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Summer 2000
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Issue #5
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Awards 2
In the Courts 4
Atlas
Aronowitz
CEPPO News 5
OERR News 6
Technology Insights 7
Calendar 8
Cleanup News is an occa-
sional newsletter highlighting
hazardous waste cleanup
cases, policies, settlements,
and technologies.
EPA Moves to Full Cost
Accounting at Superfund Sites
Guidance Issued on Enforcement Discretion During
Transition Period
EPAs Office of Site Remediation En-
forcement has provided guidance to
the regional offices on the exercise
of enforcement discretion between now
and October 2,2000 when EPA moves to a
full cost accounting approach to allocating
costs at Superfund sites. (See notice in the
The effect of applying the revised rates
will vary from site to site. The new
method allocates indirect costs in propor-
tion to direct costs, instead of in propor-
tion to the number of Superfund staff
hours charged to a site. As a result, sites
with large direct federal expenditures
compared to the number of Superfund
staff hours will generally see the largest
indirect cost increases, and few if any de-
creases. Sites with smaller federal expen-
ditures compared to the number of Super-
. fund staff hours, such as sites cleaned up
Offe TS0SO IVing by potentially responsible parties (PRPs)
„, „, . where EPAs costs are largely for over-
O-Lv/CUlVT. sight performed by EPA staff, will gener-
7 ,r ally see smaller indirect cost increases,
G t/o to U 6to e Cl O rl III tand are ajso more likely to see decreases.
current indirect rates.
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EPAs current indirect cost accounting
methodology allocates to Superfund sites
only about one-third of the indirect costs
that are incurred by EPA and properly al-
locable to sites. Full cost accounting will
bring Superfund into compliance with cost
accounting standards issued by the Fed-
eral Accounting Standards Advisory
Board in 1995 and the requirements of the
Federal Financial Management Improve-
ment Act of 1996.
Enforcement Discretion
After October 2,2000, site costs, including
oversight costs, will be calculated using
the revised rates. Here are some of the is-
sues of particular enforcement interest
and EPAs intended approach to ensure a
fair and efficient transition to the revised
accounting methodology.
• Concluded MaftercEPArecognizes the
importance of finality and has no plans to
re-open any concluded cases to apply the
revised rates to claims for past costs that
were presented and resolved in those mat-
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National Notable Achievement Awards
Given in April 2000
At a ceremony in Washington
on April 24, the year 2000 Na-
tional Notable Achievement
Awards were presented to outstanding
EPA Regional Superfund, RCRA Cor-
rective Action, and Superfund En-
forcement staff. Here are a few exam-
ples of excellence in action.
RCRA Corrective Action
Award for Outstanding
Stakeholder Involvement:
Gary Miller, Region 6
Gary Miller received this award for his
work as the corrective action enforce-
ment project manager at a hazardous
w aste facility with substantial contam-
ination that was partially destroyed by
an explosion and fire. Gary worked ef-
fectively with the concerned sur-
rounding community as well as with
the state agency, EPA headquarters,
and the facility owner to ensure that
proper actions were taken to clean up
the site.
After the Chief Supply Company
was partially destroyed by an explo-
sion and fire in March 1997, environ-
mental samples detected chlorinated
solvents, benzene, toluene, ethylben-
zene, and xylene contamination. Gary
assembled the community, the state,
and EPA headquarters for numerous
discussions regarding community
concerns, the best way to approach
the facility, the purpose of EPA's ac-
tions, and the safety of the facility's op-
erations. In addition, he opened an on-
going dialogue with the community
via e-mail.
Gary continues to work with the
state agency and the facility owner to
complete the cleanup. In a recent let-
ter to the Regional Administrator and
Legal Enforcer of the Year Thomas P. Turner accepts
congratulations from OECA Assistant Administrator
Steven Herman and OSRE Director Barry Breen.
local Congressmen, a member of the
community thanked EPA for its con-
tinued efforts and specifically for
Gary's exceptional work.
Superfund Award for
On-Scene Coordinator
(OSC) of the Year:
Martha A. Wolf, Region 8
As one of two recipients of the OSC
award, Martha Wolf was recognized
for her professionalism, dedication,
and high-quality work inspecting re-
fineries and large-scale petroleum
storage facilities located on the banks
of pristine rivers in the Rocky Moun-
tain area. In addition, she organizes
and directs diverse and sometimes dif-
ficult stakeholder groups in Area Con-
tingency Plan (ACP) negotiations, and
establishes national regulations and
policy for EPA's oil program.
Martha supervises the FRP and
SPCC programs that compel facility
owners to identify their vulnerabilities
and change their practices to prevent
spills, and to be well prepared for any
that do occur. In FY99, she managed a
workload of more than 100 SPCC and
FRP inspections and reviews, and con-
ducted negotiations for five separate
river environments, bring-
ing groups together to re-
solve conflicts and prepare
ACPs despite their often
contentious histories. In ad-
dition, she initiated an effort
to incorporate all informa-
tion and maps in the plans
into a computerized geo-
graphic information system.
On-Scene Coordinators
need to exercise diplomacy,
and Martha has demon-
strated an amazing ability to commu-
nicate effectively with uncooperative
facility owners. Martha's patience has
helped achieve the goal of safer, well-
prepared facilities.
Superfund Enforcement
Award for Team of the Year:
Casmalia Enforcement Team,
Region 9
For its successful implementation of
several key administrative reforms to
achieve the largest de minimis settle-
ment in the history of the Superfund
program, the Casmalia Enforcement
Team received the 2000 Superfund
Enforcement Team of the Year Award.
These reforms included expedited set-
tlement; increasing fairness in the en-
forcement process; reducing transac-
tion costs; and providing a meaningful
forum for stakeholder concerns.
Through the team's efforts, EPA
settled with more than 400 small waste
generators, providing special legal
protections to de minimis contribu-
tors. These de minimis parties have
contributed a record $26.5 million to-
ward cleanup of the site. The Casmalia
Disposal site in Santa Barbara County,
CA, is one of the largest hazardous
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waste sites in the nation. During a four-
year period in the early 1990s, EPA
spent more than $17 million taking
emergency response actions to stabi-
lize the site.
The team used several innovative
approaches to achieve settlement, in-
cluding: (1) utilizing a sophisticated
management information system to en-
hance communication with the de min-
imis parties; (2) conducting special out-
reach efforts to the de minimis parties;
and (3) expediting the settlement
process by consolidating payment with
the submittal of signature pages.
The case team actively encouraged
de minimis parties to contact EPA
using a dedicated toll-free number. In
addition, the team hosted an informa-
tional meeting attended by 350 people
after the settlement offer was distrib-
uted. And throughout the arduous
process of producing the settlement,
team members maintained their sense
of humor and a strong sense of cama-
raderie.
The Winners!
RCRA Corrective Action Awards:
Outstanding Stakeholder Involvement:
Gary Miller, Region 6
Outstanding Use of Environmental
Indicators:Raphael]. Cody, EPA-New
England
Faster, Focused, More Flexible Cleanup:
Matthew R. Hoagland, EPA-New
England
• Anniston PCB Work Group Team,
Region 4
• Streamlining Team for RCRA
Enforcement CA, Region 6
• Corrective Action Environmental In-
dicator Evaluation Team, Region 9
Superfund Awards:
flu-Scene Coordinator: Vincent E.
Zenone, Region 3; Martha A Wolf,
Region 8
Remedial Project Manager: Randy
Sturgeon, Region 3
Site Assessment Manager: Cynthia
Gurley, Region 4
Community Involvement Coordinator: Pat
Seppi, Region 2; Sherryl A
Carbonaro, Region 4
Exceptional Merit Award: Earl Liverman,
Region 10
Leader/Mentor: Robert W Feild, Region 7
Superfund ROD: Sally Thomas, Region
10 (Pacific Sound Resources Site)
Superfund Team:
• Hurricane Floyd Response Team,
Region 4
• Oklahoma Tornadoes Team,
Region 6
Superfund Enforcement Awards:
Legal Enforcer:Thomas P. Turner,
Region 5
Technical Enforcer: Lois Elaine Green,
Region 9
Enforcement Team: Casmalia
Enforcement Team, Region 9
For more on the awards, go to:
www.epa.gov/superfund/new/awards/
index.htm
Superfund Accounting
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ters. This includes consent decrees, lit-
igated judgments, and administrative
orders on consent. It also includes ceil-
ings established in settlements and
judgments for oversight or other re-
sponse costs that the Agency can bill
to PRPs under those existing settle-
ments or judgments.
• Oversight Billings: EPA has no
plans to recompute oversight bills that
were prepared and sent to PRPs be-
fore the revised rates are issued.
• Claims in Litigation Prior to Octo-
ber 2, 2000: There may be special cir-
cumstances in these cases, especially
if the litigation is at an advanced stage,
that cause the case team to decide not
to seek to amend the claim by applying
the revised indirect rates. An example
might be certain cases in which costs
have already been presented to the
court and the parties are awaiting the
court's decision. These decisions will
be made by the EPA/Department of
Justice case team on a case-by-case
basis.
• Interim Settlement Policy in Antici-
pation of the Revised Rates.'One pur-
pose of EPA giving advance notice of
the change in rates is to provide PRPs
who have unresolved cost recovery li-
abilities an opportunity to settle with
the United States at the current rates.
Until the revised rates are issued, EPA
will entertain settlement offers resolv-
ing claims for CERCLA response costs
based on the current indirect rates.
• Proving Indirect CostsImplement-
ing the new accounting method will
not alter the burden of proof that EPA
must meet when seeking recovery of
indirect costs. EPA will continue to
provide evidence acceptable in a court
of law to prove that the indirect costs
sought are allocable to the site that is
the subject of the enforcement action.
• National Consistency/Coodina-
tion: EPA has a substantial interest in
promoting a nationally consistent ap-
proach during this transition period.
As always, EPA will exercise its dis-
cretion to ensure that resulting settle-
ments are fair, reasonable, and consis-
tent with CERCLA.
For more information, contact
OSRE's Policy and Program Evalua-
tion Division at 202-564-5100.
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District Court
Upholds EPA's Cost
Recovery at Atlas
Asbestos Mine
In August 1992, the United States
entered into a consent decree (CD)
with potentially responsible parties
(PRPs) Atlas and Vinnell Mining to per-
form a cleanup at the Atlas Asbestos
Mine Superfund Site. The CD required
the PRPs to reimburse EPA for all fu-
ture response costs, including over-
sight costs and indirect costs. The CD
permitted Atlas to contest payment of
any future response cost on one of
three grounds: (1) an accounting error
was made by the government; (2) costs
billed were inconsistent with the Na-
tional Contingency Plan; or (3) costs
billed were not actually incurred in con-
nection with the site.
In August 1994, EPA sent its first
bill to the PRPs, for costs incurred be-
tween December 1990 and December
1993. The PRPs disputed these costs,
The opinion included very
favorable language regarding
EPA's use of its annual
allocation and indirect cost
methodologies.
placed the disputed funds in an escrow
account, and requested additional doc-
umentation from EPA In December
1997, EPA sent a second bill. Again,
the PRPs disputed these costs, but did
not establish an escrow account for the
disputed amount until ordered by the
district court in June 1998. Following a
period of informal, and then formal
dispute resolution, EPA issued a deci-
sion requiring the PRPs to pay roughly
$641,000 of the roughly $677,000 orig-
inally billed. The PRPs challenged
EPAs ruling in district court alleging,
amongst other things, that EPA failed
to adequately document costs, had im-
properly billed non-site-specific costs,
and was not entitled to recover attor-
ney's fees incurred in defending the
dispute.
Addressing each type of cost sepa-
rately, the court broadly interpreted the
provisions of the CD to permit the col-
lection of all contested costs (including
attorney's fees, annual allocation costs,
and indirect costs). The court did find
that in some instances EPA had failed
to provide enough supporting docu-
mentation, and failure to remedy this
deficiency would prevent the recovery
of those costs (roughly $67,000).
The opinion included very favor-
able language regarding EPA's use of
its annual allocation and indirect cost
methodologies. Although the court ac-
knowledged that EPA employs a
"complicated methodology" to appor-
tion indirect and annual allocation
costs, the court did not find EPA's
methodology arbitrary or capricious.
In addition, the court was not per-
suaded by the argument that EPA was
not entitled to recover non-site-spe-
cific costs. The court found that the
CD unambiguously requires the pri-
vate parties to pay indirect costs, and
although the CD does not specifically
mention annual allocation costs, the
court held that "these costs are in-
curred in connection with the Site"
and therefore are recoverable.
For more information, contact
OSRE's Regional Support Division,
202-564-4200 [U.S. v. Atlas Corp. and
Vinnell Mining, E.D. CaL, 1/12/00].
Corporate Officer
Held Individually
Liable in U.S. v.
Aronowitz
On January 31, 2000, the U.S. District
Court for the Southern District of
Florida held that Jack L. Aronowitz,
president and owner of Technical
Chemicals & Products, Inc. (TCP) was
individually liable as an operator and
arranger under CERCIA Sections
107 (a) (2) and (a) (3), as was his com-
pany TCP. EPA filed a cost recovery
action against Aronowitz and TCP for
response costs incurred in responding
to release problems at the Lauderdale
Chemical Warehouse site in Broward
County, Florida. The court held that
Aronowitz and TCP were jointly and
severally liable for $401,177 plus post-
judgement interest.
From 1985 to 1992, TCP operated
the site when hazardous substances
(toxic and volatile chemicals) were dis-
posed of, and arranged for the disposal
of hazardous substances located at the
site. The court held TCP and
Aronowitz liable because of the spe-
cific activities TCP conducted at the
site and because Aronowitz directed,
managed, and controlled the environ-
mental operations of TCP.
The court found that Aronowitz's
actions met the criteria for direct oper-
ator liability under CERCIA, as articu-
lated by the Supreme Court in United
States v. Bestfoods, 524 U.S. 51 (1998).
The Supreme Court in Bestfoods ad-
dressed the issue of parent/subsidiary
liability under CERCIA In finding
Aronowitz individually liable as an op-
erator, the court applied the same stan-
dard of control for operating a facility
to corporate officers as was used in
Bestfoods, where a parent corporation
was alleged to have operated facilities
owned or operated by its subsidiary.
The court also held that Aronowitz's
actions in operating TCP were suffi-
cient to find him liable as an arranger
under CERCIA
For more information, contact
OSRE's Regional Support Division,
202-564-4200 [United States v.
Aronowitz, No. 98-6201 (S.D. Fla.
2000)].
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EPA Participates in Counter-
Terrorism Drills
A series of counter-terrorism
drills conducted on May 20-25,
2000 at the behest of Congress
helped federal planners assess national
readiness in the event of a terrorist at-
tack. Code-named "TOPOFF" for Top
Official, the Federal Disaster Drill was
masterminded by the Department of
Justice and the Federal Emergency
Management Agency to measure the
integrated capabilities of federal, state,
district, and local resources — includ-
ing personnel, procedures, direction
and control, communications, facilities,
and equipment — in the event of a
Weapons of Mass Destruction terrorist
incident. EPA has formal responsibility
for cleanup of any hazardous materials
releases in such an event.
Personnel from EPA headquarters
(OERR, CEPPO, Radiation and Indoor
Air) and regional counterparts worked
closely with local emergency respon-
ders to ensure that quick local and fed-
eral responses would hold civilian ca-
sualties down to a minimum during
the simulated exercise. Participating
responders were not informed of the
specific scenarios in advance.
The three-part exercise began
when a simulated explosion occurred
in Portsmouth, NH, on May 20 at the
start of a charity race. The response
was complicated by the simultaneous
release of a chemical agent, deter-
mined to be mustard gas. Local law en-
forcement officials, firefighters, and
rescue crews scrambled to deal with
fake deaths and injuries.
A similar scene took place in Den-
ver where a simulated attack involving
a biological agent, first thought to be
anthrax, was subsequently deter-
mined to be the pneumonic plague.
The nation's capital was also pulled
Mutual Aid Personnel Treat Simulated Victims in Portsmouth, NH.
into the mix when simulated explo-
sions laced with uranium occurred at
St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washing-
ton, D.C. and at the U.S. Airways
Arena in Largo, MD.
The exercises aimed to assess the
nation's ability to manage crises and
consequences, and to highlight areas
in which more training might be
needed to fend off the possibility of ter-
rorist attacks and to respond quickly
and effectively in their aftermath. For
more information, contact CEPPO at
202-260-8600.
A Snapshot of Risk Management Plans
In June 1999, an EPA regulation
called the Risk Management Pro-
gram (RMP) prompted 15,000 U.S.
facilities that use hazardous chemicals
to submit reports describing their po-
tential risk to surrounding communi-
ties. The Risk Management Program
captures information from businesses
such as cold storage warehouses,
water utilities, oil refineries, fertilizer
makers, and farm suppliers as well as
chemical manufacturers. One of the
most valuable pieces of data in the re-
ports is the history of actual chemical
accidents that occurred at these facili-
ties in the past five years.
EPA's Chemical Emergency Pre-
paredness and Prevention Office
(CEPPO), industry associations, state
and local emergency managers, and
others are reviewing the data to find ac-
cident frequencies by industrial sector,
correlations between facility character-
istics and accidents, findings about po-
tential consequences of accidents to off-
site populations, and significant trends
in chemical industry hazards and acci-
dents. Preliminary data from the RMP
accident histories indicate that over a
five-year period, there were:
• 1,900 serious accidents among
these 15,000 facilities;
• 33 deaths and 8,300 injuries; and
• Evacuation or sheltering of 221,000
individuals.
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To Permanently Relocate or Not?
by Pat Carey, OERR
The decision to permanently relo-
cate residents away from areas
near Superfund sites was the
topic of discussion at the Relocation
Forum Stakeholder Meeting held
March 2-3, 2000, in Washington, DC.
Representatives from industry, state
and local government, public health,
environmental justice and other fed-
eral agencies convened to review, dis-
cuss, and give input on the Interim
Final Policy on the Use of Pemanent
Relocation as Part of Superfund Reme-
dial Actions.
The interim final policy, issued
June 30,1999, states EPA's preference
to clean up and restore property so
people can live safely in their homes.
The policy explains when to consider
permanent relocation as part of a
cleanup at an NPL site, and gives ex-
amples of situations where permanent
relocation could be considered.
The policy, which emerged out of a
1995 request by the National Environ-
mental Justice Advisory Council, also
recognizes the importance of early, di-
rect, and meaningful public involve-
ment in relocations. EPArecommends
that Community Advisory Groups be
formed to engage all interested parties
in a dialogue about cleanup and how
relocation fits into a community's long-
term vision and plans. In the last few
years, EPA has undertaken a number
of initiatives to widen its understand-
ing of the issues associated with relo-
cation:
• A national relocation pilot was se-
lected in Pensacola, Florida at the
Escambia Woodtreating Site.
• EPA reviewed sites where
cleanups were done in residential
areas, then sponsored a series of
forums to hear stakeholder views
and experience on the subject of
relocation.
• In 1996, a Relocation Forum was
held in Pensacola, Florida, with
community and environmental jus-
tice groups. Seven additional fo-
rums were held in 1996 and 1997
with representatives from various
stakeholder groups.
EPAs next steps include developing
case studies of five sites where perma-
nent relocations have taken place;
issuing mini-guidance on issues that
need to be addressed quickly, such
as the release of appraisals, advisory
services, etc.; and disseminating the
necessary information to regional of-
fices, federal agencies, and all those
responsible for the successful imple-
mentation of relocations.
For more information, contact
OERR at 703-603-8960. Access our web-
site for the Interim Final Policy and re-
lated documents, at www.epa.gov/
superfund/tools/topics/relocation/ind
ex.htm
Safer, More Livable Communities
EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response has released a new report
titled Innovations in OSWER: Making Safer, More Livable Communities. Prepared
for key customers in states, tribes, other agencies, industry, and communities, the
report describes a range of new strategies, new partnerships, and new approaches
to help make communities safer and more livable. The report is available on
OSWER's What's New page at: www.epa.gov/swerrims/whatsnew.htm.
RMPs
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Higher accident rates were found
at facilities with ammonia refrigeration
units (35.4%), followed by water utili-
ties (22.7%), refineries (19.3%), fertil-
izer manufacturers (11.6%), and farm
suppliers (11.0%).
The Wharton School at the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania also is studying
the data. Wharton has issued a work-
ing paper that presents preliminary
findings on accident frequencies and
severities available from RMP*Info,
the database set up to store Risk Man-
agement Plans and accident history
data. The paper analyzes which facili-
ties actually filed plans, and then pre-
sents results for various segments of
the U.S. chemical industry on ob-
served accident frequencies between
June 21, 1994 through June 20, 1999.
The report is available at www.epa.
gov/ceppo/ap_arcs.htm
In the future, we can expect to see
industry sector-specific and chemical
process-specific studies. The key
question remains whether there are
predictors of accident frequency and
severity and, if so, how can industry,
CEPPO, and others work together to
lower the risk to communities.
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Brownf ields Tech Center Supports
Local Decision-Makers
Faced with a brownfields rede-
velopment opportunity and a
variety of complicated recom-
mendations from contractors, brown-
fields decision-makers now have a
place to go for help. The Brownfields
Technology Support Center helps de-
cision-makers become aware of the
full range of technologies available in
order to make informed, "smart tech-
nology" decisions for their sites. Tech-
nologies that lower costs, decrease
time frames, and/or positively impact
other decision considerations (e.g.,
community acceptance, logistics, etc.)
can significantly
affect the rede-
velopment poten-
tial of brown-
fields sites.
At no cost to
localities, the Brownfields Center of-
fers unbiased assessments on options
relevant to specific sites. The center
can also provide a technology-oriented
review of investigation and site-specific
cleanup plans. Operated by EPA's
Technology Innovation Office, the cen-
ter provides five types of assistance:
• Document Kviews:The center can
review sampling and analysis
plans, quality assurance project
plans, feasibility studies, engineer-
ing designs, or work plans, and
evaluate the documents in terms
of technology options, implemen-
tation processes, or other factors.
• Technology scoping\3smg informa-
tion provided by EPA Regional
staff for specific brownfields pilot
sites, the center can prepare lists
of potentially applicable technolo-
gies, along with brief analyses of
their advantages and disadvan-
tages under specific conditions at a
site and in light of the specific fea-
tures and needs of a site.
• Technology descriptionS:he center
can develop a brief "layman's"
guide describing a specific tech-
nology or technique. The guides
can help decision-makers fully un-
derstand the principles of the tech-
nology (along with the cost and
time necessary to implement it)
and communicate information
about the technology to con-
stituents and stakeholders.
• Review of literature and electvnic
resourcesfThe center can provide a
list and description of available in-
formation resources for technolo-
gies relevant to specific decisions
at a site. This can help stakehold-
ers broaden their understanding of
the technology options available
for use at their sites.
• Demonstration support: Drawing
upon the expertise of the EPA Su-
perfund Innovative Technologies
Evaluation (SITE) program, the
center provides planning assis-
tance and technical review capabil-
ities to localities seeking to arrange
demonstrations and evaluations of
innovative sampling, analytical, and
treatment technologies.
For more information, contact the
EPA Regional Brownfields Coordina-
tors, or the center directly at 1-877-838-
7220 (toll-free), or www.brownfield-
stsc.org.
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Aug 14-16,2000
ATSWMO Superfund Managers
Meeting
Phoenix, AZ
Contact: Jim Konz, 703-603-8841.
Aug 28-Sept 1,2000
National Community Involvement
San Francisco, CA
Contact: Helen DuTeau,703-603-8761.
October 11-13,2000
Brownf ields 2000
Atlantic City, NJ
http://www.brownfields2000.org.
November 1-3,2000
Health Risk Communication
Symposium: Uncertainty, Stakehold-
ers, and Public Health Action
Bethesda, MD
Sponsors:DOE,EPA,HHS. Focus on risk communication
issues in U.S. and in developing and transitioning na-
tions. Includes half-day breakout sessions analyzing
case studies. Contact: Lisa Carroll, 865-576-2266,
carrolle@orau.gov.
Acronyms
ADR Alternative Dispute Resolution
AGP Area Contingency Plan
CD Consent Decree
CEPPO Chemical Emergency Preparedness and
Prevention Office
CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act {Superfund law)
DoD Department of Defense
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
FRP Facility Response Plan
ITT Innovative Treatment Technologies
NPL National Priorities List (Superfund)
OERR Office of Emergency and Remedial Reponse (EPA)
cteanupnews
Cleanup News is a publication of EPA's Office
of Site Remediation Enforcement, in cooperation
with the Office of Emergency Response and
Remediation,Office of Underground Storage Tanks,
Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention
Office, and the Technology Innovation Office.
OMB Office of Management and Budget
OPA Oil Pollution Act
OSC On-Scene Coordinator
OSRE Office of Site Remediation Enforcement (EPA)
PCB Polychorinated Biphenyls
PRP Potentially Responsible Party
RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(hazardous waste)
RMP Risk Management Plan
SITE Superfund Innovative Technologies Evaluation
SPCC Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure
TCP Technical Chemicals & Products, Inc.
www, epa.gov/oeca/osre
Rick Popino, Ph.D., editor
EPA Review Board: Rick Popino, Ph.D.,Paul
Connor, Karen Ellenberger, Ken Patterson,
Helen DuTeau. Jeff Heimerman, Carole Macko
Cameron
Gilah Langner, writer
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