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ROBERT C. WALL SUITE 708 500 NE MULTNOMAH pORTLAND, OREGON 97232 (503) 238-0333 November 21, 1996 Mr. Robert Foster Marion County Sanitarian 285 Church Street NE Salem, OR 97301 Re: Trailer Tillicums of Oregon, Inc. Pudding River Park - 15582 Arndt Road NE, Aurora, OR 97002 Dear Mr. Foster: The Trailer Tillicums of Oregon is a private non-stock membership recreational vehicle corporation which was founded in 1957 and since about 1961 has owned and operated an approximate 17 acre RV park in the northeast corner of Marion County. The county line follows the Pudding River to the center of Arndt Road, the easterlymost side being Clackamas County. From inception, the organization made a practice of sewage disposal by means of what were referred to as gopher holes in the ground. In addition and at some time around or during the years of 1962-64, showers and toilets were installed in a utility building then constructed and were recently found to be serviced by a three concrete ring cesspool approximately 15 feet deep. It had been assumed a holding tank and drain field were located in a somewhat remote undeveloped tree and vegetation area between the utility building and Arndt Road. During and because of the extraordinary ~ooding which occurred in February of 1996, extensive ~oodwater damage was done to the park by the Pudding River. Because of what was thought to be a surface migration of fecal odor near the utility building, the showers and toilets were immediately locked o~ and a search made for the location of the disposal tank. Contact with a former member confirmed the presumed tank's location to be 25 feet immediately east of the utility building. Because that location was known to be near an existing aquifer, the park was promptly vacated and closed. After a back hoe excavation revealed the cesspool rings, a direct contact was initiated with Mr. Darryl Johnson, Environmental Specialist with the DEQ at 1102 Lincoln Street, Suite 210, Eugene, Oregon 97401, (541) 686-7838, Ext. 256. After a review of the conditions with Mr. Johnson, all of the conditions in the park were promptly remediated in accordance with the requirements made by the Department of Environmental Quality. As matters presently stand, the park is a dry camp. Fluids of all natures are required to be dumped o~ site. At Mr. Johnson's suggestion that the Organization might want to consider upgrading to a sewage disposal system for the park, an area has been selected which may provide a field to receive e~uent from a tank and pumping system. For that purpose the organization has consulted with Mr.