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January 2006 

Issue #24 

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AAI Rule 2 

Priority Chemical Wastes

 Reduced 

Katrina Resampling 3 

Glen Cove Redevelopment 

FL Brownfields 4 

J.H. Baxter Settlement 5 

W.R. Grace 6 

National Cable 

Contaminated Sediment Guidance 7 

Doboy Settlement 

MACT Rule Amendment 

Katrina Outreach Materials 

Calendar 8 

Glossary 

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New Assistant New Assistant

Administr Administrator Joins

OSWER

On December 17, 2005, the Senate confirmed Susan P. Bodine 

as assistant administrator of the Office of Solid Waste and 

Emergency Response. Bodine assumed the post in early January 2006. 

Prior to joining EPA, Bodine had served the Water Resources and 

Environment Subcommittee of the House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure since 1995, first as counsel 

and more recently as staff director and senior counsel. Before working 

with the subcommittee, she served six years as an environmental attorney with the DC-based firm Covington & Burling. 

Bodine received her law degree from the University of Pennsylvania 

and her undergraduate degree from Princeton University. 

House Member House Members

Propose R opose Renewing

Superfund Superfund Superfund Tax

On December 8, 2005, twenty-five members of the House of 

Representatives introduced the “Superfund for Hurricane Accountability and Recovery Act of 2005,” a bill that calls for 

reinstating industry taxes to fund Superfund. The bill recommends 

that a portion of the industry taxes be directed to cleaning up sites 

impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The bill’s authors note the 

fifty-four National Priority List sites that may have been adversely 

affected by the hurricanes and the cleanup efforts that will be necessary 

at other sites where chemicals were manufactured, stored, or disposed. 

Industry taxes were used to fund Superfund before the taxes expired 

in 1995 when Congress did not reinstate them. 
Highlights

The New Due Diligence Rules - The 

All Appropriate Inquiries Rule 

By Sven-Erik Kaiser, Office of Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment 

EPA published a final rule 

establishing standards and 

practices for conducting all 

appropriate inquiries on November 1, 

2005. The rule will impact the estimated more than 250,000 Phase I environmental site assessments conducted annually. 

All appropriate inquiries is the term 

for the process of evaluating a 

property’s environmental conditions 

and assessing potential liability for 

any contamination. It is a form of environmental due diligence and similar to a Phase I environmental site assessment. EPA was required to issue 

federal standards for conducting all 

appropriate inquiries under the Small 

Business Liability Relief and 

Brownfields Revitalization Act 

(Brownfields Law). 

Applicability 

The final rule is effective on November 1, 2006 – one year after the Federal Register publishing date. Until 

the rule is effective, one can use either 

the new standard or the independent 

industry standards (ASTM E1527-97, 

E1527-00 or E1527-05). Once the rule 

is effective, one can use either the rule 

or ASTM E1527-05. 

The all appropriate inquiries rule is 

applicable to any party who may seek 

to claim protection from Superfund liability as a bona fide prospective purchaser, an innocent landowner or a contiguous property owner. In addition, 

anyone using an EPA Brownfields grant 

to assess and characterize property 

must comply with the all appropriate 

inquiries standard. 

Conducting the Inquiries 

All appropriate inquiries must be 

conducted or updated within one year 

of the date of acquisition of a property. 

If the inquiries are conducted more than 

180 days prior to the acquisition date, 

certain aspects must be updated. 

Many of the inquiry’s activities must 

be conducted by or under the supervision or responsible charge of an environmental professional as defined in 

the rule. The inquiry of the environmental professional must include: 

• interviews with past and present 

owners, operators and occupants 

• reviews of historical sources of information 

• reviews of federal, state, tribal and 

local government records, 

• a visual inspection of the pro-perty 

and adjoining properties 

• commonly known or reasonably

ascertainable information

• the degree of obviousness of the 

presence or likely presence of contamination at the property and the 

ability to detect the contamination. 

Additional inquiries that must be 

conducted by or for the prospective 

purchaser or grantee include: 

• searches for environmental 

cleanup liens 

• assessments of any specialized 

knowledge or experience of the prospective landowner 

• an assessment of the relationship 

of the purchase price to the fair market value of the property, if the property was not contaminated 

• commonly known or reasonable 

ascertainable information. 

Finally, the rule does not require 

sampling and analysis, although it 

discusses that sampling can be valuable in determining the presence and 

extent of contamination at a property. 

Environmental Professionals 

The rule defines who qualifies as an 

environmental professional for purcontinued on page 4 

Priority Chemical Wastes Reduced 

On December 20, 2005, the 

Environmental Protection 

Agency published its National Priority Chemicals Trends Report. EPA reported that, since 2001, 

the use of priority chemicals in waste 

has decreased by nearly six percent, 

more than half way to EPA’s 2008 goal 

of reducing these chemicals by 10 percent. In addition, about half of the 23 

priority chemicals showed decreases 

“Since 2001, the use of 

priority chemicals in waste

has decreased by nearly six

percent.” 

in use. These decreases were seen despite new EPA requirements that resulted in an increase in the number of 

reporting facilities, an increase in the 

number of priority chemicals reported 

and a decrease in the reporting threshold of some chemicals. 

This year’s report evaluates the 

progress made in reducing the presence of 23 priority chemicals in waste 

between 2001 and 2003, using the 

most recent data in the Toxic Release 

Inventory (TRI). TRI is a publicly 

available database with information 

on the use, release, and management 

of more than 650 toxic chemicals 

within industrial and federal facilicontinued on page 3 

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Katrina Sediments Resampled

Following the EPA’s initial 

430-site collection and sam 

pling of Hurricane Katrina 

flooding sediments in Louisiana, EPA 

and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) returned 

to about 145 locations where sediment testing showed elevated contamination levels. Resampling was 

conducted in areas where the sediment depth was greater than 1.5 centimeters or 0.5 inches. These criteria 

qualified 14 locations for re-sampling. 

In St. Bernard Parish, one sample 

contained a diesel range organics level 

of 2100 ppm, which is well above the 

LDEQ Risk Evaluation / Corrective 

Action Program (RECAP) Standard of 

650 ppm. This contamination level is 

believed to be a result of the oil spill 

at Murphy Oil USA’s refinery in St. 

Bernard Parish. Murphy Oil, with the 

help of the EPA and the LDEQ, is addressing the spill. 

In Orleans Parish, three samples 

showed an arsenic level above RECAP 

values, and one sample contained a 

benzo(a) pyrene level above RECAP 

values. These levels fit within a risk 

range that is considered acceptable by 

EPA, with only a one-in-one-million to 

one-in-ten-thousand risk of a person 

developing cancer from exposure. 

Initial testing of the sediments began on September 10, 2005, in 

Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, and 

St. Bernard Parishes, with “sediments” 

being defined as residuals from receding flood waters, some of which included 

historical material such as soil, road 

debris, and matter from local bodies of 

water. The sediment sampling and resampling is just one part of the evaluation process taking place to determine 

the extent of contamination in the Louisiana areas affected by Hurricane 

Katrina. Other efforts by EPA have included testing of soil, surface water, 

flood water, and air. 

The resampling results and other information are available on EPA’s Hurricane Response 2005 Sediment Testing Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/ 

katrina/testresults/sediments/ 

index.html. 

Priority Chemicals, continued from 

page 2 

ties. Priority chemicals are chemicals that are persistent, highly toxic, 

and can accumulate in living organisms. 

The Trends Report is published as 

part of the Resource Conservation 

Challenge (RCC). The RCC is a national effort to find more flexible, yet 

protective ways to conserve natural 

resources and energy. One of the 

RCC’s goals is to reduce the presence 

of priority chemicals in products and 

waste. The Trends Reports tracks 

progress toward this goal and shows 

trends in the generation and management of these chemicals in industrial 

waste. 

An electronic version of the National 

Priority Chemicals Trends Report, is 

available on the web at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/epaoswer/ 

hazwaste/minimize/trends.htm. 

OSWER News

Corps Helps Clear Way for Great 

Development 

By JoAnne Castagna, Ed.D.

Recently on a cool, breezy dium were members of EPA; U.S. Army the north shore of Long Island, New 

morning on the Glen Cove Corps of Engineers (USACE), New York York, approximately 28 miles East of 

waterfront in New York, the District; and state and local agencies New York City. Running inland from 

city’s Mayor enthusiastically nearly Hempstead Harbor is the 

looked at the public and me- “The new waterfront development is Glen Cove Creek, a 1-mile federal 

dia and said that as she expected to create as many as 1,700 full- navigation channel that is dredged 

stands before them the last time jobs and bring in new business that by the Corps every few years to ease 

truck load of radioactive will generate an estimated $200 million boat travel. The city has 8 miles of 

waste is being hauled from in annual sales.” waterfront, 1 mile of which has been 

this property, a portion of the Li Tung- used by industry. 

sten Superfund Site, clearing the way who played major roles in making this Li Tungsten Superfund Site 

for the new waterfront development milestone a reality for the small com- For decades, the one mile industrithat will take its place. munity. alized portion of the Glen Cove waStanding along side her at the po- The City of Glen Cove is located on continued on page 5 

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Agreement Will Encourage 

Brownfields Redevelopment in Florida 

Brownfields News

I

n December 2005, EPA and the 

Florida Department of Environmental Protection signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that will 

help accelerate brownfields redevelopment in 

strict liability protections, to companies that locate new businesses 

at designated brownfield sites. 

The Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization 

Act of 2002 alFlorida. lowed states 

This new that have a 

MOA not MOA with 

only recog- EPA for a volnizes the untary reFlorida sponse proBrownfields gram to reRedevelop- ceive federal 

ment Pro- funds, as long 

gram, as did as they mainthe previous Johnnie Ruth-Clarke Health Center in St. tain and annu- Petersburg, Florida, EPA Region 1999 MOA ally update a 4 winner of the 2005 Phoenix Award. between the public record

or tribal issued certification or license, and three years of relevant 

full-time work experience; or 

• a Baccalaureate degree or higher 

in science or engineering and five 

years of relevant full-time work experience; or 

• Ten years of relevant full-time 

work experience. 

Superfund Connection 

Conducting all appropriate inquiries prior to property acquisition is 

the first step for obtaining relief from 

Superfund liability. Once a property 

is acquired, the owner must take due 

care regarding any contamination at 

the property. In particular, landowners must undertake reasonable 

steps to stop any continuing releases. 

Failure to meet the continuing obligations could result in a court denying protection from Superfund liability. 

All appropriate inquiries may contribute to, but do not substitute for, 

site assessment activities conducted 

under the Superfund program. An 

EPA preliminary assessment (PA) or 

site investigation (SI) leads to a determination about whether a site 

qualifies for potential listing on the 

National Priorities List. Information 

and data from previous all appropriate inquiries might be useful for conducting a PA or SI but the purposes 

and methods significantly differ. 

Similarly, information from past PA 

or SIs could contribute to but not replace all appropriate inquiries. 

Contact Information 

For more information about the all 

appropriate inquiries regulation including the rule, fact sheets, and additional materials, visit the Office of 

Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment Web site at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/brownfields. 

Agencies, but it also expands the applicability of the former MOA and incorporates the requirements of the 

2002 federal Brownfields Law. This 

new MOA outlines the federal and 

state roles at Brownfields and provides for coordinated and consistent 

technical and regulatory guidance to 

property owners, prospective purchasers, public and private developers, citizens, local governments and elected officials. The agreement will streamline the brownfields redevelopment 

process and allow for more projects to 

be initiated in Florida and to be completed more quickly. 

The MOA also included language 

that recognizes cleanups conducted 

under Florida’s brownfields program 

may satisfy the requirements of the 

federal Resource Conservation and 

Recovery Act. That recognition was 

designed to allow property owners to 

take advantage of tax and other benefits available under Florida’s 

Brownfields Redevelopment Program. 

The Florida program provides tax credits, and limited legal immunity and 

of brownfields that are addressed 

under the State program. Since 

1999, the Florida Brownfields Redevelopment Program has spurred 

nearly $400 million in capital investment through brownfields 

projects. 

For additional information, contact Philip Vorsatz, EPA Region 4, 

vorsatz.philip@epa.gov. 

AAI Rule, continued from page 2 

poses of conducting the all appropriate inquiries. For the purposes 

of conducting all appropriate inquiries, an environmental professional 

must have sufficient education, 

training and experience to exercise 

professional judgment to develop 

opinions and conclusions regarding 

conditions indicative of releases or 

threatened releases on, at, in, or to 

a property. Specific requirements 

include: 

• a Professional Engineer’s (P.E.) 

license, a Professional Geologist’s 

license (P.G.), or other federal, state 

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Great Development, continued from page 3 

terfront was occupied by various industries and a portion was used as a 

dumping ground. Wah Chang Corporation and Wah Chang Smelting and 

Refining Company were two of these 

companies. Wah Chang, ironically 

means “great development” (in part) 

in Chinese, and these companies, 

along with others such as the Li Tungsten Corporation, ran a tungsten-processing facility on different portions 

of the site from the 1940s to the mid 

1980s. Heavy metals and radioactive 

ore residues contaminated the property. 

In the mid 1980’s, Li Tungsten, the 

last in a series of site operators, went 

bankrupt and the property was purchased by the Glen Cove Development Corporation. 

New York State asked EPA Region 

2 to investigate the property’s land 

and nine buildings and remove any 

contaminated waste left by the company. EPA found large quantities of 

hazardous materials, such as laboratory chemicals and PCB contaminated waste, in hundreds of rusted 

drums and in above and underground 

tanks. In addition, they also discovered asbestos, transformers, and gas 

cylinders containing compressed liquids and gases and elemental mercury spilled on the property. An EPA 

contractor had the site remediated 

and the most serious chemical and radioactive hazards at the former facility were removed. 

The EPA’s investigation also found 

low-level radiation and heavy metal 

contamination, posing a public health 

risk, in the soil throughout the 26-acre 

Li Tungsten facility as well as in the 

nearby 23-acre Captain’s Cove property, that was long used as a dumping 

ground by area businesses and residents. 

Corps Assists EPA 

In spring of 2005 the EPA issued an 

Interagency Agreement with the Corps’ 

New York District to perform 

remediation work at Captain’s Cove. 

The work was awarded to and performed by the Corps’ Kansas City District. 

“Our responsibility was to excavate 

the soil, separate the radioactive and 

metal-contaminated soil from the noncontaminated soil and transport the 

contaminated soil to appropriately licensed disposal facilities,” said Richard Gajdek, Project Manager, New 

York District, USACE. 

Approximately 87,500 tons of radioactive soils and 35,000 tons of metals 

contaminated soils have been removed 

from the site and transported to disposal facilities in remediation work 

began in spring 2005. This cleanup— 

which is nearly complete—along with 

the future cleanup of other areas of the 

site will clear the way for the new waterfront redevelopment. 

New Waterfront Development 

The Li Tungsten Superfund Site 

properties are the centerpiece for the 

community’s plans to revitalize 214-

acres of the city’s waterfront. Glen Cove 

Industrial Development Agency’s goal 

is to link the city’s nearby downtown 

shopping area with the waterfront. 

Thirty percent of the development will 

be comprised of parks, public squares, 

nature walks and botanical gardens. 

Pedestrian friendly walking paths will 

be lined with restaurants, art galleries, stores and hotels. In addition there 

will be luxury condominiums and various modes of public transportation including - trolleys, electric carts, water 

taxis and ferry service to New York 

City. 

The new waterfront development is 

expected to create as many as 1,700 

new full-time jobs and bring in new 

business that will generate as estimated $200 million in annual sales. 

The Glen Cove waterfront development 

is expected to be completed in a decade. 

Additional information about the 

waterfront development is available on 

the City of Glen Cove Web site at: 

http://www.glencove-li.com. 

Dr. JoAnne Castagna is a Technical 

Writer/Editor with the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, New York District. 

She can be reached at 

joanne.castagna@usace.army.mil 

In the Spotlight

On September 28, 2005, EPA reached a settlement with J.H. Baxter & Co., a wood treating company, resolving 

alleged hazardous waste violations at Baxter’s Arlington, Washington facility. J.H. Baxter has agreed to pay a 

penalty of $13,259, spend $64,624 to implement two supplemental environmental projects (SEPs) that will help 

minimize the amount of hazardous waste generated, close units where waste was handled or disposed of improperly, 

and implement institutional controls to further limit the risk of contamination. The SEPs involve adding a roof over 

two areas of the facility to reduce hazardous storm water. These changes will lower hazardous waste generation by 

up to one ton a year. 

J.H. Baxter’s violations include accumulation and disposal of a listed waste without a permit or interim status, 

and failure to have a written plan and cost estimate for closure. The company’s wood treating wastes contain the 

chemical pentachlorophenol, which is classified as hazardous because it is a suspected carcinogen and it can cause 

organ damage if there is significant exposure. 

For additional information, contact Cheryl Williams, EPA Region 10, williams.cherylb@epa.gov or (206) 553-2137. 

EPA and J.H. Baxter Reach Settlement 

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In The Courts

W.R. Grace Liable 

for Response 

Costs at the 

Libby Asbestos 

Site 

By David Dowton, Office of Site 

Remediation Enforcement 

The Court of Appeals for the Ninth 

Circuit has affirmed a lower court 

decision holding W.R. Grace (Grace) 

responsible for $54 million in response costs for the cleanup of the 

Libby Asbestos Site. The court also 

affirmed the district court declaratory judgment for future costs and 

upheld the district court award of indirect costs. 

Grace did not dispute that it was a 

liable party but rather alleged that 

EPA circumvented regulatory safeguards by conducting the cleanup as 

a removal action rather than a remedial action. In the alternative, Grace 

alleged that even if the action was 

properly performed as a removal, it 

was inappropriate for the work to exceed the 12-month, $2 million cap for 

removal actions. Grace also challenged EPA revised methodology for 

calculating indirect costs (which accounted for slightly more than $11 

million of the total costs). 

The Ninth Circuit employed a twopart analysis to assess EPA actions 

at the site. First, the Court determined that EPA initial decision to 

conduct the cleanup as a removal must 

be upheld unless Grace can demonstrate on the administrative record 

that the decision was arbitrary and 

capricious. Finding that EPA had 

carefully documented the imminent 

and substantial threat to human 

health and the environment, the Court 

concluded that EPA was not arbitrary 

and capricious in deciding to conduct 

a time critical removal action. Turning to the second step, the Court examined whether the actions actually 

taken at the site were removal activities or were, as Grace alleged, remedial activities. 

The Court started its analysis by acknowledging that Congress did not 

draw a clear line between removal and 

remedial actions. The Court also noted 

that there was overlap between the two 

statutory definitions. Turning to internal Agency documents, the Court 

was persuaded by EPA interpretation 

that a removal action encompasses an 

interim, time-sensitive response taken 

to counter serious threats to the public health. The Court also noted that 

the bulk of activities performed at 

Libby fall within the scope of removal 

activities listed in the NCP. This lead 

the Court to concluded that, “given the 

sweeping language in the definition of 

‘removal,’ the significant deference due 

to EPA interpretation of this language, 

and the scope of the interim cleanup, 

we hold that the EPA cleanup in Libby 

falls within the bounds of a removal 

action.” The Court added that it was 

not impractical for EPA to exceed the 

statutory caps placed on removal given 

the “urgency, magnitude and longstanding nature of the problem.” 

For additional information, contact 

David Dowton, OSRE, (202) 564-4228. 

Third Circuit 

Overrules Previous 

Decision Barring 

Recovery of 

CERCLA Oversight 

Costs 

By David Dowton, Office of Site 

Remediation Enforcement 

On December 22, 2005, the Court of 

Appeals for the Third Circuit held that 

the United States is authorized under 

CERCLA to recover costs incurred overseeing a hazardous waste cleanup performed by a liable party. The decision 

overrules United States v. Rohm & 

Haas Co., 2 F.3d 1265 (3rd Cir. 1993). 

In its 1993 Rohm & Haas decision, 

the Third Circuit relied on the Supreme 

Court’s decision in National Cable, 415 

U.S. 336 (1974), which struck down the 

imposition of user fees by the Federal 

Communications Commission. In 

National Cable, the Supreme Court 

held that Congress must indicate 

clearly its intent to delegate to the 

Executive branch the discretionary 

authority to recover administrative 

costs by imposing additional financial 

burdens, such as fees or taxes, on a 

regulated party. Finding a lack of any 

explicit statutory reference authorizing recovery of oversight costs in 

CERCLA and concluding that oversight costs were akin to a fee or a tax, 

the Third Circuit barred the United 

States’ recovery. 

Reconsidering the issue twelve years 

later, the Third Circuit overruled its 

previous decision holding that National 

Cable no longer governs the analysis 

of the recovery of oversight costs under 

CERCLA. The court held that, 

“CERCLA neither imposes user fees 

or taxes, nor imposes them on a regulated industry. CERCLA response 

costs are restitution payments, imposed on those responsible for contamination to cover costs of the 

contamination’s cleanup.” Finding 

that National Cable no longer applied, 

the court turned to the plain meaning 

of the statute and concluded that a 

plain reading of the statute authorized 

the recovery of oversight costs. Specifically, the court agreed with the 

United States that oversight activities 

fall comfortably within the definitions 

of “removal action” and “remedial action.” 

For additional information, contact 

David Dowton, OSRE, (202) 564-4228. 

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New Guidance 

Issued on 

Contaminated 

Sediment 

Remediation 

In December 2005, EPA released 

“Contaminated Sediment Remediation 

Guidance for Hazardous Waste Sites,” 

a document intended to provide 

technical and policy advice for selecting 

remedies at contaminated sediment 

sites. The guidance is primarily 

directed at project managers and 

management teams responsible for 

conducting feasibility studies and 

selecting remedies at Superfund sites 

where there are contaminated 

sediments, though there is also some 

technical information that may be 

helpful for RCRA sites. The document 

includes factors to consider when 

conducting remedy investigations or 

feasibility studies or selecting a 

remedy. It gives technical information 

about three remedies commonly used 

to address contaminated sediments— 

monitored natural recovery, in-situ 

capping, and dredging and excavation— 

and lists the advantages and 

limitations of each. The document also 

provides suggestions for developing a 

monitoring plan for long-term 

monitoring. 

The guidance and other information about contaminated sediments 

at Superfund sites are available on 

OSWER’s Contaminated Sediments 

in Superfund Web site at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/superfund/resources/sediment/. 

For additional information, contact 

Leah Evison, OSRTI, 

evison.leah@epa.gov. 

Doboy to Pay 

Over $50,000 in 

Settlement with 

EPA Region 5 

On December 22, 2005, EPA Region 5 filed a Consent Agreement and 

Final Order (CAFO) requiring Doboy, 

Inc., to pay a penalty of $52,246 for 

allegedly failing to determine 

whether certain solid waste it generated was hazardous. For a period of 

four years beginning in 2000, Doboy 

did not investigate whether the wet 

paint spray booth’s waste filters generated at its New Richmond, Wisconsin package-making facility were 

hazardous following a change that 

was made to its paint and primer 

materials. The Doboy site was inspected by EPA and the Wisconsin 

Department of Natural Resources in 

March 2004, and an Administrative 

Complaint was filed on July 1, 2005. 

Testing showed that the filters were 

hazardous. Though Region 5 initially 

requested a penalty of $189,372, legal 

issues raised by Doboy and the 

company’s cooperation led the Region 

to reduce the penalty. Doboy is no 

longer in violation of these regulations. 

For additional information, contact 

Karen Thompson, EPA Region 5, (312) 

353-8547. 

EPA Corrects 

MACT 

Compliance Date 

for Hazardous 

Waste 

Combustors 

On December 19, 2005, EPA 

amended the National Emission 

Standards for Hazardous Waste 

Combustors, commonly known as 

MACT, to correct the implementation 

date. Hazardous waste combustors 

must implement new or revised bag 

leak detection system monitoring provisions by October 14, 2008, not December 12, 2005 (70 FR 75042). For 

more information, see: http:// 

www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/ 

combust/index.htm. 

Tidbits

EPA has released a series of handouts to assist residents affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. 

Topics include a guide to potential environmental concerns for residents returning to homes and businesses, 

mold, wells, drinking water, and household hazardous waste collection. 

The handouts are available on EPA’s Hurricane Response Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/katrina/outAnyone interested in being notified when new information is provided on the site can 

sign up to receive email updates. 

Hurricane Response Informational Handouts 

Made Available to Gulf Coast Residents 

reach/handouts.html. 

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calendar

Glossary 

March 15-18, 2006 CAFO Consent Agreement and Final Order OSRE Office of Site Remediation

Padua 2006 - International	 Enforcement 

CD Consent decree Ecotechnologies Exhibition OSW Office of Solid Waste http://www.environmental- CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental 

expert.com/events/padua2006/ Response, Compensation, and OSWER Office of Solid Waste and Emergency 

padua2006.htm Liability Act Response 

Padua, Italy 

EPA Environmental Protection Agency PA Preliminary Assessment 

March 20-23, 2006 GCDC Glen Cove Development Corporation PCBs Polychlorinated biphenyls

Joint Services Environmental 

Management Conference &


Exposition


http://


www.jsemconference.com/2006/


index.htm


Denver, CO


March 26-29, 2006 

21st International Conference 

on Solid Waste Technology and 

Management 

http://www.wastenews.com/elib/ 

event_details.html?id=285 

Philadelphia, PA 

March 27-29, 2006 

National Environmental H&S 

Conference 2006 

http://www.nehsconference.org/ 

NEHS_Site/nehhome.html 

Indianapolis, IN 

May 3-5, 2006 

35th Annual Solid/Hazardous 

Waste Conference & Exhibition 

http://www.wastenews.com/elib/ 

event_details.html?id=297 

Gatlinburg, TN 

June 27-30, 2006 

Community Involvement 

Conference and Training 

http://www.epa.gov/superfund/ 

action/community/ciconference/ 

2006/index.htm 

Milwaukee, WI 

MACT Maximum achievable control RCC Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 

technology 

RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 

NPL National Priorities List 

RECAP Risk Evaluation/Corrective Action Program 

OBCR Office of Brownfields Cleanup and `


Redevelopment SEP Supplemental environmental project


OECA Office of Enforcement Compliance SI Site investigation 

and Assurance 

TRI Toxic Release Inventory 

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