Apparently the environmental consultant for Philips confided in USACE that they have been bullied by two of the neighbors saying they are "difficult to work with" and "paved over" their groundwater monitoring wells. Well T8A is -> Apple Computer, of course.

USACE also noted that well Apple's groundwater monitoring well T8A had "two notches cut into the top of the well casing that would prevent it from being watertight." Groundwater aquifer A is only ~6 feet below ground. Not watertight = could enter & expand the plume...