Document ID: EPA-HQ-SFUND-2007-0690-0009
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2007-11-20T05:00Z

Erica Islas/R5/USEPA/US

11/16/2007 11:50 AM	

To

Steve McFadden <stevemcf@earthlink.net>

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Subject

Re: Fw: Fwd: Figures from HRS Record(1)

 

Dear Mr. McFadden:

As a general rule, for figures used in HRS documentation records, EPA
identifies on each figure the source of the base map and adds reference
citations to support anything that was added to the base map.  If, a
map/figure came out of a reference "as is" (such as in the case of a map
pulled from a sampling report showing sample locations), there is  a
citation on the figure to the appropriate reference.

In the case of East Troy, none of the figures came directly from the
Shaw report.   Although the base maps may have originally come from the
Shaw report, the actual figures used in the HRS documentation record
were taken directly from different Ohio EPA references:

Figures 1 and 2 -- came from Reference 39, an Ohio EPA letter

Figure 3 -- came from Reference  9, the Ohio EPA ESI. 

None of these figures were modified from the original figures in
References 9 and 39, and the citation to the appropriate reference is
cited on each figure. 

References 7A, 10, 33, and 34 are modified figures. References 7A and 10
used Figure 3 of the Shaw report as a base figure which is Reference 7
of the HRS Documentation Record. References 33 and 34 used Figure 1 of
the Shaw report.  These four references cited the source of their
respective base figure.  In addition, the titles of these references are
prominently displayed in the bottom right hand corner to support their
specific modifications and thus, distinguishing the reference from its
base figure.  References 7, 9, and 39 were provided to you on disk on
10/10/2007 via FedEx -2nd Day Air.  

Should you have additional comments, instructions are provided at the
following EPA website:
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/pubcom.htm#docket .  In a letter.
dated November 8, 2007, from Victoria van Roden, Chief, State, Tribal
and Site Identification Branch, EPA to Howard Sharfstein, Senior
Counsel, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Ms. van Roden extended the comment
period to December 10, 2007.  

Erica Islas

Remedial Project Manager / Site Assessment Manager

Superfund Division

U.S. EPA - Region 5

77 W Jackson Blvd  |  Mail Code: SR-6J

Chicago, IL 60604

Phone: (312)353-7209  |  Fax: (312)353-8426

Steve McFadden <stevemcf@earthlink.net> 

11/14/2007 10:30 AM

Please respond to

Steve McFadden <stevemcf@earthlink.net>

 	

To

Erica Islas/R5/USEPA/US@EPA

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Subject

Fw: Fwd: Figures from HRS Record

 

Randy Watterworth at OEPA forwarded your email to me regarding these
four figures in the HRS Documentation Record for the East Troy
Contaminated Aquifer Site (Troy, OH).  First, let me apologize for the
confusion.  Janet Pfundheller sent me copies of the maps and I have some
questions about them, but USEPA's contractor at Weston told me that the
maps originated with OEPA, so I started there.

My question is the maps are based on figures from the Shaw report dated
October 2006, but they have been modified.  There is nothing on the maps
that identifies who made the changes, but because they have been changed
it is not accurate to reference them as being from the Shaw report.  I
have questions about the actual changes, but my immediate question is
that these maps appear to be taken from a larger document (note that the
figure numbers, Figure 2, Figure 5 and Figure 6, are not the original
figure numbers in the Shaw report).  Can you identify for me what that
document is and would it be possible for me to get a copy of it? 

Thank you for your help.  If you need to contact me, you can use this
email address or my phone number is 770-363-1692.

Steve

-----Forwarded Message-----

>From: Randy Watterworth <Randy.Watterworth@epa.state.oh.us>

>Sent: Nov 14, 2007 8:03 AM

>To: Steve McFadden <stevemcf@earthlink.net>

>Cc: Cindy Jernigan <cjerniga@kcc.com>

>Subject: Fwd: Figures from HRS Record

>

>Steve:

>

>This came from U.S. EPA Region 5 regarding the mystery HRS figures. 
They are not from Ohio EPA.

>

>Jon R. Watterworth

>Senior Site Coordinator

>Ohio Environmental Protection Agency

>Division of Emergency and Remedial Response

>401 East Fifth Street

>Dayton, Ohio  45402-2911

>(937) 285-6062 (direct)

>(937) 285-6404 (fax)

>randy.watterworth@epa.state.oh.us

>

>

>>>> <Islas.Erica@epamail.epa.gov> 11/13/2007 6:22 PM >>>

>

>Randy,

>

>The source for all 4 figures came from Reference 7 of the HRS

>Documentation Record, the Shaw Environmental report from October 2006

>

>Per your request:

>

>Figure 2 - (known as Ref 7A in the HRS Doc Rec) came from Page 100 of

>Reference 7.

>'Unlabeled' - (known as Ref 10) came from Page 100

>Figure 5 - (known as Ref 33) came from Page 98

>Figure 6 - (known as Ref 34) came from Page 98

>

>Let me know if you need anything else.

>

>

>Erica Islas

>Remedial Project Manager / Site Assessment Manager

>Superfund Division

>U.S. EPA - Region 5

>

>77 W Jackson Blvd  |  Mail Code: SR-6J

>Chicago, IL 60604

>Phone: (312)353-7209  |  Fax: (312)353-8426

>

>