where is parcel e-2? you will see that it is the southwern part of the shipyard including 48 acres of shoreline and lowland coastal area. ok. the history. e-2 was created between the early 1940's and late 1960's by filling in with various materials including soil, crushed bedrock, saidments, construction debris and trash and waste. i have a series of photos that show the progression of how this land was created. so you will see in this photo, you can see the 1935 shoreline at the top and what is most of now e-2 was bay. it was filled land. if you follow along to 155 it is more filled in. 1965, even more filled in. 1969, you can see all that is left that is not land is the drainage channel. and 1974 is pretty much how it looks today. it was bay. it was filled in with soil and the middle area you can see the green outline is the landfill boundary. >> you went through quickly what e- is contaminated with. i know there are a number of parcels that had heavy metals and other wastes. can you go over in more deta

with respect to parcel e-2, epa is overseeing the navy's 15-year study of this parcel. all parts of the shipyard we regulators stay deeply involved in the testing and the design and the construction step. a lot of people do not understand that all of the points laura talked about where soils were tested and groundwater were tested, that is done via a work plan sent to epa and the state first. we review it. we approve it. and then the navy implements it only after epa approves that. because of the extensive testing program we believe the navy has quickly identified the type, location and the depth of contamination in parcel e-. based on all of the data about the contamination the navy evaluated a number of alternatives and epa supports the preferred remedy for the same reasons that laura described. it is protective of the local community and the ecology of san francisco bay, uses the best technologies and is consistent with the future land use. so, now we are interested. we are in the public comment period. we are interested in what the public suggestions are about how t