cafláffdL Bea'ofblems in the home, the teenagerI a S seer-are-b —by -amdmother witira 1ümtiiKióme.

—the machineitt donations fer Case 140 to the

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BATON ROUGE, La. — Something strange -was happeningto' plants in the greenhouse at Capitol Thgh School. ' -An agricultwe teacher at the 'Baton Rouge school notieed.that the leaves of the plants were distorted and wondered

.The -discovery began a train 'of events ' Jeading te recent,Jardous.we n't siana and later imprOperly shipped it to

- Alabama - ''"The controversy centers on 14 drums of waste, most of ThemContauung mth -surplus Weed-killer and all of them now at

The story Of the waste's handling is laced wififallegatious by- Chemwaste- and Louisiana officials of criminal- wrongdoing by ' -

weed-lujier atn ginaw0the-.

D10xmhasbeencalledoneofthemOtffl,flfl

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manuacturej . a Agriculture mid Nulzition of KansasCity, Kan., to take itsAn Alabama Dpne,tm,,n f immentai ojjWaste han' e W14i-rst fi bthn'tJw J1 nd '-- f the firm niade Alabama home to the naliotfs biggest hasa Waste's Baton Rpuge office, to aept the wastes, ChemWaste claisse 7Amnier-

- - dump.man, acting for the herbicide producer, had the dennis moved to a man-wale-ChemWaste' actions show that the cumpany's top officera are "either gnmly house. - -• , -.negIig.. or they don't know what's going on," said Buddy Cox, chief of the But Lotasiana and t if. Agriculture and say v& asic as

: harardous-waste branch in AflIvFs land division,a COmpany — not Just T,iminerman —took charge of the waste.

- '- ff Chemwase officials in Baton Rouge could so badly mishandle one of the "We dealt with Mr. ?uneiman s a represtaIwe are- must toxic of all- chewj Cox asks, then how much conuide should the ment and not as a private party, said P. a Agrtcui attorney 0 y. e':pubuc place in the company's other operations, including Kaaelle? Said his Company dtd not tell Zlxmnerrnan to take the waste to the man-ware-

The history of the gove ment-sup weed-kiflp spans 15 years and three house. -• states.. ' Zanci referred questions to his attorney, Nathan Fisher, who said he

For the must part it is a tale of goverruj and privaic'ôffléials struggling to knew notiting about the herbicide storage.find a safe home for a.substance that teaerai restrictions have made notoriously Phone mage slips in Calhoun's office show that three ChemWaste employhard to manage. Only a handful of waste-disposal sites in the country are ees called while armngam for pf the waste were being made in

to accept dioxin wastes.Septen 198& A slip dated Sept23 — the day Calhoun sa Chem Waste picked

ChemWaste officiaJ, claim they fit into the mainstream -of that story. They up the waste — statesthat the ChernWaste official who called, Tom Bentley- contend their company was acting as a "flood Samaritan" when it brought the Smith. has found out where secure storage for (F. a Agriculture is."

dnuns of waste to hnelle in February fox- apalysis.'That "secure storage" turned out to be David Mirf.U-Storage, a mini-wamJi

At least seven of the 14 drums of waste contain dioxin, a substar,.oe proven where an average.size cubicle rents for $35 a month--deadlyto laboratory animals and suspected of causing Cancer and other disorders

Ken Elledge, former pesticide waste coordinator for the Louisiana Agiicuftuj'e

•

Documents, government officiajgand other sources here snake it Department, said he asked m1th bra manifest authorizing tramportatio of ahazardous waste. e sai lWaecep isa s stateanen that none was needem!'' k in a klic facilj oni thi1i steel barrieu' It from 'e a t, was wrong, ge e a

--iioue y a separa peo,

Smith, who is ChernWastes project manager in Baton Rouge, refused to

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the herbicide.--' • ruougn iaesnWaste has soughuti, pm rextslbdjty for qushandling the

The mjnl-warel owner, Kerrie Lemiewc, 1ff —--- y-offtclalwha £1 1HLIu. ULJ, actually several Chem-rented the-

empoyeeswem0- 'm, r - - ,j• ,,,,,, - ,.

,, Wi- Prom 0 e

Louisjme officials said storage of 2,4,5-P in the mini.wai'PJme vioiateiitewaste to iuau iwd evidence that the wwe contained ,a we

momm laws. It also violated the rental contr wbich forbjdasource of dioxin. The Emelle landfill's state permit prohibits ceptance of dioxa

storage of chemicals and other "inherently dangerous iaeisàj"Wastes. - .

• Miss Lemnieux iaid she entered ChemWaste'cubic1&a sMelled a weird"

• Here Is the rest of the story, as pieced together from Louisiana sources - ,-

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- odor after it andma —

The herbicide. was shipped from Kelly Air Force Base. Texas, to a federal ,, • -.and oter

in , w soand i asked them what was in thorn, and-I asked them!ij 4 was toxic, And they

- 0imb f the lmeed4cIller as later fowid tqbe causing-crop damage, concern told me no."I peaked after the Capitol High School teacher noticed that the leaves of green- Until a Hhnjiega Nenn reporter told her recently what the drums con-

house plants were elongateci in a wayt)pucaJ of expo to 24,5-p tauled, no one ever told me what it %as," shsaxd,- -Samples taken fnim a ruptured arti ofhefdeojgj the grethhouse Miss Lemieux said she questioned CbemWasto secretary Qierty Siebext about

- coithinndip and- "the--levels -of dioxin that we -would have expected of -the waste, Asked wh -she-told -44nsLoipj the-waste wasnhaed," militaxy.vintg 2,4,5-T at that time," said H. F. Calhoun, director of pesticide Mrs. Siebert said, "I can't confirm or deny that"

and environmen programs for the Louisiana Department of AgricultureCalhoun said ChemWaste omelaig knew some of the drunz contained 2,4,5,T

, and Forestry.' - - -

• "I feel -sure that when ChnWaste took thenateria that-theyknewwhat they--

r- The 2,4,5-? produced for the armed for typically contained more dioxin were receiving," he said, 'There-haveseveral conversations my

than 2,4,5-i made for comme use, he said Because of its dioxin r&¼ use of staff and them as to what they hL" - - -- -

- 2,4,5- has been harmed a $ioic'de si eeNoven 1986,£%eniwasM officials say they discovered the waste was in the mini-wateme

ontamjnated soil near the green1sjue was dug up anti incinerated,when they audited, their Baton Rouge office In February. That probe led the

- During 1983, Calhoun's departanejat traced and recalled mere of the herbicirfe. coMpany to charge Zimmerman withlhe theft of $119,993,of it also-contained diomi,

• A May 11 warrant signed by a CllemWage official charges that Zlmmeni-,awild. bified QIemW- ---------- - '-S .-

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but could find no affordmie way to get rid of them until they asked the herbicidemanufacturer, T. H: Agricuiture and Nutrition of Kansas City, Kari., to take its

in- product heeLice

Waste Baton Rpuge office, to accept the washes. Qiemwaste claims 7imnier-man, acting for the herbicide producer, had the drums moved to a mini-ware-house.

But Louisiana and T. H. Agriculture and Nutrition officials say Chem Waste asa company -. not just Zimmertnan took charge of the waste."We dealt with Mr. Zlinjnerrnan as a representative of ChemWasie Manage-

ment, and not as a private party," said T. H. Agriculture attorney John Kelly. Hesaid his company did not tell Zimmerman to take the waste to the mini-ware-union. 3.Zimmerman referred questions to his attorney, Nathan Fisher, who said heknew nothing about the herbicide storage.Phone message slips in Calhoun's office show that three ChemWaste employ-ees called while arrangements for pickup of the waste were being made inSeptember 1985. A slip dated Sept.23 — the day Calhoun aaya (item Waste pickedey up the waste — states that the ChemWaste official who called, Tom Bentleyhe Smith, 'has found out where secure storage for (T. if. Agriculture) is"That "secure storage" turned out to be David Min'U-Storage, a mini-warpJouseen where an average-sizarj cubicle rents for $35 a month.Ken Elledgn, former pesticide waste coordinator for the Louisiana AgricnjtiweDepartment, said he asked Smith for a manifest authorizing transportation of ahazardous waste. He said he accepted Smith's statement that none was needed."1 admit, I was wrong," Elledge said "I should have demanded a manifest'Smith, who is ChemWaste' project manager in Baton Rouge, refused tolie answer questions shout his involvement in handling the h&bicide.

in The mhn-warelioum OwflPj, Kenie Lemieuz, said it was ChemWaste thatrented the warehomo eubicIethough Zimmerman made some- rental paymentswith perainal checks.Louisiana officials said storage of 2,4,5-T in the mini-warehoum violated stateand federal env nmentaj laws. It also violated the rental contract, which forbidsstorage of chemicals and other "inherently dangerous maferia'Miss Lemleux said she enteuej ChemWasl cubicle-and smelled a "weird"odor after it and severajj cub'- vie broken lila."Allisaw was the barieISinthere;.shesaIdAfld1(ed(emilWa.and I asked them what was in there, and I asked thentif itwas toxic. And theytold me no."

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for fictitious services. The warrant says Zirnmerrna was fIred March 9. &yaiBush, district attorney for-East Baton Rouge Parish said he is still investigatjn1the case.

ins euekials paid zkgcompany "a very small sum" for handling the 14 drimis of waste, said KeHy (hiT. K Agi'iculture attorney.Louisiana and aiemWaste officials say the company informed the State Pohecanti the Louisiana Department of nvirniunen) Quality in February that thiwastes were in the mini.wal'ehoLDEQ doaiments and photographs show the drums bore painted laliels identi-fying their contents.Yet LDEQ officials classed the waste as urddenbfled when they authorizedshipment to Emelle. They say they couldn't assume the labels ware accurate,Thomas H. Patterson, manager of enforcement for the LDEQ's hazardouswaste division, said that if It were known the herbicide contained dioxin, ihere'sno way we could have shipped it."

Calhoun could have told him, but Calhoun said he wasn't contacted until afterthe waste reached Emelle,The shipment has put ChemWa at odds with ADEM, which claims thecompany had no authority to accept either unidentified wastes or those with aknown dioxin risk. Qiemwaste has appealed an ADEM order to get rid of thewastes and pay a $20,000 fine.The incident has also prompted ADEM to hold up issuance of a permanentpermit for Ernelie. which has operated under an interini permit since 1980.The US. Environxnent Protection Agency has ruled that the waste shipmentviolated Chern Waste's fedeia1 permit but has imposed no penalty.

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Until a Btimlegjn, News reporter told her recently what the drums con-tained, "no one ever told me what it was," she said,Miss Lemlewc said she questioned CheinWaste secretary Cherry Siebert aboutthe waste. Asked whether she -told Miss Lemieux the waste wasn't hazardous,Mrs. Siebej't said, "I can't confirm or deny that"Calhoun said ChemWa officials knew some of the drums contained 2,4,5-T."f feel that when Chem Waste took the material, that they knew what theywere receiving," he saul "There have been several convemafions betweea.mystall and. them as to what they had." -CheinWaste officials say they discovered the waste was in the mini-wambomewhen they audited their Baton Rouge office in Februaiy That probe led thecompany to chaise Zimmerman with the theft of $119,993A May II warrant signed by a ChemWaste official charges that Zimmermanset

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