Re: Hanford Site cleanup standards

[garyi@trinityphysics.com]

Bill,



I agree with you in general, but I want to point out that the comparison of licensees to 

drunk drivers neither proves nor disproves the conclusion that the public (or anyone 

else) is to blame for high clean up costs.



First, the comparison is a gross misrepresentation no matter what conclusions you try 

to draw from it.  But even if it were a valid comparison, it does not follow that body shop 

prices are reasonable and fair just because the particular client may have been a drunk 

driver.  The two questions are unrelated.  If the body shop ( regulatory critera ) are 

outrageously overpriced ( overconservative ), then that is a problem that should be 

addressed whether the operator was drunk ( noncompliant) or not.



-Gary Isenhower





> To blame the

> cleanup costs on public concerns is the equivalent of a drunk driver

> complaining about body shop prices and hospital bills after he causes

> an accident. Instead of investigating body shop prices and hospital

> bills, we need to get drunk drivers off the road. 

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