1 DR. TEAL: Okay, "enhanced" relative to is better than 



2 "potential," because I think John is right. 



3 DR. GRASSLE: I do not think "potential" should be there. 



4 DR. MACIOLEK: Okay, so it reads, "Is there evidence for enhanced 



5 accumulation of contaminants in canyons as compared to the slope?" 



6 DR. TEAL: Yes. 



7 DR. MACIOLEK: Okay. 



8 MR. VILD: No answer to the question does not really--it says 



9 there is no evidence, but that does not really distinguish between 



10 somebody going out and having studied these particular categories and 



11 determining whether or not there is evidence versus the studies not 



12 being done. 



13 DR. TEAL: It should not be down if there is no study. 



14 MR. VILD: Okay. So we are assuming that there have been enough 



15 studies on these--at least one study? 



16 DR. TEAL: Not necessarily enough. 



17 MR. VILD: Well, there have been studies, at least one study. 



18 DR. TEAL: Yes. I don't think it should be there if no one has 



19 looked for it. 



20 MR. VILD: Okay, fine. We need to make that clear, then, because 



21 the way we have got--you are partly right--what we are throwing 



22 ourselves into is that we are going to list all things in the world that 



23 are possible-- 



24 DR. KRAEUTER: You are right, but we need to say that somewhere, 



25 because otherwise somebody is going to say, "Well, they did not think 



26 about--" 



27 DR. TEAL: You could add to the sentence, "Based on existing 



28 studies." Let's put that in there in some way--it does not have to be 



29 added to the sentence. I mean, I know that could go on for two or three 



30 pages. 



31 DR. KRAEUTER: Our particular thinking, John, on item "G"-- 



32 DR. TEAL: I do not think it should be there. 



33 DR. KRAEUTER: In that case we would cross it out, because nobody 



34 has really studied it in the canyons with that kind of-- 



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