<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Great idea. Especially to make sure there is consistency across the country. Count me in. <br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mindi Messmer, PG, CG</span></div><div><br></div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Former New Hampshire House of Representatives<br class="">State House, Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs Committee<br class=""></span><div><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mobile: <a href="tel:603.498.8847" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0/2" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">603.498.8847</a> | email: <a href="mailto:mmessmer@me.com" class="">mmessmer@me.com</a></span></div><div><br></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Jul 30, 2019, at 4:27 PM, Lenny Siegel <<a href="mailto:lsiegel@cpeo.org">lsiegel@cpeo.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Once a decision is made to organize a dialogue, planning should be relatively easy.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The hard part is convincing DOD and EPA that it will be helpful to them. While some of the Congressional champions of PFAS action might be helpful, I’m guessing that few of them know about the successes of the 1990s.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Lenny<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 30, 2019, at 1:13 PM, Peter Strauss <<a href="mailto:petestrauss1@comcast.net" class="">petestrauss1@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Lenny:<div class=""><br class=""><div class="">I’d be interested in working with you on planning a dialogue. It is important to review the community engagement sessions that EPA held last year (<a href="https://www.epa.gov/pfas/pfas-community-engagement" class="">https://www.epa.gov/pfas/pfas-community-engagement</a>) to ascertain what has already taken place, and what is needed for a national dialogue. I suggest that you review the conference on PFAS held at Northeastern U. (<a href="https://pfasproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/PFAS_Schedule_FINAL.pdf" class="">https://pfasproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/PFAS_Schedule_FINAL.pdf</a>) as well. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Peter Strauss<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 30, 2019, at 12:24 PM, <<a href="mailto:tad.mccall@gmail.com" class="">tad.mccall@gmail.com</a>> <<a href="mailto:tad.mccall@gmail.com" class="">tad.mccall@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The time is now!<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Military <<a href="mailto:military-bounces@lists.cpeo.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">military-bounces@lists.cpeo.org</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Lenny Siegel<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, July 30, 2019 11:37 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Military Environmental Forum <<a href="mailto:military@lists.cpeo.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">military@lists.cpeo.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: How about a national multi-stakeholder PFAS dialogue?<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The task force described in the linked article (<a href="https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/national-security/article233063112.html" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/national-security/article233063112.html</a>) is a step forward, but it’s not enough.<br class=""><br class="">About two years ago I unsuccessfully suggested to Maureen Sullivan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Environment, that DOD form a national multi-stakeholder dialogue to work through policy issues associated with the military’s use and release into the environment of PFAS chemicals. I noted growing community interest at many current and former Defense installations across the country.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Back in the 1990s, the Defense Department participated in the Federal Facilities Environmental Restoration Dialogue Committee, and it sponsored the National Dialogue on Military Munitions. Both dialogues brought together diverse interests to make constructive, productive recommendations.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">It’s past time for a PFAS dialogue!</b><br class=""><br class="">Lenny<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">--<br class=""><br class="">Lenny Siegel<br class="">Executive Director<br class="">Center for Public Environmental Oversight<br class="">a project of the Pacific Studies Center<br class="">P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042<br class="">Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 <br class=""><<a href="mailto:lsiegel@cpeo.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">lsiegel@cpeo.org</a>><br class=""><a href="http://www.cpeo.org/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://www.cpeo.org</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">_______________________________________________</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Military mailing list</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><a href="mailto:Military@lists.cpeo.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">Military@lists.cpeo.org</a><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><a href="http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org</a></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">
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