Comment submitted by D. Littlejohn

Dorothy Littlejohn <dlittlejohn1@cox.net> 03/19/2007 06:25 PM To Docket Superfund@EPA cc bcc Subject EPA-HQ-SFUND-2007-0072 Please place the Ormond Beach Halaco site in Oxnard as a Superfund site. But we feel that an additional step is necessary: to have all of the material deposited by Halaco in the Ormond Beach wetlands removed so that the site can be restored to its original condition. Selection of the Halaco site for Superfund status is just one part of the vision many of us share regarding Ormond's future. Our vision won't be complete until all toxic material deposited in the heart of Ormond is removed and the site is restored to its prior habitat values. There are approximately 710,000 cubic yards of waste that make up the Halaco slag heap. This has been described as 24 football fields, piled to 10 feet deep. Yes, it will be an enormous process to remove that material. But failing to do so will mean that it will continue to be a problem forever. Suggestions have been made to cap the toxic pile to facilitate development of the site. This would leave us with a ticking time bomb of carcinogenic and radioactive materials continuously leaching into local waters, and it would destroy the prospects of restoring Ormond's ecological system. It needs to be clean up and restored to it's original, unpolluted beautiful beach! Dorothy Littlejoh 1019 Quinientos St. #9 Santa Barbara, CA 93103