Office of Site Remediation
                            Enforcement (2271 A)
                            Washington, DC 20460
                               Summer 2003
                               EPA300-N-03-007
                               Issue #13
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Superfund News         3
CIP Proposed for Hudson River

Highlights             4
Ombudsmen Title Changed
MOU with GSA

Environmental Indicators     5
Top Companies Commit to Els
RCRA CA Conference Held

In the Courts           6
Amendments for Indian Bend Wash
Settlement for Ithaca Gun

Tidbits              7
Growing a Greener America
Real Estate Development Training
Calendar
Glossary
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      Horinko, Johnson to Serve
      EPA Acting Administrator
      and  Deputy Administrator
            On July 10, 2003, President
            Bush  announced that
            Marianne Horinko, Assis-
      tant Administrator of the Office of
      Solid Waste and Emergency Re-
      sponse, had been selected to serve
      as Acting Administrator. Stephen
      Johnson was selected to serve as her
      Acting Deputy Administrator. Prior
      to his selection as Deputy, Mr.
      Johnson was the Assistant Adminis-
      trator of the Office of Prevention, Pes-
      ticides  and  Toxic  Substances
      (OPPTS).  Horinko and Johnson will
      serve in the interim posts until the
      Bush administration nominates
      candidates for the permanent posts
      and the candidates are confirmed by
      the Senate.
 The selections follow the resigna-
tions and departures of Administra-
tor Governor Christie Todd Whitman
and Deputy Administrator Linda
Fisher. Whitman, who served as Ad-
ministrator for two-and-a-half years,
resigned effective June  27, 2003, cit-
ing a desire to return to her family in
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                            Anacostia  River
                            Selected as Pilot for
                            Urban  Rivers
                            Restoration  Initiative
           At the Anacostia Community
           Rowing Center in Washington,
           DC on April 21, 2003, EPA
      Administrator Christie Whitman and
      the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers an-
      nounced that the Anacostia River had
      been selected as a pilot project for the
      Urban Rivers Restoration Initiative.
      The  designation  will result in  a
$50,000 grant to fuel ongoing restora-
tion efforts. Anacostia was selected be-
cause of current initiatives and future
plans for the river including wetland
restoration  and reforestation,
brownfields redevelopment, and par-
ticipation from private and public
stakeholders. A number of projects
are already underway, including the
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Horinko, Johnson, continued from page 1
New Jersey.  Whitman's resignation
letter listed Bush administration ac-
complishments in  achieving cleaner
air, purer water, and more protected
land.  She highlighted recent  "long-
overdue" brownfields legislation, the
Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act of
2002, among the  Administration's
most significant achievements.  On
June 26, 2003,  one day  prior to
Whitman's departure, Linda Fisher,
her Deputy Administrator,  also re-
signed.  Fisher  thanked President
Bush for the opportunity to serve and
said she was "proud to have been a
member of this team." Fisher served
as Acting Administrator for two weeks
following Whitman's departure.
  Like Whitman,  Horinko believes
strongly in Brownfields redevelop-
ment through innovation, flexibility,
andpartnerships. Horinko is credited
with doubling the funding for the
Brownfields program during her ten-
ure with OSWER.  Her priorities as
AA of OSWER included homeland se-
curity and emergency response, the One
Cleanup Program, the Land Revital-
ization  Initiative,  and the Resource
  Conservation Challenge.  Horinko
  was called to leadership shortly af-
  ter her Senate confirmation as As-
  sistant Administrator  of OSWER.
  She oversaw EPA's emergency re-

  "Marianne has the strength,
  leadership, and character to be
  a very effective Acting
  Administrator."
      — Former Acting
  Administrator, Linda Fisher

  sponse at the World Trade Center
  and the Pentagon following the Sep-
  tember 11th attacks. She also coordi-
  nated the effort to remediate anthrax
  contamination at the Hart Senate
  Office Building.  This past year, she
  assisted with the Agency's coordi-
  nated response with the  Federal
  Emergency  Management Agency
  (FEMA) and the National Space
  and Aeronautical Administration
  (NASA) to  the  Columbia  Space
  Shuttle tragedy.
   Prior to joining EPA, Horinko was
  President  of Clay Associates,  Inc.
  During the first Bush administration,
she was Attorney Advisor to Don
Clay,  who was  then  AA  for
OSWER.  She also served as  an
attorney at Morgan, Lewis &
Bockius LLP.  Johnson has been
with EPA for two decades, serving
a number of roles in OPPTS includ-
ing Deputy Director of the Office of
Pesticide Programs and Assistant
Administrator.
  Fisher  spoke highly  of both
Horinko and Johnson saying that
she has been "privileged to work
with both of these individuals dur-
ing their distinguished tenures at
EPA."   She added that they will
"provide dedicated leadership for
the agency in the coming months."
  With the leadership shifts, Barry
Breen has been selected  to serve
as the Acting Assistant Adminis-
trator of the Office of Solid Waste
and Emergency Response. Prior to
his selection as AA of OSWER,
Barry Breen served as Principal
Deputy Assistant  Administrator
of OSWER.
For additional information, contact
Dr. Richard W. Popino,
(202) 564-5136.
Anacostia, continued from page 1

planned development of a riverwalk to
link communities along the water with
the District of Columbia; $1.3 billion
in modifications to the sewer system
that will significantly reduce sewer
overflows; and the ongoing activities of
the Anacostia Watershed Toxics Al-
liance.  This alliance is  an existing
partnership of 25 private  and public
partners and EPA with an interest in
addressing the  contaminated sedi-
ments in Anacostia. The pilot project
funding will be used to enhance wet-
land  restoration partnerships and
brownfields revitalization.
  The Urban River Restoration Initia-
tive was launched as part  of the

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EPA Administrator Whitman and DC
Mayor Anthony Williams at Anacostia
River pilot announcement.

 Agency's broad new Land Revitaliza-
 tion Initiative action agenda. The ini-
tiative joins the efforts of EPA and
USAGE in restoring and revitalizing
urban rivers to the benefit of the sur-
rounding communities. The Anacostia
is one of eight river projects receiving
funding through the initiative.
  The 8-mile Anacostia River, which
flows into DC from the east and joins
the Potomac River just  south of the
city, is part of the complex Chesa-
peake Bay watershed.   The river is
heavily contaminated with polychlo-
rinatedbiphenyls (PCBs), pesticides,
heavy metals, and raw sewage from a
number of sources.

For additional information, contact
Nicholas DiNardo, (215) 814-3365.

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Community  Involvement   Plan
Proposed  for  Hudson  River
       EPA's Region 2 office made
       public the proposed Community
       Involvement Plan  (CIP) for
the Hudson River PCBs Superfund
site. EPAisreviewingpubliccomments
from the comment  period,  which
closed May 28, 2003, and will modify
the plan as needed. EPA anticipates
finalizing the CIP by the end of Au-
gust.  The majority of public com-
ments have concerned the  proposed
membership of the Community Ad-
visory Group (GAG). The GAG pro-
vides stakeholders an opportunity to
discuss their needs and  concerns
about site design and the cleanup de-
cision-making process and  allows
EPA to hear andconsider community
input on the design and impacts of
the selected remedy.
  EPA's community involvement pro-
gram for Hudson  River has two ma-
jor elements:  frequent interaction
with communities and a notable EPA
presence via the Hudson River Field
Office  (HRFO).  EPA located the
HRFO in Ft. Edward, NY—the dredg-
ing project area—in direct  response
to the communities' need for easy in-
formation access and meaningful in-
teraction with EPA staff and man-
agement. The HRFO will  carry out
many of the CIP activities and serve
as a central point to interact with EPA
officials and receive information from
the public on the project, and as a re-
source to the public for information
on current and future site activities.
The CIP provides an unprecedented
array of communication tools for dis-
seminating information to the public
and receiving feedback on  decisions
and activities that have the greatest
potential impact on the community.
The plan proposes that EPA provide
regular updates through additional
sources including the Hudson River
web site, media, newsletters, up-
dated fact  sheets, and quarterly
progress reports. In addition, EPA will
 "[EPA is] committed to public
participation at every phase
through an open process that
encourages affected communities
and interested organizations to
provide  input on the critical
issues related to the cleanup. "
 — Region 2 Administrator,
              Jane Kenny

promote public education and aware-
ness about the project by distributing
information at community events, giv-
ing project site tours, and providing edu-
cational materials to schools. The "Ask
EPA" program is an informal Q&Atool
by which citizens can submit questions
to EPA and EPA can  identify and  an-
swer commonly-asked questions. Also.
citizens will be able to contact EPA by
email or toll-free phone, or, if they wish
to file a complaint, they can contact the
Region 2 Ombudsmen. Public comment
periods and stakeholder group meet-
ings will also afford the public an addi-
tional opportunity to provide feedback.
  The CIP responds to the public's con-
cerns about the selected remedy, such as
concerns that the PCB-contamination in
sediments could be re-suspended in  the
water through dredging. Other concerns
addressed more day-to-day issues like the
potential for excess noise and odor from
the dredging. The communities have ex-
pressed true interest in involvement in
the process and asked that EPA make
the process "transparent" and clearly ex-
plain how the community can help make
decisions. They also requested "plain lan-
guage" technical documents and sufficient
advance notice of meetings so they can
adequately prepare to participate.
  The Hudson River PCBs Superfund
site cleanup is  one of the most highly
publicized cleanups in EPA history.
mainly due to the size of the site,  the
number of communities impacted and
the $500 million cleanup cost. The site
encompasses a nearly  200-mile stretch
of the Hudson River and includes com-
munities in 14 counties in New York
and two in New Jersey. The remedy
selected is targeted environmental
dredging of approximately 2.65 mil-
lion cubic yards of PCB-contaminated
sediments from a 40-mile stretch of
the Upper Hudson River. Dredging
will be conducted over a six year pe-
riod, in two phases, consistent with
the February 2002 Record of Decision
(ROD) and the EPA-developed engi-
neering performance standards. The
Upper Hudson cleanup will lower the
risks to people, fish, and wildlife in
both the Upper and Lower  Hudson
River. General Electric Company (GE).
the potentially responsible party.
and EPA recently reached a  draft
agreement on the site cleanup design.
Under the draft Consent Order GE will
develop detailed approaches to remove
sediment, transport and dispose ma-
terial, and replace the  habitat in
dredged areas. GE is also agreeing to
pay EPA $15 million in partial reim-
bursement for past costs and up to
$13 million for costs associated with
EPA's design work and oversight of
GE's design work.  The public com-
ment period on the draft design work
plans incorporated in the Consent
Order closed July 2, 2003.
  The Community Involvement Plan.
a fact sheet, and email update sign-
up are available through the Hudson
River PCBs Superfund website at
http://www.epa.gov/hudson/.

For additional information, contact Dave
Kluesner, Region 2, (212) 637-3653 or
kluesner.dave@epa.gov.

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Regional  Ombudsmen  Title
Changed,  Responsibilities  Defined
       On June 13, 2003, the Office of
       Solid Waste and Emergency
       Response (OSWER) concurred
with several Office of Inspector Gen-
eral (OIG) recommendations for the re-
gional ombudsmen program.  OIG's
recommendations for modifying the
ombudsmen program were in response
to a July 2001 General Accounting Of-
fice (GAO) report on the programs. The
March 2003 OIG report  mirrored
GAO's concerns about using the title
"ombudsmen" to describe the role be-
ing carried out in the regions. The
American Bar Association and several
professional ombudsmen associations
define an ombudsmen as someone who
operates independently from the or-
ganization he or she is investigating
and can therefore maintain impartial-
ity and confidentiality. This separa-
tion is crucial, they assert, in that
ombudsmen handle both work-
place disputes and complaints
about the organization from the
public. A review of the program
found that few regional ombuds-
men held positions independent
from the Agency. OSWER decided
that the title "Regional Ombuds-
men" should be changed to "Re-
gional Public Liaison" to more ac-
curately reflect the  role these re-
gional personnel play. OSWER has
also agreed to develop guidelines to
clarify the responsibilities of the
regional public liaison position.
 The regional ombudsmen pro-
gram was developed in 1995 as an
off-shoot of EPA's  national om-
budsmen program.  Over the past
several years, both the national
and regional ombudsmen programs
have been under review by GAO. A
July 2001 GAO report found that it
would be difficult for regional ombuds-
men to maintain impartiality given
their dual roles as ombudsmen and
Agency personnel. Only two regions
have full-time ombudsmen, the rest
have personnel who serve as ombuds-
men in addition to other roles within the
Agency. OIG's response to the GAO re-
port indicated that most regions did not
have a sufficient number of complaints
to warrant full-time ombudsmen inde-
pendent of the Agency. Most regional
ombudsmen reported that their om-
budsmen duties accounted for less
than 20 percent of their total workload.

For additional information, contact
Laurie May, OSWER, (202) 566-1918.
Memorandum  of  Understanding
Signed  with  General  Services
Administration
       On May 29, 2003, Marianne
       Horinko, then Assistant
       Administrator for the Office
of Solid Waste and Emergency Re-
sponse (OSWER), signed a Memoran-
dum of Understanding (MOU) with
the General Services Administration
(GSA) strengthening the existing part-
nership on brownfields development
between the two agencies.  Paul
Chistolini, deputy commissioner of the
Public Buildings Service of GSA.
signed the MOU on behalf of GSA.
 As part of the agreement, EPA and
GSA agreed to work together to iden-
tify federal real properties that are
potential brownfields and accelerate
their cleanup and reuse; encourage
public and private partnerships
and information sharing; highlight
the connections between cleanup
and economic development (which
will include a campaign to inform
states, tribes, and communities of
innovative real property disposal
tools); and develop performance
measures to assess the environ-
mental, economic, and social im-
pacts of redevelopment.
 As the federal government's ex-
pert on real estate and disposal.
GSA brings real estate expertise
(including transactions, insurance.
and financing) to the partnership
that will smooth the assessment
and purchasing processes. With
GSA's involvement, EPA hopes to
achieve more effective cleanups by in-
tegrating the cleanup, real estate trans-
actions, and redevelopment efforts.
  GSA was an early partner in the
brownfields revitalization effort, join-
ing with 27 other organizations as
part of the Brownfield Federal Part-
nership in 1997.  Since the partner-
ship formed, GSA has played a sig-
nificant  role  by  identifying
underutilized federal properties that
are candiates for revitalization.

For additional information, contact
LaKisha Odom in the Office of
Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment,
(202) 566-2772.
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Top   Companies   Commit  To   Achieve
Environmental   Indicators
By Diane Bartosh, Office of Solid Waste

       Controlling human exposure
       and the migration of
       contaminated groundwa-
ter are the Environmental Indica-
tors (Els) EPA uses to evaluate and
report the requirements of the Gov-
ernment Performance and Results
Act (GPRA). The Corrective Action
Program of the Resource Conser-
vation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
developed Els to respond to Con-
gress and report to the public on
RCRA-regulated facilities.
  To encourage industry to achieve
their Els, EPA created the "Environ-
mental Indicator Pledge." Companies
that take the pledge agree to meet both
Els at their facilities by 2005. On June
24, 2003  at the RCRA National Cor-
rective Action Conference, eight ma-
jor companies stepped up and took the
 Companies that have agreed to
 meet Environmental Indicators:
   ChevronTexaco
   ConocoPhillips
   Delphi Corporation
   ExxonMobil
   General Motors
   Occidental Chemical Corporation
   Crompton Corporation
  pledge. By 2005, EPA hopes to con-
  trol human exposure at 95 percent of
  the highest priority facilities and
  control groundwater migration  at
  70 percent of the highest priority fa-
  cilities. To date, 844 facilities (i.e.,
  49 percent of the highest priority Cor-
  rective Action sites) have achieved
   both environmental indicators. To
   accomplish the 2005 goal, EPA and
   industry must work together to de-
   velop innovative tools and complete
   construction of remedies.
    EPA is working with pledge sign-
   ers and others to ensure the El de-
   termination information for RCRA
   facilities is accurate, successful ap-
   proaches are shared, technical guid-
   ance is provided promptly,  and
   RCRA cleanup goals receive na-
   tional attention. Since El measures
are the future of Corrective Action, EPA
is already considering the next step.
EPA is working with companies  that
have met both Els to help them move
to the "next level"—revitalizing and re-
using their sites as  Brownfields or
through parceling  (i.e., redeveloping
parts of idle properties).
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RCRA Corrective Action  Conference  Held
      The 2003 RCRA National
      Corrective Action Conference
      was held in New Orleans,
LA, June 24 and 25, 2003. The con-
ference theme— "Progress, Vision,
and Success"—and agenda focused
on past successes and future goals
of two high priority issues for the
RCRA Corrective Action program:
environmental indicators and re-
use.
  Marianne Horinko, then Assis-
tant Administrator of OSWER,
opened the conference by applaud-
ing companies that had recently
signed the "Environmental Indica-
tor Pledge"—a commitment to achieve
both the human health and groundwa-
ter environmental indicators by 2005.
The pledge signers  include:  BP,
ChevronTexaco, ConocoPhilips, Delphi
Corporation, ExxonMobil, General Mo-
tors, Occidental Chemical Corporation.
and Crompton Corporation. Horinko ex-
pressed the hope that the demonstrated
AA of OSWER Horinko presenting award to
BP at RCRA CA Conference
  leadership of these companies would
  drive more companies on the Govern-
  ment Performance Results Act baseline
  to "take the pledge." (See top of page).
  At an awards reception on Tuesday
  night, Horinko presented Environ-
  mental Indicator Awards to three
  leaders that had shown leadership
  in meeting El goals:  General Mo-
  tors, Region 3, and Texas. She also
  honored Universal Sand Lake
  Road, Regions 1 and 5, and Arkan-
  sas for streamlining corrective ac-
  tion by focusing on results over pro-
  cess to successfully move corrective
  action forward.
    Steve Shimberg, Deputy Assis-
  tant Administrator for the Office of
  Enforcement and Compliance As-
  surance, also provided opening re-
  marks, talking about the role of en-
  forcement in meeting the 2005 El
  goals. Mr. Shimberg stressed the
need for "smart enforcement," which
is using the most appropriate enforce-
ment or compliance tools to address
the  most  significant problems to
achieve the best outcomes. In the con-
text of the El goals, Mr. Shimburg said,
this means the use of innovative as well
as traditional enforcement options.

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Consent Decree
Amended for
North Indian
Bend Wash

  On June 5, 2003, an amendment to
the consent decree for Indian Bend
Wash, North, Superfund Site in
Scottsdale, Arizona was entered by
the U.S. District Court for the District
of Arizona. The amendment states
that Motorola, Inc., Siemens Corpora-
tion, SmithKLine Beecham, Inc., the
Salt River Project, and the  City of
Scottsdale will implement the ground-
water remedy, including the construc-
tion of three water treatment plants
and upgrades to an existing plant. The
additional treatment plants and modi-
fications to the existing plant are nec-
essary to contain the groundwater
plumes and restore the aquifer. Also.
the parties will be responsible  for the
operations and maintenance  under
EPA oversight. In the original consent
decree, operations and maintenance
were voluntary. The City of Scottsdale.
which first identified the groundwa-
ter contamination in 1981  in city
drinking water wells, was included as
a party under Rule 19 of the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedures. Rule 19 al-
lows non-liable parties to be included
if their presence in a suit is deemed
necessary or if they have a vested in-
terest in the outcome. The City is not
a liable party.
  The original consent decree was en-
tered in 1991.  It required the respon-
sible parties to conduct a supplemen-
tal study and  allowed for an amend-
ment if additional cleanup costs were
incurred or EPA determined that ad-
ditional cleanup was necessary.  In
2001, EPA issued an amended Record
of Decision (ROD) and stated that
aquifer restoration was necessary
since  the City of Scottsdale uses it
for drinking water. The ROD also
concluded that the volatile organic
compound (VOC) contamination was
not contained and was potentially mi-
grating north,  endangering another
city's water supply. The remedy out-
lined in the  ROD and required
through the amended consent decree
is protective of human health and the
environment.

For additional information, contact
Michelle Benson, Region 9,
(415) 972-3918.

                                                   Correction:
                                                   The CleanupNews Spring 2003
                                                   article "EPA Concurs with
                                                   Consent Decree for Mattiace
                                                   Petrochemical" indicated that
                                                   Marianne Horinko signed the
                                                   Consent Decree on behalf of
                                                   OSWER. The Consent Decree
                                                   was signed by J.P. Suarez,
                                                   Assistant Administrator of the
                                                   Office of Enforcement and
                                                   Compliance Assurance (OECA).
                                                Settlement and
                                                PPA Entered for
                                                Ithaca Gun

                                                 Following a public comment period.
                                                a CERCLA Section 122(h) settlement
                                                and prospective purchaser agreement
                                                were finalized on June 6, 2003 for
                                                Ithaca Gun Superfund Site in Ithaca.
                                                New York. Through the CERCLA Sec-
                                                tion 122 (h) settlement agreement, the
                                                City of Ithaca will reimburse EPA
                                                $150,000 of the  cleanup costs, and
                                                State Street Associates, LP II, which
                                                owns several former Ithaca Gun Com-
                                                pany buildings at the site, will pay
                                                $165,000. As part of the prospective
                                                purchaser agreement, the prospective
                                                purchaser, Fall Creek Redevelopment.
                                                has agreed to pay EPA $50,000. The
Fall Creek payment will allow
EPA to recoup some of the value
added to the property as a result
of the federal cleanup.  The prop-
erty has been recently appraised
at $170,000. The redevelopment
company plans to redevelop the
property and is considering con-
verting the original factory build-
ings into office space.
  The original Ithaca Gun Com-
pany manufactured shotguns and
other firearms at the site begin-
ning in 1880.  These manufactur-
ing processes contributed to lead-
contaminated soils at the site.  The
gun manufacturer declared bank-
ruptcy in 1985. The company that
currently operates under the name
"Ithaca Gun Company" purchased
the company name from Ithaca
Gun but did not contribute to the
site contamination and has there-
fore not been named a potentially
responsible party.
  The site is located in a pictur-
esque area of New York's Finger
Lakes. The area of contamination
is on a steep slope; when it was
determined that contamination
was migrating down the slope into
the nearby Falls  Creek area, a
popular fishing and swimming
area, EPA selected an aggressive
remedy to eliminate the source.
Since August 2000, EPA has re-
moved over 1,000 tons of lead-con-
taminated soil. The Agency used a
vacuum removal process, which is
more expensive and time-consum-
ing than conventional excavation
methods.  Roughly 2,300 tons of
soil are planned to be removed to
protect human health and the
environment.

For additional information, contact
George Shanahan, Region 2, (212)
637-3171.
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He encouraged the Regions to use
enforcement authorities and tools
where appropriate to address Els and
final clean-up.
  Panel discussions on the first day of
the conference focused on how EPA can
ensure that industry meets the envi-
ronmental indicators. The discussion
revolved around several changes that
need to take place including stream-
lining processes, culture change, and
more effective communication between
all parties (industry, the states, the
regions, and EPA).  During the after-
noon panel discussions, industry lead-
ers,  EPA, and state officials covered
groundwater and vapor intrusion, two
topics of interest to the environmental
indicator effort.
  The second day of the conference em-
phasized revitalization strategies.
One panel presentation provided in-
novative tools for site cleanups  and
highlighted the new One Cleanup Pro-
gram initiative.  Industry leaders, in-
cluding BP, and state officials pre-
sented case studies of successful revi-
talization efforts. In another afternoon
session, the State of New Jersey de-
scribed their "cluster" approach to
brownfields redevelopment.  Using
this approach, several adjacent
brownfields properties are managed/
revitalized together to achieve effi-
ciency with technical aspects (e.g..
sampling and plume  definition), ad-
ministration (e.g., one case manager
is responsible for all properties),  and
communication.  This is a community-
led program where the community
drives the  redevelopment effort.  The
community-led Casper, Wyoming BP
refinery redevelopment was also high-
lighted. At this site,  a kayak course
has been developed alongside a new
golf course and office park.
  The conference proceedings will be
available soon on the RCRA Correc-
tive Action "What's New" website at
http://www.nationalcaconf.com. Other
conference  materials will also be avail-
able, including a draft fact sheet on
vapor intrusion and environmental in-
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dicators, an EPA Region 6 "Ready for
Reuse" Program fact sheet, and a
groundwater cleanup approach ex-
ample sheet.  The groundwater
cleanup approaches are consistent
with the September 2001 Handbook
of Groundwater  Protection  and
Cleanup Policies for RCRA Corrective
Action and subsequent updated ver-
sion  (released September 2002).

For additional information about the
conference, contact Rick Ehrhart,
Region 6, ehrhart.richard@epa.gov.


Brownfields 2003
Focusses  on
"Growing  a
Greener America"

  The next annual brownfields confer-
ence, Brownfields 2003: Growing a
Greener America, will be held in Port-
land, Oregon, October 27-29, 2003.
The conference offers all with an in-
terest in brownfields—including fed-
eral  and state officials, developers.
consultants, community representa-
tives, and interested citizens—an op-
portunity to learn about innovative
approaches, existing and planned
brownfields projects, and brownfields-
related policy issues.  The conference
agenda includes plenary and panel
sessions, mobile workshops, and Mar-
ketplace of Ideas roundtables on a va-
riety of issues.  There will be a Town
Meeting Plenary Session, moderated
by NPR's Science and Technology Re-
porter Ira  Flatow, where conference
participants can ask brownfields
questions of expert panel members.
Also, the 2003 Phoenix Award win-
ners  will be honored and their
brownfields projects showcased. Hun-
dreds of companies, organizations.
and federal and state agencies will
have  display booths in the Exhibit
Hall throughout the conference.
  Online registration, conference
agenda and information, and  exhibi-
tor registration materials are avail-
able through the conference website at
http://www.brownfields2003.org. Reg-
istration for the conference is free. In
the weeks before the conference, the
conference website will include a new
feature, Personal Scheduler, which will
allow participants to create a list of
events they wish to attend from the
conference agenda.

For additional information, contact Bill
Mitchell, ICMA, (202) 962-3581.
Real Estate
Development
Training for
Government
Regulators

  A new two-day training course of-
fers government regulators (especially
personnel involvedin brownfields re-
development) a valuable introduction
to real estate  development. Course
topics include  a basic introduction to
real estate  development, financing
and valuation, a private sector view
of government intervention, the devel-
opment model, and project manage-
ment.  Participants receive hands-on
training  through  case studies and
small  group discussions. The mate-
rial is presented by experienced pro-
fessionals  in  real  estate  and
brownfields,  including developers
and finance experts.
  The training course is offered in a
different location roughly every month.
The next training course is scheduled
for  New  York, August 5-6,  2003.
Courses have  been proposed for At-
lanta  in  September  and Seattle in
October.  Contact Bonnie Casper at
(703) 603-7152 to confirm dates and
locations and to register.

For additional information, contact
Bonnie Casper,  (703) 603-7152.
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          RCRA National Meeting
          Washington, DC
August 20-22,2003;
ASTSWMO Federal Facilities
Symposium:
Portland, OR
Contact: Dania Rodriguez, (202)624-5973,
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          Academy of Certified
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          Dallas, TX
           http://www,kuce,org/achmm/index,html

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          http ://www. astswmo, org

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          Brownfields 2003
          Portland, OR
           http;//«ww,brownfields2003,org

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          National Registry of
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          Orlando, FL
           http://wvwnrep.ffg/conference/
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