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Office of Site Remediation

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Washington, DC 20460 Issue #15

Winter 2004 

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In The Spotlight 2 

ERT’s 25th Anniversary 

OSWER News 3 

Missouri Redevelopment 

OECA News 4 

Post-ROD Dispute Resolved 

Highlights 5 

Drycleaner Remediation 

Coalition 

In the Courts 6 

US v. Lombardi Realty 

US v. EI Dupont 

Tidbits 7 

Community Involvement 

Conference Planned 

Hazardous Waste 

Recycling Proposed Rule 

Calendar 8 

Glossary 

CleanupNews is a newsletter 

highlighting hazardous waste 

cleanup cases, policies, settlements 

and technologies. 

Leavitt Sworn In as 

Administrator 

Mike Leavitt, former 

governor of Utah, was 

sworn in as the 10th administrator of the Agency on November 6, 2003 in a small ceremony at 

EPA headquarters. Leavitt was confirmed by a significant margin in the 

Senate on October 28, 2003 and 

moved quickly to tender his resignation as Utah governor. He preferred 

the smaller, immediate ceremony to 

waiting for a presidential ceremony, 

further reflection of his desire to begin 

work immediately as Administrator. 

In a memo to EPA employees released shortly after the swearing in, 

Administrator Leavitt expressed his 

“great admiration for the dedicated 

Marianne Horinko and Stephen Johnson 

swear in Mike Leavitt. 

professionals” working for the Agency and 

explained that his first task would be to 

“listen and learn from you.” Since assuming office, Leavitt has focused on meeting 

with headquarters and Regional staff to 

solicit their input as he determines the 

course of his agenda. 

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Record Turnout Reported for 

Brownfields Conference 

Brownfields 2003: Growing a 

Greener America drew a 

record 4,235 attendees to 

Portland, Oregon. Participants were 

treated to over 130 educational sessions, mobile workshops, the Marketplace of Ideas, and 50 extra events, 

including day-long excursions and 

eco-tours. 

At the opening plenary session, 

then Acting Administrator Marianne 

Horinko awarded $400,000 in Smart 

Growth grants to the communities of 

Allegan, Michigan; Toledo, Ohio; 

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; 

Emeryville, California; and the Downriver 

Community Conference in Southgate, 

Michigan. The grant money will encourage the communities to incorporate smart 

growth considerations into community 

planning and development. 

The Brownfields 2004 conference is 

scheduled for September 20-22, 2004 in 

St. Louis. 

For additional information, contact Tony Raia, 

Office of Brownfields Cleanup and 

Redevelopment, (202) 566-2758. 

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Environmental R onmental Response esponse Team

Marks 25th Anniversary

Environmental Response Team 

Marks 25th Anniversary 

In The Spotlight


EPA’s Environmental 

Response Team (ERT), a 

team of experts that responds to environmental emergencies, 

was created in 1978 under the Clean 

Water Act to address oil and hazardous substance releases. EPA tasked 

the original team of seven scientists 

with advising on-scene coordinators. 

Today, ERT addresses a host of scenarios including industrial chemicals, 

thermal treatments, geophysics, analytical method development for 

biologcal and chemical agents, drum 

sites, and fires of all types. 

The original team (left to right): 

Steve Doerrlen, Joe Lafornara, John 

Gilbert, Royal Nadeau, Andy Zownir, 

Bob Cibulskis, Rod Turpin. 

ERT responded to its first incident 

shortly after its creation: the ICG Railroad train derailment in Kentucky on 

October 15, 1978. Since then, the team 

has responded to over 1925 incidents 

(including 42 international incidents), 

79 oil spills, and 217 emergencies, including two significant recent responses: the World 

Trade Center and 

anthrax attacks. At 

the World Trade 

Center, ERT members provided 

health and safety 

assistance to responders and conducted air monitor- The Environmental Response team today ing and sampling. 

During the fumiga­


tion of the Hart Senate Office building


and several post office facilities, the


team gave advice on cleanup technolo­


gies and provided air monitoring for


chlorine dioxide emissions.


But ERT is much more than “scientists in moonsuits.” ERT plays a 

variety of roles in responses, including 

conducting air monitoring, threat assessments, cleanup consulting, ecological assessments, and groundwater 

studies. The team also helps EPA onscene coordinators (OSCs) and remedial project managers with site determinations. In addition, ERT supports 

the efforts of EPA criminal investigators. The ERT dive team addresses 

underwater emergency responses, like 

the response at the Continental Steel 

Quarry site in Kokomo, Indiana. At 

this site, hundreds of hazardous substance containers were found in a 

quarry pond. In a typical recent response, ERT addressed a coal tar leak 

at Brodhead Creek, a trout stream 

and drinking water source for Pennsylvania and New Jersey. ERT identified the leak source, evaluated 

threats to the environment and human health, and suggested building 

a slurry wall and recovery wells. 

To address changing response 

needs and domestic terrorism 

threats, EPA opened the Environmental Response Team-West office in 

Las Vegas last February to provide 

quick responses for incidents in the 

West. Prior to the opening of ERTWest, the most westerly team office 

was in Cincinnati, Ohio. 

For additional information, contact Joe 

Lafornara (lafornara.joseph@epa.gov) 

or Dave Wright (wright.dave@epa.gov), 

Environmental Response Team. 

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Missouri Redevelopment Vision

Realized 

Through the dedicated work of property values, below average housecitizens and government hold incomes, high unemployment, and 

officials, Springfield, overall decay were an exception. 

A greenspace area in Center City. 

Missouri has revitalized its city center. The newly-restored downtown is 

growing into a vibrant 250-acre commercial, residential, and recreational 

community called “Center City.” Recent accomplishments in the development of Center City include two 

NHL regulation ice rinks, a 140,000-

square-foot Exposition Center, a minor-league baseball stadium, a 12-

acre greenspace, and a number of residential and office buildings. 

Downtown Springfield’s industrial corridor, formerly known as Jordan Creek Corridor, used to be the 

industrial and commercial hub of 

Springfield, with gas and electric companies; lumber and coal yards; painting, printing shops, metalworking, 

and electroplating facilities; and agricultural mills. As the buildings aged 

and industrial processes contaminated the soil and water, these businesses began to move to “greenfields” 

away from downtown. On the whole, 

Springfield has enjoyed a relatively 

healthy economy. The corridor’s low 

Redeveloping the corridor was the 

brain-child of citizens who took an active role in driving and shaping the 

changes. In the mid-1990’s, over 300 

citizen volunteers joined to create 

Springfield’s Vision 20/20, a 20-year 

redevelopment plan. Their goal was to 

restore the sense of community that was 

lost when businesses and residences 

fled the downtown area. The volunteers 

formed the Civic Park Citizen Advisory 

Committee, which worked with city 

staff on the master plan. The majority 

of Springfield voters approved the master plan and opted for a tax increase to 

support it. 

The city’s efforts drew the attention 

of EPA, and in 1999, EPA approved an 

assessment grant of $200,000 for the 

appraisal of multiple sites within the 

corridor. In 2003, EPA granted an additional $150,000 pilot program grant. 

These grants provide for the site assessment of approximately 12 brownfield 

sites and are expected to spur additional 

interest. Since 1996, when the Vision 

20/20 plan began, various investments 

and the voter-approved tax increase 

have generated an estimated $125 

million for the development of Center City. 

In 2001, the City of Springfield received the Missouri Department of 

Economic Development’s Public Improvements Award for the project. In 

March 2001, the Parks Department 

won the 2000 Gold Leaf Award from 

the Midwestern Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture for 

the Boonville Avenue Pilot 

Streetscape Project. As an added 

bonus, Employment Review recognized 

the city in its America’s Best Places 

to Live and Work top ten list. 

For additional information, contact 

Belinda Young, EPA Region 7, (800) 223-

0425. 

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OSWER News

OECA News


EPA and DoD Resolve Post-ROD 

Dispute 

By Sally Dalzell, Federal Facilities Enforcement Office 

n October 2, 2003, EPA and ODoD successfully resolved a

near three-year post-Record 

of Decision (ROD) dispute that 

should now expedite decision-making 

at dozens of military Superfund 

cleanup sites for years to come. RODs 

document for the public the chosen 

cleanup approach to best address 

whatever pollution problem exists at 

a facility. EPA and DoD disagreed 

over the appropriate EPA oversight 

role in determining what actions are 

needed to implement and maintain 

the land use controls that help insure 

the cleanup remains protective after 

the remedy has been selected. 

Land use controls typically allow 

some level of pollution to remain in 

place, as long as it can be managed 

safely and effectively. For instance, 

a military landfill that accepted 

trash and other wastes might best 

be “capped” rather than having its 

contents removed, which can be quite a role for EPA regarding the impleexpensive and not really necessary mentation and maintenance of such 

to ensure site safety. However, for controls. Because of hard work and 

the cap to continue to be safe, its good faith negotiations, EPA, the 

integrity must be maintained. Land Navy, the Army, and the Defense Louse controls help ensure, as part of gistics Agency reached a resolution 

the long-term maintenance of the that streamlined the information 

remedy, that trees would not be al- needed on actions required to ensure 

lowed to grow in the cap and that land use controls are safe. A task force 

the military or others did not dig will soon further examine site manthrough the cap inadvertently. Be- agement and oversight. 

cause land use controls are part of EPA also agreed to give full and 

the remedy, EPA insists that land fair consideration to a new, alternause controls be fully evaluated, de- tive performance-based approach sugsigned, and implemented, just as gested by the Air Force. While EPA 

the physical part of the remedy. EPA had no part in the development of the 

also has an important oversight re- Air Force Principles, the Agency 

sponsibility to ensure site safety. agreed to discuss the approach on a 

After lengthy negotiations first site-specific basis and see how and 

with the Navy and later including whether the proposed principles 

the Army, EPA and the Navy might be used to reach resolution rereached agreement on a set of prin- garding cleanups. 

ciples, “the Navy Principles,” which For additional information, contact Sally 

include land use controls and ensure Dalzell, FFEO, (202) 564-2583. 

Leavitt, continued from page 1 

“This is an exciting time 

to serve. d to 

working together and 

meeting the many 

challenges ahead.” 

— Leavitt, in a memo to EPA 

employees 

Administrator Leavitt has 

brought two staff members onboard to assist his administration. 

as the governor’s chief-of-staff 

from 1999 to 2003, will be the 

administrator’s senior counselor. 

Cynthia Bergman to serve as 

EPA press secretary in the Office 

Bergman’s recent communications experience includes 

managing communications 

for the Maine Republican 

Party during the reelection 

campaign for Senator Susan 

Collins (R-ME) in 2002. 

ditional staff appointments 

are expected. 

Marianne Horinko, who had 

been Acting Administrator since 

Christie Todd Whitman’s resignation, continues on with the 

Agency as Assistant Administrator of the Office of Solid 

Waste and Emergency Response. 

continue as Acting Deputy Administrator pending Bush administration nomination and Senate 

confirmation of a replacement. 

Leavitt’s biography is available at: 

http://www.epa.gov/adminweb/ 

adminbio.htm. 

I look forwar

Rich McKeown, who served 

Leavitt also added 

of Public Affairs. 

AdStephen Johnson will 

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State Cleanup Officials Focus on 

Drycleaner Contamination 

By Richard Steimle, Technology Innovation Program 

T

Highlights


he State Coalition for 

Remediation of Drycleaners 

(SCRD) was established in 

1998, with support from EPA’s Office 

Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation. It is comprised of representatives of state governments with 

established drycleaner remediation programs. Current member states are Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Oregon, 

South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and 

Wisconsin. Louisiana, which is considering a formal drycleaner remediation 

program, is currently a Coalition associate member. California and New 

York, which do not have formal programs but are active in drycleaner 

remediation under other authorities, 

also participate in Coalition activities. 

The drycleaner programs in SCRD 

states cover about a third of the 30,000 

drycleaners in the United States and 

provide environmental benefits beyond 

the actual cleanup. These programs 

help states address contaminated 

sites that may not be adequately covered by other remediation programs 

and can be models for cleanup of other 

small sites. An added benefit of the 

SCRD program has been the inclusion 

of pollution prevention provisions in 

the statutes and rules governing operating drycleaners. These provisions 

vary among the states, but include secondary containment for solvent use, 

solvent and waste storage areas, direct couple delivery of solvent, and the 

prohibition on the discharge of contact 

water to sewers or septic tanks. 

The Coalition provides a forum to 

share programmatic, technical, and 

environmental information to improve the cleanup of drycleaner sites. 

To accomplish its mission, SCRD: 

•	 Holds semi-annual meetings 

and regular conference calls to 

facilitate information exchange; 

•	 Informs states without 

drycleaner programs; 

•	 Serves as an information 

resource; and 

• Encourages innovative 

technology use. 

At their November 11-12, 2003 

meeting in New Orleans, LA, 

SCRD members elected a new 

Chair, William Linn of the Florida 

Department of Environmental Protection. A 9-year veteran of the 

Florida Drycleaning Solvent 

Cleanup Program and a founding 

member of SCRD, Linn will lead 

SCRD until Fall 2005. 

New Products Being Developed 

Two major SCRD products will 

be released in 2004. The first will 

describe the assessment and 

drycleaner cleanup technologies 

being used throughout the United 

States. And the second will explore 

the various approaches and alternatives state programs have used. 

Other Helpful SCRD Tools 

The Coalition has also developed a database of information on 

more than 70 drycleaner site cleanups. Site profiles containing these 

data are available on SCRD’s web 

site athttp://www.drycleancoalition.org. 

These site profiles are the most visited 

part of the site. New case studies 

of three Florida drycleaner sites 

have recently been added to the database, and case studies from Illinois, Minnesota, Tennessee, and 

Texas are expected to be posted by 

the end of the year. The case studies provide users with consistent 

data about site cleanup, including 

sections on costs and lessons 

learned. Users can conduct profile 

searches by keywords. 

SCRD has also developed a searchable on-line database of “Chemicals 

Used in Drycleaning Operations,” 

which provides important and often 

hard-to-find information to assist site 

assessment and cleanup at contaminated drycleaner sites. The database 

is also a useful resource for regulators 

responsible for drycleaning facility inspections. Data includes drycleaning 

products/trade names, manufacturers or 

distributors, how products are used in 

drycleaning operations, chemical ingredients in products, and any alternate 

name by which these chemicals are 

known. “Chemicals Used in 

Drycleaning Operations” is also accessible via the SCRD web site at: http:// 

www.drycleancoalition.org/chemicals/. 

Additional information about the Coalition, 

its activities, and products are available 

at: http://www.drycleancoalition.org. 

Did you know? 

EPA rates among the top five 

“best places to work in government,” according to a 2002 

survey of federal employees 

conducted by the Office of Personnel Management. 

100,000 federal employees 

responded to the survey. The 

survey results were compiled 

by the Partnership for Public 

Service 

University’s Institute for the 

Study of Public Policy Implementation and are available online at:: 

http://bestplacestowork.org/. 

and American 

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In The Courts


District Court In addition to questioning EPA’s RCRA Section 3013(a) order and 

Upholds EPA’s 

Indirect Cost 

chosen response and the indirect costs, 

Lombardi Realty had asserted an “innocent landowner defense,” a defense 

related consent decree. The ruling requires DuPont to reimburse 

EPA for oversight costs incurred 

Methodology in US 

v. Lombardi Realty 

intended to protect landowners who 

purchased property without knowledge that hazardous wastes had been 

before September 30, 1993. 

In the decision, the court rejected DuPont’s motion for partial 

there. According to Lombardi Realty, summary judgment. DuPont had 

On October 17, 2003, the District the PCB-contamination had been argued that, according to RCRA 

Court for Rhode Island found caused by the previous owner, Armand Section 3013(d)(2), EPA cannot 

Lombardi Realty liable for cleanup 

costs associated with a 1995 removal 

Allen, who operated a scrap yard on 

the site. The court found witness tesrequire reimbursement of oversight costs through an order. The 

action at the Robin Hollow Road timony that the contamination pre- court rejected DuPont’s claim beSuperfund site. The total award, including reimbursement for direct and 

indirect costs and prejudgment interest, was $580,000. During the removal, 

EPA removed 900 tons of PCB-conceded Lombardi’s purchase of the site 

to be not credible and determined that 

Lombardi Realty was responsible for 

the contamination. They also ruled 

that Lombardi Realty had not taken 

cause EPA was not attempting to 

issue an order for repayment but 

was rather taking cost recovery 

action under CERCLA Section 

107. The court joined other distaminated soils. The potentially responsible party had made an earlier 

attempt to remove some of the soils 

but had improperly disposed of them 

in piles onsite. 

At trial, Lombardi Realty argued 

that EPA’s choice of responses, removing the soil, was “arbitrary and capricious” and that EPA should not be al-

“due care” to address the contamination once it had been identified, for 

instance, Lombardi had not informed 

visitors and tenants of the contamination. Lombardi Realty owner, John 

Lombardi, admitted that he had seen 

children on mountain bikes riding on 

piles of contaminated soil and did 

nothing to warn them of the danger. 

trict courts in rejecting the finding in US v. Rohm & Haas Co. that 

EPA is not entitled to removal 

oversight costs under CERCLA 

Section 107. 

In the late 1970s, DuPont believed that waste from its landfill was seeping into soil and 

groundwater, and the company 

lowed to claim work done by outside 

vendors as indirect costs. The court 

For additional information, contact David 

Dowton, (202) 564-4228. 

subsequently conducted investigations and undertook some corfound that Lombardi had failed to rective actions, including installdemonstrate that the removal was ing groundwater monitoring wells 

“arbitrary or capricious.” In terms of 

indirect costs, the court determined Western District 

and capping the wastes. In 1988, 

EPA and DuPont entered into a 

Lombardi Realty had failed to meet 

the burden of proof that outside vendor costs were inconsistent with the 

Court of New 

York Rules in US 

consent decree through which 

DuPont agreed to conduct additional investigations. A 1998 

National Contingency Plan and therefore awarded indirect costs as part of 

the judgment. This ruling marks the 

second time EPA’s methods for calcuv. EI DuPont Record of Decision outlined EPA’s 

recommended remedy for the site: 

construction of containment barriers and groundwater monitorlating indirect costs have been upheld 

by a court. The recent decision in the 

Libby asbestos cost recovery case (US 

v. W.R. Grace Co.) was the first such 

ruling. The Libby cost recovery trial 

appeared in the November 2003 issue 

of CleanupNewsII, which is available 

online at http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/newsletters/cleanup/ 

cleanup14s.pdf. 

On September 28, 2003, the District Court of New York determined 

that EPA could recover costs under 

Section 107 of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) 

from E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company for oversight of the Necco Park 

cleanup. The oversight costs were incurred in conjunction with a 1985 

ing. The potentially responsible 

party has agreed to implement 

the remedy, which is estimated at 

$65 million with an approximate 

construction completion date of 

October 2005. 

The Necco Park site is located 

just 1.5 miles from Niagara Falls 

in New York. The potentially responsible party had used the land 

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for a landfill since the 1930s, disposing of nearly 100,000 tons of industrial waste with some hazardous substances including carbon tetrachloride, 

chloroform, and hexachlorobenzene. 

For additional information, contact David 

Dowton, (202) 564-4228. 

2004 Community 

Involvement 

Conference 

Announced 

EPA’s 7th annual Community Involvement Conference and Training, 

scheduled for June 15-18,2004 in the 

mile-high city Denver, Colorado, is 

aptly named “Going the Extra Mile: 

Meeting Community Needs.” The 

event is intended for EPA managers, 

staff, and partners who implement 

EPA’s community involvement, partnership, outreach, and education programs. Presenters and participants 

will discuss how the needs of both 

communities and environmental programs can be met through EPA’s public education, partnership, and community involvement initiatives. 

The deadline for submitting presentation proposals is December 19, 

2003. Prospective presenters can 

complete and submit their application 

online at http://www.epancic.org/2004/ 

submissions.cfm or download an application in Microsoft Word or WordPerfect 

from http://www.epancic.org/2004/ 

callpresenters.cfm. 

Once proposals are selected, the 

conference agenda will be finalized. A 

variety of different presentation and 

discussion formats will be offered including keynote presentations, opentime sessions, field trips, an exhibit 

room, and a poster session. For the 

first two-and-a-half days of the conference, participants can attend concurrent 90-minute sessions, which end 

at noon on June 17. Beginning the afternoon of June 17, training seminars 

(ranging in length from four to eight 

hours) will be offered. The training 

seminars will offer participants the 

unique opportunity for hands-on training by skilled presenters. 

As the conference approaches, 

online registration and conference 

materials will be available on the conference website at: http://www.epancic.org/ 

2004. 

For additional information, contact 

conference chair Theresa Trainor, 

trainor.theresa@epa.gov or (202) 566-

1250. 

Regulatory 

Changes 

Proposed for 

Hazardous Waste 

Recycling 

EPA’s Office of Solid Waste and 

Emergency Response has proposed to 

exclude certain types of activities involving hazardous secondary materials from federal hazardous waste 

regulations. By removing regulatory 

controls over these recycling practices, 

EPA expects recycling of hazardous 

secondary materials will increase. 

This action complies with the Agency’s 

long-standing policy of promoting reuse and recovery over land disposal. 

It also is a part of EPA’s Resource 

Conservation Challenge (RCC). RCC 

is a cross-Agency initiative that identifies and uses innovative, flexible, 

and protective ways to conserve 

natural resources. 

The rule proposes to exclude hazardous waste from regulation when it 

is generated and reclaimed in a continuous process within the same industry. Under the rule, these recycled 

materials do not have to be managed 

as hazardous waste. EPA estimates 

these proposed changes represent potential savings of $178 million a 

year at more than 1700 plants nationwide. 

The proposed rule does not apply 

to recycled materials that are considered inherently waste-like; used in a 

manner constituting disposal; burned 

for energy recovery; or recycled by a 

commercial or third-party recycler. 

Any materials recycled in these ways 

must comply with existing federal hazardous waste regulations. 

EPA also proposed criteria to distinguish legitimate hazardous waste 

recycling activities from illegitimate 

recycling operations also are proposed. 

New language is added to the definition of solid waste that specifies four 

general criteria that determine legitimate hazardous waste recycling. 

These criteria would be grounds for 

EPA enforcement. 

EPA issued the proposed rule in 

response to several rulings by the U.S. 

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 

including the recent decision in Association of Battery Recyclers v. EPA. In 

its decisions, the court has consistently 

ruled that hazardous secondary materials are not solid wastes because they 

are “generated and reclaimed in a continuous process,” not discarded. 

EPA is accepting public comment 

on the proposed rule through January 26, 2004. 

Additional information is available on the Web at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/ 

dsw/abr.htm. You also may contact 

RCRA Call Center at (800) 424-9346. 

In the Washington, DC area, please call 

(703) 412-9810. 

Tidbits


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calendar


March 16-18, 2004 

ORC/BCs Meeting 

Kansas City, MO 

Contact: Nancy Riveland 

(415) 972-3251 

June 15-17, 2004 

Accelerating Site Closeout,


Improving Performance, and


Reducing Cost Through


Optimization Conference


The Westin City Center,


Dalllas, TX


Contact Alina Martin, SAIC 

(703) 318-4678 

http://www.clu-in.org/siteopt/CFA_v1.pdf 

June 15-18, 2004 

2004 Community Involvement 

Conference 

Denver, CO 

Contact Theresa Trainor 

(202) 566-1250 

http://www.epancic.org/2004 

Glossary


CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

DoD Department of Defense 

EPA Environmental Protection Agency 

ERT Environmental Response Team 

OSC On-scene Coordinator 

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PCBs Polychlorinated biphenyls 

RCC Resource Conservation Challenge 

RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 

ROD Record of Decision 

SCRD State Coalition for Remediation of 

Drycleaners 

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

CleanupNews is a publication of 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 Response. Past issues of 

CleanupNews can be found at http:// 

www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/ 

newsletters/cleanup 

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EPA Review Board; Paul Connor, Karen Ellenberger, Jeff 

Heimerman, Kathleen Johnson, Kenneth Patterson, 

Barbara Roth, Neilima Senjalia, Suzanne Wells 

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