NOTE
SUBJECT:
Meeting
with
Mr.
John
L.
Berrey,
Chairman,
Quapaw
Tribe,
March
1,
2006
TO:
File
FROM:
Stephen
Hoffman
DATE:
3/
16/
06
On
March
1,
2006,
Mr.
John
L.
Berrey,
Chairman,
Quapaw
Tribe
met
with
Mr.
Matt
Hale,
Director,
Office
of
Solid
Waste,
USEPA
at
EPA's
office
in
Arlington
Virginia.
Chairman
Berrey
also
brought
the
tribe's
outside
counsel,
Mr.
J.
Steven
Griles
of
Lundquist,
Nethercutt
and
Griles.
USEPA
staff
attending
the
meeting
included
Matt
Straus,
Richard
Kinch,
and
myself.

Chairman
Berrey
indicated
that
his
primary
goal
was
to
remove
as
much
chat
out
of
the
Tar
Creek
NPL
site
as
quickly
as
possible.
He
indicated
that
the
some
of
the
BIA
bids
for
chat
had
been
rejected
due
to
low
prices,
however
he
noted
that
the
tribe
had
arranged
for
a
chat
sale
to
a
company
in
Kansas.
Chat
from
piles
located
in
Pitcher
Oklahoma
would
be
purchased
for
use
as
aggregate
in
hot
mix
asphalt.
Chairman
Berrey
stated
that
unwashed
run
of
pile
material
had
been
tested
by
the
Kansas
Department
of
Transportation
(
KDOT)
and
that
the
run
of
pile
material
met
KDOT
aggregate
specification
for
use
in
hot
mix
asphalt
for
road
surfaces.

Chairman
Berrey
said
that
the
tribe
would
prefer
a
proposal
which
would
not
require
sizing
of
chat
since
such
a
requirement
would
adversely
affect
the
market
for
chat
by
increasing
costs
and
that
review
of
University
of
Oklahoma
studies
indicated
that
unsized
chat
used
in
asphalt
did
not
present
a
threat
to
human
health
or
the
environment.
Chairman
Berrey
said
that
the
tribe
was
not
opposed
to
requiring
that
chat
be
encapsulated
in
asphalt
or
concrete.
