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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-08-02 Agenda Packet - Board (9) in U� Staff Report To: Board of Directors From: Peter L. Holzmeister Date: July 28, 2000 Donner Lake water system issues A public meeting has been scheduled and advertised to discuss Donner Lake water issues. I will be prepared to make a brief introduction describing why we are considering this matter at this time and something about the need for our District to adhere to certain water system construction and operating standards. If the input from the public strongly supports further involvement by the District, there are a few initial steps I would suggest you consider. 1. We need to verify our authority to serve water in that territory. SR Jones, Executive Director of Nevada County LAFCo is on vacation until Monday, July 31. 1 will call her and begin researching this issue. 2. We need to understand the role of the California PUC. What is the precise territory covered by Donner Lake Utility Company's certificate? I do not know if PUC approval is needed for our District to replace Donner Lake Utility Company(Del Oro). 3. We need to prepare a preliminary Donner Lake water system rehabilitation plan describing the facility improvements, a budget, a schedule and a source of funding. 4. We then need to confirm the interest of the Donner Lake customers. Initiating these steps may be the appropriate action for the Board to take Wednesday evening, assuming the public asks us to become involved. If, on the other hand, the public asks us to remain out of this issue,the Board can certainly do just that. Short term relief The public may ask the District to take steps to relieve the short-term need for water. We can establish a community water spigot near Donner State Park if the Board feels such action appropriate.We may be able to take other helpful actions if it is appropriate for us to do so. We need to discuss whether we would take such actions unilaterally, or only with the concurrence of Del Oro and subject to Del Oro paying for our support. ®Page 1 for corporate planning To: Peter Holzmeister1 Truckee Donner PUD Fax 587-1189 Phonc: (530) 582-3353j + F=x .141 30? >3_' 3334 From: Rob Eskridge Date_ July 28, 2060 Pages including cover: 12 Dear Peter, Attached is a request for your aid in assisting Donner Lake Water issue resolution. -Rob 100 'd 1'E£01 Z8S OSS 831N33 BUH391INHW HIMON9 i?3 )Ot�l-'tiZ.-111P b2211 ESS 02s 07/26/2000 10:53 5 8058 7i 661 MARYL.CU SULLIVAN Y JLIy 20, -Mo Bill Lockyef Attomey General California Departmentt ofJustir Sacramento,California Dear Sir. We ate writing to raquest your aid in resolving the problems the residents cf Donner Lake, in the Town Of Truckee,have had with the Donner Lake Water Company_ The Department of Health Services(DHS)and the Public Utilities Commission (PUC',) are un,,,lilac or unable to solve these problems,so we ate Honing to you as a last resort, v The Donner Lake Water Company is the sole provider of water to 1232 connections at Donner Lake. The company has been owned since 1993 by the Del Oro Water Company, which is in turn owned by Robert Fortino: Roughly one third of the customers are full-time residents or businesses; the rest are second homeowners or the owners of vacation rental properties T Tie customers pay a yearly flat rate for water, regardless of actual usage. Water customers in the rest of the Town are served by the Truckee-Donner PUD. The problems we have had with the Donner Lake Water Company have occurred in three areas: water quality and safety,water availability,and the inappropriate use of ratepayers' funds. The PUC and the DHS have consistently either ignored these problems or have failed to enforce their regulatory decisions, and have given the impression of being solely concerned with facilitating Mr. Fortino's business and unconcerned with the welfare of the publ is they are charged with protecting_ In this letter we will document the specific problems with the water company and the actions and inactions of the PUC and the DHS. 1. Water quality The Donner Lake Water Company was notified by the DHS in 1991 and again in 1992 that"it must provide a plan and schedule for modification of its existing treatment facilities by June 29, I993" as a result of noncompliance with the California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Chapter 17, Surface Water Filtration and Disinfection Treatment Regulations, and on August 13, 1993 was served Compliance Order 06-001, as a result of continued failure in meeting the regulation(Attachment A). Del Oro Water Company purchased the Donner Lake Water Company in 1993, with full knowledge of the Compliance Order. On November 30, 1994,the water company issued a Notice of Proposed Rate Increase, requesting funds to"construct a SLI million treatment plant facility." (Attachment 5) 7)':ic FUUC granted a rate increase on September 27, 1995, "to pay for a Feasibility Study to evaluate Z00"d f88C e8S 089 HI11430 1N3iN9HUHN HIM tM 'Z t, 1 l 14 i:F Z-BZ-IHP b222 ?4C 82S 07/26(2020 10:53 5305271661 M''RYi_GL' SQL'_:', Lake. Since most second homeowners could be expected to be at Donner Lake for the holiday, the notice appears to have been timed so that most customers would not see it until too late to comment. On July 6, 2000, the water company published a notice in the local newspaper, the Sierra Sun, regarding a Water Conservation and Rationing Plan, however the notice didn't state which water company and to which customers the notice was for , (Attachment H). At the present time,the Truckee Planning Department has approved plans for the filtration plant, but a requested easement from the Donner Lake Village for the intake pipe between Donner Lake and the plant is the subject of litigation, with no indication of when or even if this obstacle will be overcome. We continue to be under a Boil Water Notice and the water in our system continue; to be treated,as it has been for many years, unmonitored and with toxic levels of chlorine. In addition to failing to build the filtration plant, the Donner Lake Water Company has consistently failed to inform its customers of the poor condition of the water. For example, when we eaIled the water company office in Truckee on June 291(we spoke to "Debby")to complain about discolored, foul-tasting water, we were not informed of the Boil Water Notice of June 2e We finally received the Notice on July I,nine days after it had been issued. Many customers 'we know have never received the notice,either by mail or by hand delivery. Although the DHS has required the water company to issue its customers quarterly notices of noncompliance, the company has issued these notices only yearly(Attachment I), using benign language, like doesn't comply", rather than what Mr. Morehouse wrote,that"the water system faits to meet tF,e treatment requirements".' The context of Mr. Morehouse's statement was that he felt that hir Fonino was adequately alerting customers. In a finding from a recent Grand Jury hearing, the DHS +vas required to instruct Donner Lake Water Company to re issue a Quarterly Public Notification using the proper alerting language. (Attachment.I) In addition while the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65) requires California businesses to warn the public quarterly of potential public exposures to toxic chemicals, urrii the summer of 1999,the water company refused to divulge to customers the amount of MTBE it, the drinking water. (A study done in 1997 by a John Reuter from the University of California, Davis, found MTBE levels in Donner lake of 12 ppb (Attachment K). The maximum DNS- altoiwcd. level is 13 ppb (Attachment L). . 2. Water availability The problem of water availability is closely tied to that of water safety, since low water pressure and water outages allow bacterial infiltration into the water system. The Donner Lake Water Company customers have had periodic water outages for years. These outages vary in frequency depending on location,but are well-known to all residents. They are most frequent in the summer, particulary on weekends and holidays, when usage is closer to a normal full residential demand. In a letter to the PUC dated July 31, 1999, we documented three outages of six hours or more that summer. This year residents on Denton Ave. have had outages since 'Dept. Of Health Compliance Order no 01-09-99-ORD-002, page 3 3 S00 'd GM88 e8S O89 8311113 11,13H39tiNNW 1I11MON9 t2:8 lil? t,szs zes 02s 07i2S!2000 10:s" G30527160? MAP.YLOU SULLI'. A , February with as many at 22 days in June. These outages continue to date. The outages,according to the water company, at_- due to undersize intake and transmission litres, as well As multiple leaks in the lines and tanks, The lines, Which are Severely deteriorated, have never been replaced since the system was constructed. The intake Iine is scheduled to be replaced when and if the filtration plant is v er built. Despite the ongoing and well-documented inadequacy of the water system to serve the existing customers,the Donner Lake Water Company continues to hook up new c xstomers, while the DHS has insisted that there is no shortage. This appears to be in direct vioiation of the Compliance Orders of September 22, 1999 and June 23, 2000, The Order states under the "VIOLATION"section, Section 64568, that"water service connection may be added to a distribution system only if the water system will comply with section 64562,"'which states "California Code Regulations require water supplier to have sufficient available water from the water sources and distribution reservoirs to supply adequately, dependably, and safety the total requirements of all users under maximum demand conditions."' The Nevada County Department of Envirorm ental Health, in a series of letters beginning in 1995, informed the DHS of the ongoing problems of outages mud questioned the quality and quantity of available water. (Attachment M) Despite these warnings the DHS has allowed the water company to issue "willingness to serve"notices to two new subdivisions new Donner Lake, the Fciton Woods/Donner Creek Woods and Wolfe Estates developments. A letter from the DIiS dated April 10, 1995, confirmed the creation of the new connection and stated that they would "not create new problems to existing system as far as quality and quantity of water'."As recently as in its Citation Notice of June 28,2000, the DHS states that since 1993,"no water outages were previously reported to the Department". The problem of inadequate water delivery appears to extend to other Del Oro Water Company subsidiaries as well. For example, customers of the Magalia Water Utility have been on water rationing and under a Boil Water Notice since Apri I, 2000. (Attachments N�. 3. Use of funds Our information regarding the water company's use of the funds collected from the ratepayers is sketchy at this point_ We are attempting to obtain copies of the annual PUC filings from the Donner Lake Water Company and other water companies owned by the DPl Oro water company. We have received partial copies of filings from the Donner Lake Water Comaazy 'Compliance Order 01-09-99-CIT, September 22, 1999, pp. 2 and 4. 'Ibid, p. 1. 'Letter from the DHS to Nevada County Environmental Health Department. Apni 10, 1995. 4 D00'd 17£££ 329 0£9 8111430 INIH19UHUN Hlir1 M tl7 t; i id i0s�-£T-I[lf V,sss zss sus 0?i26(299© 1?: 53 73253?1051 NARYLCU SLLLI -'N and the Paradise Pines Water Company for 1999 which shows that in that year $372,000 :was transferred from the Donner Lake the Paradise Pines Water Company to the Del Oro Water Water Company. In addition S77 Company and hence to ,000 was transferred from the Denney Lake WatCr COlnpany tO the Safor Corporation,a separate company owned by Robert Fortino. Sine. ! . 1993 the Dormer Lake Water Company has been granted two rate increases to payfara iiieratior,Plant, with no plant started to date. What has become of this money? These sorts of financial irregularities do not a Companies. A source in the P appear limited to the Donner take Water Paradise area,who asks to remain anonymous, reports that the Paradise Pines Water Company.owned by the Del Oro Water Company, raised S 1,000,00C between 1991 and 1992 to carry out improvements on that system; to date that work has net been done. This source reports that Mr.Fortino and his companies appear to be heavily indebted; perhaps this explains the shifting of funds from company to company, 'Flu S information is at present unsubstantiated. *' 4.Actions of the PUC and the DHS a Based on a letter written to the PUC on July 31, 1999 and published in the Sierra Sean (Attachment O) the Donner Lake Water Company and its regulation by the PUC and the DHS were investigated by the Nevada County Grand Jury(Attachment p). The Grand Jury found that the DHS `has maintained a lenient position by excusing the company for missed deadltnrs and noncompliance and continuing to grant it excessive time extensions to complete the "w a water treatment facility without fines and penalties."9 This attitude of leniency is seconded b5 David Landcaster previously of the DHS, who reportedly authored the Citation of September 24, 1999 (which went out over the signature of less Morehouse), Mr, Landcaster apparently resigned from the DHS, and informed the Nevada County Environmental Health Department that he believed that the DHS did not plan to enforce the citation. Despite the in ability of Mr. Fortino to adequately manage the water companies he already owns,the PUC continues to support his continued acquisition of more water companies, while they allow him to let them fall in disrepair or remain in a state of non construction. Where does he get the money? On July 10,2000,a public meeting was held to discuss a proposed water rationing plan and the water crisis generally. At that meeting Mr. Fortino sat at the podium flunked by Burt Ellsworth from the DHS and Leslie Tench from the PUC. Mr_ Fortino chaired the meeting, Mr. Ellsworth and Ms. Tench spoke when instructed to do so by Mr. Fortino. During their prepared statements and during the question and answer period, both Mr Ellsworth and Nis. Tench maintained a position of total support for Mr. Fortino and the water company,despite the unanimous response of dissatisfaction with the water company expressed by the large audience. Both continued to maintain the position that the water company was doing all it could,that its 'Grand Jury Report,July 6, 2000, p, 3. 5 900 'd fE£E Z2S 089 t131N3J iN3Yl3NNNlil1 N139O i 67 t, r li3 i ,I1007-2Z-�llf 07r'2612060 10:53 5305271661 MARYL OU SIUL_I'J-'`I problems were not of its making,and that only isolated complaints about the water company boil been received. This last assertion repeatedly drew angry responses from the audience, tnanv members of which have complained repeatedly over the years to the PUC,the DHS, and the company. 1 have bad several g-mgils with Leslie Tench, and they had a hostile and repremanding tone and assisting very little. Following the meeting the Mayor of?ruckee, Msis Schneider, wrote a letter to the editor published in the Sierra sun on July 13, 2U00 which stated "The meeting held Monday(and attended by a standing-room-only crowd of concerned residents)regarding the water issues at Donner Lake clearly showed a lack of leadership among the various agencies to deal with the ongoing issues."(Attachment Q) The D? 4S and the PUC continue to maintain that they have received few complaints,disregarding the continuous pt ess coverage in the "Sierra Sun, the Sacramento Bee, and the Reno Gazette Journal". (The Sierra Sun now publishes articles under a special"Water Crisis"logo.'. The Mayor called a closed door meeting with many involved agencies to problem solve some of the short term water issues, as a result of the complete lack of short term planning from the DHS, PUC or Donner Lake Water Company(Attachment R), Our personal dealings with the agencies have reinforced the opinions expressed by the Mayor and the Grand Jury. On June 29,2000 one of us(Emilie)spoke with Mr Ellsworth of the DHS. I informed him of the problems with poor water quality, outages, lack of notification, lack of repair of leaks,two rate increases with no result,and lack of progress . Mr. Ellsworth completely defended the water company. I specifically requested that the DHS supervise a collection of water samples sent to the DHS for testing based on the rational that I could detect a wide variation in the levels of chlorination in the water,and that Donner Lake Water Company has had a very long and poor track record for doing tasks such as fixing leaking pipes, responding to calls,alerting people to poor water conditions, and frequent staff turnovers.. (Currently these samples are provided by water company employees without any independent verification as to their source. Mr Ellsworth refused this request, stating that "I completely trust the people at Donner Lake Water Company to take the samples correctly." As a result of my feeling that Mr. Ellsworth was ignoring public concerns I wrote a letter of protest to the PUC.. (Atttschmeat S) Several of us who were attending the July 10 meeting observed Mr. Fortino and Jess Morehouse of the DHS dining together in an atmosphere that appeared to he one of camaraderie. The appearance, at least,of this dinner was one of impropriety. This did not appear to be a meeting with an agency that is to oversee a chronically delinquent owner of a privately held water company who has been in non compliance for 7 veers,but a party of friends. At best there should be some pretense of an overseeing agency conducting business with some professionalism, keeping the consumers interest at hand, Of interest, In our monthly water bill, then is a fee taken for both the DHS and the PUC. I do not think that we have been getting what we paid for. We find this situation to be reminiscent of the recent scandal involving the insurance commissioner, and while we have no knowledge of any financial relationship between Robert 'OSee Attachment T,"Sierra Suet"news article, "Boiled, filtered or bottled?" 6 900 'd t'£££ e89 0£S 8311130 IN3H39HNHN HIM089 fps: c i 1? 1 .i)on7_.-v-lnp V222 Ees 02S 07/2612000 10:53 5305£7166? MARYLOU S LLIVA' e' s Fortino and those who purport to regulate his companies,the unrelenting support the regulators give Mr. Fortino has raised serious questions in the minds of many of us here, r; Because of the frequent statements from the PUD,DHS and Robert Fortino that they F have not been informed of most of these problems in the town meetings on July 10 and Jul s 2, have added some articles from the various periodic y al coveting the water issue over the last :ea:. There arc many more should you like to look.(Attachment T) We ask the Attorney General to do the following. 1. Conduct a full audit of the Donner Lake Water Company, the Del Oro Water Company,the Safor Corp_, and Robert Fortino, and identify how the funds raised by the rate increases of the last seven years have been used. 2. Investigate the relationship between Robert Fortino, the PUC, and the DHS, to determine the reasons that the Donner Lake Water Company has been allowed w remain out Of compliance for seven years—although multiple citations have been issued there has been no consequence for Mr. Fortino or his companies and no discernable effect on his actions. 3. See to it that the citizens of Donner Lake have a safe and reliable source of drinking water, before someone is harmed or dies. The agencies charged with { doing this seem unable to accomplish it. Perhaps you can. 4. Find out why DOWC is allowed to drag their feet in providing a fundamental need in life, clean, safe, drinkable water,yet they collect fees, buy land, spend money, buy companies,allow the physical plant of a water utility to become derelict and unusable and then charge consumers to rebuild it in their time frame, to their specifications, and for their profit, 5. Investigate why consumers are submitted to the health hazards of contaminated drinking water without notice and chronic and unmonitored chlorination of said water for an extended length of time(7 years) . Why Del Oro has been ncgligent with regard to the Domestic Water Quality and Monitoring Requirements of the Surface Water Treatment Rule, Chapter 15, Article 3, and Chapter 17,articles 1,2,3,5,6 and 8 with regards to Primary Drinking Water Standards-Bacteriological Quality, Surface Water Treatment,Treatment Requirements, Watershed Protection and Requirements and Performance Standards, Filtration, Disinfection, Monitoring Requirements, Operation,Reporting, and Public Notification 6. Look into why the PUC is allowed to raise rates despite the pleas of consumers to look into the past and current financial activities of Del Oro Water Company. 7 L00'd pns e89 089 2H11133 1113H39HNHN Hmfldn ix: f, 1111 t>Q0;?-87..-1l1f r22-1 78S 02S 07j261200e 12:53 5305871661 t?ARVLCU SULLT_-,!AN We as eit=fls can only voice our thoughts and pleas through attending meetings 3r d writing leners. After exhausting the avenue of the DHS and the PUC, we naw turn to you to look into this situation. For further Information and a complete data trail please contact: Peggy Zarriello,Nevada County Department of Environmental Health, 950 Maidu Ave, Nevada.City,Ca. 95939 (916)2651452, or me for my records, Emilie Kash= 15234 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, Ca 96161 (530) 5972035 or after September 1,at 330 37m. St. Sacramento, Ca 95816(916) 739, 103 I have added additional attachments of newspaper articles and letters(Attachment S) to support, that there has been public concern and that issue has been very much in the public eye. Respectfully yotus, slds ;IILieXKa,shtarni SHCA, htan MD J ck Kas cc: Hon. Gray Davis Maia Schneider, Mayor,town of Truckee PS In the interest of paper consumption,I am including a list of the"Attachments", if you need the full attachments please see above cc: Sam Aanested,Representative Barbara Osborn, "Sacramento Bee" Darin Olde, "Sierra Sun", Reno Gazette Journal Robert Farnsworth,President Donner Lake Property Owners Association John Bollinger,Manager of DLPOA John Reuter, University of California,Davis 8 000'd m£ 389 0£S 8311133 SN3H39HNHH HM,49 :F 6 f IaI cone-87-3(11' ©zs r ` 07f25t2000 10:53 51,05871,661 M4PYLOU SULLIVAN List of Attachment and References Attachment: A Department of Health Services,Division of Drinking Water and En nt vironentai Management, Compliance Order No. 0 1-09-99-ORD-002, E.L. Ellsworth&Jess Morehouse, September 22, 1999' Citation No. 01-09099.C1T.001, Jess Morehous September 24, 1999 e, B. Notice of Proposed Rate Increase and Public Meeting with the Public Utilities Commission Staff,November 30, 1994; C. News article, "State to cite Del Oro for water outage, "Sierra Sun", Darin Olde,June 22,2000,page 1 &SA D. Water Emergency Declaration Until Further Notice and Boil Water Notice,June 6, 200 E. Department of Health Services,Drinking Water Field Operations Branch, Citation No. 0 1-09-00-M-00 1, June 28,2000 F. Notice to Donner Lake Customers regarding the Thrid Rate increase Proposal, June 19, 2000 G. Six page of 64 Signatures on Petition contesting Rate Hike,July 2, 2000; Letter to CA PUD by Scott Kessler,to, Rate hike June 29, 20W,Letter to Ca PUD by Dirk Mellema re:rate hike,June 27,2000. H. Water Conservation and Rationing Plan, Siena Sun,July 6, 2000 I• Annual Water Reports for 1994, 1996, 1997 do 1998. J. Donner Lake Water company's Quarterly Public Notification of system Non- e Compliance",June 5,2000 K. Study on MTBE conducted on Donner Lake,"Concentrations, sources,and Fate of the Gasoline Oxygonate Methyl tert-Butyl Ether(MTBE in a Multiple-Use Lake,John H_ Reuter, "Environ. Sci. TechnoI., 1998,32, 3666-3672 L. Notice from Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment,"Adoption of a Public Health Goal for Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether in California Drinking Water,Joan E.Denion, PhD,March 9,.1999. M. Letters from: Nevada Co. Dept.Env. Health,Janet Mann to Jess Morehouse, April 10, 1995 re: water not meeting drinking standards or quantity; Letter from Jess Morehouse DHS, April 28, 1995,re_Water is fine and ample; Letter from Norm Greenberg NCDEH, May 3, 199510 Jess Morehouse, re: periodic water outages and questioning "will serve'" letters; Letter from Jess Morehouse to Norm Greenberg, May 25, 1995, re: ample water, adequate pressure, quantity and quality, Letter from Norm Greenberg to Jess Morehouse, Sept. 27, 1999, re: poor quality of drinking water, periodic water outages, delay of filtration plant, and questioning water hookup; Lener from Jess Morehouse to 'Norm Greenberg,Nov. 8 1999 re: DOWC proceeding diligently with plant, no restriction; on new hookup, and DLWC compliance with citation will eliminate water outages. N. News article, "New Wells may not help Ridge water woes", Wendell Nielson, "Paradise 9 600 `d 17£££ 789 0£S 81IN30 1N3W39HNHW H lr&1rJ rl-= CBS ©£S i 0772672000 10: 53 530537io51 NARYLOU SULL?JAN Post', July 8, 2000, page A-1. Letter to Commissioner Henry Duque from Paradise Ridge Water Advocates,re. Water problems, ; News article, "Another Crisis for Fortino Empire,Tainted Water,No Treatment Plant",Patti J. Shelley, "The Ridge Riposte", July 6, 2000, page A-1 &4. ®. Letter to the Ca PUU from Jack Kashtan,re_ Water problems,July 31, 1999; Letter to the Editor, Sierra Sun,August , P 1999Gnutd Jury Investigation Q Letter to the editor,-Meeting will mediate Donner water crisis", Maia Schneider, Mayor of Truckee, "Sierra Sun',July 13,2000. x K Donner Lake Water Issues-Declaration of Emergency, from Stephen [.. Wight, tow:n of Truckee Manager,July 20,2000. S. Letter to the PUC regarding rate increase and water issues by Emilie Kashtan, June 2£, 2000. T. A series of news articles and Letters: "Water quality,shortages concern Donner residents", Sierra Sun",Aug, 11, 1999, Pg.: &2a "Donner Water Treatment Plant Delayed, "Sierra Sun", June 8, 2000 ,pg 1-2A "Water: Old system said to be Culprit&Resort area faces water emergency", Barbara Barre Osborn, "Sacramento Bee", July 1, 2000,Pg. BI & 8. "Grand Jury Investigates Del Oro","Sierra Sun",July 6,2000, pg 2A. "CPUC considers hookup delay at Donner Lake", Darin Olde, "Sierra Sun",July 6,2000 "Tempers high at Donner Lake meeting",Darin Olde, "Sierra Sun",July 13, 2000,pg AI& 2. Letter from Patrick L. Clancy, MD, June 15, 2000,re: health problems directly from # drinking the water. Letter from Scott Kessler,July 25, 1999 re: poor quality,quantity of water, water shortages, lack of notification and health issues. "Water Supply May run dry in Donner,Jeff DeLong,Reno Gazette-Journal, June 6,2000, "County Probing Donner Water-relater illness",JeffDeLong, Reno Gazette-Journal, June 17, 2000,page 1 C&4C. "Boiled filtered or bottles?",Darin Olde,"Sierra Sun",July 20,2000, page 1A &i 1 A "Town Approves Water Treatment Plant at Donner Lake",Darin Olde, `Sierra Sun", July 20, 2000,page 1 i A 10 010 'd G£££ Z89 089 83-LN33 1N3H39HUHH N1h1089 i C t 1H] j)iw7-g7-jnr 7££12 -7as 02S 07f 26(2000 la:53 530587166i MARReLOU SUL TVA.4 lid a . List of Contacts and Sources 1. Department of Health Services, Division of Drinking Water and Environmental Mgn: 8455 Jackson Road, Suite I20 Sacramento, Ca. 95826 (916)2293126 FAX(916)2293127 t Jess Morehouse,Jr_,P,E Sac_Dist. Eng.,Drinking Water Field Op. Br 2293141 A.L. Ellsworth,P.E. Chief,No. Ca. See. Div_ of Drinking Water& Env. M ''0- _;126 Cliff Sharp gmt.2 ' 2. Ca. Public Utilities Commission, Water Div. 3"'Floor 505 Van Ness Ave.,San Francisco,Ca 94102 (415)7031739; wtvw.cpuc.ca.gov Fred Curry(415)7031739(rate issues) Leslie Tench((415)7032144 (water issues) Henry Duque, Commissioner, Water Div. Art Jarrett 3. Nevada County Department of Environmental Health 950 Maidu Ave. ,Nevada City, Ca. 95959 (916)2651452 F-2657056 Peggy Zarriello(530)2651787 Norm Greenberg,kEHS, Sup. Env. Health Specialist 10075 Levon Ave. Suite 105,Truckee Ca. 96161, (539)5827884 F-5820712 Janet Mann,REHS,MPH Tim Snelling,Env. Health Dir. Kathy Polucha, NCDEH 4. Bill Lockyer,Attorney General Dept, Of Justice\ Public Inquiry Unit,PO Box 944255, Sac, Ca. 944255-2550 (916) 3223360 1-800-9525225 1300 I St. Sac. Ca. 95816 5. Town of Truckee, 11570 Dormer Pass Rd. 96161.4947 Maia Schneider, Mayor of Town of Truckee(530) 5827700 F-5827710 Steve Wtight,town Manager Gavin Ball, Associate Planner 6. Barbara Bane Osborn, Sacramento Bee,(530) 5872608 7. Sierra Sun-PO Box 2973 Truckee,Ca. 96160 (11429 Donner Pass Rd) (530)5876061 Darin Olde-Staff Nik Dirga-News Editor 8 Reno Ga=ett Journal, JeffDeLong,Senior Writer, PO Box 22000, Reno Nevada 89520 8. Janet Brady-Tahoe Forest Hospital, wellness Center(530)5823484 9. U of C,Davis & Lake Tahoe Research Institute,Brant Allen-UCD Staff Research Assoc (530) 5833279 John Reuter, UCD (1997 Donner Lake Study) 10, John Gaston, CFi2mhill Ogaston©ch2m.com)Engineers I I 1 Broadway, Suite 1700 Oakland Ca. 94607 (5I0)2512888x2035 {Donner Lake Researcher) 11 110 `d PE££ Z89 0£9 831N39 IN3H398NHH HAMHO 1 u ( It1.I iI10t17,-8Z-lflr esEs zas 029 x� 07/26/2PPP 10:53 5205271651 MARYLOU SULL=Vd.N s i l• Robert Farnsworth Famsl*xnetcom.com, President of DLPOA 12, Tom Archer,Lawyer for Donner Lake Villagc Owners Asso, 13. Robert Fortino 1-800-6553582 AKA SAFOR, Owner/Managet Paradise Pines, Del Oro Water Company,Country Estates,Johnson Park Water, Stirling Bluffs Water,Magalia Water,Lime Saddle,Donner Lake Water Company Drawer 5172, Chico Ca. 95927-5172 14. Donner Lake Property Owners Asso. Www.dlpoa.org; dlpoa@a.yahoo.com POBox 9387, Truckee Ca %162,John Hollinger,Manager(530)5508577& 587709ro 15. Paradise Post www.paradisepostcom, Wendell Nielson Staff Writer 16. Sam Aanestad-Representative 350 Crown Point Circle St.150,Grass Valley, Ca. 95945(530)2742283 f 2742497 17. Paradise Fudge Water Advocates,PO Box 232,Paradise, Ca. 95967(530) 8760400 1- 4 8760444 David Potter,President,Marshall S. Mayer, Sec. 18. The Ridge Riposte,Robert Steven(530) M8736& 8733232 Patti Shelly 19. Wally Flerger,St. Assembly 55 Independence Circle Suite 104, Chico,Ca. 95973 (530) 8938363 WallyCawaliyherger.com 20. Grand Jury Report-www.eourts.co.nevada.caus/reports.htm 21. Scott Kessler,PO Bax 10860 Truckee,Ca 96162(530) 5920141 22. Dirk Mellema, 13671 Dormer Pass Road,Truckee, Ca. 96161 (530) 5877964 23. Emilie Kashtan, 15234 Donner pass Road,Truckee,Ca. 96161,(530)5872035 24. x: 12 ZIO 'd h£££ e89 0£5 831N33 J1d3H39HNHH H1 069 Z£ E; t Ieil U00Z-8Z-lN( essO zes OOs