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  SEPA    cleanupnews
        Spring 2002
        EPA 300-N-02-006
        Issue #10
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   National Notable
     Achievement Awards 2
   In the Courts:      5
     McColl Superfund
     Site
     Casmalia Superfund
     Site
   OSWER News      6
   News and Notes     7
   Calendar         8

   CleanupNewS ts a quarterly
   hazardous waste cleanup
   eases, policies, settlements,
   and technologies.
EPA Administrator  Praises
Notable  Achievements  in
Awards Ceremony
    The 2002 National Notable Achieve-
    ment Awards Ceremony was held in
    Crystal City, Virginia on April 16th,
2002. Each year outstanding achievements
in the  Superfund, Superfund  Enforce-
ment,  RCRA Corrective Action, and
Regional Science programs are recog-
nized at this ceremony. This year addi-
tional components — Federal  Facilities
and Chemical Emergency Preparedness
and Prevention — were included in the
awards. Also for the first time, a RCRA
award was  given for State Corrective
Action efforts to a state team. In 2002,
there were 128 nominations submitted for
the 24 awards presented for the six award
components. Recipients were recognized
with plaques and monetary awards.
  EPA Administrator Christie Whitman
began the ceremony by recalling EPA's
"quick and professional" response to the
September llth events. She praised EPA
staff for their dedication and efforts to
reassure the American public during that
period. Ms. Whitman noted, "We will
never again do business as usual, but we
will still do our usual business — we are
still the same dedicated team committed
to making this place better for our chil-
dren. You help families stay healthy,
neighborhoods stay safe, and protect from
threats seen and unseen." Plaques were
presented to representatives of each
region to recognize the outstanding
efforts throughout the entire Agency dur-
ing the September llth response and the
events that followed.
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                                 New  Leadership  Named
                                 to  Key Positions
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     ew faces will soon be at the helm in
     EPA's Office of Enforcement and
     Compliance Assurance  (OECA).
The President has nominated John Peter
(J.P.) Suarez as Assistant Administrator
for OECA A 1991 graduate of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania Law School, Suarez is
a former federal prosecutor in the U.S.
Attorney's Office, assigned to the Orga-
nized Crime Drug Enforcement Task
Force. Mr.  Suarez also has a strong
enforcement background in investigating
and prosecuting white collar crimes. In
1999, Mr. Suarez was honored by the New
Jersey State Bar Association with its Pro-
fessional Lawyer of the Year Award.
Mr. Suarez has held several positions with
the State of New Jersey, including with the
Division of Criminal Justice, as Assistant
Counsel to the Governor, and as Director
of New Jersey's Division of  Gaming
Enforcement.
  Steven  J.  Shimberg, named to the
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National  Notable  Achievement  Awards
AWARD RECIPIENTS

SUPERFUND
Remedial Project Manager:
Randall Chaffins, Region 4
On-Scene Coordinator:
Paul Peronard, Region 8
Community Involvement
Coordinator:
Briana Bill, Region 5
Site Assessment Manager:
Jerelean Johnson, Region 9
Leader/Mentor:
Susan D. Webster, Region 6
Outstanding Achievement:
Mary Jane Nearman, Region 10
Teams of the Year:
Dan Ryan Emergency Response
  Team - Region 5, City of
  Chicago, Illinois EPA
Martin County Coal Corporation
  Removal Team and Regions 3 and
  4, Environmental Response Team

REGIONAL SCIENCE
Regional Scientist:
Judy A. Facey, Region 7
Regional Science Team:
Geophysical Applications for
Hazardous Wastes Team,
Region 5
RCRA
Outstanding Stakeholder
Involvement:
Khai Dao, Region 3
Outstanding Use of
Environmental Indicators:
Robert O'Meara, Region 1
Faster, Focused, More Flexible
Cleanup:
Kenneth S. Bardo, Region 5
Outstanding Stakeholder
Involvement Team:
HoltraChem Site Team - Region 1,
Maine Department of Environ-
mental Protection
Outstanding Use of
Environmental Indicators Team:
Federal Facilities Management
Alliance Team - Region 4, Florida
Department of Environmental
Protection
Faster, Focused, More Flexible
Cleanup Team:
Genicom Team, Region 3
State Corrective Action Reform
Award:
Wyoming Refinery Team
Chemical Emergency
Preparedness and Prevention
National Leadership Award:
Alan Brown, Region 3
Facilities Team:
Adak Project Team, Region 10
Federal Facility Response
Outstanding Achievement:
Mark Stephens, Region 3
                                                                             SUPERFUND ENFORCEMENT

                                                                             Legal Enforcer:
                                                                             Joshua Wirtschafter, Region 9
                                                                             Technical Enforcer:
                                                                             Patrice Miller, Region 6
                                                                             Financial Management Team:
                                                                             John Anderson and David Piet,
                                                                             Region 7
                                                                             Enforcement Team:
                                                                             Operating Industries, Inc. Team,
                                                                             Region 9
             New Leadership
             Named to Key
             Positions
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             post of Associate Assistant Administra-
             tor of OECA, brings many years of
             experience with environmental  law
             and policy. Most recently, Mr. Shim-
             berg served as the National Wildlife
             Federation's  Vice President for Fed-
             eral and International Affairs; earlier
             he was the Staff Director and Chief
             Counsel of the U.S. Senate Committee
             on  Environment and Public Works.
             Closely associated with the late Sena-
                                tor John H. Chafee (R-RI), Shimberg
                                was involved with virtually all of the
                                environmental legislation that was
                                enacted  during his  sixteen  year
                                tenure in the Senate, including major
                                revisions to laws such as the Endan-
                                gered Species Act, RCRA, Superfund,
                                the  Clean Water Act,  the Clean Air
                                Act, and the Safe Drinking Water Act.
                                  Other personnel changes: Phyllis
                                Harris will be joining OECA as a sec-
                                ond Deputy Assistant Administrator,
                                leaving her position as the Regional
                                Counsel in Region 4. Walker Smith
                                will be moving from the Justice
                                Department's  enforcement section
                                where she was Assistant  Section
                                Chief, to Director of OECA's Office of
                                Regulatory Enforcement. And long-
                                time EPA official Mike  Cook will
                                become Director of EPA's Office of
                                Emergency and Remedial Response in
                                OSWER. Mr.  Cook joined  EPA in
                                1973, and over the years has had
                                responsibility for EPA's multi-billion
                                dollar construction grants program,
                                the Agency's  emergency response
                                program, and early implementation of
                                the Superfund legislation.  He has
                                served as Deputy Director of the
                                Office of Solid Waste and Director of
                                the Office of Drinking Water, and is
                                currently the Director of the Office of
                                Wastewater Management.
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Award  Winners  Go  the  Extra  Mile
Supertund Enforcement Awards

Technical Enforcer of
the Year Award:
Patrice Miller, Region 6
Patrice Miller was awarded Technical
Enforcer of the Year for her ability to
"think outside the box" as exemplified
by her cost recovery work in the Sikes
site. Sikes is an uncontrolled commer-
cial hazardous waste  disposal facility
that accepted waste from the Houston,
Texas,  area for more  than ten years.
Because of poor record keeping, early
reviews failed to identify potentially
responsible parties. The threats posed
by the site demanded immediate atten-
tion, so nearly $135  million in  Haz-
ardous Substance Trust Fund monies
were spent to clean up the site from
1990  to 1994.  When  Sikes  was
assigned to Miller  in 1990,  she was
told it  was a  hopeless cost recovery
case; no one saw any potential for case
development,  and she was to review
the file and prepare the expected $100
million  write-off  document.  Instead,
Miller began an intensive and exhaus-
tive process of seeking out PRPs for
the  site  and  documenting  their
involvement.
   No  disposal manifests  or other
records of wastes disposed at the Sikes
site could be found, so in an attempt to
shed light on waste handling practices
of area waste generators  and trans-
porters, Miller reviewed information
about PRPs at nearby  sites; records of
known waste haulers from the period;
a Congressional survey of hazardous
waste  generators conducted in  the
early 1970s; and Chemical Producers
directories from the 1960s and other
sources. To identify others with knowl-
edge of the site, Miller and the other
team members developed a series of
public service announcements that ran
on local television stations, asking any-
one with knowledge of the site to call a
toll-free number.
   This approach led to the identifica-
tion of a number of truck drivers who
had delivered  waste to the site from
hazardous  waste  generators,  and
resulted in ten of these drivers giving
deposition testimony. This information
was the catalyst in a mediation process
that resulted in one of the largest cost
recovery settlements in EPA history —
$120 million dollars, or 93% recovery of
federal and state clean up costs — and
the establishment of a special account
for use on future work at the site.
Legal Enforcer of the Year
Award:
Joshua Wirtschafter, Region 9

Joshua   Wirtschafter's
exemplary contributions
to enforcement include
two of Region 9's most
environmentally signifi-
cant enforcement accom-
plishments this past year.
In the first, Wirtschafter
successfully concluded a
major multi-media  settle-
ment   against  Brewer
Environmental   Indus-
tries,  Hawaii's  largest
chemical distributor. The
settlement  included  a  penalty  of
$98,796 and  supplemental environ-
mental  projects  (SEPs)  valued  at
$137,000 that will provide a  much
needed supplement to Hawaii's emer-
gency response capabilities at the local
level. In addition, transaction costs for
all parties were reduced by avoiding a
formal administrative penalty action.
   In  his second  major  accomplish-
            ment,   as  lead   EPA  counsel,
            Wirtschafter orchestrated a major dis-
            pute resolving agreement with ARCO
            at the Leviathan site, located in Cali-
            fornia's Sierra Mountains. He success-
            fully concluded the implementation of
            a unique conservation  project which
            protects important habitat and directly
            benefits the Washoe Tribe of Califor-
            nia and  Nevada whose  fisheries have
            been damaged  by acid mine drainage
            from the site, as well as avoiding trans-
            action  costs. The innovative agree-
            ment between  EPA,  ARCO, the
            Washoe Tribe, and the Nature Con-
            servancy will protect 480 acres of pris-
            tine private land located in the Bald
            Mountain Range in Sierra County, Cal-
            ifornia, surrounded on all sides by the
            Tahoe and Toiyabe National Forests.
            ARCO  purchased the property for
            $720,000, the Washoe Tribe took title
Award winner Joshua Wirtschafter, flanked by OSRE
Director Barry Breen and OSWER Assistant
Administrator Marianne Horinko.
             to the property, and the Nature Con-
             servancy took a Conservation Ease-
             ment which enables it to ensure that
             the land will be protected in perpetuity.
             ARCO also contributed  over $40,000
             to a Nature Conservancy fund for the
             costs of administering the Conserva-
             tion Easement.

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       Achievement Awards
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       RCRA Awards

       State Corrective Action
       Reform Award:
       Wyoming Refinery Team (Region 8)
       The Wyoming Team is this year's first
       ever recipient of the State Corrective
       Action Reform Award for its use of a
       collaborative  process  (CP) to reach
       final cleanup  decisions at the former
       British Petroleum  (BP)  refinery in
       Casper, Wyoming. Team members
       include Vickie Meredith, Carl Ander-
create  an  environment  of trust  and
mutual respect among the participants.
   Congratulations to the team for its
rapid resolution of the  hundreds of
issues that arose during development
of site remedies.
CEPP National
Leadership Award:
Alan Brown, Region 3
Alan Brown was  awarded the first
CEPP National Leadership Award for
outstanding  leadership, professional
skills,  and  infectious  enthusiasm,
bringing credibility to the  Chemical
       Pictured with EPA Administrator Christie Whitman (in white) are regional representa-
       tives accepting awards for EPA's September llth response, I to r: Mary Jane Nearman
       (RIO), Max Dodson (R8), Matt Hoagland (Rl), Doug Lair (R4), Myron Knudson (R6),
       Abe Ferdas (R3), Nat Scurry (R7), Jane Diamond (R9), and OSWER Deputy Assistant
       Administrator Mike Shapiro.
       son, and Craig Toal from the Wyoming
       Department of Environmental Quality
       (DEQ), and Maxine Weaver of the
       Wyoming Office of the Attorney Gen-
       eral.
          To counteract a decade of mistrust
       among the parties, the CP emphasized
       early and continuing discussions with
       the regulated party as corrective action
       requirements were established; secur-
       ing the involvement of local  govern-
       ment  and the public throughout;
       obtaining consensus with local govern-
       ment about any land use restrictions;
       and establishing  remedial objectives
       early in the process. Over a three-year
       period, the CP members were able to
Emergency Preparedness and Preven-
tion (CEPP) program at both regional
and national levels.
   Brown  has  tirelessly  traveled
throughout  the  region  promoting
EPA's vision of preparedness and
chemical safety.  He has spent count-
less hours meeting and working with
State Emergency Response  Commit-
tees and Local Emergency Response
Committees to foster increased coop-
eration and to build trustworthy rela-
tionships, leading to better communi-
cation and coordination with EPA and
overall improved  preparedness and
response.
   Brown  was  vigilant in getting
CEPP staff involved in national orga-
nizations and conferences. With his
planning, the 2001 CEPP conference
was  the most successful in confer-
ence history, and one of the nation's
largest  gathering  of emergency
responders  since  the  September
llth terrorist attacks. Over 1,800
individuals from 46  states and 5 for-
eign countries registered for the con-
ference, with 109 exhibits and over
100 workshops  including  presenta-
tions dealing with hazardous mater-
ial releases in public transportation
systems, safety and security prepara-
tions for the 2002 Olympics, and the
latest version of Computer Aided
Management of Emergency Opera-
tions  software.  Attendance  at this
conference almost doubled from pre-
vious years.

Superfund Awards

Superfund Team of the Year:
Martin County Coal Corporation
Removal Team, Regions 3 and 4
The  Martin  County Coal Site emer-
gency response represents the single
largest release of a contaminant in any
spill in Region 4 history. An impound-
ment holding an estimated one billion
gallons of wastewater from a crushed
ore processing facility lost 250 million
gallons of coal slurry as a result of a
catastrophic  failure  of an  impound-
ment bottom. The impoundment is
located over abandoned tunneled coal
mine works and the release exited
through the old mine works into two
separate tributaries to Tug Fork River
on the Kentucky/West Virginia bor-
der.  The  emergency action  that
ensued involved  numerous state  and
federal regulatory and industry enti-
ties spanning several EPA regions.
   The response required the coordi-
nation of more than 600 personnel on
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Ninth Circuit Decision
in McColl Case Holds
Oil Companies 100%
Liable
      On  February  11, 2002, Judge
      William  A. Fletcher of the
      United States Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision
in United States v. Shell Oil  Company
(B.C. No. CV 91-00589-RJK) that: (1)
upheld the holding of the district court
that CERCLA §9620 (a) (1) waives the
sovereign immunity of the United
States; (2) reversed the holding of the
district court that the United States is
liable for the  "non-benzol"  waste
cleanup costs as an "arranger" under
§9607 (a) (3); and (3) affirmed the hold-
ing of the district court that the oil
companies in the case are not exempt
from liability under  the "act of war"
provision  of §9607(b) (2).
   The McColl  Superfund  Site  in
Fullerton, California  was  contami-
nated with hazardous  wastes  associ-
ated with the production of aviation
fuel during World War II.  The defen-
dants in  this  case —  Shell Oil Co.,
Union Oil Co. of California, Atlantic
Richfield  Co.,  and Texaco, Inc. —
operated aviation fuel refineries in the
Los Angeles area during the war and
dumped their wastes at the McColl
site. The United States and the State of
California brought suit against these
oil  companies  under  CERCLA  to
recover cleanup costs incurred at the
site. The oil  companies  counter-
claimed under the same statute, con-
tending that the  United States was
liable for cleanup costs. The district
court held that 100% of the cleanup
costs for the non-benzol waste should
be allocated to the United States, and
0% to the oil companies.
   Before the Court of Appeals, the
United States argued that although the
government had the  authority  to
require production of goods at refiner-
ies owned by the oil companies, and
even to seize refineries if necessary, in
fact the government had relied almost
exclusively on contractual agreements
to ensure aviation fuel production. The
United States purported that the gov-
ernment never specifically ordered or
approved the dumping  of spent acid
and acid sludge by the oil companies,
and  there is no  evidence  that  the
United States was aware of the  dis-
posal contracts between the oil compa-
nies and McColl. Therefore, the Court
of Appeals held that the United States
was not an arranger under  CERCLA
§9607 (a) (3),  even under a broad the-
ory of arranger liability.
   For  more  information,  contact
Helena Healy, EPA/RSD, at 202-564-
5124, or Thanne Cox, EPA Region 9, at
415-972-3908.

U.S. Proposes $6.95
Million Settlement on
Casmalia Site
On February 14,  2002, the Justice
Department  and  EPA  announced a
proposed settlement totaling nearly $7
million to be used in cleaning up the
Casmalia Resources Superfund Site in
Central California.  The agreement
resolves the liability of the  Estate of
Kenneth H. Hunter, Jr.,  Casmalia
Resources,  Hunter Resources, and
other parties.
   Under the proposed settlement, the
defendants will pay $6.957 million and
waive any claim to the  Casmalia Clo-
sure/Post-Closure Trust Fund, cur-
rently valued in excess of $13 million.
The parties to the settlement will also
waive all  past  and  future cleanup
claims against the United States. "This
settlement represents our continuing
efforts to ensure that those  responsi-
ble for  contamination  share  in  the
costs of the  cleanup," said Tom San-
sonetti, Assistant Attorney General of
the Justice Department's Environment
and Natural Resources Division. "Our
efforts will remain focused on the
remaining liable parties at the  Cas-
malia site who have not settled,  to
make certain that EPA has all the nec-
essary resources to assure that this
site is cleaned up in a timely and pro-
tective manner."
   Jane Diamond, Acting Director,
EPA Regional  Superfund Division,
noted, "We owe it to those who live and
work in  the  area to  bring all our
resources to bear in addressing this
complex and challenging site."
   The  Casmalia  Resources   Site,
located 10 miles from Santa Maria, Cal-
ifornia, was an active hazardous waste
treatment, storage, and disposal facil-
ity from  1973 to  1989.  The  site
accepted approximately  5.5  billion
pounds of waste from about  10,000
contributors, placing  it in 92 waste
management facilities that included
landfills,  ponds, shallow  wells,  and
treatment units.
   In 1991, the site owner/operator
abandoned active efforts to clean up
and close the facility, claiming financial
difficulties. In 1992, EPA took action to
control the site and address immediate
health threats. The site, which is cont-
aminated with a variety of metals, pes-
ticides, and other toxic materials, con-
tinues to undergo investigation  and
cleanup work by the Casmalia Steer-
ing Committee with oversight by  EPA
and the state.
   In 1997, the  United States filed suit
against Kenneth H. Hunter, Casmalia
Resources, and Hunter Resources,
alleging that the  defendants owned
and/or operated the site, and seeking
to recover cleanup costs.
   The announcement in February 2002
is part of EPA's effort to secure funding
for the cleanup of the 252-acre landfill,
which was designated as a federal Super-
fund site in September 2001. For more
information, contact Marie Rongone,
EPA Region 9, at 415-972-3891.
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Land Revitalization
on the  Front Burner
by Steve Luftig

     Land revitalization is a top priority
     for Marianne Lamont Horinko,
     Assistant Administrator in EPA's
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response (OSWER). When  Horinko
speaks about this priority, she empha-
sizes two key messages:
1. Cleanup and  reuse  are mutually
   supportive goals; and
2. Property reuse should be an inte-
   gral part of the way we  do busi-
   ness, both at EPA Headquarters
   and in the Regions.
  An  emphasis  on reuse  does not
mean that EPA will lower cleanup stan-
dards. The Agency's role in protecting
human health and the environment is
firmly  established,  and  EPA is com-
mitted  to this responsibility. At the
same time, site cleanup  must  be
achieved within a larger context, one
that looks to the future needs of the
community where the cleanup occurs.
In other words, the actions we take
must be informed both by the contam-
ination problem at hand and the future
economic, recreational,  or  ecological
possibilities the property offers.  It is
not just a question of economic devel-
opment: reclaiming previously conta-
minated properties can help reinvigo-
rate  neighborhoods, preserve green
space, and  prevent the spread  of
sprawl.
   Marianne Horinko often points  to
several notable successes to illustrate
these ideas and challenge EPA staff to
go further. For example, the notorious
Time Beach Superfund  site has been
cleaned up and is now "Route 66 State
Park," where horse and bike  trails
make it the busiest state park in East-
ern Missouri. An area of the equally
notorious Love Canal Superfund site
has been put back into safe, productive
use and renamed "Black Creek Vil-
lage"  by a cadre  of homeowners  in
northwestern New York State.
   Actual land use decisions are a local
responsibility,   but   federal  waste
cleanup programs can make reuse
possible by  fully considering a com-
munity's desired future land use for a
property in the course of  making
cleanup decisions. As EPA's successful
Brownfields program  has shown, a
great deal already has been done, but
a lot more is needed to make property
revitalization an important part of our
mission at EPA across all cleanup pro-
grams. OSWER is developing tools in
four areas for EPA managers and staff
to use in working closely with public
and private  stakeholders in facilitating
property revitalization:
•  Implementation of the new Brown-
   fields law;
•  Integration of land reuse principles
   into EPA cleanup programs;
•  Development of partnerships that
   further land reuse in cleanup; and
•  Instilling a culture of land reuse in
   our organizations.
   When you make reuse considera-
tions a part of your job, you recognize
that a  contaminated property is far
more than a waste cleanup problem; it
is a living  representation of future
opportunities and a better life for the
people in that community.
   Steve Luftig is the Senior Advisor to
the Assistant Administrator  on  Land
Reuse in EPA's Office of Solid Waste and
Emergency Response.
             Achievement Awards
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             24 hours a day/7 days a week opera-
             tion, which included more than 500
             cleanup contractor  personnel  and
             more than 100 personnel from EPA
             Regions 3 and 4, federal agencies
             associated with the mining industry,
             the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and
             the State of West Virginia. The OSC
             also enlisted the services of U.S. Coast
             Strike Team,  U.S. Coast Guard PIAT,
             and the START contractor from both
             Regions 3  and 4.
                In a spill incident of this magnitude,
                                    individual conventional management
                                    approaches can have only limited suc-
                                    cess. Organizing a response to a 250-
                                    million gallon  spill  affecting  100
                                    stream miles is a massive undertaking
                                    that requires a well-coordinated team
                                    effort. The incident involved non-tradi-
                                    tional  wastes and federal and state
                                    mining agencies unfamiliar with emer-
                                    gency response operations. Of neces-
                                    sity, operations  were  directed by a
                                    team led by an On-Scene Coordinator
                                    because no other entity had the requi-
                                    site skill and experience to address
                                    spills of this magnitude. The MCCC
                                    Team  was able to bring an extremely
                                     disjointed  group  together  through
                                     implementation of the organizational
                                     elements of the National Response Sys-
                                     tem. As a result of the team's efforts,
                                     the site operations were organized and
                                     all federal and  state agencies were
                                     coordinated through an Incident Com-
                                     mand System/Unified Command and
                                     the spill was then addressed in a safe
                                     and efficient manner. Congratulations
                                     to Fred Stroud, Art Smith, and Wilda
                                     Cobb of Region 4; to Jack Downie and
                                     Bob Kelly of Region 3; and to Environ-
                                     mental Response Team members John
                                     Gilbert, Royal Nadeau,  Harry Allen,
                                     and Greg Powell.
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MTBE Treatment
Profiles Website
      EPA's  Technology  Innovation
      Office has opened a new web-
      site  at  www.clu-in.org/prod-
ucts/mtbe that contains a searchable
database of 250 methyl tert-butyl ether
(MTBE) treatment profiles. The pro-
files include both completed and ongo-
ing treatment technologies — both in
situ and ex situ — for MTBE in drink-
ing water, ground water, and soil. The
profiles provide a summary of relevant
site information, contaminants and
media treated, technology design and
operation,  cost  and  performance
results, points of contact, and refer-
ences. The profiles currently link  to
eighteen more detailed case studies.
To date, the technologies presented in
the profiles include: air sparging, biore-
mediation, drinking  water treatment,
chemical oxidation, multi-phase extrac-
tion, phytoremediation, product recov-
ery, pump-and-treat, and soil vapor
extraction. The  website also  allows
users  to update current profiles and
add new applications. EPA  plans to
continually add profiles to the system.

Brownfields  Program
Partnership  with
Habitat for Humanity
On February 13, 2002, EPA Adminis-
trator  Christie Whitman signed  a
memorandum of understanding with
Habitat for Humanity  International
launching  a  partnership to  build
energy efficient housing on former
brownfields properties. "EPA is proud
to be joining Habitat as partners in the
effort to make the dream of home own-
ership come true for families across
the country," said Christie Whitman.
"We have  already  started this  work
together on sites in Missouri and Min-
nesota  and now we will  extend our
efforts  to five additional  urban loca-
tions where  abandoned brownfields
can be  turned into affordable homes.
We also hope that through this agree-
ment we can encourage  the use of
energy efficient products  to not only
save money but the environment as
well."
   EPA has worked cooperatively with
Habitat for Humanity International's
affiliates in the cities of Wellston, MO
and  Minneapolis,  MN to construct
homes  on former brownfields proper-
ties. After EPA and Habitat identify five
new cities, EPA will use brownfields
dollars  to  perform  environmental
assessments  at  community-identified
brownfields properties so that Habitat
can locate safe, affordable building lots.
Using its new authority in the recently
passed brownfields legislation,  EPA
may offer grants to non-profits such as
Habitat to provide cleanup if the prop-
erties are found to be contaminated.
   Brownfields are abandoned, lightly
contaminated properties often found in
economically distressed areas that are
returned to economically thriving, com-
Notable Achievement
in Awards Ceremony
continued from page 1

   Since Superfund National Notable
Achievement Awards were first estab-
lished in the late 1980s, the program
has expanded to recognize the grow-
ing emphasis on teamwork, changes in
the Superfund program, and the con-
tributions  of the entire  hazardous
waste management family. All 10 EPA
Regions participate in the Awards pro-
gram. In his closing remarks, Walt
Kovalick, Director of the Technology
Innovation Office, presented a Quar-
terly Customer Service Award to Ann
Eleanor for her hard work and many
years of coordinating the awards cere-
mony.
munity hubs. Since 1993, EPA has taken
significant steps to clean up brownfields
and return them to  productive use,
awarding over $157 million in grants to
cities,  counties, tribes, states, non-prof-
its and educational institutions nation-
wide.  A recent study found that  for
every  acre of brownfields reused,  4.5
acres of greenspace are saved.
   For more  information about EPA's
brownfields program, go to www.epa.
gov/brownfields.


Brownfields 2002
Call for  Presentations
K you are interested in submitting a pre-
sentation for the Brownfields 2002 Con-
ference (November 13-15,2002 in Char-
lotte, NC), visit the conference website
at www.brownfields 2002.org. Abstracts
are due May  15. The website includes
full conference information,  as well as
submittal forms and tips on effective
presentations.


2002 National EPA
Community
Involvement
Conference
The 2002 Conference is shaping up to
be one of the  best yet! With more than
300 participants expected, the confer-
ence planning committee has be work-
ing since last October to make this an
event  to remember. The agenda fea-
tures  three outstanding keynote pre-
senters, three field trips, 42 concur-
rent   sessions,   and  six  training
sessions! There's something for every-
one, with sessions such as "Launching
Community Involvement at the Port-
land  Harbor Superfund Site," and
"What I Wish My Attorney and Project
Manager Knew About Public Partici-
pation." To register, go to www.epan-
cic.org or for additional information,
please contact Helen DuTeau at 703-
603-8761 or at duteau.helen@epa.gov.
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November 13-15,2002
Brownfields 2002: "Investing in the
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Charlotte, NC
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