next will be craig cooper. he will offer brief remarks and final we have ryan from dtsc who will offer brief remarks. alec and ross. i don't know who will be going. they are also here today. ross will be giving remarks on the role of rwqcb. then we will have public comment and questions. public comment will be two minutes long. i want to encourage everyone to fill out a yellow public comment card. you can find them with our clerk up here. so with that said, i think we are ready to begin. thank you. >> hello. i work for the navy. i am the project manager for parcel e-2, the portion of the ship yard that i am going to talk about today. i will answer clarifying questions about the proposed remedy. ok. the clean up process is where we are today. we are in the public comment period that began september 7th. >> please continue. >> ok. we are in the proposed plan, if you have the slides in front of you, i am on slide 3. the clean up process starts with the preliminary assessment and then the investigation phase for th

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