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We have to wait for the limited DEQ staff to struggle to pull out that data via a cumbersome interface. Even a WSU faculty member who has been using the Pall/Gelman data for research and teaching cannot get inquiry access to the data.
We also do not know the arrangement under which Pall/Gelman hosts their contamination/cleanup database of Waters of the State but that open public access to that data is not available.
We still do not have an explanation of the data transfer and validation process that Pall/Gelman used to move the data the new database. Nor do we have documentation of the chain of control and validation for the ongoing data updates. There may be opportunities for Pall/Gelman to drop data the does not agree with their predictions.
UPDATE 12/6/2011
At the 11/1/2011 CARD/DEQ meeting, the DEQ revealed that it had agreed that the data anomalies in the new Pall/Gelman database pointed out by SRSW in June 2011 were real and sent a letter to Pall stating the same. But instead of demanding immediate explanation of why, the DEQ merely asked that Pall submit a schedule (within two weeks) for when Pall would be able to explain the data anomalies.
At this date, there is no indication of Pall's response.
UPDATE 2/8/2012
Two Sets of "Books" to Monitor the Contamination -or- Cover Up of F...
Pall/Gelman's cleanup data was re-hosted from an internal database to one at Wayne State University. As a result, the data is harder for the DEQ to download and share with the public. We got our first look at the data from the new database in May 2011 after a five month delay.SRSW found hundreds of mismatches and omissions between the new database and the prior database. SRSW promptly reported the data problems to the DEQ.
Now, going on four months later, we still do not have an explanation of why many of the data is different. We still do not know which data is valid to use.
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