LEO BYFORD
5244 SOUTH IRVINGTON PLACE
TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74135
PHONE 1-918-622-6413
CELL 1-918-902-5730 DIRECT
FAX 1-918-622-7066 DIRECT
JUNE 24,2009
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
PRESIDENT OBAMA
WASHINGTON D.C.
President Obama,
For several years I have been a thorn in just everybody’s backside. I was talking to an attorney and he suggested that I should try to write a letter that would not display how government does business and government ignores many of our federal laws. I told him that I would write this letter, just to prove that many in government have no intentions of changing or opening government for people to understand how government works and why we are in the mess that we are in. So here goes
Mr. President, as you know there are many issues that this country faces. As I have listen to many speeches and promises, it perplexes me to understand why government does business as it does, when this nation has laws that will provide many in the country the protection, that our forefathers provided us with the tools to that made this nation a leader in freedom and technology that this world has ever seen. Some of that technology has taken years of research and some of those innovations and inventions came from someone who just awaken in the morning and said why not try this. There is an old saying that many problems/issues we face every day are the results of not being able to see the forest because we cannot see past the tree. Some of the most complex issues can be answered and resolved by using very simple solutions. I think that this is the case with many of the issues you/we face every day. The health care issues have faced many for decades, but there is simple solutions, creating jobs (short term and/or long term) is not as difficult as many have stated, sometimes the experts cannot see the forest for one tree in front of them or not being able to think outside of the box or for other reasons.
Mr. President, I told this attorney that you would read not read this letter or even answer this letter, but I would write, just to prove a point. If you do have interest in resolving health issues, creating thousands of jobs, putting this nation at the front of innovation, reducing the energy needs of this nation and doing this without costing the taxpayer billions, if not trillions of dollars and in a time frame that agrees with what you have expressed in speeches, with simple solutions, but effective solutions, answer this letter, I can make this statement because the money is already in place for many of these programs/issues, if not all of these programs/issues. Mr. President, all I can say is allow me to present to you the tools to cut that tree down, so you can see the forest. My interest in not in politics, but in seeing that my children and their children and other families can live healthy and successful lives and this nation returning to being the leader as our forefathers provide for us.
SEMPER FI
LEO BYFORD
INVENTOR
OWNER OF ETSI (Environmental Toxins Solutions Inc.)
SDVOSB
Thursday, July 16, 2009
HERE IS SOMETHING YOU WILL NOT SEE IN THE MEDIA OR EPA REPORTS AND THEY ALL HAVE THIS
LEO BYFORD
5244 SOUTH IRVINGTON PLACE
TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74135
PHONE 1-918-622-6413
CELL 1-918-902-5730 DIRECT
FAX 1-918-622-7066 DIRECT
JUNE 8, 2009
RE: FORMAL COMPLAINT
EPA Region 7
Contract Award # EP-S7-09-02
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Inspector General
Deputy General
Mr. Bill Roderick
1200 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W. (2410T)
Washington, D.C. 20460
Phone 1-202-566-2391
Fax 1-202-566-2549
Mr. Roderick,
Major problems facing our country—a foundering economy, a changing climate, a growing concern over the health and safety of families and children, government agencies that have an attitude of doing business as usual is acceptable and it is OK to not follow or ignore Congressional laws and seem to be confused to what the purpose of The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Labiality Act (CERCLA) is, commonly know as Superfund, is unacceptable. As a father, husband, grand-father, a great grand father and a Marine (Disabled), the obligation falls to citizens to bring to the Government’s attention and the public attention to de-faults and complaints of which are doing harm to citizens, wasting millions of tax dollars and not creating jobs and obligating citizens to do everything taxpayers and citizens can do following the laws to correct those faults and protect others, when government fails or simply ignores to follow Congressional Laws. One of the disturbing issues in this complaint is the fact that President Obama has told the nation before he was installed in the office of the President of the Unites States and after he took the Oath of the President’s office and along with the new Administrator Jackson stating that they wanted to create new jobs, green jobs and have New and Innovative Technology, energy products. I thought that since Region Six wrote to me stating that I needed to take new innovative technology developed for the Superfund Program and private industry, to take this technology to another market and NOT TO EPA, EPA is not interested. I thought that this was just a Regional Six (6) problem/issue, but after bidding a project (creating this complaint) in Region Seven (7) of the EPA, I can now see that it is not just Region 6, but maybe a national issue or maybe this is what they (EPA) has been instructed to do. We have already witnessed how EPA handles/handled one superfund (where this new technology will work) and how EPA has destroyed several towns, including many families, because of EPA not following the Federal laws and has wasted millions of taxpayer dollars. If you do not believe this, just have Region 6 provide you with just one successful pilot project that has been done in the last 20 plus years at the Tar Creek Superfund Site.
President Obama has stated and promised many times that he will provide citizens change in government and have an open and transparent government. We have placed our trust in the President and Congress to protect us from those who choose to not follow the federal laws or just choose to not care what federal laws says. The President placed at the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Lisa Jackson, which I was in hope that the President made a wise choice, but either the President made a poor choice, the EPA Administrator is just like the last one, or the EPA employees just do not care what the Congressional laws states and provides or what the President or the Administrator says about their promise to the people. I do not make the above statements lightly or unjustified. I think the question now becomes; Who does the nation trust now or believe in, if we are told one thing by our leaders and the federal laws says something else? I do not know how many people understand and know how the EPA reports to government officials, but for those who do not know the EPA reports directly to the President of the United States and Congress authorized the President to have direct control of the EPA and its decisions.
In the OIG Web site OIG states a complaint is to provide as much information and detail as I can, here is some of that information. Since I am limited on pages I can submit to the OIG in a complaint, I have tried to keep this complaint and information as short as possible.
A little background for those who may or may not understand CERCLA /The Superfund Program:
U.S. House of Representatives U.S.C -Title 42 Chapter 103 provides the laws for CERCLA. In the CERCLA overview it states that there is only two types of actions that can be done at a CERCLA site and listed on the National Priorities List (NPL). First stated is that Short - term removals may be taken to address releases (CERCLA 101(22) or threatened releases requiring prompt responses. Second states that Long - term remedial response action, that permanently and significantly reduce the dangers associated with releases (including LEACHING) or threats of releases of hazardous substances that are serious, but not life threating. In the CERCLA Evaluation Criteria in the second step (Compliance with ARAR’s) of the Threshold Criteria it states, Alternatives that do not protect human health and the environment (CERCLA states under the term environment what environment is) or that do not comply with the ARAR’s (ARAR’s are the standards that the EPA sets for any type of remediation, these standard also have to comply with CERCLA laws 40 CFR 300.5) are eliminated from further consideration. These steps are written in a certain order as to prevent a suggested remedy from going to the next step of the Nine Step CERCLA process, that does not comply with Congressional laws including CERCLA laws and rules. You will also find in a Record of Decision (ROD) in the EPA cleanup process as to what the EPA has approved and is suppose to be following and also complies with Congressional and CERCLA laws. In the Development and Screening Alternatives, you will find in the Second step, EPA is suppose to identify potential treatment, resource recovery, and containment technologies that will satisfy the site and EPA objectives. In the Site reuse/redevelopment section of the EPA Cleanup process it states that the EPA’s goal is to make sure that at every cleanup site, the Agency and its partners have an effective process and the necessary tools and information to fully explore future uses, before the cleanup remedy is implemented. It also states that it gives the EPA the best opportunity for communities to productively use sites following cleanup. The TERM Remedial action refers to long-term permanent cleanups of CERCLA sites. In 40 CFR in the Feasibility Study (FS) is states that the Agency (EPA) must identify potential treatment and assemble technologies into alternatives and perform detailed analysis of alternatives. In 40 CFR it also provides other Congressional laws pertaining to CERCLA and what EPA is suppose and required/mandated to be following.
I am enclosing emails from EPA Region 7. You will notice that I am also the highest bidder. There were many factors that cause this high bid, because of major concerns that were not answered by EPA. I had asked for a mine map of the sites. EPA said that they did not have one. One of the reasons for this map is to know if there were any undercuts/mine workings under the Spring River, since the sites were next to the Spring River. My concern was since subsidence can be cause from materials collapsing , erosion, Capping or seismic activity or heavy loads created by machinery on the surface, or in the case of the most recent subsidence event, a above ground swimming pool in Joplin Missouri in a backyard, what happens if I cause a subsidence event under the Spring River or right next to the Spring River and I cause a detour of the Spring River to flow into abandon mine workings, that I do not have any idea where the mine workings goes to or connects to, what if it cannot be fixed to reestablish the river contour or flow, think the EPA, State of Kansas, the EPA Administrator, or the President will just say OOPS? These mines are decades old and the EPA has already stated the dangers of working at these sites and the existing subsidence pits already at these sites. In CERCLA and Congressional Law it says all solutions are to be permanent, CAPPING and DEED restrictions are not permanent. CERCLA does not allow for the permanence of a suggested remedy that is not permanent, but permanent solutions following Congressional and CERCLA laws. Capping allows leaching into the environment and Deed Restrictions do not return land back to a useful purpose, therefore neither are permanent. In the solicitation it says that EPA wants to haul contaminated waste material to another CERCLA site 12 miles away. CERCLA says that you cannot remove hazardous waste material from a CERCLA site. CERCLA says that any hazardous material has to be treated before disposal, you cannot just pushing hazardous waste into a hole and cover that waste over,(as EPA has done for years and continues to do and is solicited in this proposal). CERCLA says what a site consist of and the boundaries of that site, CERCLA does not allow for hazardous materials to be remove from a site to another site. The solicitation requested a plan to be submitted by the contractor and how the contractor will do the job. The ROD (Record of Decision) and the O U (Operable Unit) decision is suppose to provide/mandates the remedy and how it is to be applied. You will see that my company not only bid this solicitation following the Congressional law and CERCLA, but was the only company that offer permanent solutions that address the concerns of the solicitation, and also provided those permanent solutions (following Congressional and CERCLA Laws) at no extra cost to EPA. You will notice in the solicitation that any water pumped or to be removed from any subsidence pit is to be discharged back to the land upstream of this site. What person in their right mind, wants to recontamination the land or spread hazardous contaminates to uncontaminated land or cause contaminated water to return to their work site and work in a hazardous and contaminated mud hole or be discharged to the Spring River.. You will notice that the solicitation requires the contractor to set a grid system and survey the sites and test the entire grid system/site to see how deep the contamination is and established the boundaries, because the information EPA provides was not correct or inclusive and stated by EPA. You will notice that equipment restrictions and work area restrictions were applied by EPA You will notice the restrictions of removing trees and vegetation. Another big concern in the solicitation was the Base year and option years, EPA says that they have to right to not extend the base year. What happens if the EPA exercises this clause. I think that you will find in any business the major cost is start up in the first year. EPA also does not have a mobilization clause. If you cause damage to the roads or haul or sites and do not remove any materials you place at the site the numbers are not in the contractor favor and your work also has to be warranted. You just went into the hole and the way the economy, fuel, and materials is now and with the EPA requiring the bid price to be done in three parts (A base price, option 1 and option 2 years) there is a chance that EPA will not do the option years and the contractor will only be paid for the base year, with no adjustments. I ask if this solicitation could be altered or changed to included permanent solutions and provide adjustments for the many unknown questions and variables in the solicitation, which EPA could not provide in the solicitation, the answer was NO, nor was the Clean Water Act addressed in the solicitation, especially with the sites being next to the Spring River, I would have thought this would be a significant concern. I could have bid this as the awarded company did and the other bidders did and probably got the award. I know this because this is what he (bidder) told me after the bid opening at the EPA office and that he had done other bids before and this is the way EPA works, he just wish that he had the expertise I have and my team. I think that if you look at the other bidders you will discover the same. I am not a grade and haul company, I can do this work, but my mission is to find and correct Superfund and hazardous waste sites with permanent solutions.
Mr. Roderick, you can look at this complaint as reporting Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in EPA programs or you can apply all of them to this award. If you need any other information or cannot retrieved this information from Region 7 or Region 6, just let me know. I have file formal complaints before with EPA, OIG, and EPW and have seen them covered up and complaints go unanswered, therefore I will fax a copy of this formal complaint to the CC list and maybe someone will address this complaint. I send a copy of these letters and complaints to various people and agencies because a some point in time someone will decide that enough is enough and start protecting families and children from those who ignore the Federal laws.
A brief follow up to statements made at the start of this complaint. Mr. Roderick if the OIG really has interest in the programs of EPA why do you not include the Formal Complaint I filed before in this complaint, about the Superfund Fund at Tar Creek?Want to talk about Change in government, transparency, open government, abuse or fraud and governments control of the media. Do a follow up on that complaint, just to refresh the OIG memory. I filed a formal complaint (which was covered up) about why EPA in Region Six (6) is allowing and endorsing families co-existing with hazardous materials, why EPA endorses many owners of hazardous materials to sell and transferred Hazardous materials from the superfund, why EPA has relieved many owners as a Responsible Party for hazardous materials and takes no action against them, why Operable Unit 4 was rejected at a public meeting ( the ROD public meeting) by all and how the EPA gained the support to passed O U 4 for Tar Creek, how the EPA tried to steal proprietary information for permanent solutions for the Superfund program from me, why it took the rejection of O U 4 at the public meeting for EPA to endorse a buyout, by the way this buyout is not about hazardous materials, but about subsidence (which should have been done years ago), why the EPA does not want permanent solutions for the Superfund Program, you can read this formal complaint at the Washington D.C. office of the EPA, OIG, EPW, and many other government offices I sent copies to. Now maybe you will understand why the hearing problems I received in the Marine Corps, in some ways allowed this Disabled Veteran, to read the massive amounts of information understanding what others do not understand and what Congressional laws states and says.
Really want to talk about what the President and Administrator Jackson has stated and I guess we will see what the OIG is going to do.
SEMPER FI
LEO BYFORD
OWNER OF ETSI (Environmental Toxins Solutions Inc.)
SDVOSB (Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business)
PATENT OWNER
INVENTOR
CC: President Obama
Administrator Lisa Jackson
Senator Inhofe
Many others
.
LEO BYFORD
5244 SOUTH IRVINGTON PLACE
TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74135
PHONE 1-918-622-6413
CELL 1-918-902-5730 DIRECT
FAX 1-918-622-7066 DIRECT
JUNE 8, 2009
RE: FORMAL COMPLAINT
EPA Region 7
Contract Award # EP-S7-09-02
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Inspector General
Deputy General
Mr. Bill Roderick
1200 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W. (2410T)
Washington, D.C. 20460
Phone 1-202-566-2391
Fax 1-202-566-2549
Mr. Roderick,
Major problems facing our country—a foundering economy, a changing climate, a growing concern over the health and safety of families and children, government agencies that have an attitude of doing business as usual is acceptable and it is OK to not follow or ignore Congressional laws and seem to be confused to what the purpose of The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Labiality Act (CERCLA) is, commonly know as Superfund, is unacceptable. As a father, husband, grand-father, a great grand father and a Marine (Disabled), the obligation falls to citizens to bring to the Government’s attention and the public attention to de-faults and complaints of which are doing harm to citizens, wasting millions of tax dollars and not creating jobs and obligating citizens to do everything taxpayers and citizens can do following the laws to correct those faults and protect others, when government fails or simply ignores to follow Congressional Laws. One of the disturbing issues in this complaint is the fact that President Obama has told the nation before he was installed in the office of the President of the Unites States and after he took the Oath of the President’s office and along with the new Administrator Jackson stating that they wanted to create new jobs, green jobs and have New and Innovative Technology, energy products. I thought that since Region Six wrote to me stating that I needed to take new innovative technology developed for the Superfund Program and private industry, to take this technology to another market and NOT TO EPA, EPA is not interested. I thought that this was just a Regional Six (6) problem/issue, but after bidding a project (creating this complaint) in Region Seven (7) of the EPA, I can now see that it is not just Region 6, but maybe a national issue or maybe this is what they (EPA) has been instructed to do. We have already witnessed how EPA handles/handled one superfund (where this new technology will work) and how EPA has destroyed several towns, including many families, because of EPA not following the Federal laws and has wasted millions of taxpayer dollars. If you do not believe this, just have Region 6 provide you with just one successful pilot project that has been done in the last 20 plus years at the Tar Creek Superfund Site.
President Obama has stated and promised many times that he will provide citizens change in government and have an open and transparent government. We have placed our trust in the President and Congress to protect us from those who choose to not follow the federal laws or just choose to not care what federal laws says. The President placed at the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Lisa Jackson, which I was in hope that the President made a wise choice, but either the President made a poor choice, the EPA Administrator is just like the last one, or the EPA employees just do not care what the Congressional laws states and provides or what the President or the Administrator says about their promise to the people. I do not make the above statements lightly or unjustified. I think the question now becomes; Who does the nation trust now or believe in, if we are told one thing by our leaders and the federal laws says something else? I do not know how many people understand and know how the EPA reports to government officials, but for those who do not know the EPA reports directly to the President of the United States and Congress authorized the President to have direct control of the EPA and its decisions.
In the OIG Web site OIG states a complaint is to provide as much information and detail as I can, here is some of that information. Since I am limited on pages I can submit to the OIG in a complaint, I have tried to keep this complaint and information as short as possible.
A little background for those who may or may not understand CERCLA /The Superfund Program:
U.S. House of Representatives U.S.C -Title 42 Chapter 103 provides the laws for CERCLA. In the CERCLA overview it states that there is only two types of actions that can be done at a CERCLA site and listed on the National Priorities List (NPL). First stated is that Short - term removals may be taken to address releases (CERCLA 101(22) or threatened releases requiring prompt responses. Second states that Long - term remedial response action, that permanently and significantly reduce the dangers associated with releases (including LEACHING) or threats of releases of hazardous substances that are serious, but not life threating. In the CERCLA Evaluation Criteria in the second step (Compliance with ARAR’s) of the Threshold Criteria it states, Alternatives that do not protect human health and the environment (CERCLA states under the term environment what environment is) or that do not comply with the ARAR’s (ARAR’s are the standards that the EPA sets for any type of remediation, these standard also have to comply with CERCLA laws 40 CFR 300.5) are eliminated from further consideration. These steps are written in a certain order as to prevent a suggested remedy from going to the next step of the Nine Step CERCLA process, that does not comply with Congressional laws including CERCLA laws and rules. You will also find in a Record of Decision (ROD) in the EPA cleanup process as to what the EPA has approved and is suppose to be following and also complies with Congressional and CERCLA laws. In the Development and Screening Alternatives, you will find in the Second step, EPA is suppose to identify potential treatment, resource recovery, and containment technologies that will satisfy the site and EPA objectives. In the Site reuse/redevelopment section of the EPA Cleanup process it states that the EPA’s goal is to make sure that at every cleanup site, the Agency and its partners have an effective process and the necessary tools and information to fully explore future uses, before the cleanup remedy is implemented. It also states that it gives the EPA the best opportunity for communities to productively use sites following cleanup. The TERM Remedial action refers to long-term permanent cleanups of CERCLA sites. In 40 CFR in the Feasibility Study (FS) is states that the Agency (EPA) must identify potential treatment and assemble technologies into alternatives and perform detailed analysis of alternatives. In 40 CFR it also provides other Congressional laws pertaining to CERCLA and what EPA is suppose and required/mandated to be following.
I am enclosing emails from EPA Region 7. You will notice that I am also the highest bidder. There were many factors that cause this high bid, because of major concerns that were not answered by EPA. I had asked for a mine map of the sites. EPA said that they did not have one. One of the reasons for this map is to know if there were any undercuts/mine workings under the Spring River, since the sites were next to the Spring River. My concern was since subsidence can be cause from materials collapsing , erosion, Capping or seismic activity or heavy loads created by machinery on the surface, or in the case of the most recent subsidence event, a above ground swimming pool in Joplin Missouri in a backyard, what happens if I cause a subsidence event under the Spring River or right next to the Spring River and I cause a detour of the Spring River to flow into abandon mine workings, that I do not have any idea where the mine workings goes to or connects to, what if it cannot be fixed to reestablish the river contour or flow, think the EPA, State of Kansas, the EPA Administrator, or the President will just say OOPS? These mines are decades old and the EPA has already stated the dangers of working at these sites and the existing subsidence pits already at these sites. In CERCLA and Congressional Law it says all solutions are to be permanent, CAPPING and DEED restrictions are not permanent. CERCLA does not allow for the permanence of a suggested remedy that is not permanent, but permanent solutions following Congressional and CERCLA laws. Capping allows leaching into the environment and Deed Restrictions do not return land back to a useful purpose, therefore neither are permanent. In the solicitation it says that EPA wants to haul contaminated waste material to another CERCLA site 12 miles away. CERCLA says that you cannot remove hazardous waste material from a CERCLA site. CERCLA says that any hazardous material has to be treated before disposal, you cannot just pushing hazardous waste into a hole and cover that waste over,(as EPA has done for years and continues to do and is solicited in this proposal). CERCLA says what a site consist of and the boundaries of that site, CERCLA does not allow for hazardous materials to be remove from a site to another site. The solicitation requested a plan to be submitted by the contractor and how the contractor will do the job. The ROD (Record of Decision) and the O U (Operable Unit) decision is suppose to provide/mandates the remedy and how it is to be applied. You will see that my company not only bid this solicitation following the Congressional law and CERCLA, but was the only company that offer permanent solutions that address the concerns of the solicitation, and also provided those permanent solutions (following Congressional and CERCLA Laws) at no extra cost to EPA. You will notice in the solicitation that any water pumped or to be removed from any subsidence pit is to be discharged back to the land upstream of this site. What person in their right mind, wants to recontamination the land or spread hazardous contaminates to uncontaminated land or cause contaminated water to return to their work site and work in a hazardous and contaminated mud hole or be discharged to the Spring River.. You will notice that the solicitation requires the contractor to set a grid system and survey the sites and test the entire grid system/site to see how deep the contamination is and established the boundaries, because the information EPA provides was not correct or inclusive and stated by EPA. You will notice that equipment restrictions and work area restrictions were applied by EPA You will notice the restrictions of removing trees and vegetation. Another big concern in the solicitation was the Base year and option years, EPA says that they have to right to not extend the base year. What happens if the EPA exercises this clause. I think that you will find in any business the major cost is start up in the first year. EPA also does not have a mobilization clause. If you cause damage to the roads or haul or sites and do not remove any materials you place at the site the numbers are not in the contractor favor and your work also has to be warranted. You just went into the hole and the way the economy, fuel, and materials is now and with the EPA requiring the bid price to be done in three parts (A base price, option 1 and option 2 years) there is a chance that EPA will not do the option years and the contractor will only be paid for the base year, with no adjustments. I ask if this solicitation could be altered or changed to included permanent solutions and provide adjustments for the many unknown questions and variables in the solicitation, which EPA could not provide in the solicitation, the answer was NO, nor was the Clean Water Act addressed in the solicitation, especially with the sites being next to the Spring River, I would have thought this would be a significant concern. I could have bid this as the awarded company did and the other bidders did and probably got the award. I know this because this is what he (bidder) told me after the bid opening at the EPA office and that he had done other bids before and this is the way EPA works, he just wish that he had the expertise I have and my team. I think that if you look at the other bidders you will discover the same. I am not a grade and haul company, I can do this work, but my mission is to find and correct Superfund and hazardous waste sites with permanent solutions.
Mr. Roderick, you can look at this complaint as reporting Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in EPA programs or you can apply all of them to this award. If you need any other information or cannot retrieved this information from Region 7 or Region 6, just let me know. I have file formal complaints before with EPA, OIG, and EPW and have seen them covered up and complaints go unanswered, therefore I will fax a copy of this formal complaint to the CC list and maybe someone will address this complaint. I send a copy of these letters and complaints to various people and agencies because a some point in time someone will decide that enough is enough and start protecting families and children from those who ignore the Federal laws.
A brief follow up to statements made at the start of this complaint. Mr. Roderick if the OIG really has interest in the programs of EPA why do you not include the Formal Complaint I filed before in this complaint, about the Superfund Fund at Tar Creek?Want to talk about Change in government, transparency, open government, abuse or fraud and governments control of the media. Do a follow up on that complaint, just to refresh the OIG memory. I filed a formal complaint (which was covered up) about why EPA in Region Six (6) is allowing and endorsing families co-existing with hazardous materials, why EPA endorses many owners of hazardous materials to sell and transferred Hazardous materials from the superfund, why EPA has relieved many owners as a Responsible Party for hazardous materials and takes no action against them, why Operable Unit 4 was rejected at a public meeting ( the ROD public meeting) by all and how the EPA gained the support to passed O U 4 for Tar Creek, how the EPA tried to steal proprietary information for permanent solutions for the Superfund program from me, why it took the rejection of O U 4 at the public meeting for EPA to endorse a buyout, by the way this buyout is not about hazardous materials, but about subsidence (which should have been done years ago), why the EPA does not want permanent solutions for the Superfund Program, you can read this formal complaint at the Washington D.C. office of the EPA, OIG, EPW, and many other government offices I sent copies to. Now maybe you will understand why the hearing problems I received in the Marine Corps, in some ways allowed this Disabled Veteran, to read the massive amounts of information understanding what others do not understand and what Congressional laws states and says.
Really want to talk about what the President and Administrator Jackson has stated and I guess we will see what the OIG is going to do.
SEMPER FI
LEO BYFORD
OWNER OF ETSI (Environmental Toxins Solutions Inc.)
SDVOSB (Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business)
PATENT OWNER
INVENTOR
CC: President Obama
Administrator Lisa Jackson
Senator Inhofe
Many others
.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
NEWS RELEASE
JULY 9, 2009
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LEO BYFORD
OWNER OF ETSI SDVOSBFor more information stop at the ETSI Tulsa home show booth on Saturday/Sunday, July 27/28 in Tulsa at the Q-TRIP center or call 1-918-902-5730 for immediate energy efficient environmentally friendly ETSI solutions.
ETSI is a service base environmental company in Tulsa, Oklahoma. For more information, please contact Leo Byford at 918-902-5730
LEO BYFORD
INVENTOR
PATENT OWNER AND HOLDER
Friday, June 19, 2009
For those who would like to know what the new administrator stated for public viewing.
"I am honored by the confidence and faith President Obama and the Senate have reposed in me to lead the EPA in confronting the environmental challenges currently before us. As Administrator, I will ensure EPA’s efforts to address the environmental crises of today are rooted in three fundamental values: science-based policies and programs, adherence to the rule of law, and overwhelming transparency. By keeping faith with these values and unleashing innovative, forward-thinking approaches – we can further protect neighborhoods and communities throughout the country. “
-- Administrator Lisa Jackson, January 23
"I am honored by the confidence and faith President Obama and the Senate have reposed in me to lead the EPA in confronting the environmental challenges currently before us. As Administrator, I will ensure EPA’s efforts to address the environmental crises of today are rooted in three fundamental values: science-based policies and programs, adherence to the rule of law, and overwhelming transparency. By keeping faith with these values and unleashing innovative, forward-thinking approaches – we can further protect neighborhoods and communities throughout the country. “
-- Administrator Lisa Jackson, January 23
LEO BYFORD
5244 SOUTH IRVINGTON PLACE
TULSA, OKLAHOMA
PHONE 1-918-622-7066
CELL 1-918-902-5730
FAX 1-918-622-7066
NOVEMBER 16, 2008
MAKE A CALL
SERIES OF LETTERS
PAGE 13
In the Tulsa World (TW), published November 15, 2008, a report written by Jim Myers addressed recent statements by Senator Jim Inhofe, Congressman Dan Boren and Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry. My immediate thought was that this report needs to be clarified and information added to what is happening at this Superfund Site. There are many remaining concerns and unanswered questions. I want to make it perfectly clear, that I have been and continue to be in favor of the buyout and I feel that it should have happened decades ago, because of both health related and subsidence issues.
Several questions, in my opinion, that I think are in need of immediate answers follow:
Why has the buyout changed from health related issues to non health related issues?
Why is there now “light at the end of the tunnel“?
Why does government not want to support jobs and tax basis?
Why does government not want to restore the land back to useful purpose?
What exactly does this mean as it pertains to residents, the environment and the ongoing impact on the air, land, and waters which will apparently be subjected to fluctuating amounts of adverse impacts from millions of remaining tons of hazardous waste, with no apparent remedial permanent solution ever approaching the intent of Congressional promulgated Laws, including the use of the word permanent? “The light at the end of the tunnel” does not mean the selling of hazardous waste to be used in sandblasting, roads, or other similar uses where hazardous materials waste exist, which is untreated and tax dollars used unwisely or maybe illegally, is being used under the disguise as a permanent solution and is not a permanent solution under CERCLA Law. This decision by government to allow this is not what the CERCLA laws says, nor is it in anyway protecting the health of the people, IT ONLY SPREADS THE HAZARDOUS WASTE CONTAMINATION, geographically and perhaps for all time
What may be of more interest is, how many workers that handle these hazardous waste materials have the training and certification to handle this hazardous material waste? Why has OSHA apparently has not been included? Maybe the workers are not important under OSHA guidelines at superfund sites or hazardous waste sites? Maybe there is not guidelines or requirements for workers to follow at superfund’s sites.
According to the TW report, Senator Inhofe said “Through my leadership position on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, I have been able to secure essential funding to bring the cleanup of Tar Creek near completion. Because of the successful collaboration between myself, Congressman Boren and Governor Henry, the finish line is now in sight.” I did not understand if the cleanup is now in sight as a result of the buyout, result of OU 4 (Operate Unit 4) or after future continuing series of what OU 4 provides and how does another 25 years of the same actions or inactions at Tar Creek provide an end in sight statement. Maybe I should be asking, does this mean that Tar Creek is at the end of any cleanup or remediation, because “the finish line is now in sight“? If all three of these elected officials consider this as an end in site to the mess at Tar Creek, I think this makes a very clear statement as to why this country is in the mess that it is today. Someone forgot what leadership means. To clarify this even more, I have provided these elected officials and other elected officials many letters as to what federal, state, tribal laws and treaties, and Presidential executive orders have been violated. Furthermore have supplied documented sources where to find the Laws and even filed a Federal Law suit, concerning many of these violations. You may be asking yourself about my tenacity with superfund sites and hazardous waste issues. The future of this country and the future of our children and family’s health and safety is at stake.
If you have read any of my other MAKE A CALL SERIES OF LETTERS you will see that I have repeatedly taken government agencies and officials to task. One of the reasons for this continuous pressure and persistence, there is in place a Presidential Order that requires Service Disabled Veteran Owned Companies to be afforded opportunities, relationships, and presents in government and private contracts, I happen to be a service related disabled veteran.
When I was in the Marine Corps, you operated by completing your assigned mission, failure was not included in your mission. After my retirement from a successful career, I made identifying, creating and protecting permanent solutions to superfund sites and permanent solutions to hazardous waste associated, whether listed or National Priorities sites (NPL) listed, that our government has decide to not comply with laws and totally ignored the laws in place. My mission now is to protect my family, neighbors and this country.
During the last few years of continuous professional and innovative intellectual property development efforts, I personally and others have seen government (thru premeditated actions in association with their partners) deliberately try to deceitfully steal my environmental processes, from this disabled veteran, that will, when employed, permanently resolve superfund issues and sites. I have seen government endorsing people’s co-existence with hazardous waste (TAR CREEK) as well as other hazardous waste sites. I have seen government supported and endorsed attempts to infringe on patent processes. I do not know why our government or elected officials do not want to enforce the laws written by Congress or why they do not want this service related disabled veteran and my company to be a part of the process to finally eliminate and correct many of our environmental issues, and bring these issues to permanent closure. I have also seen a federal court say that this Disable Veteran does not have standing in the federal court. I would only say that if the Veteran (whether disable or not) does not have standing in a federal court to protect this country, WHO DOES?
History has shown what Veterans have done to protect this country and as a result of their efforts and sacrifices have preserved the way of life that we have grow to enjoy. I would hate to think that this (attempted permanent foot-dragging) is nothing but greed and the financial situation and the environmental issues we are now enduring may be explained just as simple as, NOTHING BUT GREED. The answer may be just as simple, get the politics out of decisions that effect our daily lives and preserve this country and our way of life. Want someone that cares about this country and does not care about the politics. Take action, talk to a VETERAN.
MAKE A CALL
LEO BYFORD
Owner of ETSI (SDVOSB)
5244 SOUTH IRVINGTON PLACE
TULSA, OKLAHOMA
PHONE 1-918-622-7066
CELL 1-918-902-5730
FAX 1-918-622-7066
NOVEMBER 16, 2008
MAKE A CALL
SERIES OF LETTERS
PAGE 13
In the Tulsa World (TW), published November 15, 2008, a report written by Jim Myers addressed recent statements by Senator Jim Inhofe, Congressman Dan Boren and Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry. My immediate thought was that this report needs to be clarified and information added to what is happening at this Superfund Site. There are many remaining concerns and unanswered questions. I want to make it perfectly clear, that I have been and continue to be in favor of the buyout and I feel that it should have happened decades ago, because of both health related and subsidence issues.
Several questions, in my opinion, that I think are in need of immediate answers follow:
Why has the buyout changed from health related issues to non health related issues?
Why is there now “light at the end of the tunnel“?
Why does government not want to support jobs and tax basis?
Why does government not want to restore the land back to useful purpose?
What exactly does this mean as it pertains to residents, the environment and the ongoing impact on the air, land, and waters which will apparently be subjected to fluctuating amounts of adverse impacts from millions of remaining tons of hazardous waste, with no apparent remedial permanent solution ever approaching the intent of Congressional promulgated Laws, including the use of the word permanent? “The light at the end of the tunnel” does not mean the selling of hazardous waste to be used in sandblasting, roads, or other similar uses where hazardous materials waste exist, which is untreated and tax dollars used unwisely or maybe illegally, is being used under the disguise as a permanent solution and is not a permanent solution under CERCLA Law. This decision by government to allow this is not what the CERCLA laws says, nor is it in anyway protecting the health of the people, IT ONLY SPREADS THE HAZARDOUS WASTE CONTAMINATION, geographically and perhaps for all time
What may be of more interest is, how many workers that handle these hazardous waste materials have the training and certification to handle this hazardous material waste? Why has OSHA apparently has not been included? Maybe the workers are not important under OSHA guidelines at superfund sites or hazardous waste sites? Maybe there is not guidelines or requirements for workers to follow at superfund’s sites.
According to the TW report, Senator Inhofe said “Through my leadership position on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, I have been able to secure essential funding to bring the cleanup of Tar Creek near completion. Because of the successful collaboration between myself, Congressman Boren and Governor Henry, the finish line is now in sight.” I did not understand if the cleanup is now in sight as a result of the buyout, result of OU 4 (Operate Unit 4) or after future continuing series of what OU 4 provides and how does another 25 years of the same actions or inactions at Tar Creek provide an end in sight statement. Maybe I should be asking, does this mean that Tar Creek is at the end of any cleanup or remediation, because “the finish line is now in sight“? If all three of these elected officials consider this as an end in site to the mess at Tar Creek, I think this makes a very clear statement as to why this country is in the mess that it is today. Someone forgot what leadership means. To clarify this even more, I have provided these elected officials and other elected officials many letters as to what federal, state, tribal laws and treaties, and Presidential executive orders have been violated. Furthermore have supplied documented sources where to find the Laws and even filed a Federal Law suit, concerning many of these violations. You may be asking yourself about my tenacity with superfund sites and hazardous waste issues. The future of this country and the future of our children and family’s health and safety is at stake.
If you have read any of my other MAKE A CALL SERIES OF LETTERS you will see that I have repeatedly taken government agencies and officials to task. One of the reasons for this continuous pressure and persistence, there is in place a Presidential Order that requires Service Disabled Veteran Owned Companies to be afforded opportunities, relationships, and presents in government and private contracts, I happen to be a service related disabled veteran.
When I was in the Marine Corps, you operated by completing your assigned mission, failure was not included in your mission. After my retirement from a successful career, I made identifying, creating and protecting permanent solutions to superfund sites and permanent solutions to hazardous waste associated, whether listed or National Priorities sites (NPL) listed, that our government has decide to not comply with laws and totally ignored the laws in place. My mission now is to protect my family, neighbors and this country.
During the last few years of continuous professional and innovative intellectual property development efforts, I personally and others have seen government (thru premeditated actions in association with their partners) deliberately try to deceitfully steal my environmental processes, from this disabled veteran, that will, when employed, permanently resolve superfund issues and sites. I have seen government endorsing people’s co-existence with hazardous waste (TAR CREEK) as well as other hazardous waste sites. I have seen government supported and endorsed attempts to infringe on patent processes. I do not know why our government or elected officials do not want to enforce the laws written by Congress or why they do not want this service related disabled veteran and my company to be a part of the process to finally eliminate and correct many of our environmental issues, and bring these issues to permanent closure. I have also seen a federal court say that this Disable Veteran does not have standing in the federal court. I would only say that if the Veteran (whether disable or not) does not have standing in a federal court to protect this country, WHO DOES?
History has shown what Veterans have done to protect this country and as a result of their efforts and sacrifices have preserved the way of life that we have grow to enjoy. I would hate to think that this (attempted permanent foot-dragging) is nothing but greed and the financial situation and the environmental issues we are now enduring may be explained just as simple as, NOTHING BUT GREED. The answer may be just as simple, get the politics out of decisions that effect our daily lives and preserve this country and our way of life. Want someone that cares about this country and does not care about the politics. Take action, talk to a VETERAN.
MAKE A CALL
LEO BYFORD
Owner of ETSI (SDVOSB)
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Letters
LEO BYFORD
5244 SOUTH IRVINGTON PLACE
TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74135
PHONE 1-918-622-6413
CELL 1-918-902-5730 DIRECT
FAX 1-918-622-7066 DIRECT
E-MAIL Leobyford@yahoo.com
JANUARY 22, 2009
PRESIDENT OBAMA
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington, DC 20500
FAX: 202-456-2461
President Obama,
Information has been sent to the office of the President, Senators, Congressman, Federal government agencies and many others. I am tried of the fraud, corruption, the violation of federal laws, the ill responsible actions of government agencies not protecting the families of America, tried of mis-using tax payer money, formal complaints with government covered up, the good olde boy program, and the list goes on.
I am a disabled veteran and my company Environmental Toxins Solutions Inc., (ETSI) is classified as a Service Disabled Veteran Own Small Business (SDVOSB). I have patent and patent pendings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that provides permanent solutions to animal waste, chicken litter, green waste, and other waste. Also I have developed the first truly permanent solution for the Superfund Program/CERCLA. I was even awarded The ON THE BRINK award for 2007 for Oklahoma, for the first permanent solution for the superfund program.
In the first meeting with EPA one of the Project Managers (PM) she would help access a $40 million dollar grant she new of. We were very pleased with the outcome of the first meeting. After about two weeks of many phone calls and Emails, they (EPA) found out that we wanted to fix the most complex part of Tar Creek. The mine was and still is releasing thousands, if not millions of gallons of Arsenic laden water, to downstream impoundments like Grand Lake and other waters and impoundments in Eastern Oklahoma. Another meeting,EPA,which included four of our team, a Senator Staffer, EPA representatives, a representative for the people of Tar Creek (who took the attendance of the meeting). When we first walked in the meeting room a PM and another man walked out of the EPA office and we all introduced ourselves. The other man was dressed in EPA attire and introduced himself as EPA, but did not have any business cards, but that he was EPA. We were impressed that he took extensive notes during the meeting about my process and how to fix the superfund site. After the meeting was concluded, I was meeting with the team of ETSI, it was brought to our attention that this EPA person (taking notes) was not an EPA employee, but is the lead scientist for the prime contractor working for EPA at the Tar Creek Superfund Site. We filed a formal complaint with the Chairman of the EPW (Environmental and Public Works) in Washington DC. Evidently, the EPW contacted the EPA because they (EPA) requested a meeting with us. EPA apologized for their actions, for bringing in what I would call a corporate mole, and presented us with a disc that they said they spent millions of dollars on the underground mine workings and would hope that this would make up for their ill responsible actions and help define the problems they were experiencing. He (PM) also stated they (EPA) would help with a grant to start work and we (ETSI) would need to go to Colorado the following week to receive the money. Between the time to leave for the grant money, Katrina occurred. We understand the importance of a natural disaster and critical life saving responses that needed to happen, so we understood the suspension of the meeting. The people along the Gulf Coast needed immediate help and needed to come first.
I was awarded the ON THE Brink award at the Innovators of the Year for 2007 for developing the first permanent solution for the superfund program. At our awards table were several distinguished people. One of those, was a US Senator Staffer from Oklahoma. I bring this to your attention, because of the comments and statements from that night. During the awards ceremony the Senator’s Staffer told us that we have the full support of his office. This permanent innovative solution has been long overdue, especially for the people at the Tar Creek Superfund Site, those of Oklahoma, and this nation. We were told that we had to complete three steps and that if we encounter any resistance in completing those three steps, he would suppress that resistance. Since that date we have met with nothing but roadblocks. All phone calls and letters have apparently fallen on deaf ears
I have been trying to obtain the support of the EPA in proving and providing this first truly permanent solution for the nation’s number one superfund site TAR CREEK SUPERFUND SITE (TCSS), the national Superfund Program and have met nothing but roadblocks in the process. I have the documents to prove everything I have said and say in this and other letters and information. I have seen people saying we have money for you (both government and private (with government and political connections) just to keep me from writing letters of this nature. Government officials have been moved or removed from this site and now they (EPA) acts like nothing has ever happened and the new officials say they know nothing about the previous actions. I have a team that can resolve superfund sites,
Tar Creek is the most critical and complex superfund site in America. Some of the underground mines are as big as football fields and there are millions of gallons of Arsenic laden water being discharged to the environment every day. The mines under cut roads , houses, and many other surface structures, including rail. People are being moved in a buyout, the air borne and water discharge and leaching will go to many places, besides just this superfund site, and will not stop after the buyout. Many diseases and illness has occurred and many of those leaving will follow shorten life span path or even death. I have a permanent solution for the mines, water, chat (mining Waste), Air Borne particles and the returning of the land to a safe an useful purpose, along with creating signcant jobs and significant jobs at over 1000 locations at other superfund site in America. EPA says that it will be another 20 to 30 Years before EPA will begin to start final remediation.
Government says that there are mandated contracts of the Disabled Veterans and EPA says they gave those SDVOSB contracts to their Prime Contractors (PC). The Prime Contractors keep filling holes with untreated hazardous waste and moving hazardous waste to further contaminated areas unknown, because that is the only way they can dispose of the CERCLA waste, but the PC still receives Billions of taxpayer dollars for this illegal work operations and EPA keeps on supporting.
I know that you said you would clean up and open up government. See anything wrong with the above information. I hope that you keep your word and will do something about this very soon LIVES are at stake. Hope your family is not living like many of those here in Oklahoma and at other superfund sites across America, because if they are, I think you would be doing the same thing I am. Questioning government and informing people. If you need other information please contact me or you can GOOGLE me on the internet. I have been very vocal about TCSS, EPA, government contracts and government people.
President Obama, after listening to your inauguration speech, I feel that in order to fix corruption, you first have to know about the corruption. I have written and talked to a number of politicians,government agencies, I can assure you they do not want this information to reach you, but I know you will do something about this letter, when you receive this letter. If you should decide to investigate, I would appreciate a response ASAP if you choose to investigate. I will not release this letter to the news media, post to the internet, send to others and allow additional time for you to look into this letter, if I have a quick response. If I do not have a quick response from you to investigation, I will assume that you are not going to address this letter and the corruption.
SEMPER FI
LEO BYFORD
OWNER OF ETSI (SDVOSB)
I am also registered with the CCR, EPA and other agencies as a SDVOSB
5244 SOUTH IRVINGTON PLACE
TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74135
PHONE 1-918-622-6413
CELL 1-918-902-5730 DIRECT
FAX 1-918-622-7066 DIRECT
E-MAIL Leobyford@yahoo.com
JANUARY 22, 2009
PRESIDENT OBAMA
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington, DC 20500
FAX: 202-456-2461
President Obama,
Information has been sent to the office of the President, Senators, Congressman, Federal government agencies and many others. I am tried of the fraud, corruption, the violation of federal laws, the ill responsible actions of government agencies not protecting the families of America, tried of mis-using tax payer money, formal complaints with government covered up, the good olde boy program, and the list goes on.
I am a disabled veteran and my company Environmental Toxins Solutions Inc., (ETSI) is classified as a Service Disabled Veteran Own Small Business (SDVOSB). I have patent and patent pendings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that provides permanent solutions to animal waste, chicken litter, green waste, and other waste. Also I have developed the first truly permanent solution for the Superfund Program/CERCLA. I was even awarded The ON THE BRINK award for 2007 for Oklahoma, for the first permanent solution for the superfund program.
In the first meeting with EPA one of the Project Managers (PM) she would help access a $40 million dollar grant she new of. We were very pleased with the outcome of the first meeting. After about two weeks of many phone calls and Emails, they (EPA) found out that we wanted to fix the most complex part of Tar Creek. The mine was and still is releasing thousands, if not millions of gallons of Arsenic laden water, to downstream impoundments like Grand Lake and other waters and impoundments in Eastern Oklahoma. Another meeting,EPA,which included four of our team, a Senator Staffer, EPA representatives, a representative for the people of Tar Creek (who took the attendance of the meeting). When we first walked in the meeting room a PM and another man walked out of the EPA office and we all introduced ourselves. The other man was dressed in EPA attire and introduced himself as EPA, but did not have any business cards, but that he was EPA. We were impressed that he took extensive notes during the meeting about my process and how to fix the superfund site. After the meeting was concluded, I was meeting with the team of ETSI, it was brought to our attention that this EPA person (taking notes) was not an EPA employee, but is the lead scientist for the prime contractor working for EPA at the Tar Creek Superfund Site. We filed a formal complaint with the Chairman of the EPW (Environmental and Public Works) in Washington DC. Evidently, the EPW contacted the EPA because they (EPA) requested a meeting with us. EPA apologized for their actions, for bringing in what I would call a corporate mole, and presented us with a disc that they said they spent millions of dollars on the underground mine workings and would hope that this would make up for their ill responsible actions and help define the problems they were experiencing. He (PM) also stated they (EPA) would help with a grant to start work and we (ETSI) would need to go to Colorado the following week to receive the money. Between the time to leave for the grant money, Katrina occurred. We understand the importance of a natural disaster and critical life saving responses that needed to happen, so we understood the suspension of the meeting. The people along the Gulf Coast needed immediate help and needed to come first.
I was awarded the ON THE Brink award at the Innovators of the Year for 2007 for developing the first permanent solution for the superfund program. At our awards table were several distinguished people. One of those, was a US Senator Staffer from Oklahoma. I bring this to your attention, because of the comments and statements from that night. During the awards ceremony the Senator’s Staffer told us that we have the full support of his office. This permanent innovative solution has been long overdue, especially for the people at the Tar Creek Superfund Site, those of Oklahoma, and this nation. We were told that we had to complete three steps and that if we encounter any resistance in completing those three steps, he would suppress that resistance. Since that date we have met with nothing but roadblocks. All phone calls and letters have apparently fallen on deaf ears
I have been trying to obtain the support of the EPA in proving and providing this first truly permanent solution for the nation’s number one superfund site TAR CREEK SUPERFUND SITE (TCSS), the national Superfund Program and have met nothing but roadblocks in the process. I have the documents to prove everything I have said and say in this and other letters and information. I have seen people saying we have money for you (both government and private (with government and political connections) just to keep me from writing letters of this nature. Government officials have been moved or removed from this site and now they (EPA) acts like nothing has ever happened and the new officials say they know nothing about the previous actions. I have a team that can resolve superfund sites,
Tar Creek is the most critical and complex superfund site in America. Some of the underground mines are as big as football fields and there are millions of gallons of Arsenic laden water being discharged to the environment every day. The mines under cut roads , houses, and many other surface structures, including rail. People are being moved in a buyout, the air borne and water discharge and leaching will go to many places, besides just this superfund site, and will not stop after the buyout. Many diseases and illness has occurred and many of those leaving will follow shorten life span path or even death. I have a permanent solution for the mines, water, chat (mining Waste), Air Borne particles and the returning of the land to a safe an useful purpose, along with creating signcant jobs and significant jobs at over 1000 locations at other superfund site in America. EPA says that it will be another 20 to 30 Years before EPA will begin to start final remediation.
Government says that there are mandated contracts of the Disabled Veterans and EPA says they gave those SDVOSB contracts to their Prime Contractors (PC). The Prime Contractors keep filling holes with untreated hazardous waste and moving hazardous waste to further contaminated areas unknown, because that is the only way they can dispose of the CERCLA waste, but the PC still receives Billions of taxpayer dollars for this illegal work operations and EPA keeps on supporting.
I know that you said you would clean up and open up government. See anything wrong with the above information. I hope that you keep your word and will do something about this very soon LIVES are at stake. Hope your family is not living like many of those here in Oklahoma and at other superfund sites across America, because if they are, I think you would be doing the same thing I am. Questioning government and informing people. If you need other information please contact me or you can GOOGLE me on the internet. I have been very vocal about TCSS, EPA, government contracts and government people.
President Obama, after listening to your inauguration speech, I feel that in order to fix corruption, you first have to know about the corruption. I have written and talked to a number of politicians,government agencies, I can assure you they do not want this information to reach you, but I know you will do something about this letter, when you receive this letter. If you should decide to investigate, I would appreciate a response ASAP if you choose to investigate. I will not release this letter to the news media, post to the internet, send to others and allow additional time for you to look into this letter, if I have a quick response. If I do not have a quick response from you to investigation, I will assume that you are not going to address this letter and the corruption.
SEMPER FI
LEO BYFORD
OWNER OF ETSI (SDVOSB)
I am also registered with the CCR, EPA and other agencies as a SDVOSB
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