Document ID: EPA-HQ-SFUND-2002-0005-0009
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2002-12-10T05:00Z

NACEPT
COUNCIL
MEETING
JULY
18
­
19,
2002
WASHINGTON,
DC
NACEPT
SUPERFUND
SUBCOMMITTEE
PRESENTATION
BY
LOIS
GARTNER,
DFO
JULY
18,
2002
SUBCOMMITTEE
PURPOSE:
PROVIDE
ADVICE
TO
EPA
ON
KEY
SUPERFUND
ISSUES
­
ROLE
OF
NPL
­
ADDRESSING
MEGA
SITES
­
PERFORMANCE
MEASURES
SUBCOMMITTEE
FIRST
MEETING:
JUNE
17
­
19,
2002
ALEXANDRIA,
VIRGINIA
TOPICS
COVERED
°
EPA'S
CHARGE
°
OPERATING
PROCEDURES
°
MEMBERS'
EXPECTATIONS
°
STRUCTURE
AND
WORK
PLANNING
OUTCOMES
°
RECOMMENDATIONS
WILL
BE
ADMINISTRATIVE
NOT
LEGISLATIVE
°
SUBCOMMITTEE
SHOULD
ASSUME
NO
CHANGES
IN
SUPERFUND
FUNDING
LEVELS
°
EPA
CHARGE
IS
FOUNDATION
FOR
DYNAMIC
WORK
PLAN
°
THREE
WORKGROUPS
FORMED
WORKGROUPS
°
FACT­
FINDING
­
INFORMATION
COLLECTION
AND
ASSESSMENT
°
WORK
PLAN
REFINEMENT
°
MEASURING
PERFORMANCE
NACEPT
COUNCIL
INPUT
°
Very
supportive
of
work
of
the
Subcommittee
and
process
of
addressing
the
tasks.

°
Charles
Jones
County
Commissioner
Douglas
County
Kansas
Extremely
important
for
Superfund
program
to
take
credit
for
voluntary
cleanup
initiatives.

In
Kansas
few
NPL
sites
but
a
large
number
of
voluntary
cleanup
sites
due
to
the
Superfund
laws.
°
Joe
Boren
AIG
Environmental
Expressed
grave
concerns
that
if
the
Subcommittee
did
not
consider
funding
options,
the
work
of
the
Subcommittee
would
not
result
in
solutions
to
the
Superfund
situation.

He
felt
the
fund
as
is
would
be
insufficient
to
fund
the
cleanup
of
orphan
mega
sites.

Quoted
93
mega
sites
of
which
33
are
orphan
sites.
Fund
is
projected
to
be
out
of
money
by
2003.

Thus
resources
are
inadequate
to
completely
address
orphan
mega
sites.
°
Dorothy
Bowers
Chairperson
NACEPT
Council
Responded
to
concerns
of
the
Subcommittee
that
NACEPT
Council
would
make
changes
to
Subcommittee
recommendations.

Council
never
changed
recommendations.

Questions
concerning
recommendations
have
been
forwarded
to
Subcommittee
to
be
addressed.

A
close
working
relationship
between
the
Subcommittee
and
Council
throughout
the
life
of
the
Subcommittee
will
facilitate
addressing
questions,
issues
and
concerns
as
the
work
of
the
Subcommittee
progresses.