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Ashley M. Gjøvik

@ashleygjovik.bsky.social

This is my true-crime-podcast of a Twitter account focused on my whistleblower legal battle with my ex-employer, Apple Computer JD, but tweets ≠ legal advice Twitter: twitter.com/ashleygjovik Web: ashleygjovik.com

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AMashleygjovik.bsky.socialOct 3, 2024 7:48am

US Army also notes a few times that Apple & NGC need to test the outdoor air at my office to see if their plume is gassing the neighborhood. In 2019, EPA discovered the outdoor air had elevated levels of TCE. The shallow toxic plumes may be evaporating into the air & poisoning the community. Cool.

AMashleygjovik.bsky.socialOct 3, 2024 7:33am

US Army advised EPA at least *4* times that Apple needs to do continuous monitoring of the vapor intrusion controls (Apple prob said 'we're done forever now'). USACE also ignored Apple's parkour-esque VI testing "plans" from 2021, and only reported the 2022+ QA plans overseen and approved by US EPA

VI risks at TRW building were mitigated in 2015. In 2023 and 2024 vapor intrusion confirmatory
sampling were performed and confirmed that the mitigation measures were still effective in
preventing vapor intrusion above acceptable risk levels. There is no evidence of unacceptable
vapor intrusion risk for the current commercial building on-site. However, monitoring for
long-term stewardship is required to ensure the mitigation measures remain effective in the
long-term. Additionally, exterior soil gas investigation is needed to update the Conceptual Site
Model and update the focused feasibility study for EPA to select a revised groundwater remedy
for the TRW Site.

AMashleygjovik.bsky.socialOct 3, 2024 7:16am

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...

TRW Site:
TI1e TRW site is located at what is now an Apple technology center The following monitoring wells were
observed:
• MW-T8A: Monitoring well manhole was in good shape. TI1ere was hole in the side of the pipe for
monitoring equipment that had been covered however, there were two notches cut into the top of
the well casing that would prevent it from being watertight. The plug was locked.
• MW-Tl4A: Monitoring well manhole was in good shape. It is a 1-inch well that most likely had a
piezometer present. The plug was loose but locked.
See pictures 19 through 21 for associated photographs.

AMashleygjovik.bsky.socialOct 3, 2024 7:03am

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.

$Locus Technologies representatives noted that the property owners where MW- S007A and MW-T8A were difficult to \.\'ork ·with and had previously paved over other monitoring wells. See pictures 10 through 18 for associated photographs. TRW Site: TI1e TRW site is located at what is now an Apple technology center The following monitoring wells were observed: • MW-T8A: Monitoring well manhole was in good shape. TI1ere was hole in the side of the pipe for monitoring equipment that had been covered however, there were two notches cut into the top of the well casing that would prevent it from being watertight. The plug was locked. • MW-Tl4A: Monitoring well manhole was in good shape. It is a 1-inch well that most likely had a piezometer present. The plug was loose but locked. See pictures 19 through 21 for associated photographs.$

AMashleygjovik.bsky.socialOct 3, 2024 6:58am

Army's technical summary of the status of the Superfund sites: - Is the remedy functioning as intended? No. - Are the exposure & toxicity assumptions still valid? No. - Is there new information that causes issues for the clean-up? Yes. One of the tenants started dumping toxic waste into the sewer.

Technical Assessment
5.1. Question A: Is the remedy functioning as intended by the decision
documents?
At the AMD and TRW sites, the remedy is not working as intended. Components of the selected
remedy are either no longer in place or operational. The groundwater extraction and treatment
system at the AMD Site is not in use nor operational and at the TRW Site the system is no
longer in place. Nevertheless, the groundwater extraction and treatment remedies (while still in
operation) and the addition of in-situ bioremediation treatability studies at the AMD and TRW
Sites have resulted in substantial decreases in concentrations of chemical contaminants since
the remedy began operations. Continued in-situ bioremediation efforts, combined with the
institutional controls currently being implemented at the AMD and TRW Sites, and the
mitigation measures in place at the TRW Site, are providing protectiveness.
The selected remedy for the Offsite OU is currently in operation but is not fully func

Question C: Has Any Other Information Come to Light That Could Call Into
Question the Protectiveness of the Remedy?
Yes, there is new information that calls into question the protectiveness of the remedy: the
water discharge from a sump-pump in the basement of the building located at 440 North Wolfe
Rd. (Signetics Site) was diverted from the treatment system and currently is being discharged
untreated into the sanitary sewer system. Up until 2020, the responsible party was treating the
water prior to discharging it to the Sunnyvale East Drainage Channel under a NPDES permit. In
December 2020, the responsible party removed the 440S sump-pump discharge from the
treatment system influent and diverted it to the sanitary sewer system (Locus, 2021d).
Compliance with the City of Sunnyvale limits for discharge of untreated water into the sanitary
sewer is required as well as monitoring on an ongoing basis.

AMashleygjovik.bsky.socialOct 3, 2024 6:51am

ICYMI: www.ashleygjovik.com/825stewart.h...

image of apple hacking at the poison exhaust vents on the roof and putting the HVAC intake on top of them

AMashleygjovik.bsky.socialOct 3, 2024 6:43am

The 5 Year Reports are written by US Army Corps of Engineers & they usually have more backbone then US EPA. US Army included my concerns about "tenants in commercial buildings with existing vapor intrusion mitigation systems that have failed to maintain or damaged the systems."

4.1.2. Site Interviews
During the Five-Year Review process, site questionnaires were distributed to various
stakeholders and community members to document any perceived problems or successes with
the remedy that has been implemented. Jennifer Garnett, City of Sunnyvale Communications
Officer, Brant Burns, Director of Facilities & Operations for Sunnyvale School District, Lenny
Siegel, Executive Director of the Center for Public Environmental Oversight and Community
Member Ashley Gjovik were interviewed. The results of these interviews are summarized
below.
Sixth Five-Year Review for AMD 901/902andTRW Superfund Sites and the Offsite OU 37
Overall, the interviewees felt that there was adequate communication from EPA regarding the
current status of the site and its activities but expressed that additional communications and
updates would be beneficial to all. Suggestions were provided for means of notifying residents
and businesses of the potential for vapor intrusion and for including in

AMashleygjovik.bsky.socialOct 3, 2024 6:36am

First, US EPA went out of their way to make it sound like I demanded to be able to submit a comment for the report. I kinda did - but it seems like EPA wanted an excuse as to why I was allowed to file a comment. "WE DIDN'T INVITE HER. DON'T HARASS US, APPLE. ITS NOT OUR FAULT."

4. Five-Year Review Process
4.1. Community Notification, Involvement and Site Interviews
4.1.1. Five-Year Review Press Release
A public notice was made available in the Bay Area News Group, a local newspaper, on
February 9, 2024, announcing the Five-Year Review. EPA also issued a press release on February
8, 2024 (https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-review-effectiveness-cleanups-14-privatelyowned-
california-superfund-sites-2024), notifying that the Site was undergoing a Five-Year
Review. Copies of the public notice tear sheet and press release are presented in Appendix D.
EPA also placed a notification on the Site website www.epa.gov/superfund/triplesite stating
that the Site was undergoing a Five-Year Review. EPA received two responses as a result of
these community notification activities; one from Lenny Siegel, Executive Director of the Center
for Public Environmental Oversight, and another from Ashley Gjovik, a Community Member
inquiring about the Five-Year Review process and req

AMashleygjovik.bsky.socialOct 3, 2024 6:30am

EPA had posted the report a few days ago, but on the Triple Site page, and not the TRW Microwave page - which is odd. After I nagged them they also posted it on the TRW Microwave page tonight. The link to the full report is here: semspub.epa.gov/work/09/1000...

AMashleygjovik.bsky.socialOct 3, 2024 6:29am

🧵 I was thinking about how much effort Apple put into smearing my lawsuit this week. They even got Reuters to lie about the nature of the case, omitting env & safety concerns. Then I remembered the TRW 5-Year Report is due. I contacted EPA tonight & they sent me a copy... It's not great for Apple. ⬇️

SIXTH FIVE-YEAR REVIEW REPORT FOR ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 901/902 AND TRW MICROWAVE SUPERFUND SITES INCLUDES THE COMPANIES’ “OFFSITE” OPERABLE UNIT

Ashley M. Gjøvik

@ashleygjovik.bsky.social

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