CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL 


PROTECTION AGENCY 


1001 I STREET, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 95814 • P.O . Box 2815, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 95812·2815 

LINDA S.ADAMS (916) 323-2514· (916) 3240908 FAX • WWW.GALEPACA.GOV EDMUND G. BROWNJR. 

SECRETARY FOR GOVERNOR 

ENVIRONMENTAL PRarECfION 

June 20,2011 

Mr. Jared Blumenfeld 

Regional Administrator 

United States Environmental Protection Agency 

Region IX 

75 Hawthorne Street 

San Francisco, California 94105·3901 

Dear Mr. Blumenfeld: 

Thank you for your letter of May 10, 2011 to Governor Jerry Brown seeking the State of 

California's position on the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (U.S. EPA) 

proposed listing of the Seam Master Industries and the Jervis B. Webb Co. sites on the 

Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The State of California (State) agrees that the 

environmental threats identified in your letter need to be addressed; however we remain 

concerned with long-term funding obligations that typically fall to the State at sites 

requiring groundwater treatment. Accordingly, the State intends to be fully involved in 

the investigation and remedy selection process. 

Please be advised that the State concurrence with any Record of Decision and 

subsequent agreement to State Superfund Contracts will be based in part on selection 

of optimal remedial actions that limit or eliminate long term operation and maintenance 

costs. Where appropriate, the State will be looking to U.S. EPA for substantial 

application of removal action funding and support for identification and selection of 

remedies with cost share requirements. The State will also be seeking a cooperative 

partnership with U.S. EPA in aggressively pursuing cost recovery against all viable 

responsible parties and creatively identifying alternative funding sources. 

Finally, the State intends to develop an overarching policy to affect long term 

sustainability and optimization of projected State funding sources for cleanup of both 

NPL Fund lead and State Orphan sites. Meeting this objective will require close 

coordination with U.S.EPA in developing funding strategies for existing Fund lead sites, 

as well as consideration of potential long term burden on the State in selection of future 

NPL sites. 

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Long term operation and maintenance at Fund Lead sites may have to be managed in a 

fashion that optimizes utilization of available funding which could include reduction or 

elimination of certain operation and maintenance activities based on established budget 

priorities. 

To the extent that the above conditions are acceptable to U.S. EPA, the State supports 

listing of the Seam Master Industries and the Jervis B. Webb Co. sites on the NPL. 

Sincerely, 

;)J IliMn4 . frj:~. Adams 

Acting Secretary for Environmental Protection 

cc: 	 Ms. Deborah Raphael, Director 

Department of Toxic Substances Control 

Post Office Box 806 

Sacramento, California 95812-0806 

Charles R. Hoppin, Chairman 


State Water Resources Control Board 


1001 I Street, 25th Floor 


Sacramento, CA 95814