Comment submitted by C. E. Sullivan, Jr

I have resided within the Town of Nassau, Rensselaer County, since 1990; and during all that time, addressing the contamination at, and from, the Dewey Loeffel site has been a major issue of public debate and concern. Despite the best efforts of the New York State Environmental Conservation Department's staff working within the constraints imposed by the agreement entered into with the major PRPs for the Dewey Loeffel site, the hazardous substances have not been contained. I am hopeful that, not being bound by the agreement, USEPA will be in a position to assert sufficient enforcement authority over the PRPs that gets them to address contaminant migration seriously and successfully and, that failing, that USEPA addresses contaminant migration successfuly and then bills the PRPs appropriately. I reviewed the HRS materials contained in the docket and believe that the resultant score underplay the site's significance. For example, air emissions are not calculated into the HRS, and they could have been. I therefore support the final HRS determination. I thank USEPA for its willingness to assume remedial responsibility for this site, which has vexed NYSDEC for years and wish USEPA every success in successfully addressing the contamination at, and from, the site. Sincerely, Chalrles E Sullivan, Jr 419 Totem Lodge Road Averill Park, New York 12018 518.674.8246