NCD980602163_19970630_Warren County PCB Landfill_SERB C_Memo from Mike Kelly to Henry Lancaster re PCB Working Group Science Advisors-OCR

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June 30, 1997
MEMORANDUM:
TO:
FROM:
HENRY LANCASTER
MIKEKELLY '
SUBJECT: PCB WORKING GROUP SCIENCE AD VISOR'S
As you are aware, I sent a note to the Science Advisors asking them to provide me estimates on
the remaining tasks for this part of the detoxification efforts at the landfill so that we could
allocate the remaining funds. The figures received total $148,000, and we currently estimated
that only about $85,000 is available. Last week I provided you a copy of these, and want to
summarize the figures and make recommendations as follows:
ITEM
Final report on
site assessment
Phase I review
Phase II activities
and analysis
Community
interaction
Legislative support
Minority business
TOTALS:
QUOTES RECEIVED
PATRICK JOEL
15 ,000 18,000
3,000 7,000
8,000 40,000
15,000 10,000
10,000 10,000
12,000 NQ
$63 ,000 $70,000
$148,000
RECOMMENDATIONS
PATRICK JOEL
15,000 (15,000)*
3,000
3,000 7,000
8,000 15,000
15,000 0
15,000 0
0
$51,000 $25,000
($15,000)
$76,000
*$15,000 is the estimated amount remaining on Joel's contract which could be applied to the
final report.
Henry Lancaster, PCB Working Group
June 30, 1997
I have not spoken to either of them regarding this proposal. It seems to me that Joel wants an
awful lot of money for the next few months, and based on his past reports, I am not confident
that we will get our money's worth even if we pay him the asking fee. My guess is he is
deliberately charging a lot in order to either farm out the work or to show that we cannot pay him
what may be needed for a "complete" review and report, ie. inferior pay, inferior report.
If we fund based on my recommendations, we should have about $9,000 remaining in the fund
for incidentals or for an additional task, such as establishing a plan for minority business
involvement in the detoxification efforts.
As you are aware, their current contracts expire today. We need to let them know immediately
about the completion of the site assessment report so they can continue with it and feel confident
that they will get paid. Then we should extend their contracts and be very specific about what
we expect to receive in the future and what we will pay for, and let them know we do not plan to
pay any invoices not related to the appropriate tasks.
Please advise me what you want to do.
As a reminder, I will be out of the office (at Ft. Jackson, SC) on Wednesday and Thursday of this
week.
Thanks.
cc: B~eyer
vf'at Williamson
Laird Davison