It's official! My U.S. Dept. of Labor ARB appellate brief was accepted! 

You can read the final Ashley Gjovik v Apple Inc, Superfund whistleblower, appellate brief here.

In early October, the US EPA released the Five Year Report for the Superfund sites making up the "Triple Site" in Sunnyvale, California - including my Apple office. The report also includes my public comment!

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."

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 info about clean-up issues?
  
  • Yes. One of the tenants started dumping toxic waste into the sewer.

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

US Army 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 high TCE. The shallow toxic plumes may be evaporating into the air & poisoning the community. Cool.

You can read the report here. [link]

On Sept. 27 2024, the NLRB issued a Complaint and Notice of Hearing for my charge (32-CA-284428) against Apple

In Oct 2021, I filed a NLRB charge against Apple, alleging that almost all of Apple's employee policies violate federal labor laws. In 2023, NLRB agreed; & yesterday, Sept. 27 2024, NLRB issued a Complaint & Notice of Hearing for Apple's first all-US-employee NLRB lawsuit. The NLRB is suing Apple over *nine* individual policies.

The NLRB is suing Apple over its Intellectual Property Agreement, Business Conduct Policy, Workplace Searches & Privacy Policy, Misconduct & Discipline Policy, Social Media Policy - & more. Notably, this Complaint includes *all* policies Apple claimed I was fired for violating.

The full NLRB Complaint is here.

The NLRB case page is here: https://nlrb.gov/case/32-CA-284428

I filed a complaint about Apple's stupid secret fab with the BAAQMD on July 22 2024. 

On August 29 2024, the California Bay Area Air Quality Management District published a formal notice of violations by Apple Inc of two violations of air pollution laws via their Skunkworks fab at 3250 Scott Blvd.

Then on September 12 2024 (probably after an inspection?) BAAQMD cited Apple for four additional violations - 2-1-301 & 2-1-302 again, and also for "gaseous pollution."

Apple apparently violated regulation 2-1-301 when it built/installed equipment that causes air pollution without first getting permission from BAAQMD; then violated -302 by operating the fab for around eight years without required permits.

Then, Apple also violated 9-7-307.1 by dumping illegal amounts of NOx & CO into our air.

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