CHEMTURA OCTOBER 2014 PROGRESS REPORT

The good news to report is that the off-site pumping rates for the month of October all achieved their reduced pumping targets. That is exactly one month in a row and signifys something indeed when they have been stumbling while their performance expectations have been continually dropping. If and when they ever achieve the promised tripling (Ha!) of their off-site pumping target rates it will be indeed a miracle if they can string two or three months together in a row based upon their poor pumping history. On-site pumping was a tad more problematic as their pumping well PW5 was down for maintenance. Hence PW5 achieved 1.8 l/sec while the target is 2.0 l/sec.

This Progress Report has considerable data regarding various wells and boreholes being installed both in support of the promised enhanced off-site pumping as well as regarding the historically high NDMA concentrations found west of Chemtura in well OW60. Other wells installed in the area have to date not found NDMA at those elevated concentrations. I am beginning to think that when the smoke clears we are going to end up with some backyard commercial mechanic or even a do it yourselfer who's been dumping motor oil and or hydraulic fluid for years into a hole in his backyard. Stranger things have happened.

From MISA discharges to very little odd in the surface water of the "Gig" there is very little change since last month. BEHP (a phthalate) is still entering the Chemtura property in the "Gig" at higher concentrations than it is leaving downstream. How weird is that?