Office of Site Remediation 

Enforcement (2271A) August 2006 

Washington, DC 20460 Issue #29 

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Tannery Bay 2 

Mohawk Tannery 3 

KHI Facility 

Zeibright Mine 4 

Stevens & Thompson Paper 

Hamilton Plant 5 

Sheboygan River 

In the Courts 6 

US v. General Battery 

Spectron Superfund Site 

Tidbits 7 

Cathode Ray Tubes 

Report Violations 

Calendar 8 

Glossary 

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waste cleanup cases, policies, 

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OECA Honors Outstanding 

Achievements 

At the Office of Enforcement and Compliance 

Assurance’s 12th Annual Honor Awards Ceremony 

held July 19, 2006, the efforts and 

achievements of outstanding employees in the Office of Site 

Remediation Enforcement 

(OSRE) were acknowledged. 

The Financial Assurance Team 

(Ben Bahk, 

awarded to the Aviall Team (Anne 

Berube, David Dowton, Josh 

Epstein, Clarence Featherson, Ben 

Lammie, Karin Leff, Janice Linett, 

Mary McCullough, and Candace 

White) for encouraging private party 

cleanup of Superfund sites through 

their efforts to address the impacts 

of the Supreme Court’s Cooper Industries v. Aviall decision. 

Ben Bahk 

Mary Bell, 

T i m 

DiCintio, 

Tracy 

Gipson, 

Bruce 

Kulpan, Greg 

Madden, Bob 

Polin, 

Neilima 

Senjalia, and 

Joe Tieger) 

received the 

Assistant Susan Bromm. 

Administrator’s 

Award for Excellence in Innovations. This award honored the 

team’s work creating financial assurance tools for federal and state 

regulators to ensure that parties 

responsible for cleanup or closure 

of waste sites meet their obligations. 

Amy Legare received the Individual Bronze Medal, an award 

honoring a significant act and 

achievement that furthers the 

Agency’s mission or serves the 

public interest, for her accomplishments on transportation policy 

and projects. 

The Group Bronze Medal was 

was given a 

Junior Employee of the 

Year Award, 

an award 

given to employees at 

the GS-12 

level and below with less 

OECA AA Granta Nakayama, than three 

OSRE award recipient Amy years of serLegare, and OSRE Director vice with the 

Agency. 

Bahk was acknowledged for his contributions to 

the Superfund enforcement program, especially his work on the discovery process in the General Electric challenge to the constitutionality of CERCLA administrative orders. 

Leslie Griffin received the Rose 

Burgess Memorial Award for her 

continuing commitment to further 

her education in support of EPA’s 

mission. The Rose Burgress Award 

provides scholarship assistance to 

OECA employees to pursue an academic degree that benefits EPA’s 

mission. 

Tim DiCintio was acknowledged 

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Highlights

$8 Million in Funding Committed to 

Tannery Bay Cleanup 

Work will begin in August and the Michigan Department of Envito dredge 40,000 cubic ronmental Quality’s Clean Michigan 

yards of sediments con- Initiative is contributing $600,000. 

taminated with mercury and chro- Once accomplished, this effort will remium from the St. Marys River at 

Tannery Bay and Tannery Point wetland. The cleanup project is being 

funded in part through funding from 

the Great Lakes Legacy Act, a law 

passed in 2002 authorizing up to 

$270 million in funds over five years 

to address contaminated sediments 

in “areas of concern” (AOCs) around 

the Great Lakes. The Tannery Bay 

cleanup will receive $4.8 million in move the last significant hot spot of 

cleanup funds through the Legacy Act. sediment contamination on the AmeriIn addition to providing funds, the can side of the St. Marys River AOC. 

Legacy Act facilitates the cleanup pro- This is the fifth remediation project to 

cess and fosters cooperation between be conducted under the Great Lakes 

state and local governments and other Legacy Act. 

interested parties. For the cleanup of The main source of pollution at TanTannery Bay, the Phelps Dodge Cor- nery Bay and Point was a tannery operporation is contributing $2.6 million, ated from 1900 to 1958 by Northwestmillion in cleanup funds 

“The Tannery Bay 

cleanup will receive $4.8 

through the Legacy Act.” 

ern Leather Company on property 

owned by Cannelton Industries. The 

tannery dumped waste from its operations onto the floodplain along the 

south bank of the St. Marys River. The 

waste migrated from the disposal 

area into the river where it settled into 

river sediment. Although the 

remediation of the Cannelton Industries Superfund site was completed 

in 1999, the contaminated sediment 

was left in place to allow clean sediment to cover the contamination. 

When the Phelps Dodge Corporation 

became owner of the former tannery 

site, they joined the nearby city of 

Sault Ste. Marie, the U.S.-Canada Binational Public Advisory Council, and 

the state of Michigan in encouraging 

the removal of contaminated sediments to improve the ecological health 

of the St. Marys River. 

For additional information, contact 

Marc Tuchman, EPA Great Lakes National Program Office, (312) 353-1369. 

Outstanding Achievements, continued 

from page 1 

with the Outstanding Customer Service Award for providing the Regions 

with outstanding business and legal 

counsel on Financial Assurance during CERCLA settlement negotiations. 

Amy Legare and Joyce Rivers were 

acknowledged for their commitment 

to the 2005 Combined Federal Campaign with a Combined Federal Campaign Award. 

A number of employees were recognized for years of service including. 

Antoinette Powell-Dickson (10 years); 

Nancy Browne, Maria Cintron-Silva, 

Clarence Featherson, Rosa Forster, 

Karen Morley, and Kimberly Simms 

(20 years); and Sharon Cullen and 

Myra Cypser (30 years). 

In July 2006, EPA announced that Dell, HP, and other manufacturers will 

soon be offering high volume purchasers more environmentally-friendly computers and monitors meeting the Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) standard. To meet the EPEAT standard, products 

must have lower levels of heavy metals, including cadmium, lead, and mercury; be easy to upgrade and recycle; and meet the energy efficiency standards of the Energy Star program. 

EPA estimates that, over the next five years, purchases of equipment 

meeting EPEAT standards will reduce more than 13 million pounds of 

hazardous waste and more than 3 million pounds of non-hazardous waste. 

It will also save more than 600,000 MWh of energy, the amount of energy 

necessary to power 6 million homes. 

Additional information on the EPEAT standards is available on EPA’s 

Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/ 

epp/pubs/products/epeat.htm. 

New Computers, Monitors 

Will Reduce Hazardous Waste 

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Proposed Settlement Would Fund 

Cleanup at Mohawk Tannery 

In the Spotlight

NEW HAMPSHIRE—Two 

parties, Chester Realty 

Trust and Mr. Warren 

Kean, have agreed to pay almost 

$500,000 from insurance proment of Environmental Services (NH 

DES); and to record an easement that 

will ensure these agencies continued 

access to the site and the right to renery facility was used for tanning 

hides for leather production. During 

the facility’s 60 years of active operation, wastewater contaminated with 

chromium, zinc and phenol was 

discharged directly into the 

Nashua River. Additionally, 

sludge contaminated with chromium, pentachlorophenol, phenol and 2,4,6 trichorophenol was 

disposed in onsite impoundments without containment 

measures. 

The public comment period on the 

proposed agreement ended July 24, 

2006, and EPA will carefully evaluate all comments before making a final decision on the settlement. 

For additional information, contact 

David Deegan, EPA Region 1, (617) 

918-1017. 

ceeds to help cover cleanup costs 

to pay almost $500,000

help cover cleanup costs at

the site.” 

“Two parties have agreed 

from insurance proceeds to 

at the Mohawk Tannery Site in 

Nashua, New Hampshire. Additional insurance proceeds 

could raise the total amount to 

$1.2 million. If EPA approves 

the proposed agreement after 

consideration of public comments, Chester Realty Trust, the current owner of the site, may sell the 

property and three additional parcels 

and transfer the proceeds from the 

sale to the government or transfer the 

properties to the government. Chester 

Realty Trust has agreed to restrict access to the site; to give site access to 

EPA and the New Hampshire Departstrict future land use. The settling parties have agreed to stop leasing the 

property within thirty days of approval 

of the settlement. The settlement 

shields the settling parties from future 

lawsuits by other liable parties and 

clears them of responsibility for future 

response costs. 

From 1924 to 1984, the Mohawk TanProspective Purchaser Will Redevelop 

Former Die Casting Facility 

MICHIGAN—On June 29, 

2006, a consent decree 

for the Kent-Holland Die 

Casting & Plating, Inc. Facility (“KHI 

Facility”) in Holland, Michigan became effective. The settlement was 

approved after a 30-day public comment period. Under the terms of the 

consent decree, FMB—First Michigan 

Bank (as Trustee of the Mary A. 

Windolph Trust)—agreed to use the 

proceeds of the sale of the property to 

a prospective purchaser to fund on-going post-closure activities. The prospective purchaser, ADW L.L.C., purchased the site on June 29, 2006, the 

same day the consent decree was entered. ADW L.L.C. intends to redevelop 

the site for retail use. EPA has 

covenanted not to sue ADW for the existing site contamination. 

Beginning in 1988, the Defendant 

KHI performed RCRA closure and postclosure activities at the site. The Michigan Department of Environmental 

Quality issued a Certificate of 

Completion verifying site closure in 

2001. The trustee will continue with 

post-closure activities as outlined in 

the Operation and Maintenance Plan 

and the Compliance Monitoring Contingency Plan, as amended in March 

2006. 

For additional information, contact 

Susan Prout, EPA Region 5, 

prout.susan@epa.gov. 

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EPA Orders Emergency Cleanup at 

Historic Gold Mine

Emergency Response

CALIFORNIA—On June 30, 

2006, EPA ordered 

Newmont USA and Donner 

Mine Camp, Inc. to restrict access to a 

museum building and to conduct an 

site. Newmont USA Limited is a 

former owner of the property. The 

Zeibright Mine was mined for gold 

by the Bear Valley Mining Company 

from 1918 to 1934. Subsequent opemergency removal of lead-contaminated dust and soil at the 

site of the closed Zeibright Mine 

in Nevada County. EPA ordered 

the emergency actions after sampling in June 2004 and August 

2005 showed lead and arsenic 

contamination in the soil surrounding the assay building, 

which was being used as a mining museum. In addition to permanently closing the assay 

Building to the public, Donner 

Mine Camp, Inc. and Newmont 

USA Limited were ordered to remove contaminated soil from 

around the Assay building and to 

clean lead contaminated dust 

from the building surfaces. 

EPA OSC Harry Allen is working 

to clean up high levels of lead 

dust on surfaces within the assay 

building. 

1935 into the 1940’s. Lead oxide was 

used in the analytical process to determine the mineral content of ore 

collected from the mine. The assay 

building was the site of this chemical analysis and the pattern of soil 

contamination indicates that lead 

assay waste and lead-contaminated assay equipment were 

dumped on the slopes below the 

building. 

Site assessments performed by 

EPA and state and local officials 

showed that, in addition to the 

threat of inhalation of contaminated dust inside the assay building, there was also evidence of contaminated soils around the building, as a result of dumping of assay wastes. No additional actions 

are planned because the current 

soil excavation and cleanup activities will sufficiently address the 

lead contamination around the 

assay building. 

For additional information, contact 

Chris Reiner, EPA Region 9, (415) 972-

3414 or reiner.chris@epa.gov. 

Donner Mine Camp, Inc. is a non- erators included Empire Star Mines 

profit organization that runs a camp Company from 1934 to 1935 and 

for youth groups at the historical mine Newmont Mining Company from 

Cleanup Complete at Former Tissue 

Paper Plant 

NEW YORK—EPA has completed the cleanup of abandoned paper-making chemicals at the former Stevens & Thompson Paper Company in Middle Falls, 

New York. The papermaker had been 

in business for over a hundred years, 

most recently as American Tissue 

Mills of Greenwich. When the owner 

filled for bankruptcy in 2001 and 

walked away from the property, thousands of gallons of chemicals were left 

in the buildings. EPA was able to 

recycle or return to original suppliers nearly 10,000 gallons of liquid 

and three tons of solid chemicals. 

During a site inspection in October 2004 conducted at the request 

of state and local officials, the EPA 

on-scene coordinator observed 

drums of unidentified chemicals, 

asbestos, and other concerns, and a 

cleanup was initiated. In the process of cleaning up unlabelled containers, EPA discovered a label indicating radioactive material. The 

source of the radioactive material 

was identified as a papermaking 

machine, which contained a radioactive isotope of krypton. EPA initiated an emergency response. The 

machine was returned to the supplier, Honeywell, Inc., in Arizona. 

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No Asbestos Found in Residential 

Soils near Hamilton Plant 

NEW JERSEY—Soil 

samples from residential areas near a closed vermiculite processing facility in 

Hamilton Township, New Jersey, 

showed no measurable amounts of 

asbestos. The sampling results alleviated concerns that residential and 

public areas may have been impacted 

by the processing of vermiculite ore 

contaminated with asbestos at the 

Hamilton facility. The sampling was 

conducted at 44 sites within two 

miles of the Hamilton plant and included properties in the Hamilton, 

Ewing and Lawrence Townships and 

the City of Trenton. 

The Hamilton plant was used for vermiculite ore processing by the Zonolite 

Company from 1948 to 1963. In 1963, 

Zonolite merged with W.R. Grace who 

continued processing the ore until 1994. 

Most of the ore processed by both companies was excavated from the 

Zonolite/W.R. Grace mine in Libby, 

Montana. The facility produced fire 

proofing material, insulation, and other 

products. EPA has already removed 

9,200 tons of asbestos-contaminated 

soil from the processing facility site, in 

response to high levels of amphibole 

asbestos found in the soil onsite. The 

residential sampling and cleanup actions are part of a national EPA effort 

to address possible contamination 

from facilities like the Hamilton plant 

that processed or handled vermiculite 

ore from the Zonolite/W.R. Grace mine 

in Libby. 

Inhalation exposure to amphibole 

asbestos occurs when the fibers are 

dispersed into the air. At this site, the 

concern was that asbestos fibers 

kicked up into the air by pedestrian or 

vehicular traffic or by the wind might 

have dispersed the fibers offsite and 

impacted residential areas. 

For additional information, contact 

Wendy Thomi, EPA Region 2, (212) 

637-3669 or thomi.wendy@epa.gov. 

Other News

Sheboygan River Dredging Begins

WISCONSIN—On June that purchased the former facility, is potentially responsible party exca21, 2006, EPA Region paying for the current phase of cleanup, vated contaminated soils from the 

5 announced the begin- and EPA is overseeing the work. property and disposed of them offsite. 

ning of the second phase of the That same year, the state issued 

Sheboygan River and Harbor a fish advisory warning residents 

Superfund Site cleanup. During not to eat fish from the Sheboygan 

this cleanup phase, 33,000 cubic River; in 1987, the state issued 

yards of contaminated sedi- another advisory warning resiments will be dredged from the dents not to eat wildlife from the 

upper river portion of the site. area. Both advisories are still in 

The first phase of the cleanup, effect. The Sheboygan River 

completed in October 2004, ad- drains into Lake Michigan, the 

dressed soil and groundwater primary drinking water source for 

contamination at the former approximately 58,000 area resiTecumseh Products die-casting dents. 

facility. The final cleanup phases A fact sheet explaining the curwill address portions down river rent phase of cleanup and other 

from the facility and the inner har- The upper river area of the Sheboygan site information is available on 

bor. The estimated cost to com- River. EPA Region 5’s Sheboygan River 

plete the entire site remedy is and Harbor Superfund Site Web 

over $40 million. In 1977, the state of Wisconsin found site at: http://www.epa.gov/region5/ 

The PCB-contamination of the elevated levels of PCBs in fish during sites/sheboygan. 

Sheboygan River resulted from routine sampling. Additional testing For additional information, contact 

wastewater released by the former confirmed PCB contamination in sur- Mick Hans, EPA Region 5, (312) 353-

Tecumseh facility at Sheboygan Falls. face water, floodplain soils, river sedi- 5050. 

Pollution Risk Services, the company ments, fish, and wildlife. In 1978, the 

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In The Courts 

United States 

Files Brief 

Opposing Exide’s 

Request for 

Supreme Court 

Hearing 

On June 27, 2006, the United States 

filed a brief opposing Exide Technologies’ writ of certiorari (i.e., a request 

for a hearing by the US Supreme 

Court) in the matter of United States 

v. General Battery Corp. and Exide

Corp. [Civil Action No. 05-1269]. 

EPA sought reimbursement from 

Exide for cleanup costs incurred at the 

Hamburg Lead Superfund Site in 

Berks County, Pennsylvania. In 2005, 

the US District Court for the Eastern 

District of Pennsylvania granted summary judgment to the United States 

in the matter of Exide’s liability. The 

District Court found that Exide was 

liable for response costs as a successor under the de facto merger rule and 

required the company to reimburse 

EPA approximately $6.5 million. 

Exide filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy 

and appealed the District Court’s decision. The United States Court of 

Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld 

the District Court ruling. Exide requested a rehearing en banc before the 

Third Circuit, which denied the request on November 4, 2005. Exide 

has subsequently filed a petition for 

a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking to appeal the 

Third Circuit’s decision. 

Price Battery Corporation operated 

a lead acid battery manufacturing 

plant in the Borough of Hamburg from 

the 1930s until 1966. During this 

period, Price employees split open 

used batteries so the plates could be 

reused; the junk battery casings were 

then used as fill at locations around 

Hamburg. General Battery Corporation, which acquired the site via 

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merger with Price Battery Corporation 

in 1966, merged with Exide Corporation in 2000. 

For additional information, contact 

Thomas A. Cinti, EPA Region 3, (215) 

814-2634. 

Settlement 

Agreement and 

RD/RA Consent 

Decree Signed for 

Spectron 

Superfund Site 

On June 30, 2006, EPA announced 

an Administrative Settlement and 

Order on Consent for Remedial Design 

for the Spectron, Inc. Superfund Site 

in Elkton, Maryland. Under the terms 

of the RD Settlement Agreement, 20 

Respondents will immediately begin 

designing the remedy for soil and 

groundwater contamination. The Respondents have also agreed to an RD/ 

RA consent decree, which requires them 

to complete the remedy outlined in a 

2004 Record of Decision, and also a 

remedy for a future operable unit. The 

consent decree has been forwarded to 

the U.S. Department of Justice for lodging with the District Court. The estimated cost to complete the soil and 

groundwater remedy for this operable 

unit is $9.5 million. The decree also 

contains a resolution of Natural Resource Trustees damage claims. 

A solvent recovery business operated 

on the site for nearly thirty years beginning in the 1960s. During this period, the facility received hazardous 

substances from pharmaceutical, electronic, chemical, and other industries. 

Spills, leaks, and unlined lagoons used 

to contain residuals contributed to soil 

contamination, and the wastes entered 

Little Elk Creek. In the early 1980’s, 

EPA required cleanup activities at the 

facility pursuant to a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act consent 

decree. Superfund removal activities 

occurred at the site in 1989 when the 

facility owner declared bankruptcy. 

EPA added the site to the National 

Priorities List of Superfund sites in 

1994. 

For additional information, contact 

Humane L. Zia, (215) 814-3454, 

zia.humane@epa.gov.

Complaint Filed 

for 12th Street 

Dump Site 

On June 28, 2006, the United States 

filed a complaint against three defendants for investigation and cleanup 

costs at the 12th Street Dump Site in 

Wilmington, Delaware. The complaint 

seeks to recover over $3.7 million from 

M.A. Hanna Plastic Group, Inc., which

is the corporate successor to the former 

site owner, and from the current site 

owners, Wilmington Economic Development Corporation (WEDCO) Sidney 

and Carol Maffet. 

The Electric Hose and Rubber Company manufactured rubber hoses at the 

site from 1905 until 1977. The company used lead in the process of molding rubber hoses; the company disposed of waste hoses, drums, lead residue, and other debris on site. In July 

1999, the Delaware Department of 

Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) contacted EPA 

about deteriorated drums found on the 

banks of the Brandywine Creek. Soil 

and sediment sampling revealed lead 

contamination; EPA found deteriorated drums, industrial hoses, and remains of drums in site soil and creek 

sediments and on the creek bank. EPA 

removed approximately 1,000 tons of 

soil and sediment during a March 2000 

removal action, and a soil cap has been 

placed on a portion of the site. 

For additional information, contact 

Andrew Goldman, EPA Region 3, (215) 

814-2487. 

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New Rule Encourages Recycling and Reuse of Cathode

Ray Tubes 

EPA has issued new standards for 

the management of cathode ray tubes 

(CRTs). CRTs, the video display components of televisions and computer 

monitors, are regulated as hazardous 

waste because the glass typically contains enough lead to require management. Businesses and other organizations sometimes were confused 

about the appropriate way to recycle 

or dispose of CRTs under the old regulations. The new regulations ensure 

the safe, effective management of 

CRTs while encouraging recycling and 

reuse. 

The new regulations exempt used, 

unbroken CRTs from hazardous waste 

storage requirements unless they are 

stored for more than a year. Unbroken CRTs represent a very low risk of 

lead release. CRT recyclers and collectors will have minimal storage requirements. Under the new regulations, CRTs are not regulated as hazardous waste if: CRT containers are 

clearly labeled; CRTs are transported 

in containers designed to minimize 

release; and are stored on-site less 

than one year before being recycled. 

CRTs undergoing glass processing will 

remain unregulated if, in addition to 

these requirements, they are not processed in a way that the lead is volatilized. And CRT glass that has been 

processed and sent to 

a CRT glass manufacturer or a lead 

smelter also is unregulated if the CRT 

glass is stored for less than a year. 

Prior to shipping broken or unbroken 

CRTs overseas, exporters will be required to notify EPA and receive written consent from the receiving country 

through EPA. Exporters shipping used, 

unbroken CRTs overseas for reuse 

must submit a one-time notification to 

EPA. 

Additional information about the CRT 

rule is available on OSWER’s Hazardous Waste Recycling Web site at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/recycle/electron/crt.htm. 

Tidbits

Over the past 35 years EPA has not only changed the way our environment looks, EPA has changed the way 

each individual looks at how his or her own personal actions impact our environment. Most importantly, the 

citizens of this country are seeing themselves as individual stewards of our environment. 

EPA is committed to assuring compliance with our nation’s environmental laws. In carrying out this responsibility they use many different approaches, including seeking help from citizens. This type of participation has 

led to improved protection of human health and the environment. 

At www.epa.gov, the Report Environmental Violations badge button leads the computer user to a page that 

explains how to report an environmental violation and provides a form for reporting online. 

Signs of possible environmental violations that you might observe: 

• Strong offensive or unusual chemical odors 

• Large numbers of dead animals, birds or fish 

• Pipes or valves that bypass waste water systems 

• Tan trucks discharging into drains 

• Oily slicks on bodies of water 

• Corroded leaking waste containers 

• Barrels dumped at odd hours in out-of-the-way places 

EPA’s mission is to protect our nation’s land, air and water. Citizens can help 

by reporting potential environmental violations at: http://www.epa.gov/compliance/complaints/index.html. 

EPA Invites Everyone to Help Protect Our Environment 

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Calendar August 28 - 31, 2006 

2006 HMMS User’s Conference 

Portland, Oregon 

August 28-30, 2006 

22nd Annual National 

Environmental Monitoring 

Conference (NEMC) 

Arlington, VA 

September 6-7, 2006 

EPA Nanotechnology for Site 

Remediation Workshop 

Chicago, Illinois (Region 5 

offices) 

September 12-14, 2006 

The Recycling and Waste 

Management Exhibition 2006 

Birmingham, United Kingdom 

September 19-21, 2006 

WASTECON 2006 

Charlotte, North Carolina 

October 22-25, 2006 

National Recycling Coalition 

25th Annual Congress and Expo 

Atlanta, Georgia 

October 23-27, 2006 

2006 National NAHMMA 

Conference 

Bloomington, Minnesota 

November 21-24, 2006 

International Ecological Fair 

Poleko 2006 

Poznán, Poland 

January 22-25, 2007 

Fourth International Conference 

on Remediation of Contaminated 

Sediments 

Savannah, Georgia 

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AOC Area of Concern OSRE Office of Site Remediation 

Enforcement 

CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and OSWER Office of Solid Waste and Emergency 

Liability Act Response 

CRT Cathode ray tube PCBs Polychlorinated biphenyls 

EPA Environmental Protection Agency RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act 

NH DES New Hampshire Department of 

Environmental Services RD/RA Remedial Design/Remedial Action 

NPL National Priorities List RI/FS Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study 

OECA Office of Enforcement and 

Compliance Assurance ROD Record of decision 

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cooperation with the Office of Superfund 

Remediation and Technology Innovation, Office 

of Underground Storage Tanks, and Office of 

Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and 

Response. Past issues of CleanupNews can 

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Richard W. Popino, PhD, REM, REPA, editor-in-chief 

Mary McCullough, EPA Technical Advisor 

EPA Review Board; Diane Bartosh, Sandra 

Connors, Karen Ellenberger, Elliott Gilberg, Jeff 

Heimerman, Kenneth Patterson, Ann Pontius, 

Suzanne Wells 

Christine Rueter and Cheryl Hasty 

DPRA Inc., writer 

Mary Spencer, 

DPRA Inc., designer