Office of Site Remediation 

Enforcement (2271A) June 2006 

Washington, DC 20460 Issue #28 

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Ashtabula River 2 

Good Samaritan 

Hudson River PCBs 3 

MDI Superfund Site 

Dallas brownfields 4 

Laredo grant 

Advanced Packaging 5 

Palo Alto response 

Murphy Oil spill 

In the Courts 6 

Seneca Meadows 

Ford’s Amended Complaint 

Tidbits 7 

Region 10 Administrator 

CERCLA FA Training 

Scrap Tire Handbook 

Calendar 8 

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EPA Reaches Historic 

Agreement for Upper 

Columbia River 

WASHINGTON — On June 2, 2006, the Bush Administration announced it had negotiated a significant settlement 

with Canadian smelter Teck Cominco to study contamination in the Upper Columbia River in northeast Washington state. The 

agreement was reached after several years of negotiations. Teck Cominco 

has a facility in Trail, British Columbia, 10 miles north of the U.S. 

border, and it is believed that contamination from this facility flowed 

downstream into the U.S. Under the terms of the agreement, Teck 

Cominco will conduct a Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study 

(RI/FS) of a 150-mile stretch of the Upper Columbia River including 

Lake Roosevelt. The RI/FS will be conducted under EPA oversight and 

be consistent with U.S Superfund law. 

Over the course of nearly 100 years, Teck Cominco discharged approximately 15 million tons of slag and liquid effluent into the river. After 

receiving a petition from 

the Colville Confederated 

Tribes re- questing an 

environmen- tal assessment, EPA collected river 

sediment samples in 

2001. EPA’s sampling and 

previous sampling 

showed el- evated levels 

of heavy met- als, dioxin, and 

furan in Lake Roosevelt and 

river sedi- ments. The 

Upper Co- Contamination is visible in the Upper lumbia Basin 

is a popular Columbia River. tourist destination, with 1.5 million 

visitors annually. The RI/FS will give a more complete picture of the 

extent of contamination and assist EPA with selecting a cleanup plan. 

The agreement may be viewed online at: 

http://www.epa.gov/newsroom/pdf/teckcominco.pdf. 

For additional information, contact Kevin Rochlin, EPA Region 10, 

rochlin.kevin@epa.gov, (206) 553-2106. 

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$50 Million Cleanup of Ashtabula 

River Begins 

OHIO – On June 5, 2006, 

EPA Administrator 

Stephen Johnson, Ohio 

Governor Bob Taft, U.S. Rep. Steven 

C. LaTourette, and other state and

local partners marked the beginning 

of the collaborative cleanup of the 

Ashtabula River, a tributary of Lake 

Erie. Over a three-year period, EPA 

and the Ashtabula City Port Authority will dredge 500,000 cubic yards of 

contaminated sediments and dispose 

them in a special landfill. Once dredging is complete, the habitat will be 

restored, and the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers will do navigational dredging downstream to improve shipping 

channels. 

The cleanup is being funded in part 

through the Great Lakes Legacy Act of 

2002, a federal initiative targeted at 

cleaning up the most contaminated 

sites around the Great Lakes. The 

Ashtabula City Port Authority and its 

Ohio Governor Bob Taft and EPA 

Administrator Johnson speak at 

the Ashtabula River Cleanup 

partners and the State of Ohio are also 

contributing cleanup funds. The 

Ashtabula cleanup is the most ambitious Great Lakes cleanup effort yet; 

the volume of contaminated sediments to be cleaned up is more than 

double the total combined volume of 

sediments addressed in the previous 

three projects. 

Between the 1940s and 1970s, contaminants were discharged directly 

into the Ashtabula River and settled 

into the sediments. The contaminants 

of concern identified in the sediments 

include polychlorinated biphenyls 

(PCBs) and heavy metals. The contamination posed a potential risk to 

human health and prompted officials 

to post fish advisories in the area. 

Proposed Legislation Encourages 

Voluntary Mine Cleanup 

DISTRICT OF COLUM- ers who contributed to the contamina- tan legislation would help remove the 

BIA — The Good Samari- tion no longer exist, so the onus of threat of liability and encourage voltan Clean Watershed Act, cleanup falls to the federal government unteers to restore the watersheds. 

introduced May 10, 2006 in the U.S. or voluntary parties. Under existing Before initiating cleanup, parties 

Senate, seeks to remove some of the laws, third parties can be liable under would be required to submit a permit 

legal barriers that discourage non- application to EPA outlining their 

liable parties from cleaning up “The Good Samaritan cleanup plan, financial resources, 

abandoned mines. The proposed legislation would help remove and other relevant information. 

legislation was introduced on be- the threat of liability and EPA would evaluate the application, 

half of the Bush Administration. encourage volunteers to and if acceptable, issue a permit. 

The Senate Committee on Environ- restore watersheds.” The parties conducting the cleanup 

ment and Public Works held a full would be granted CWA and 

committee hearing to discuss the CERCLA liability protection only for 

legislation on June 14, 2006. actions taken under the permit. 

There are more than 500,000 aban- the Clean Water Act (CWA) and/or the EPA would maintain enforcement audoned hardrock mines in the U.S. Acid Comprehensive Environmental Re- thority which would allow the Agency 

mine drainage from these mines pol- sponse, Compensation and Liability to issue administrative orders for violutes watersheds and degrades water Act (CERCLA) even if they did not lations of the Act or pursue civil acquality. In many cases, the mine own- cause the pollution. The Good Samari- tion in U.S. District Court. 

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District Court Asked to Approve 

Settlement for Hudson River 

NEW YORK — On May 16, approves the consent decree, it will be- will last one year and will remove 

2006, the U.S. Depart come effective immediately. Dredging about 10 percent of the total volume 

ment of Justice asked the of the Hudson River will be done in two of PCB-contaminated sediment 

U.S. District Court for the Northern phases. The first phase of the dredging slated for dredging during the full 

District of New York to approve the cleanup project. The remaining phase 

proposed consent decree with General of the dredging is expected to take five 

Electric Company (GE) for the Hudson years. 

River PCBs Superfund site. The pro- Under the terms of the settlement, 

posed consent decree, lodged with the GE has agreed to construct a sediCourt on October 6, 2005, was subject ment processing/transfer facility in 

to a 60-day public comment period, Fort Edward, New York, and to implewhich ran from October 13 to Decem- ment Phase 1 dredging as outlined in 

ber 14, 2005. The government made EPA’s 2002 Record of Decision. The 

its request after reviewing the ap- facility construction and the Phase 1 

proximately 20,000 public comments dredging are estimated to cost besubmitted during the comment period tween $100 and$150 million. After 

and concluding that the consent de- Phase 1 of the cleanup is complete, 

cree remains appropriate. If the Court General Electric’s Hudson Falls Plant. continued on page 7 

In the Spotlight

Non-liable Party Proposes Cleaning 

Up and Redeveloping Houston

Superfund Site 

HOUSTON — Under the settlement is subject to a 30-day pubterms of a proposed lic comment period, which began June 

agreement reached in June 1, 2006 with the publication of a Fed2006, Clinton Gregg Investments, 

L.P., can purchase and clean up a 36-

acre tract of the Many Diversified Interests, Inc. Superfund Site located 

just two miles from downtown 

Houston. If the settlement is approved, Clinton Gregg Investments, 

L.P., which is not liable for the site 

contamination, will conduct the 

remedy to address lead-contaminated soils outlined in a July 2004 

Record of Decision and redevelop the 

site. This is the first time EPA has 

entered into an agreement with a nonliable party to clean up a Superfund 

site. The agreement will save $6.6 

million in Superfund funds, since there 

are no potentially responsible parties 

to clean up the site. The proposed 

eral Register notice. 

In 2005, the property was offered at 

auction by the bankruptcy trustee. 

“This is the first time EPA 

has entered into an 

agreement with a non-liable 

party to clean up a 

Superfund site.” 

Clinton Gregg Investments, L.P., was 

the winning bidder with a $7.8 million 

bid. $6.6 million of the final purchase 

price will go to either performing or paying for the remedy. 

The area Clinton Gregg Investments, 

L.P., would clean up is the site of a 

former foundry. A metal casting 

foundry operated on the site from 

1926 until the early 1990s; during this 

period, the company produced mostly 

specialty molded products like large 

wheels and mining equipment. In 

1992, site operations ceased and thenowner Many Diversified Interests, 

Inc. declared bankruptcy in 1994. 

On-site structures were demolished 

between 1995 and 1996, though 

some foundations remain. The site 

was added to the NPL in January 

1999. 

EPA will accept public comments 

on the proposed agreement through 

July 3, 2006. A copy of the agreement 

is available at www.epa.gov/earth1r6/ 

6xa/pdf/mdi_agreed_order.pdf. 

For additional information, contact 

Dave Bary or Cynthia Fanning, 214-

665-2200 or r6press@epa.gov. 

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OSWER News

Dallas Brownfields Program Spurs 

City Redevelopment Efforts 

TEXAS — The City of Dallas is national award for outstanding Evans Police Headquarters, which 

being revitalized, thanks in brownfields achievement. In south was the first “green building” conpart to the efforts of the Dal- Dallas, DBP used funds to conduct structed in Dallas. 

las Brownfields Program and grants site assessments of a former Sears On May 12, 2006, EPA announced 

from EPA’s Office of Brownfields the program would receive anCleanup and Redevelopment. The other $200,000 to conduct environredevelopment effort is encouraging mental site assessments and perbusinesses and residents to consider form community outreach. The 

downtown rather than moving out monies will be used primarily to 

to the suburbs. The city has study sites in the southern sector 

adopted a plan to encourage eco- of Dallas, including South Dallas/ 

nomic development, preserve neigh- Fair Park, West Dallas, the Ceborhoods, and spur private redevel- dars and the South Side Public 

opment in Dallas’ poorest sectors Improvement District. 

west and south of the city. To date, DBP has leveraged 

The Dallas Brownfields Program more than $922 million for 

(DBP) was started through a Brownfields cleanup and redevel-

$200,000 Brownfields assessment The American Airlines (AA) Center is opment and added more than 

pilot grant from EPA in October located on the site of a former Dallas 6,000 jobs. DBP boasts 37 

1995. Since then, the program has Electric Company generating plant, Brownfields success stories since 

helped revitalize downtown Dallas built in 1890. its inception. EPA has desigby turning abandoned and nated Dallas a brownfields showunderused properties into usable Automotive Store. Through a bond case city. 

spaces. Victory Park, a mixed-use re- initiative, voters agreed to fund the More information about the Dallas 

tail, office, and residential park that redevelopment of the store as a new Brownfields Program is available on 

includes the American Airlines Cen- police headquarters. The City of the EPA Region 6 Web site at: 

ter and new W Hotel, opened in 2001. Dallas used sustainable develop- www.epa.gov/region6/brownfields. 

The park received a Phoenix Award, a ment practices to build the Jack 

Brownfields Grant Will Help

Restore Killam Lake Site

TEXAS—The City of Laredo, Texas has received a $100,000 Brownfields cleanup grant from 

EPA. The city intends to use the grant funds to clean up the Killam Lake site in the Chacon Creek 

watershed and to conduct community outreach. The 18-acre site has potential contamination 

from illegal dumping activities. There is an ambitious plan to create a “greenbelt park” that will 

connect all of Laredo’s creeks and river systems through a network of nature trails and recreational facilities. 

New trade opportunities between the US and Mexico have spurred Laredo’s rapid population 

growth. There are dozens of brownfields sites along creeks in the city; these abandoned and 

underutilized sites increase the risk of water pollution and degraded wildlife habitats. 

For additional information, contact Dave Bary or Cynthia Fanning, 214-665-2200 or 

r6press@epa.gov. 

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Additional Murphy Oil Spill Sampling 

Results Posted 

EPA has updated its Hurricane response Web site with new sampling results from the Murphy Oil Site in New 

Orleans. The results are available online at: http://www.epa.gov/katrina/testresults/murphy/index.html. 

Ten percent of the soil samples Murphy collects are split, and EPA sends the split samples for independent 

analysis. To date, Murphy has collected 8008 sediment samples from 4789 properties. Of the 8008 sediment samples 

collected, EPA has sent 834 split samples for separate analysis. EPA has received, evaluated, and posted results from 

the first 823 samples. 

During flooding from Hurricane Katrina, a 250,000 barrel above ground storage tank was dislodged, lifted and damaged. Approximately 25,110 barrels (1,050,000 gallons) of oil were released. The spill has impacted 1700 homes in an 

adjacent residential neighborhood and several canals. The Federal Emergency Management Agency tasked EPA with 

conducting ongoing sampling of residential and other properties. 

Enforcement News

EPA Orders LA Company to Pay for 

Cleanup Following Fire 

CALIFORNIA — EPA has After the LA County Fire Departordered Advanced Packag- ment responded to the fire, the fire 

ing and Products to pay for department’s hazmat division initithe cleanup of the company’s Carson, ated site clean-up before requesting 

California facility. A January 2006 assistance from EPA. EPA identified 

fire at the facility that killed the plant over 400 containers at the site containmanager and injured two employees ing isopropyl alcohol, toluene, xylene, 

released hazardous substances onto and other flammable materials. 

the property. EPA estimates the For additional information, contact 

cleanup will cost around $450,000. Francisco Arcaute, EPA Region 9, (213) 

Abandoned drums of an ethanol 244-1815. 

solution inside the warehouse. 

EPA Responds to Hazardous Materials

Release in Palo Alto 

CALIFORNIA—EPA is responding to a hazardous 

materials release at the 

Romic facility in East Palo Alto, California. The release occurred June 5, 

2006 at the company’s facility at 2081 

Bay Rd. Approximately 4,000 gallons of used mixed solvents in a tanker 

began reacting, and an aerosol/fine 

mist was released over a 2-acre area. 

The local police issued a shelter in 

place around 10:45 pm; when it was 

determined an hour later that the release was contained, the order was 

lifted. The San Mateo County Environmental Health and County Hazardous Materials Team, the East Palo 

Alto Police Department, and County 

Office of Emergency Services all responded to the incident. 

Romic is working with EPA to 

cleanup the site and ensure the safety 

of the community. EPA contractors are 

collecting samples of deposited material for off-site analysis and characterization. Romic and EPA contractors 

are conducting air monitoring. 

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In The Courts 

Seneca 

Meadows, Inc. v. 

ECI Liquidating, 

Inc. 2006 WL 

1030321 

(W.D.N.Y. Apr. 20 

2006) 

By Josh Epstein, OSRE 

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York held that 

state-level “consent orders” qualified 

as a contribution-conferring “settlement” for the purposes of CERCLA 

Section 113(f)(3)(B). The defendant 

argued that the state lacked authority to settle CERCLA liability because EPA never “delegated” 

CERCLA authority to the state. However, taking into account Aviall’s progeny on this issue, including Con Ed v. 

UGI, W.R. Grace v. Zotos, and Bedford 

Affiliates v. Sills, the Court ruled that 

plaintiff SMI could seek contribution. 

As support for its holding, the court 

observed that “the consent orders here 

expressly state that the parties 

agreed that SMI had resolved its liability to the state for purposes of 

CERCLA,” and that “the consent orders amount to a settlement of SMI’s 

liability to the State not just under 

state law, but under CERCLA as 

well.” 

The Court also found that SMI had 

at its disposal a Section 107 cost recovery claim because, even though 

SMI signed onto three consent orders, 

the Court deemed SMI to be a nonliable party for the purposes of Section 107(a)(4)(B). The Court reasoned 

that “the consent orders expressly 

provided that SMI admitted no liability or fault. . . . In addition, SMI had 

not been sued, and there was no threat 

that SMI ‘might imminently be held 

liable . . . under an administrative or 

court order or judgment.’ . . . SMI may 

not have acted entirely out of altruistic motives, but neither had it been 

found liable, or even [been] sued at 

that point.” 

Despite the Court’s determination 

that SMI had both a Section 107 and a 

Section 113(f)(3)(B) claim, the Court 

refused to effectuate such rights because it held that SMI failed to establish that the defendant caused the contamination at issue. 

For additional information, contact 

Josh Epstein, (202) 564-6009 or Tina 

Skaar, (202) 564-0895. 

United States 

Files Motion to 

Dismiss Ford 

Motor Company’s 

Second Amended 

Complaint 

On May 22, 2006, the Department of 

Justice (DOJ) filed a motion to dismiss 

(MTD) on behalf of the United States, 

in the United States District Court for 

the Eastern District of Michigan, 

against Ford Motor Company’s (Ford) 

Second Amended Complaint for 

CERCLA, RCRA and state hazardous 

waste management response costs incurred by Ford at its Rouge Complex 

Industrial Facility (the Site) in 

Dearborn, Michigan. Ford’s claims 

against the United States are being 

brought pursuant to an amended administrative agreement between Ford 

and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality under which Ford 

incurred response costs for hazardous 

wastes that Ford alleges resulted from 

activities of the United States at the 

Site. In its MTD the United States 

argued that Fords Second Amended 

Complaint should be dismissed because Ford asserts CERCLA Section 

107(a) and 113(f)(3)(B) claims over 

which the court lacks subject matter 

jurisdiction. The United States also 

argued that Ford is barred from asserting its previously dismissed 

CERCLA Section 107(a) claims by the 

law of the case and binding Sixth Circuit authority that potentially responsible parties do not have claims under 

CERCLA Section 107. The United 

States also argues that Ford has not 

resolved its CERCLA liability to 

MDEQ because: (1) the administrative 

agreement between FORD and MDEQ 

never sufficiently resolved Ford’s liability to constitute a valid settlement 

under CERCLA Section 113(f)(3)(B); 

(2) the amended agreement lacked consideration sufficient to constitute a 

bona fide settlement under Michigan 

contract law; (3) there has not been a 

determination that the United States 

has incurred a joint-liability to the 

State of Michigan with Ford for the 

Site; and (4) that even if an valid 

agreement exists for some of the response costs incurred by Ford that 

Ford’s complaint seeks recovery of 

costs greater than allowed under the 

amended agreement. The United 

States also explicitly reserved the right 

to argue in future court pleadings that 

to be a valid settlement under 

CERCLA Section 113(f)(3) (b), an administrative agreement resolving 

CERCLA liability must specify that it 

is to resolve CERCLA liability. The 

United States’ MTD also argues that 

the court lacks subject matter jurisdiction under RCRA to address Ford’s 

RCRA Citizen Suit claims because 

Ford has failed to allege that an imminent and substantial endangerment 

to health or the environment is present 

at the facility and that RCRA with one 

exception (not alleged by Ford in its 

complaint) does not constitute a waiver 

of sovereign immunity from state hazardous waste laws. 

For additional information, contact 

Clarence Featherson, OSRE, (202) 564-

4234. 

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Region 10 

Administrator to 

Join Interior 

Department 

Regional Administrator Michael 

Bogert has accepted an invitation to 

serve as counselor to Secretary of Interior Dick Kempthorne. 

In a letter to EPA employees announcing Bogert’s resignation, EPA 

Administrator Johnson said that he 

“brought enormous energy, a sense of 

urgency, and an ethic of collaborative 

problem-solving to his work on behalf 

of the Region and the Agency.” Since 

being sworn in as RA in August 2005, 

Bogert has overseen a number of significant Region 10 accomplishments, 

including the landmark agreement 

with Teck Cominco for the Upper Columbia River. He also served as the 

federal representative on the Coeur 

d’Alene Basin Commission. 

With Bogert’s departure on July 8, 

2006, Deputy Regional Administrator 

Ron Kreizenbeck will become Acting 

Regional Administrator. 

OSRE Conducts 

Pilot Financial 

Assurance 

Training 

In fiscal years 2006 and 2007, ensuring compliance with financial assurance requirements is an Office of 

Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) national priority. To that 

end, the Office of Site Remediation 

Enforcement (OSRE) provided a two 

and a half day pilot CERCLA financial assurance training course in 

Washington, DC on May 2, 3 and 4th, 

2006. The training provided a comprehensive look at CERCLA financial 

responsibility mechanisms. 

One of the most significant parts of 

the financial responsibility enforcement strategy is capacity building. To 

further that priority, OSRE staff developed a number of tools, including 

tip/fact sheets, checklists, sample instruments, and revised model 

CERCLA RD/RA Consent Decree language for financial assurance, this 

material was the basis of the training. 

The training was very well received 

by training participates. Based on 

feedback from training participates 

and observations from OSRE staff 

and management, portions of the 

training will be revised and the training course will be offered again later 

this fiscal year in a regional office. 

For additional information, contact 

Mary Bell, OSRE, (202) 564-2256. 

Hudson River, continued from page 3 

the dredging-to-date will be evaluated 

by an independent peer review panel, 

which will consider possible changes to 

the engineering performance standards that were established by EPA. 

EPA will seek public input during the 

peer review process. 

EPA will consider the conclusions of the 

peer review panel and determine 

whether changes to the performance 

standards should be made and will inform GE of any modifications that 

would be required during Phase 2 of 

the dredging program. GE will then 

have the option to agree to conduct 

Phase 2 of the dredging. If the company agrees to perform Phase 2, the 

work would be carried out under the 

terms of the consent decree. Because 

the settlement is comprehensive and 

addresses both phases of the dredging, 

it allows for a seamless transition in 

the event that GE elects to perform 

Phase 2. If GE does not agree to conduct the Phase 2 dredging, the EPA fully 

reserves all of its enforcement authorities, including its right to direct the 

company to perform the dredging and/ 

or sue in district court to require GE to 

perform Phase 2 or to reimburse the 

EPA for its costs if the Agency conducts 

Phase 2 using government funds. 

For additional information, contact: 

Doug Garbarini, Team Leader, Hudson 

River Team, EPA Region 2, 

garbarini.doug@epa.gov; Leo Rosales, 

EPA Region 2, (518) 747-4389; or Douglas Fischer, EPA Region 2, 

fischer.douglas@epa.gov. 

Tidbits

EPA Region 5 and the State of Illinois have created the Scrap Tire Cleanup Guidebook, A Resource for Solid Waste 

Managers Across the United States. The book provides information about scrap tire cleanup programs and available 

funding, markets for scrap tires, legal issues, cost recovery, and other practical details. The guidebook was written for tire 

manufacturers, state and local governments, regulators, auto recyclers, and others. 

Scrap tile stockpiles endanger human health and the environment. Water sometimes collects in stockpiled tires and 

provides a good breeding ground for mosquitoes which can carry West Nile and other diseases. Also, tire fires can start 

from lightning strikes, arson, and other causes. The market for recycling used tires is improving; for instance, tires can now 

be used as fuel, recycled or used in civil engineering projects, converted into ground rubber. 

The guidebook is available on EPA Region 5’s Web site at: www.epa.gov/reg5rcra/wptdiv/solidwaste/tires/guidance. 

Guidebook for Cleaning Up Scrap Tires Released 

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Calendar

Glossary 

August 28 - 31, 2006 

2006 HMMS User’s Conference 

Portland, Oregon 

September 6-7, 2006 

EPA Nanotechnology for Site 

Remediation Workshop 

CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental OSRE Office of Site Remediation 

Response, Compensation, and Enforcement 

Liability Act 

OSRTI Office of Superfund Remediation 

CWA Clean Water Act Technology Innovation 

DBP Dallas Brownfields Program OSWER Office of Solid Waste and Emergency 

Response 

September 19-21, 2006 

WASTECON 2006 

Charlotte, North Carolina 

October 22-25, 2006 

National Recycling Coalition 

25th Annual Congress and Expo 

Atlanta, Georgia 

January 22-25, 2007 

Fourth International Conference 

on Remediation of Contaminated 

Sediments 

Savannah, Georgia 

Chicago, Illinois (Region 5 offices) DOJ Department of Justice 

EPA Environmental Protection Agency 

GE General Electric 

NPL National Priorities List 

OECA Office of Enforcement and 

Compliance Assurance 

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EPA’s Office of Site Remediation Enforcement, 

in cooperation with the Office of Superfund 

Remediation and Technology Innovation, Office 

of Underground Storage Tanks, and Office of 

Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and 

PCBs Polychlorinated biphenyls 

RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act 

RI/FS Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study 

ROD Record of decision 

http://www.epa.gov/compliance/about/offices/osre.html 

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

EPA Review Board; Diane Bartosh, Sandra 

Connors, Karen Ellenberger, Elliott Gilberg, Jeff 

Heimerman, Kenneth Patterson, Ann Pontius, 

Suzanne Wells 

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