UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

WASHINGTON

. D

. C

. 20460

OFFICE Of

sOlla WA.STE AND

EMERGENCY RESPONSE



### Brian S. Johnson

. Strategy Manage r

Remediation Management

, BP

20 I Helios Way 

## MAY

_ 

## 21011

Hou s ton

, TX 77079

Dear Mr. John s on:

Thank you for your Apri l 27, 20 1 2 email to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA )

Region 6 enforcement officer Step hen Capuya n, requesting an exte n s i on of the 60-day comment
peri o d for the Jackpile-Paguate Uranium Mine (Jackpi l e) s ite on Laguna Pueblo

, NM. Your

email w as forwarded to EPA Headquarter s on Monda y Ap ril 3D

, 20 1 2 for a re s pon s e. The s ite

wa s proposed to the N ational Priorities L i s t (NPL) on March 15, 2012. You reque s ted a 30-day

extension of the comment period because you will be taking over as project manager for the site

and are currentl y c oming up to s peed on th e li st i ng i ss u e.

I am denying your reque s t for the 3 0·day exten s ion. Robert Myers of my s taff conveyed

thi s denial by phone on May 1,2012. It 

### is EPA's policy to 

### extend the comment period on l y on a

s ite· s pecific ba s i s to addre ss an y procedural errors

, s uch a s incomplete or mi ss ing reference s in

the pub li c docket. Thi s approac h is con s i s tent w i th the Admini s trative Procedure Act. There

were no procedural errors that have been identified in this case

. All of the documentation which

s upports the proposed NPL li s ting was made ava il abl e to the public at the time of proposal

, giving all intere s ted partie s ample time to review the infonnati o n and prepare comments

.

EPA can guarantee con s ideration only of tho s e comment s po s tmarked by the close of the

commen t period. To extend the deadline for the Ja ckpile site or any other site, wi ll further de l ay

the li s ting proce ss and eventual cleanup of s ites.

Sincerely,

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Brenda Cook to: brian.s. j ohnson 04/30/2012 03:04 PM

Lisa Price, Pamela Travis, Elizabeth Pletan, Jessica Hernandez, Cc: Stephen Capuyan, Terry Jeng, Robert Meyers, John Meyer

Dear Mr. Johnson,

My name is Brenda Nixon Cook and I am the NPL Coordinator for EPA Region 6. Mr. Capuyan forwarded your email for a 30-day extension for the public comment period for Jackpile Mine to me for response. Region 6 does not have the authority to extend the public comment period. All requests for extensions must be made to the Headquarters Docket Coordinator. I have forwarded your request to the appropriate individuals at the EPA Headquarters Docket. You will receive a response regarding your request directly from the docket. Please feel free to give me at call at 214-665-7436 if you have any questions. I have attached the federal register notice and a link to the docket contact information below for your

convenience.

http://www.epa.gov/superfund /sites/npl/pubcom.htm

Brenda Nixon Cook Region 6 NPL Coordinator

1445 Ross Avenue Dallas, Texas 75202

214-665-7436

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Dear Mr. Capuyan:

I left you a voice mail earlier today and wanted to follow up with my contact information. I am an employee of ARCO and will be taking over as project manager for the Jackpile

‐ Paguate Mine site from

Cindy Kezos whom you have worked with in the past. My contact information is below.

I am currently coming up to speed on the site and have recently engaged URS Corporation to assist us in
responding to the proposed listing of the site on the NPL. Due to our change in management, I would

like to request a 30 day extension for submission of our comments regarding the proposed listing. I

th th believe the comments are currently due by May 14

. I will be traveling on Monday, April 30

, but am

available at my cell number below.

Sincerely,



### Brian S. J ohnsonStrategy Manager

Remediation Management, BP

201 Helios Way

Houston, TX 77079

Office: 281 504

‐ 9093

Cell: 832 239

‐ 2711

brian.s. j ohnson@bp.com