Office of Site Remediation Enforcement (2271 A) Washington, DC 20460 Summer 2003 EPA300-N-03-007 Issue #13 United States Environmental Protection Agency cleanupne 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 8 _ CleanupNews is a quarterly newslet- ter highlighting hazardous waste cleanup cases, policies, settlements and technologies. 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 continued on page 2 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 continued on page 2 (SB Printed on recycled paper ------- 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 2 cleanup 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. ------- 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. Want to save paper? Note: Joining the listserv does not automatically cancel your hard copy subscription. Send hard copy subscription change requests to cleanup 3 ------- 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. cleanup 4 ------- 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). £ 75 o 0) 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. continued on page 7 cleanup 5 ------- (ft •c o o 0) 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. cleanup ------- RCRA, continued from page 5 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- (ft 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. deanupnews 7 ------- £ 73 o August 12-15,2003; RCRA National Meeting Washington, DC August 20-22,2003; ASTSWMO Federal Facilities Symposium: Portland, OR Contact: Dania Rodriguez, (202)624-5973, September 14-17,2003; Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers 2003 National Conference. 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