Document ID: EPA-HQ-SFUND-2002-0005-0006
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2002-12-10T05:00Z

Issues
for
Discussion

Plan
moving
forward/
working
groups

Revision
to
work
plan
document

Meeting
Locations

Meeting
agenda
structure

Preparatory
Materials

Other
issues
Options
for
Organizing
Next
Phase
of
Subcommittee
Work

Objectives
 
Continue
information
collection,
but
focus
more
on
analysis
needed
to
support
development
of
recommendations
 
link
to
key
questions/
priorities
 
Provide
logical
progression
through
issues
 
Lay
groundwork
for
formulation
of
recommendations
 
build
options
and
alternatives
for
analysis
 
Get
information
in
a
form
to
work
with
and
on
which
to
base
recommendations
 
Provide
opportunity
for
smaller
working
groups
Options
for
Work
Groups

Focus
#
1
(
work
group):

Driving
Question:
What
is
relationship
between
Superfund
and
other
clean­
up
programs?

What
is
the
link/
relationship
to
Superfund
and
the
Subcommittee's
charge?
If
there
is
then
assess:

Categorization
and
Analysis
of
Clean­
up
Programs:
Why?

What
can
they
clean
up?

Lessons
learned
about
what
has
worked
and
what
has
not

Continuity
between
programs

Incentives
 
how
p
ro
g
rams
interact
(
+
&
­
)
Assess:

 
Other
federal
programs
°
RCRA
°
Brownfields
 
State
Programs
 
Others
(
need
to
be
far­
reaching
and
creative
in
the
exploration
of
alternatives)

Elizabeth
do
analysis
tied
to
the
policy
questions
Criteria
to
be
Analyzed
With
Respect
to
Clean­
up
Programs

What
is
the
link/
relationship
to
Superfund
and
the
Subcommittee's
charge?
If
there
is
then
assess:

 
Scope
(
nature
of
sites
being
addressed)

 
Funding
(
scale
and
sources)

 
Public
participation
 
Cleanup
standards
 
Track
record
(
what
has
been
accomplished)

 
Future
projections
(
what
is
anticipated
in
coming
years,
what
sites
are
not
yet
in
the
pipeline)

Focus
#
2:
Site
Types
(
work
group)

 
Characteristics/
numbers
°
Size
°
Complexity
(
various
indices)

°
Cost
°
origin
°
Explore
"
megasite"
definitional
issues
°
What
is
coming
through
the
"
pipeline?"

 
Tie
to
Key
Questions
in
the
charge/
work
plan
relating
to
Megasites
and
NPL
°
What
kind
of
sites
belong
on
the
NPL?

°
Criteria
for
listing
sites
Focus
#
3:
How
does
it
work
now?
­­

Develop
a
Briefing
Paper
(
no
work
group):

What
is
the
decision
making
process
for
NPL­
eligible
sites?

A
bit
more
elaboration
on
what
Dave
and
Paul
presented
yesterday

How
listing
and
funding
allocation
decisions
get
made?
January
Agenda

Discussion
of
analysis
of
Program
and
Site
analysis
and
policy
exploration
 
goal
to
present
key
findings
that
link
to
policy
questions/
focus
of
subcommittee
charge

Tribal
presentation/
discussion

Measuring
program
performance

Work
group
time