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                                                 100R84106
          U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
                    Strategic Planning
                 and Management System

              Fourth Quarter FY 1984 Report
                                   Office of Management Systems
                                       and Evaluation
                                      September 30.1984
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                  U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

                         Strategic Planning and
                           Management System

                     Fourth Quarter 'FY 1984 Report

                                PREFACE
This is the fourth quarter and end of year FY 1984 report of EPA's
Strategic Planning and Management System (SPMS).  It portrays a year
of strong performance all across the Agency, in the Regions and
Laboratories and at Headquarters.  In almost all program areas, we
meet or exceeded the ambitious targets set at the beginning of the year.

SPMS integrates the Agency's planning and management functions.  It
provides a process for setting systemwide goals and priorities, issuing
timely guidance from the Headquarters programs to the Regions and
States, and conducting results-oriented program evaluation and oversight.
Each quarter the Office of Management Systems and Evaluation (OMSE)
publishes the report using information provided by Headquarters and
Regional Offices.  It reports performance during the previous quarter
on program objectives and management commitments in support of the
Agency's major goals.  The Office of Compliance Analysis and Program
Operations (CAPO) is responsible for the enforcement sections of this
report, except for the section reporting on performance within the
Office of Compliance and Enforcment Monitoring.

We gratefully acknowledge the assistance and cooperation of the many
people in Headquarters and in the Regions who have made timely production
of this report possible.

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                           TABLE  OF  CONTENTS
OFFICE                                                   PAGE

OFFICE OF AIR AND RADIATION  	   1

OFFICE OF WATER  	  29

OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE
  AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE  	  61

OFFICE OF PESTICIDES AND
  TOXIC SUBSTANCES  	  79

OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT
  AND COMPLIANCE MONITORING  	 116

OFFICE OF RESEARCH
  AND DEVELOPMENT 	 121

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION  AND
  RESOURCES MANAGEMENT  	 129

OFFICE OF POLICY, PLANNING
  AND EVALUATION	 143

OFFICE OF GENERAL
  COUNCIL 	 147

OFFICE OF EXTERNAL
  AFFAIRS 	 151
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                      OFFICE OF AIR AND RADIATION







                           TABLE OF CONTENTS







GOAL                                                     PAGE










ENFORCEMENT 	    2







STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIP WITH STATES  	    6







MEETING PROGRAM COMMITMENTS  	   14







DEVELOPING AND REVIEWING CRITICAL REGULATIONS  	   19







IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF EPA SCIENCE  	   25







MANAGING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESULTS 	   27
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                           ENFORCEMENT

        PROGRESS IN RETURNING AIR VIOLATORS TO COMPLIANCE
OVERALL, THE REGIONS CAME VERY CLOSE TO MEETING THEIR  END-OF-YEAR
FIXED UNIVERSE TARGET FOR ADDRESSING SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS  HAVING
ADDRESSED 269 VERSUS A TARGET OF 271.  OF THE 269 ADDRESSED,  126
WERE RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE, 51 WERE PLACED ON ACCEPTABLE SCHEDULES,
AND 92 HAD FEDERAL OR STATE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS UNDERWAY BY THE  END
OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

-  MOST REGIONS MISSED THEIR COMMITMENT TO RESOLVE ALL SOURCES BY
   EITHER ONE OR TWO SOURCES (THESE SOURCES GENERALLY  HAVE  SIP
   REVISIONS OR PSD PERMIT REVISIONS PENDING), BUT SINCE REGION  V
   EXCEEDED ITS COMMITMENT BY NINE SOURCES, THE NET DEFICIT WAS  TWO
   SOURCES.

THE REGIONS IDENTIFIED 171 NEW SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS DURING THE
FOURTH QUARTER (44 OF THESE WERE THE RESULT OF EXPANSION OF THE
SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS DEFINITION).  THE TOTAL FOR NEWLY IDENTIFIED
SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS FOR THE YEAR WAS 420.  THIS IS AN ALL-TIME
HIGH FOR THE PROGRAM, AND IS AN INDICATION OF THE IMPROVED  EFFECTIVE-
NESS OF THE COMPLIANCE MONITORING PROGRAM.

-  REGIONS I, III, V, AND VIII COMBINED IDENTIFIED 122 NEW  VIOLATORS
   DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER.

THE END-OF-YEAR BALANCE SHEET FOR SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS SHOWS 326
SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR AND 420
NEWLY IDENTIFIED VIOLATORS.  THIS IS BALANCED AGAINST  299 RESOLVED
(INCLUDING 191 IN COMPLIANCE WITH EMISSION LIMITS AND  108 ON
ACCEPTABLE SCHEDULES), AND 447 SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS  (INCLUDED IN
THIS TOTAL ARE THOSE IDENTIFIED DURING FY 84) STILL OUT OF  COMPLIANCE
AND NOT ON ACCEPTABLE SCHEDULES.

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       PROGRESS IN RETURNING AIR VIOLATORS TO COMPLIANCE
                       As Of September 30,1984
REDUCTION OF SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS
   PENDING AS OF OCTOBER 1, 1983
                            ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY THROUGH
                                   FOURTH QUARTER
 350-1
                         500-1
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          °N ACCEPTABLE SCHEDULES
          SUBJECT TO ENFORCEMENT ACTION
          PENDING ACTION
                              •INCLUDES SOURCES ON ACCEPTABLE SCHEDULES
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                           ENFORCEMENT

                    AIR COMPLIANCE INSPECTIONS

COMPLIANCE INSPECTION RATES FOR CLASS Al SIP  (90%), NSPS  (88%), AND
NESHAP (87%) SOURCES CONTINUED TO SHOW STEADY IMPROVEMENT THROUGH THE
FOURTH QUARTER (INSPECTION RATES REPORTED IN THE FIRST QUARTER SPMS
REPORT WERE 79% FOR CLASS Al SIP, 71% FOR NSPS, AND 62% FOR NESHAP).

-  AS NOTED ABOVE, OVERALL NATIONAL PERFORMANCE WAS VERY GOOD.  OF
   PARTICULAR NOTE WERE THE IMPROVEMENTS MADE BY REGIONS  II, V, VI,
   VII, AND VIII.

-  AN INDIVIDUAL REGIONAL ANALYSIS OF COMPLIANCE INSPECTION RATES
   DOES INDICATE THAT THE RATES FOR ALL THREE CATEGORIES OF SOURCES
   IN REGIONS III AND X NEED FURTHER ATTENTION.  THE RATES IN THESE
   TWO REGIONS HAVE SHOWN LITTLE IMPROVEMENT OR HAVE ACTUALLY DECLINED.

THE COMPLIANCE RATE FOR NSPS (90%) AND NESHAP (92%) DECLINED SLIGHTLY
DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER (THE RATES WERE 91% FOR NSPS AND 94% FOR
NESHAP IN THE THIRD QUARTER).  THE COMPLIANCE RATES FOR CLASS Al SIP
REMAINED STABLE AT 91%.

-  THE COMPLIANCE RATES REPORTED IN THE FIRST QUARTER SPMS REPORT
   WERE 89% FOR CLASS Al SIP, 86% FOR NSPS, AND 93% FOR NESHAP.
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REPORTED COMPLIANCE LEVELS

           91%
           90%
           92%
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                  STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIP WITH STATES

                  ANTITAMPERING/FUEL SWITCHING PROGRAM

o  ALL FOURTH QUARTER  MILESTONES WERE MET.

   -  REGION II  IMPLEMENTED ONE PROGRAM.

   -  REGIONS IV AND VI  ESTABLISHED ROUTINE FUEL  STATION ENFORCEMENT
      PROGRAMS FOR  TWO AREAS.

   -  REGIONS I,  IV, IX,  AND X INITIATED PROGRAM  DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY FOR
      12 PROGRAMS.
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                           As Of September 30, 1984
               NEW PROGRAMS
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                 STRENGTHENING  PARTNERSHIP WITH STATES

                  NEW SOURCE  PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND
        NATIONAL EMISSION  STANDARDS  FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS

o  BY THE END OF THE FOURTH QUARTER,  OVERALL DELEGATION OF NSPS DECREASED
   FROM 95% TO 92%.  THIS  WAS DUE  TO ADDITION OF NEWLY APPLICABLE NSPS
   CATEGORIES.  OVERALL NESHAPS DELEGATION REMAINED UNCHANGED AT 95%

   - REGIONS IV, V, VI, VIII  AND IX  HAVE 100% DELEGATION OF APPLICABLE
     NESHAPS.

   - REGIONS V AND VI ALSO HAVE 100% DELEGATION OF APPLICABLE NSPS.

   - REGION VII REMAINS SIGNIFICANTLY BEHIND OTHER REGIONS WITH 67%
     DELEGATION OF NSPS AND 71% DELEGATION OF NESHAPS.  KANSAS HAS NOT
     ASSUMMED AUTHORITY FOR ANY NSPS OR NESHAPS ENFORCEMENT.
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            DELEGATION STATUS OF NSPS AND NESHAPS
                    As Of September 30,1984
      100-r*
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V   VI
REGIONS
VII   VIII
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                 STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIP WITH STATES
                PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION

o  AS ANTICIPATED, NO NEW PSD DELEGATION OCCURRED DURING THE FOURTH
   QUARTER.

   - FINAL DELEGATIONS FOR KANSAS, COLORADO, MARICOPA COUNTY (AZ), AND
     IDAHO ARE ON HOLD IN HEADQUARTERS PENDING RESOLUTION OF THE STACK
     HEIGHTS POLICY.  THESE WERE INITIALLY TARGETED FOR DELEGATION THIS
     YEAR.

   - MOST REMAINING DELEGATIONS ARE PROJECTED TO OCCUR DURING FY 1985.
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                    DELEGATION  STATUS OF PSD
                      As Of  September  30,  1984
                                                                                PA    AZ   CA   NV
                                                                                       STATES
II    III    IV
                                  V    VI

                                  REGIONS
                                   VII   VIII   IX
 Selected local agencies with Independent authority :

 PA - Allegheny Co. Philadelphia
 AZ - Mancopa Co. Plma Co
 CA - Boy Area DM. Kern Co. San Diego Co. So Coast Dlst. Ventura Co
 NV - Clark Co. Washoe Co

 Exclusions : Region II - PR.VI; Region VIII - SO;
	Region IX - GU. AS. TT	
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                                                                             CH NONE	11
                                                                             EZ3 PARTIAL	10
                                                                             tJB FULL	39
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                                                                                DELEGATION IN FY-84
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                 STRENGTHENING  PARTNERSHIP WITH STATES


AIR TOXICS CLEARINGHOUSE

o  WORK ON THE AIR TOXICS  CLEARINGHOUSE IS ON SCHEDULE.

   - FIFTH ISSUE OF CLEARINGHOUSE  NEWSLETTER WAS PUBLISHED.

   - INTERIM REPORT SUMMARIZING DATA SUBMITTED TO CLEARING HOUSE BY  STATE
     AND LOCAL AGENCIES WAS  PREPARED ON SCHEDULE.

o  REGIONS PROVIDED OAR STATUS  REPORTS OF GRANT COMMITMENTS FOR AIR  TOXICS.
   OAR WILL PREPARE A NATIONAL  SUMMARY REPORT DURING FIRST OUARTER,  FY  1985,


NATIONAL AIR AUDIT SYSTEM

o  DRAFT NATIONAL REPORT WAS PREPARED ON SCHEDULE AND REVIEWED BY REGIONS
   AND STAPPA/ALAPCO.  FINAL REPORT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED IN NOVEMBER,  1984.


AEROMETRIC INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM (AIRS)
o  FUNCTIONAL STATEMENT  FOR  FACILITY PROCESSING SUBSYSTEM WAS NOT
   COMPLETED AS SCHEDULED.

   -  RESOURCES WERE  NOT AVAILABLE TO CONTINUE DEVELOPMENT WORK WITHOUT
      JEOPARDIZING COMPLETION  OF AIR QUALITY PROCESSING SUBSYSTEM.

   -  PROJECT IS DELAYED PENDING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
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                      MEETING  PROGRAM COMMITMENTS

           PERCENT OF SIP  REVISIONS  PROCESSED ON TIME

O  OVERALL, 93% OF SIP ACTIONS WERE  PROCESSED ON TIME DURING THE
   FOURTH QUARTER.

o  REGIONS PROCESSED 95% OF  THEIR SIP ACTIONS ON TIME.  ONLY EIGHT
   OF 175 REGIONAL SIP ACTIONS EXCEEDED THE FIVE-MONTH TARGET.

o  HEADQUARTER1S FOURTH QUARTER SIP  PROCESSING RATE IMPROVED TO 91%
   ON TIME.
      EIGHTY-ONE OF 107 SIP  ACTIONS  WERE PUBLISHED WITHIN THE
      TWO-MONTH TARGET.
   -  SIXTEEN OF THE 26 LATE SIP ACTIONS ARE ON HOLD PENDING
      RESOLUTION OF THE NRDC SUIT AND THE STACK HEIGHTS AND EMISSIONS
      TRADING POLICIES.
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                         PERCENT OF SIP REVISIONS
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                         As Of September 30, 1984
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                        301
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               RIGIONS (TARCM - 5 M0"> )
                                               TARGET
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                                            930%
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                                                   # ACTIONS ON HOLD: 16
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                      MEETING PROGRAM COMMITMENTS

                          SPECIAL ACTION  SIPS

1982 OZONE/CO SIP ACTIONS

o  REPROPOSED SIP ACTIONS;  FINAL ACTION  ON  11  OF  22  REPROPOSED SIPS WAS
   COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE FOURTH QUARTER.

   -  1 SIP ACTION NOT SUBMITTED BY  STATE (ALASKA).
   -  REGIONS SUBMITTED 12 OF THE 22 SIPS TO HEADOUARTERS FOR ACTION.
      HEADQUARTERS COMPLETED 11 OF THE  12 SIPS  SUBMITTED BY THE REGIONS.

o  SIP COMPLETION SCHEDULES;  THE ONE SCHEDULED COMMITMENT DUE DURING
   THE FOURTH QUARTER WAS MET.

   -  NEW JERSEY ADOPTED NEEDED CHANGES IN ITS  I/M RULE.
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                      MEETING  PROGRAM COMMITMENTS
                           SPECIAL ACTION SIPS
PART D NONEXTENSION AREA  SIPS:

o  FOR THE SIX AREAS  LACKING  SIPS,  OAR AND OGC EXPECT TO PUBLISH A
   NATIONAL NOTICE PROPOSING  SANCTIONS BY THE END OF 1984.  HOWEVER,
   OAR DOES NOT ANTICIPATE  PROMULGATING SANCTIONS AS LONG AS PLANS ARE
   COMPLETED WITHIN A YEAR.

O  FOR THE NINE AREAS FACING  SANCTIONS FOR SERIOUS OUTSTANDING SIP
   CONDITIONS, CORRECTIVE ACTION  IS UNDERWAY.

   -  4 SIP PROPOSALS ARE UNDERGOING HEADQUARTERS REVIEW.
   -  2 SIP PROPOSALS ARE EXPECTED  IN HEADOUARTERS IN OCTOBER.
   -  3 SIP PROPOSALS WERE  HELD UP  BY A COURT DECISION; REGION WILL WITH-
      DRAW AND REPROPOSE.

LEAD SIPS:
   GOOD PROGRESS WAS MADE  ON  LEAD SIPS.
   HAVE BEEN MET BY HEADOUARTERS.
ALL 15 FOURTH QUARTER COMMITMENTS
o  FIFTEEN OF 18 REGIONAL  COMMITMENTS WERE MET.

   -  TENNESSEE PLAN NEEDS CLEARANCE BY STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
   -  MEMPHIS PLAN LACKS NEW SOURCE REVIEW PROVISIONS.
      EL PASO PLAN WAS APPROVED  EXCEPT FOR ONE COMPLIANCE DATE.  PROPOSED
      FEDERAL PLAN EXPECTED TO BE PUBLISHED IN NOVEMBER 1984.

O  EPA APPROVED OVERDUE PLANS FOR SOUTH DAKOTA AND WYOMING.
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                       MEETING  PROGRAM COMMITMENTS
           IMPLEMENTATION  OF  I/M PROGRAMS FOR EXTENSION AREAS
O  START DATES WERE  MET  FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE I/M PROGRAMS  DUE TO
   BEGIN OPERATION DURING  FY 1984.

o  TWO OF THE FOUR COMMITMENTS FOR I/M PROGRAM START-UP  DURING THE
   FOURTH QUARTER WERE MET.

   -  IDAHO PROGRAM  BEGAN  OPERATION DURING THE QUARTER.
   -  TEXAS PROGRAM  BEGAN  OPERATION IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.
      NASHVILLE  (TN)  PROGRAM EXPECTED TO BEGIN OPERATION
      JANUARY 1, 1985.
   -  176(a) SANCTIONS NOTICE FOR MEDFORD (OR) WAS PROPOSED SEPTEMBER 11,1984
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             DEVELOPING  AND REVIEWING CRITICAL REGULATIONS
O  OAR MADE GOOD PROGRESS  ON  ITS REGULATORY COMMITMENTS FOR THE  YEAR.
   ACCOMPLISHMENTS  INCLUDE:

   -  7 OF 8 PROPOSALS  AND 5  OF 7 PROMULGATIONS OF NSPS.
   -  1 OF 2 PROPOSALS  AND 5  OF 7 PROMULGATIONS (3 WITHDRAWALS)  OF  NESHAPS
   -  3 OF 5 LISTING  DECISIONS FOR HAZARDOUS POLLUTANTS.
   -  2 OF 3 PROPOSALS  AND 0  OF 2 PROMULGATIONS OF NAAOS REVISIONS.
      0 OF 1 PROPOSAL AND  1 OF 2 PROMULGATIONS OF RADIATION STANDARDS.
   -  2 OF 2 PROPOSALS  AND 1  OF 1 PROMULGATION OF MOBILE SOURCES STANDARDS,

O  FIVE STANDARDS WERE  PROPOSED OR PROMULGATED DURING THE  FOURTH OUARTER.

   -  PROPOSED NSPS FOR VOLATILE ORGANIC LIOUID STORAGE.
   -  FINAL NSPS FOR  PETROLEUM DRY CLEANERS.
   -  FINAL DETERMINATION  FOR RADIONUCLIDES NESHAPS.
   -  PROPOSED MOBILE SOURCES STANDARDS FOR HEAVY DUTY DIESEL  PARTICULATES
      AND NITROGEN OXIDES  EMISSIONS.
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             DEVELOPING  AND REVIEWING CRITICAL  REGULATIONS




         NEW SOURCE  PERFORMANCE STANDARDS  (PRIORITY CATEGORIES)
STANDARD
VOL STORAGE
IND. BOILERS (PM, NOX )
SOCMI DISTILLATION
ONSHORE PROD. (VOC, SO2 )
POLYMERS & RESINS
FIBERGLASS
1C ENGINES
SOCMI-AIR OXIDATION
PROPOSAL
F.R. DATE
11/83
(7/84)*
2/84
(6/84)*
10/83
(12/83)*
10/83
(1/84)*
1/84
1/84
(2/84)*
7/79
10/83*
FINAL
F.R. DATE
3/85
6/85
2/85
2/85
5/85
4/85
10/83
1/85
STATUS
PROPOSED 7/23/84.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
CLOSED 10/84.
FINAL PUBLICATION DUE 7/85.
FINAL PKG. TO WORKGROUP
ON SCHEDULE.
PROPOSAL ON HOLD PENDING
CIPS BUBBLE.
SC CLOSURE 9/84.
ON INDEFINITE HOLD.
SCHEDULE REVISED;
RESOURCES SHIFTED TO
ARSENIC STD. FINAL DUE 6/85
*ACTUAL DATE
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             DEVELOPING  AND REVIEWING CRITICAL REGULATIONS




         NEW SOURCE  PERFORMANCE STANDARDS (PRIORITY  CATEGORIES) (CONT'D)
STANDARD
METALLIC MINERALS
SYNTHETHIC FIBERS
PET. DRY CLEAN
VINYL FILM
RUBBER TIRES
PET. REFINERY EQUIP.
LEAKS
NON-METALLIC MINERALS
PROPOSAL
F.R. DATE
7/82
10/82
10/82
1/83
1/83
1/83
8/83
FINAL
F.R. DATE
12/83
(2/84)*
2/84
(4/84)*
3/84
(9/84)*
4/84
(6/84)*
5/84
3/84
(5/84)*
11/84
STATUS
COMPLETED.
COMPLETED.
PROMULGATED 9/21/84.
COMPLETED.
ON HOLD PENDING CIPS
BUBBLE.
COMPLETED.
SCHEDULE REVISED;
RESOURCES SHIFTED TO
ARSENIC STD. FINAL
DUE 7/85.
* ACTUAL DATE
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             DEVELOPING AND  REVIEWING CRITICAL REGULATIONS




           OAR SCHEDULE FOR  PY  1984  PROPOSAL AND PROMULGATION
STANDARD
| PROPOSAL
| F.R. DATE
FINAL
F.R. DATE
STATUS
        NATIONAL EMISSION  STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS
BENZENE-COKE OVEN.
BENZENE RECISION (3)
BENZENE FUGITIVES
COKE OVENS
LOW AND HIGH ARSENIC
ASBESTOS W.P.
1/84
(6/84)*
1/84
_ ..
5/84
7/83*
7/83*
3/85
5/84
(6/84)*
1/84
(6/84)*
10/85
8/84
9/84
(4/84)*
FINAL DUE 10/85.
COMPLETED
COMPLETED
REVISED SCHEDULE;
PROPOSAL DUE 9/85.
RECOMBINED; FINAL
DUE 4/85.
COMPLETED.
                 NATIONAL  AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS
CARBON MONOXIDE
PARTICULATE MATTER
NITROGEN DIOXIDE
SULFUR DIOXIDE
—
3/84*
10/83
(2/84)*
7/84
6/84
2/85
9/84
6/85
NOTICE OF INTENT
PUBLISHED 8/84.
COMMENT PERIOD
EXTENDED TO 11/84.
FINAL COMPLETED
MID-LEVEL REVIEW 9/84.
DELAYED FOR ADDITIONAL
WORK ON RIA.
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           OAR SCHEDULE  FOR FY 1984 PROPOSAL AND PROMULGATION
STANDARD
PROPOSAL
F.R. DATE
FINAL
F.R. DATE
STATUS
                           RADIATION STANDARDS
RADIONUCLIDES NESHAP
LOW LEVEL WASTE DISPOSAL
HIGH LEVEL WASTE
DISPOSAL
4/83
8/84
12/82
12/83
6/85
12/83
FINAL DETERMINATION
NOT TO REGULATE
MADE 10/84.
SECOND OPTIONS
SELECTION MTG. DUE
11/84.
FINAL OFF SCHEDULE FOR
MULTIPLE DELAYS; NOW
DUE 12/84.
                         MOBILE SOURCE STANDARDS
HD DIESEL
HD NOX
LD DIESEL POST.
5/84
(10/84)*
5/84
(10/84)*
12/82
5/85
5/85
1/84*
PROPOSED 10/15/84.
PROPOSED 10/15/84.
COMPLETED.
*ACTUAL DATE
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             DEVELOPING AND  REVIEWING CRITICAL REGULATIONS
                           POLLUTANT ASSESSMENT
O  BY THE END OF THE  FOURTH  QUARTER,  THREE OF THE 20-25 LISTING  DECISIONS
   DUE BY THE END OF  1985  WERE MADE.

   -  DECISIONS NOT TO  LIST  TOLUENE OR POM AS HAZARDOUS POLLUTANTS  WERE
      PUBLISHED.
   -  COKE OVEN EMISSIONS  WERE LISTED AS HAZARDOUS AND NESHAPS DEVELOPMENT
      IS UNDERWAY.

O  OAR IS BASICALLY ON  SCHEDULE FOR THE REMAINING LISTING DECISIONS,  BUT
   THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR  DELAYS ON HEALTH ASSESSMENT DOCUMENTS  IN  THE
   SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD  REVIEW PROCESS IN THE EVENT OF SCIENTIFIC
   CONTROVERSIES OR INTRODUCTION OF NEW DATA.

O  OAR IS WORKING CLOSELY  WITH SAB AND ORD TO ENSURE ADHERENCE TO  THE
   CURRENT SCHEDULES.
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                   IMPROVING  THE  QUALITY OF EPA SCIENCE

AIR QUALITY MODELS GUIDANCE

O  OMB HAS DELAYED REVISED GUIDANCE SINCE JUNE 1984.

AIR TOXIC EMISSION FACTORS

o  AIR EMISSION FACTORS  DOCUMENTS FOR THREE POTENTILLY TOXIC SUBSTANCES
   WERE SCHEDULE FOR THE FOURTH  QUARTER.

   -  CHROMIUM DOCUMENT  WAS  COMPLETED ON SCHEDULE.
   -  DOCUMENTS FOR ETHYLENE OXIDE AND EPICHLORHYDRIN WERE DEFERRED TO
      FY 1985.

O  PEER REVIEW OF  FIVE ADDITIONAL CHEMICALS WAS COMPLETED AS SCHEDULED
   DURING THE FOURTH OUARTER.
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                  IMPROVING THE QUALITY  OF  EPA SCIENCE

        TIMELY REPORTING OF NATIONAL AIR MONITORING SYSTEM (NAMS) DATA
             AND STATE/LOCAL AIR MONITORING SYSTEM (SLAMS) DATA

o  ABOUT 80% OF NAMS DATA WERE REPORTED  WITHIN THE 90-DAY TARGET:

   -  81% OF DATA FROM CONTINOUS ANALYZERS.
   -  78% OF DATA FROM 24-HOUR INTEGRATED SAMPLERS.
   -  84% OF DATA FROM PRECISION AND ACCURACY REPORTING ORGANIZATION.

o  REGIONS I, II, III, AND VI RECEIVED OVER 80% OF THEIR DATA ON TIME.

o  OVERALL, 82% OF ANNUAL SLAMS REPORTS  WERE SUBMITTED ON TIME.

   -  REGIONS I, III AND IV RECEIVED 100% OF THEIR REPORTS ON TIME.
   -  REGIONS VII, VIII, AND IX RECEIVED LESS THAN THREE-FOURTHS OF THEIR
      REPORTS ON TIME.
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                    MANAGING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESULTS






AIR TOXICS MONITORING






O  THE AIR TOXICS AMBIENT MONITORING PLAN WAS COMPLETED  ON  SCHEDULE



   AND WAS SUBMITTED ALONG WITH THE COMPANION STRATEGY DOCUMENT IN
                       *


   JUNE, 1984.






o  THE STRATEGY AND MONITORING PLAN HAVE BEEN USED AS BUDGET BACKGROUND



   DOCUMENTS TO SUPPORT  FY 1986 BUDGET REQUESTS FROM OAR AND ORD.






O  THESE DOCUMENTS  WILL  BE REVISED AS NEEDED IN MID-FY 1985 TO


   INCORPORATE FINDINGS  FROM THE AIR TOXICS STUDY AND FOLLOW UP WORK.



   THE UPDATED DOCUMENTS WILL PROVIDE A BASIS FOR PREPARING AND REVIEWING



   THE FY 1987 BUDGET  REQUEST.
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ENFORCEMENT 	;	   30







MEETING PROGRAM COMMITMENTS 	   40







DEVELOPING AND REVIEWING CRITICAL  REGULATIONS  	   52







DELEGATION TO STATES 	   56
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                              ENFORCEMENT
                NPDES ENFORCEMENT COMPLIANCE INSPECTIONS

0  NATIONALLY,  3,069 or 89% OF THE 3,463 EPA AND STATE INSPECTIONS
   TARGETED FOR MAJOR INDUSTRIALS IN FY 1984 WERE COMPLETED BY THE END
   OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

   -  REGIONS I, VI, AND IX CONSIDERABLY EXCEEDED THE NATIONAL AVERAGE
      WITH 161%, 128%, AND 105% OF THEIR RESPECTIVE END-OF-YEAR TARGETS.

   -  REGIONS II, III, AND VIII WERE CONSIDERABLY BELOW THE NATIONAL
      AVERAGE WITH 67%, 59% AND 58% OF THEIR RESPECTIVE END-OF-YEAR-
      TARGETS.

0  NATIONALLY,  5,364 OR 120% OF THE 4,475 EPA AND STATE INSPECTIONS
   TARGETED FOR MAJOR MUNICIPALS AND MINOR P.L. 92-500 MUNICIPALS IN FY
   1984 WERE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
   -  REGIONS I AND VI CONSIDERABLY EXCEEDED THE NATIONAL AVERAGE WITH
      432% AND 156% OF THEIR RESPECTIVE END-OF-YEAR TARGETS.  REGION  I
      REPORTS THAT THEIR STATES CONDUCTED 1,469 MUNICIPAL INSPECTIONS
      AGAINST AN END-OF-YEAR TARGET OF 228.

   -  REGIONS II, III, V, VIII, AND X WERE CONSIDERABLY BELOW THE
      NATIONAL AVERAGE WITH 76%, 70%, 78%, 76%, AND 65% OF THEIR
      RESPECTIVE END-OF-YEAR TARGETS.
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           NPDLS LNFORCEMENT COMPLIANCE INSPECTIONS
                    As Of September 30, 1984
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                              ENFORCEMENT
                        NPDES COMPLIANCE STATUS
                           MAJOR INDUSTRIALS
0  94% OF THE 3,958 MAJOR INDUSTRIAL PERMITTEES HAVE COMPLETED THE
   CONSTRUCTION NEEDED TO ACHIEVE THE FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS IN THEIR
   EXISTING PERMITS AND ARE CONSIDERED TO BE "ON FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS."

0  6% NEED CONSTRUCTION TO MEET THEIR FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS AND ARE "ON
   CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES AND/OR INTERIM EFFLUENT LIMITS."

0  THE OVERALL COMPLIANCE RATE FOR MAJOR INDUSTRIALS WAS 93%:

      6% WERE IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE WITH FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS.
   -  <1% WERE IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE WITH CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES.
   -  <1% WERE IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE WITH INTERIM EFFLUENT LIMITS
      ALTHOUGH NOT SIGNIFICANTLY VIOLATING ANY CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES.

0  THE COMPLIANCE RATE FOR MAJOR INDUSTRIALS ON FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS
   WAS 94% AGAINST A 93% TARGET.

   -  WITH THE EXCEPTION OF REGION III TARGETS AND THE EPA TARGET IN
      REGION VIII, ALL OTHER REGIONS ACHIEVED THEIR TARGETS FOR EPA AND
      DELEGATED STATES.  THE MISSED TARGETS REPRESENT 37 FACILITIES ON
      A BASIS OF 3710 FACILITIES.

0  THE COMPLIANCE RATE FOR MAJOR INDUSTRIALS ON CONSTRUCTION
   SCHEDULES/INTERIM EFFLUENT LIMITS WAS 90%.

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                            NPDES COMPLIANCE STATUS
                               MAJOR INDUSTRIALS
                              As of September 30, 1984
       ON FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS
                             ON CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE/INTERIM
                             EFFLUENT LIMITS
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NUMBER                                    PERCENT
   234  |Bi SNC WITH FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS       6%
    9      SNC WITH CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE     <1%
    17  QI5I SNC WITH INTERIM EFFLUENT LIMITS     <1%
  3,698  I   I NOT IN SNC                       93%
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                           ENFORCEMENT
               REDUCING NUMBER OF MAJOR INDUSTRIALS
                   IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE

NATIONALLY, THERE WERE 255 MAJOR INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES  IN  SIGNIFICANT
NONCOMPLIANCE (SNC) WITH FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS AT THE START  OF  FY 1984,

-  164 FACILITIES HAD RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE BY THE  END OF THE  FISCAL
   YEAR AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS HAD BEEN TAKEN AGAINST  89  OTHERS.
-  NATIONALLY, OW ACHIEIVED 99% OF ITS END-OF-YEAR  SNC  REDUCTION
   TARGET - MISSING THE TARGET BY 1 FACILITY.

NATIONALLY, THERE WERE 36 MAJOR INDUSTRIAL  FACILITIES  IN  SIGNIFICANT
NONCOMPLIANCE (SNC) WITH CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES/INTERIM EFFLUENT
LIMITS AT THE START OF FY 1984.

-  24 FACILITIES HAD RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE BY  THE  END  OF THE FISCAL
   YEAR AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS HAD BEEN TAKEN  AGAINST  11 OTHERS.

-  NATIONALLY, OW ACHIEVED 97% OF ITS END-OF-YEAR SNC  REDUCTION
   TARGET — MISSING THE TARGET BY 1 FACILITY.

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                     NPDES COMPLIANCE STATUS

                         MAJOR MUNICIPALS

62% OF THE 3,690 MAJOR MUNICIPAL PERMITTEES HAVE COMPLETED THE
CONSTRUCTION NEEDED TO ACHIEVE THE FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS  IN THEIR
EXISTING PERMITS AND ARE CONSIDERED TO BE "ON FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS."

38% NEED CONSTRUCTION TO MEET THEIR FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS AND ARE
"ON CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES AND/OR INTERIM EFFLUENT LIMITS."

THE OVERALL COMPLIANCE RATE FOR MAJOR MUNICIPALS WAS 86%:

-  7% WERE IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE WITH FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS.
-  1% WERE IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE WITH CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES.
-  6% WERE IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE WITH INTERIM EFFLUENT LIMITS
   ALTHOUGH NOT SIGNIFICANTLY VIOLATING ANY CONSTRUCTION  SCHEDULES.

OW EXCEEDED ITS COMPLIANCE RATE TARGET OF 87% FOR MAJOR MUNICIPALS
ON FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS BY ACHIEVING 89%.

-  REGIONS I, II, IV, VI, VII, IX, AND X ACHIEVED THEIR EPA AND
   DELEGATED-STATE TARGETS.  THE MISSED TARGETS REPRESENT 26 FACILITIES
   ON A BASE OF 2291 FACILITIES.

THE COMPLIANCE RATE FOR MAJOR MUNICIPALS ON CONSTRUCTION  SCHEDULES/INTERIM
EFFLUENT LIMITS WAS 81%.

THE COMPLIANCE RATE FOR MAJOR AND MINOR P.L. 92-500 FACILITIES ON
FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS WAS 89% FOR EACH AGAINST AN 88% TARGET.
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                       NPDES COMPLIANCE STATUS
                            MAJOR MUNICIPALS
                          As of| September 30, 1984
        ON FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS
                           ON CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE/INTERIM
                           EFFLUENT LIMITS
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              NUMBER
                 251  Mi SNC WITH FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS
                  48      SNC WITH CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE
                 215  mil SNC WITH INTERIM EFFLUENT LIMITS
3,176 I   "I NOT IN SNC
PERCENT
  7%
  1%
  6%
  86%
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                           ENFORCEMENT
               REDUCING NUMBER OF MAJOR MUNICIPALS
                   IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE
NATIONALLY, THERE WERE 282 MAJOR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES IN SIGNIFICANT
NONCOMPLIANCE (SNC) WITH FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS AT THE START OF  FY  1984.

-  148 FACILITIES HAD RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE BY THE END OF THE  FISCAL
   YEAR AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS HAD BEEN TAKEN AGAINST 131 OTHERS.

-  NATIONALLY, OW ACHIEVED 97% OF ITS END-OF-YEAR SNC REDUCTION
   TARGET.  THE MISSED TARGET REPRESENTS ONLY 3 FACILITIES.

NATIONALLY, THERE WERE 421 MAJOR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES IN SIGNIFICANT
NONCOMPLIANCE (SNC) WITH CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES/INTERIM EFFLUENT
LIMITS AT THE START OF THE FY 1984.

-  173 FACILITIES HAD RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE BY THE END OF THE  FISCAL
   YEAR AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS HAD BEEN TAKEN AGAINST 232.

-  NATIONALLY, OW ACHIEVED 96% OF ITS END-OF-YEAR SNC REDUCTION
   TARGET.  WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE TARGETS FOR EPA IN REGIONS VI
   AND VIII AND THE DELEGATED-STATE TARGETS IN REGION II,  III,  AND
   IX, ALL REGIONAL AND DELEGATED-STATE TARGETS WERE MET OR EXCEEDED.
   THE MISSED TARGETS REPRESENT ONLY 16 FACILITIES OUT OF A BASE OF
   421.

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                      MEETING  PROGRAM  COMMITMENTS

                    CONSTRUCTION  GRANTS  OBLIGATIONS

O  NATIONALLY, GROSS OBLIGATIONS  WERE  126%  OF THE END-OF-YEAR
   TARGET — ABOVE THE EXPECTED RANGE  OF +  15%.

   -  TWO REGIONS, II AND  IV,  MET THEIR  GROSS OBLIGATION TARGETS
      WITHIN THE + 15% WINDOW.

   -  ALL OTHER REGIONS  EXCEEDED  THE WINDOW.

O  REGIONS I, III, IV, VI, VII, VIII,  IX AND  X ACHIEVED 126%, 141%, 144%,  127%
   123%, 143%, 138% AND  129% OF THEIR  RESPECTIVE OBLIGATION TARGETS.

o  THE REGIONS WERE ADVISED NOT TO RESTRAIN OBLIGATIONS TO MEET COMMITMENTS,
   BUT TO BE SURE INCREASED OBLIGATIONS  WERE  GOING TO HIGH OULAITY PROJECTS.
                       CONSTRUCTION GRANTS OUTLAYS

O  NATIONALLY, OUTLAYS WERE  95%  OF THE END-OF-YEAR TARGET, WITHIN THE
   EXPECTED RANGE OF +_ 5%.

O  ALL REGIONS WORKED  CLOSELY  WITH HEADQUARTERS TO ENSURE THE AGENCY'S
   SUCCESS IN ACHIEVING  ITS  OUTLAY ALLOWANCE AS ESTABLISHED WITH OMB.
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                      MEETING PROGRAM COMMITMENTS

             CONSTRUCTION GRANTS ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLETIONS

o  NATIONALLY, OW ACHIEVED 106% OF ITS FOURTH QUARTER  TARGET FOR
   ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLETIONS.

   -  REGIONS III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, AND X EXCEEDED  THEIR TARGETS,
      ACHIEVING 103%, 124%, 102%, 111%, 103%, 126%  AND 149%  RESPECTIVELY.

   -  REGIONS I, II, AND IX ACHIEVED 90%, 95% AND 96%  OF THEIR RESPECTIVE
      TARGETS.

                 CONSTRUCTION GRANTS PROJECT CLOSEOUTS

o  NATIONALLY, OW ACHIEVED 122% OF ITS FOURTH QUARTER  TARGET FOR
   PROJECT CLOSEOUTS.

   -  REGIONS I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII AND  IX  EXCEEDED THEIR
      TARGETS, ACHIEVING 112%, 104%, 107%,  140%, 103%, 147%, 143%,  165%,
      AND 118% RESPECTIVELY.

      REGIONS X ACHIEVED 98% OF ITS RESPECTIVE CLOSEOUT  TARGET.

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                      MEETING PROGRAM COMMITMENTS

                     INDUSTRIAL REPERMITTING  BY  EPA


o  NATIONALLY, EPA REISSUED 425 PERMITS  IN  FY 1984, EXCEEDING THE
   END-OF-YEAR TARGET OF 384 BY 41.  REGION X ACHIEVED 147% OF ALL ITS
   TARGET AND ALL OTHER REGIONS MET OR EXCEEDED  THEIR END-OF-YEAR TARGETS,
   EXCEPT FOR REGIONS II AND IV WHICH ACHIEVED 71%  AND 98% OF THEIR
   RESPECTIVE TARGETS.

                       MUNICIPAL REPERMITTING BY EPA

O  NATIONALLY, EPA REISSUED 221 PERMITS  IN  FY 1984, EXCEEDING THE END-OF-YEAR
   TARGET BY 20.  REGIONS I, IV, VI AND  X WERE THE  BEST PERFORMERS,
   ACHIEVING 100%, 123%, 160% AND  100% OF THEIR  RESPECTIVE END-OF-YEAR
   TARGETS.

                       NEW PERMITS ISSUED BY  EPA

O  NATIONALLY, EPA HAD 216 NEW NPDES PERMIT APPLICATIONS ON HAND AT
   THE BEGINNING OF FY 1984.  DURING THE YEAR, EPA  ISSUED A TOTAL OF
   156 NEW PERMITS AND RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL 186 NEW APPLICATIONS.  AT
   THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, 215 APPLICATIONS  AWAIT ISSUANCE.

O  OF THE 216 APPLICATIONS ON HAND AT THE BEGINNING OF FY 1984, 9 IN
   REGION VI AND 160 IN REGION X HAD BEEN PENDING MORE THAN 12 MONTHS.
   OF THE 215 ON HAND AT THE END OF THE  YEAR, 4  IN  REGION VI, AND 168
   IN REGION X HAVE BEEN PENDING MORE THAN  12 MONTHS.

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            INDUSTRIAL REPERMITTING  BY THE DELEGATED STATES

o  AT THE START OF FY 1984,  THE  NPDES REPERMITTING BACKLOG FOR DELEGATED
   STATES INCLUDED 1,574 MAJOR INDUSTRIAL PERMITS.  169 ADDITIONAL
   PERMITS EXPIRED DURING  FY 1984  FOR A TOTAL OF 1,743 PERMITS TO BE
   REISSUED.

o  THE STATES REISSUED 527  INDUSTRIAL PERMITS BY THE END OF THE
   YEAR.  THE STATES IN REGIONS  IV,  VII, AND VIII WERE THE BEST PERFORMING
   DELEGATED STATES.  AT THE END OF  THE YEAR THE STATE BACKLOG REMAINS
   AT 1,216 INDUSTRIAL PERMITS.

             MUNICIPAL REPERMITTING  BY THE DELEGATED STATES

o  AT THE START OF FY 1984,  THE  NPDES REPERMITTING BACKLOG FOR DELEGATED
   STATES INCLUDED 717 MAJOR MUNICIPAL PERMITS.  422 ADDITIONAL PERMITS
   EXPIRED DURING FY 1984  FOR  A  TOTAL OF 1,139 PERMITS TO BE REISSUED.

O  THE STATES REISSUED 465  MUNICIPAL PERMITS BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
   THE STATES IN REGIONS IV AND  VIII WERE THE BEST PERFORMING GROUPS
   OF DELEGATED STATES.  AT THE  END  OF THE YEAR THE BACKLOG REMAINS AT
   674 MUNICIPAL PERMITS.

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                      MEETING PROGRAM  COMMITMENTS

                         MUNICIPAL  PRETREATMENT

o  AT THE START OF FY 1984, APPROXIMATELY  1,314 MUNICIPALITIES NEEDED
   APPROVED PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS.   71%  OF THE MUNICIPALITIES NEEDING
   APPROVED PROGRAMS HAD SUBMITTED  AT  LEAST A PORTION OF THEIR PROGRAM
   TO EPA OR THE DELEGATED STATES FOR  APPROVAL.

O  NATIONALLY, EPA AND THE STATES APPROVED 409 OF THE 724 PROGRAMS
   TARGETED FOR APPROVAL BY THE  END-OF-YEAR.

O  ONLY THREE REGIONS, II, IV, AND  IX  MET  THEIR EPA TARGETS.

o  ONLY REGION X MET ITS TARGET  FOR DELEGATED STATES.

O  442 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS CONTAINING  SCHEDULES FOR SUBMITTING PRETREATMENT
   PROGRAMS WERE ISSUED BY THE END  OF  THE  YEAR - 314 BY EPA AND 128 BY
   THE DELEGATED STATES.
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                      MEETING PROGRAM COMMITMENTS
                     301(h) OCEAN DISCHARGE  PERMITS
o  EPA HAS RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 208 APPLICATIONS  FOR 301(h)  WAIVERS.  AFTER
   17 WITHDRAWALS AND 33 FINAL DECISIONS,  158  APPLICATIONS  REMAIN PENDING.

o  EPA MADE FINAL DETERMINATIONS ON 21 APPLICATIONS THIS FISCAL YEAR:
   3 APPLICATIONS WERE APPROVED AND 18 DENIED.

   - REGIONS I, IV, AND X EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS.
   - REGIONS III AND IX DID NOT MEET THEIR TARGETS.

O  FIFTY-THREE INITIAL DECISIONS ON ORIGINAL APPLICATIONS WERE MADE
   THIS FISCAL YEAR.  THREE ADDITIONAL INITIAL DECISIONS WERE MADE ON
   REVISED APPLICATIONS.

   - REGIONS I, II, IX, AND X EXCEEDED THEIR FY  1984 TARGETS.
   - REGIONS III AND IV MET THEIR TARGETS.

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                     301(H) OCEAN DISCHARGE PERMITS
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                                                                  FINAL DETERMINATIONS
                                                                  INITIAL DECISIONS
                                                                  PENDING APPLICATIONS
                                                                  WITHDRAWALS
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             DEVELOPING AND  REVIEWING  CRITICAL REGULATIONS

                           EFFLUENT  GUIDELINES

o  AT THE BEGINNING OF FY  1984,  ELEVEN OF THE ORIGINAL TWENTY-NINE
   EFFLUENT GUIDELINES COVERED BY THE  COURT-ORDERED SCHEDULE STILL
   NEEDED TO BE PROMULGATED.

o  FIVE EFFLUENT GUIDELINES  WERE PROMULGATED DURING FY 1984.  THE
   EFFLUENT GUIDELINE FOR  INORGANIC CHEMICALS (PHASE II) WAS PROMULGATED
   DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER.

o  SIX EFFLUENT GUIDELINES REMAIN TO BE PROMULGATED:

   - PLASTICS MOLDING AND  FORMING
   - FOUNDRIES
   - PESTICIDES
   - ORGANIC CHEMICALS, AND  PLASTICS AND SYNTHETICS
   - NONFERROUS METALS (PHASE  II)
   - NONFERROUS FORMING.

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                    EFFLUENT GUIDELINES SCHEDULE FOR PROPOSAL AND PROMULGATION*




                                      AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1984
Industry
Battery Manufacturing
Coil Coating (Can
Making Segment)
Electrical & Electronic
(Phase II)
Foundries
Inorganic Chemicals
(Phase II)
Nonferrous Metals
Forming
Nonferrous Metals
(Phase I)
Nonferrous Metals
(Phase II)
Organic Chem & Plastics
Pesticides
Plastics Molding and
Forming
NPRM
10/82
1/83

2/83

10/82
9/83

2/84

1/83

5/84

2/83
11/82
2/84

FY '84
ONDJFMAMJJAS
PROMULGATED 2/84.
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                         AS OF JUNE 30, 1984
POLICY OR GUIDANCE DOCUMENT
WATER QUALITY MONITORING
STRATEGY
GUIDANCE FOR MODELLING TOXIC
POLLUTANT IMPACT ON RIVERS AND
STREAMS
GUIDANCE FOR SELECTING 1 , 7 , &
30-DAY PERMIT AVERAGING PERIODS
GUIDANCE FOR SELECTING CRITICAL
DESIGN CONDITIONS FOR STREAM-
FLOW
FINAL
DUE DATE
5/84
9/30/84
9/30/84
1/85
STATUS*
COMPLETED ON SCHEDULE.

COMPLETED AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

COMPLETED ON SCHEDULE.

SECOND DRAFT
COMPLETED ON SCHEDULE.

*BASED ON INTERIM MILESTONES
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                    DEVELOPING AND REVIEWING CRITICAL REGULATIONS
                                 AS OF SEPTEMBER 30,  1984
REGULATION
GENERAL PRETREATMENT
(REMOVAL CREDITS)
BEST CONVENTIONAL
TECHNOLOGY
NPDES (LITIGATION
PKG.)
AMENDMENT TO
SECONDARY TREATMENT
UIC DIRECT

INORGANIC AND ORGANIC
COMPOUNDS «, MICRO-
BIOLOGICAL CONTAMINANTS
REVISION
FLOURIDE REVISION
MCLS FOR VOLATILE
ORGANIC CHEMICALS
DEFINITION OF SIGNIFI-
CANT NONCOMPLIANCE
PROPOSAL
DUE DATE
9/28/82*
12/29/82*
11/18/82*
11/16/83*
9/02/83*

9/30/84
4/15/84
6/12/84
2/20/84
PROMULGATION
DUE DATE
1/15/84
4/30/84
3/01/84
9/30/84
5/11/84*

9/30/85
1/15/85
12/15/84
9/24/84
STATUS
COMPLETED 7/27/84.
SCHEDULE REVISED. FINAL RULE
NOW DUE 3/5/86.
PROMULGATED 9/26/84.
PROMULGATED 9/20/84.
COMPLETED.

SCHEDULE REVISED. NPRM NOW
DUE 6/15/85.
REVISED SCHEDULE FOR NPRM FROM
4/15/84 TO 4/30/85. ASSESSING
MCL TO DETERMINE IF IT REFLECTS
POTENTIAL HEALTH EFFECTS AND
COST OF AVAILABLE TREATMENT
TECHNOLOGIES.
SCHEDULE REVISED DUE TO OMB
DELAYS. FRM NOW DUE 5/15/85.
SCHEDULE REVISED DUE TO OMB
DELAY. FRM NOW DUE 12/14/84.
* ACTUAL COMPLETION DATES.
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                          DELEGATION TO STATES
         STATE UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL  PROGRAMS  APPROVED
o  DURING FY 1984, SEVENTEEN STATES OBTAINED  FULL  PRIMACY,  BRINGING
   THE TOTAL TO 29 STATES.  OW HAD PROJECTED  THAT  32  STATES WOULD
   OBTAIN FULL PRIMACY BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

O  PUERTO RICO, FLORIDA AND OHIO DID NOT ACHIEVE FULL PRIMACY AS
   PROJECTED BY THE END OF FY 1984.

o  SOUTH CAROLINA, RHODE ISLAND, OREGON, WASHINGTON AND NORTH DAKOTA
   OBTAINED FULL PRIMACY DURING FOURTH QUARTER.

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                                                                    CLASS I, III. IV. V WELLS	2
                                                                    CLASS II WELLS	4
                                                                    FULL PRIMACY	29
III    IV
                                  V    VI    VII
                                   REGIONS
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                                                                   •• TARGETED FOR FULL PRIMACY
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                           DELEGATION  TO STATES
                CONSTRUCTION  GRANTS DELEGATION TO STATES
                  AND ASSIGNMENT  TO CORPS OF ENGINEERS
o  AT THE START OF FY 1984,  THE  CONSTRUCTION GRANTS PROGRAM
   WAS 87% DELEGATED, WITH THE PROGRAM DELEGATED 100% IN
   TWENTY STATES.

O  DURING FY 1984, OW INCREASED  DELEGATION FROM 87% TO 91%.  THE TARGET
   WAS 92%.

      68% DELEGATED TO THE STATES.
      23% ASSIGNED TO THE CORPS.

O  OVERALL, OW MET ITS FY 1984 TARGET FOR DELEGATING AND ASSIGNING
   100% OF THE WORKLOAD  IN TWENTY-THREE STATES.  REGIONS I, VII, IX,
   AND X MET THEIR TARGETS FOR TOTAL WORKLOAD DELEGATION.
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                              ENFORCEMENT
                      RCRA INSPECTIONS FOR FY 1984

0  THE RCRA PROGRAM HAS EXCEEDED INSPECTION TARGETS.  A TOTAL OF 3301
   WAS PROJECTED FOR THE YEAR, WITH 4115 COMPLETED.  ADDITIONALLY,
   EARLY STATE DATA FOR SEPTEMBER SHOWS ANOTHER 300 INSPECTIONS BY
   AUTHORIZED AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT STATES.

0  DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER, EPA CONDUCTED A TOTAL OF 300 INSPECTIONS
   OF MAJOR HANDLERS.  THESE WERE 257 "OVERSIGHT" INSPECTIONS AND 43
   "NOT OVERSIGHT" INSPECTIONS.  EPA INSPECTIONS EXCEEDED THE FOURTH
   QUARTER TARGET OF 172 BY 128.

0  AUTHORIZED STATES COMPLETED 1088 INSPECTIONS OF MAJOR HANDLERS IN
   JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST.  THE FOURTH QUARTER TARGET (FOR JULY, AUGUST
   AND SEPTEMBER) WAS 784.

0  COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT STATES COMPLETED 39 INSPECTIONS.  THE TARGET
   FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER IS 72.

0  EPA COMPLETED RECORD REVIEWS FOR 72 MAJOR HANDLERS IN UNAUTHORIZED
   STATES IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.  AUTHORIZED STATES COMPLETED RECORD
   REVIEWS OF 881 MAJOR HANDLERS.

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                           ENFORCEMENT
            PROGRESS IN RETURNING MAJOR RCRA HANDLERS
              WITH CLASS I VIOLATIONS TO COMPLIANCE
AT THE BEGINNING OF FY 1984 THERE WERE 535 MAJOR  HANDLERS  WITH CLASS
I VIOLATIONS (FIXED UNIVERSE).  THE PROGRAM TARGETED  428 OR 80% FOR
ACTION BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

92 CLASS I VIOLATIONS BY MAJOR HANDLERS WERE ADDRESSED  IN  THE FOURTH
QUARTER.

-  53 MAJOR HANDLERS WERE RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE  AND  39  ENFORCEMENT
   ACTIONS WERE INITIATED.

CUMULATIVE RESULTS SHOW THAT  100 MAJOR HANDLERS REMAIN  TO  BE ADDRESSED
BY ENFORCEMENT ACTION ALTHOUGH THE PROGRAM HAS ADDRESSED 7 MORE THAN
TARGETED.  (NOTE THAT STATE DATA FOR SEPTEMBER IS NOT PROVIDED.)

A TOTAL OF 459 MAJOR HANDLERS WITH NEW CLASS  I VIOLATIONS  (DYNAMIC
UNIVERSE) WAS IDENTIFIED THIS QUARTER.  EPA IN UNAUTHORIZED STATES
IDENTIFIED 9 MAJOR HANDLERS AND AUTHORIZED STATES IDENTIFIED 450.
(LAST QUARTER A TOTAL OF 411  MAJOR HANDLERS WITH  CLASS  I VIOLATIONS
WERE IDENTIFIED.)  IN FY 1984 A TOTAL OF  1232 NEW VIOLATIONS WERE
IDENTIFIED.

-  250 MAJOR HANDLERS WITH CLASS I VIOLATIONS IDENTIFIED IN FY 1984
   WERE RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE AND 785 ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS WERE
   INITIATED.

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                           ENFORCEMENT
            SUPERFUND ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY FOR FY  1984

CUMULATIVE FY 1984 RESULTS SHOW A TOTAL OF 167 RESPONSIBLE  PARTY
SEARCHES ACCOMPLISHED BY THE END OF THE YEAR EXCEEDING THE  TARGET OF
119 BY 48.

THROUGH THE END OF THE FOURTH QUARTER, 35 ENFORCEMENT MANAGED RI/FS
WERE INITIATED, EXCEEDING THE CUMULATIVE FY 1984 TARGET  OF  30 BY
5.

36 COST RECOVERY CASES WERE REFERRED TO HEADQUARTERS THROUGH  THE  END
OF THE YEAR EXCEEDING THE CUMULATIVE FY 1984 TARGET OF 27 BY  9.   SIX
OF THESE CASES HAVE RESULTED IN $1,974,000 RECOVERED.

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                           As Of September 30, 1984
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                           ENFORCEMENT
                  SUPERFUND ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY

EPA IS CLASSIFYING NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST (NPL) SITES AS ENFORCEMENT
LEAD OR SUPERFUND LEAD.  TO DATE 540 SITES HAVE BEEN CLASSIFIED:
79 WILL BE FUND FINANCED; 175 WILL BE ENFORCEMENT LEAD; 150 WILL  BE
FUND FINANCED IF NEGOTIATIONS ARE UNSUCCESSFUL; AND 136 WILL  BE
STATE ENFORCEMENT LEAD (WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT OR
FUND INVOLVEMENT).  6 SITES REMAIN TO BE CLASSIFIED.

CURRENTLY, NEGOTIATIONS ARE UNDERWAY WITH THE RESPONSIBLE PARTIES AT
90 SITES.  NEGOTIATIONS WERE CONCLUDED AT 40 SITES DURING THE FOURTH
QUARTER.

DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER, EPA OBTAINED RESPONSIBLE PARTY CLEANUPS
TOTALING $1,100,000 AT 19 SITES.  THESE CLEANUPS WERE REMEDIAL
ACTIONS.  THE PROGRAM DID NOT HAVE DATA AVAILABLE ON RESPONSIBLE
PARTY CLEANUPS FOR REMOVAL ACTIONS.

27 UNILATERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS WERE ISSUED TO RESPONSIBLE
PARTIES THIS QUARTER:  6 FOR REMEDIAL ACTIONS AND 21 FOR REMOVALS.
THE TOTAL THROUGH THE FOURTH QUARTER IS 93 UNILATERAL AOs.

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                      MEETING PROGRAM COMMITMENTS

                            RCRA PERMITTING

o  NATIONALLY, THE REGIONS MADE A TOTAL OF 741 FINAL DETERMINATIONS,
   EXCEEDING THE FY 1984 TARGET OF 730 BY 11.  THE FINAL DETERMINATIONS
   WERE AS FOLLOWS:
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TOTAL

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     45
    493
                  741 (730)*
o  THE REGIONS DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF FOCUSING THEIR RESOURCES  ON  FINAL
   DETERMINATIONS FOR LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES, EXCEEDING  THEIR  FY  1984
   TARGET OF 16 BY 66.                                                    /

o  SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE RCRA PROGRAM IN FY  1982,  284  PERMITS  HAVE,/
   BEEN ISSUED.  OF THAT NUMBER, 203, OR 71%, WERE  ISSUED  IN  FY  1984.
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                       SUPERFUND REMOVAL PROGRAM

O  THE REMOVAL PROGRAM CONTINUED TO EXPAND IN FY 1984 TO ADDRESS THE
   AGENCY'S TOP PRIORITY OF STABILIZING IMMINENT THREATS AT UNCONTROLLED
   HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES.

   -  A TOTAL OF 169 REMOVAL ACTIONS WERE INITIATED DURING THE  FISCAL  YEAR.
      THIS IS A 52% INCREASE OVER FY 1983, WHEN 111 REMOVALS WERE  INITIATED.

   -  A TOTAL OF 178 REMOVALS WERE COMPLETED DURING THE FISCAL  YEAR.   THIS
      IS ALMOST DOUBLE WHAT WAS DONE IN FY 1983, WHEN 92 REMOVALS  WERE
      COMPLETED.

O  MOST OF THE REMOVAL ACTIVITY OCCURRED IN REGIONS III, IV, AND IX, WHERE
   THEY INITIATED 57% AND COMPLETED 62% OF THE REMOVAL ACTIONS.

O  A TOTAL OF $40 MILLION WAS OBLIGATED FOR REMOVAL ACTIVITIES  DURING
   FY 1984, COMPARED TO $24.7 MILLION IN FY 1983.

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                     SUPERFUND REMEDIAL ACTIVITIES


o  EXCELLENT PROGRESS WAS MADE IN THE SUPERFUND REMEDIAL PROGRAM  DURING
   FY 1984.

o  THE REGIONS COMPLETED 655 SITE INSPECTIONS DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER,
   MORE THAN DOUBLING THEIR ACTIVITY IN THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS  (558
   SITE INSPECTIONS).  A TOTAL OF 1213 SITE INSPECTIONS WERE COMPLETED
   FOR THE YEAR.  THE FY 1984 TARGET WAS 1300.

o  DURING FOURTH QUARTER, OVER $63 MILLION WAS APPROVED FOR REMEDIAL
   OBLIGATION BY THE PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS MANAGEMENT  DIVISION
   (PCMD).

o  ACCORDING TO PCMD DATA, THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS WERE  INITIATED AT  NEW
   SITES DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER:

   -  THIRTY REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION/FEASIBILITY STUDIES (RI/FS),
      BRINGING THE FY 1984 TOTAL TO 98.  THIS EXCEEDED THE FY  1984
      TARGET OF 65 BY 33.  (RI/FS WERE INITIATED AT 61 SITES IN FY  1983).

   -  NINE ENGINEERING DESIGNS (ED'S), BRINGING THE FY 1984 TOTAL TO  19.
      THE FY 1984 TARGET WAS 32.  (ED'S WERE INITIATED AT  NINE SITES  IN
      FY 1983.)

   -  SIX INITIAL REMEDIAL MEASURES (IRM'S), BRINGING  THE  FY 1984
      TOTAL TO 10.  THIS EXCEEDED THE FY 1984 TARGET OF EIGHT.
      (IRM'S WERE INITIATED AT 18 SITES IN FY 1983.)

   (NOTE:  FEWER IRM'S WERE INITIATED IN FY 1984 BECAUSE THEY  ARE BEING
           INCORPORATED INTO THE REMOVAL PROGRAM.

   -  THREE REMEDIAL ACTIONS (RA'S), BRINGING THE FY 1984  TOTAL TO  13.   THE
      FY 1984 TARGET WAS 12.  RA'S WERE INITIATED AT FIVE  SITES IN  FY  1983.
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                          DELEGATION TO STATES

                    RCRA-C FINAL STATE AUTHORIZATION

o  FOUR STATES OBTAINED FINAL AUTHORIZATION  IN  FY  1984.   NINE STATES WERE
   ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO OBTAIN FINAL AUTHORIZATION.

o  COLORADO, NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA, UTAH AND  NEVADA MISSED THEIR
   TARGET FOR FINAL AUTHORIZATION DUE TO STATUTORY PROBLEMS  AND/OR DELAYS
   IN REVISING APPLICATIONS BASED ON EPA COMMENTS.

o  THIRTY-EIGHT STATES SUBMITTED DRAFT APPLICATIONS IN  FY 1984.  NEW YORK,
   PUERTO RICO, INDIANA, OHIO, WISCONSIN AND MISSOURI MISSED THEIR TARGET
   DUE TO REGULATORY AND/OR LEGISLATIVE DELAYS  AT  THE STATE  LEVEL.

o  THREE STATES DO NOT INTEND TO ADOPT THE RCRA PROGRAM:  VIRGIN ISLANDS,
   WYOMING AND HAWAII.

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MEETING PROGRAM COMMITMENTS  	  92







DEVELOPING AND REVIEWING CRITICAL REGULATIONS  	 107
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            REGIONAL TSCA COMPLIANCE MONITORING INSPECTIONS

o  BY THE END OF THE YEAR, THE REGIONS COMPLETED 150% OF THE TSCA  INSPECTION
   TARGET.  ALL REGIONS EXCEEDED THEIR END OF YEAR TARGET.  BROKEN DOWN
   BY QUARTER, 50% WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, 44%  IN  THE
   THIRD, 41% IN THE SECOND AND 15% IN THE FIRST.

o  OF THE 4045 TSCA INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED THIS YEAR 50% ARE ASBESTOS-IN-
   SCHOOLS INSPECTIONS, 27% ARE PCB, AND 23% ARE OTHER TSCA INSPECTIONS.

O  REGIONS I, IV, AND X ACCOMPLISHED DOUBLE OR NEARLY DOUBLE THEIR TARGET.
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            REGIONAL TSCA COMPLIANCE MONITORING INSPECTIONS
                        ASBESTOS-IN-SCHOOLS RULE
o  THE REGIONS COMPLETED 1918 (179%) OF THE 1074 TARGETED INSPECTIONS.
   IN THE FOURTH QUARTER 533 INSPECTIONS WERE COMPLETED, 653 IN THE
   THIRD, 529 IN THE SECOND, AND 203 IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

O  REGIONS I, II, IV, AND X ACCOMPLISHED MORE THAN DOUBLE THEIR
   INSPECTION TARGET.

0  OF THE 1918 INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED, 1383 (72%) WERE CONDUCTED UNDER
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                 VIOLATORS RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE
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WERE DETECTED IN 68% (1299) OF THEM.  NOTICES  OF  NONCOMPLIANCE WERE
ISSUED TO 1025 LEAS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS  WERE  ISSUED TO 82
LEAS.  FOR  THE REMAINING 192 LEAS, DETERMINATION OF APPROPRIATE
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             REDUCING NUMBER OF TSCA SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS

   THE REGIONS HAD AN OPTS APPROVED BEGINNING-OF-YEAR  INVENTORY  OF  234
   SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS.  THIS BOY INVENTORY WAS CHANGED BY  REGIONS
   I,  IV, VII AND VIII IN THE FOURTH QUARTER REPORT RESULTING IN A  NEW  BOY
   INVENTORY OF 247.
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             REDUCING NUMBER OF FIFRA SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS

0  THE REGIONS HAD AN OPTS APPROVED BEGINNING OF YEAR  (BOY)  INVENTORY
   OF 257.   THIS BOY INVENTORY WAS CHANGED BY REGIONS  IV,  V  AND VII  IN
   THE FOURTH QUARTER RESULTING IN A NEW BOY TOTAL OF  210.

0  THIS REVISED BOY INVENTORY OF 210 WAS REDUCED BY A  TOTAL  OF 137 OR
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             STATE FIFRA COMPLIANCE MONITORING  INSPECTIONS

   ALL BUT THREE STATES — OHIO, WYOMING AND COLORADO  —  CONDUCT ALL
   INSPECTIONS TO MONITOR COMPLIANCE WITH FIFRA.  THE  STATES  HAVE
   CONDUCTED 51,494 INSPECTIONS, ISSUED 6026 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS AND
   REFERRED 139 CRIMINAL CASES.
0  THOSE REGIONS WITH NON-GRANT STATES — REGIONS V, VII,  AND VIII  —
   HAVE CONDUCTED A TOTAL OF 1473 INSPECTIONS.  THIS REPRESENTS 110% OF
   THE END-OF-YEAR TARGET OF 1337 INSPECTIONS.

0  AS A RESULT OF EPA CONDUCTED FIFRA INSPECTIONS AND  REFERRALS FROM
   THE STATES, EPA HAS ISSUED A TOTAL OF 272 ADMINISTRATIVE  COMPLAINTS
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                    PESTICIDE REGISTRATION  STANDARDS

o  OPTS MET ITS FY 1984 TARGET OF ESTABLISHING  25  REGISTRATION STANDARDS.

o  SINCE THE PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN  1980, STANDARDS HAVE BEEN ISSUED
   COVERING:

   - 3,370 PESTICIDE PRODUCTS OUT OF A UNIVERSE OF APPROXIMATELY 45,000
   - 26% OF THE PESTICIDE USAGE  (BY VOLUME)  IN  THE UNITED STATES
   - 90 PESTICIDE ACTIVE INGREDIENTS OUT OF A TOTAL OF 578.

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                     PESTICIDE  DATA  CALL-IN  LETTERS

O  OPP EXCEEDED ITS YEAR-END TARGET  FOR  PESTICIDE  DATA CALL-IN LETTERS,
   ISSUING 83 AGAINST A TARGET  OF  70.  IN  ADDITION THE PROGRAM BEGAN
   FOCUSING ON GROUND WATER DATA CALL-IN LETTERS,  ISSUING 55 DURING THE
   FISCAL YEAR.

o  TO DATE, NEARLY HALF OF THE  PESTICIDE ACTIVE INGREDIENTS REQUIRING DATA
   CALL-IN LETTERS HAVE BEEN ISSUED  DATA CALL-IN LETTERS (243 OUT OF 500).

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                       PESTICIDE  SPECIAL REVIEWS

o  OPTS PERFORMED WELL IN THE AREA. OF  SPECIAL REVIEWS.  THE PROGRAM
   COMPLETED A TOTAL OF  18 SPECIAL REVIEW ACTIONS IN FY 84 AGAINST
   A TARGET OF 15.  THIS IS  COMPARED TO  ONLY EIGHT SPECIAL REVIEWS
   COMPLETED IN FY 1983.

o  OF THE 18 SPECIAL REVIEWS, THE PROGRAM:

   - CANCELLED OR SUSPENDED  FIVE  PESTICIDES
   - ISSUED FIVE REVIEW  PHASE DOCUMENTS  (PD-1)
   - ISSUED FIVE RISK-BENEFIT/ALTERNATIVES PHASE DOCUMENTS (PD-2/3)
   - ISSUED THREE FINAL  POSITION  DOCUMENTS (PD-4)

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CURRENT APPLICATIONS

o  OPTS EXCEEDED THE FY 1984 TARGETS FOR  ALL CATEGORIES OF REGISTRATION
   APPLICATIONS.

BACKLOG

O  DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER THE  PROGRAM  MADE SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS
   IN REDUCING THE BACKLOG FROM A THIRD QUARTER HIGH OF 320 UNPROCESSED
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                      MEETING PROGRAM COMMITMENTS

                  PESTICIDE FFDCA TOLERANCE PETITIONS

CURRENT PETITIONS

O  IN THE PROCESSING OF TOLERANCE PETITIONS FOURTH QUARTER PERFORMANCE
   WAS SUBSTANTIALLY STRONGER THEN AT THE BEGINNING OF  THE FISCAL YEAR.
   THE PROGRAM STILL FELL SHORT OF ITS GOAL, PROCESSSING  531  PETITIONS
   AGAINST A TARGET OF 600.  ALSO:

   -  THE NUMBER OF PETITIONS PENDING AT THE CLOSE OF FY  1984 IS 272.
   -  THE BACKLOG OF UNPROCESSED PETITIONS INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN FY 1984
      TO 63.

O  THE AVERAGE COMPLETION TIME FOR TOLERANCE PETITIONS  INCREASED FROM  141
   DAYS IN FY 1983 TO 179 DAYS IN FY 1984.

O  PROBLEMS WHICH DELAYED THE COMPLETION OF TOLERANCE PETITIONS INCLUDE:

   -  A SHORTAGE OF SCIENTIFIC REVIEWERS.
   -  UNPLANNED WORK ON SUCH HIGH PRIORITY EFFORTS AS ETHYLfNE DIBROMIDE.
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                  EMERGENCY EXEMPTIONS FOR  PESTICIDES
o  THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS FOR EMERGENCY  EXEMPTIONS WAS DOWN
   DRAMATICALLY IN FY 1984.  OPP RECEIVED  510  AGAINST A FORECAST OF
   925.  AS A RESULT THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS  ACTED ON WAS 524, AGAINST
   A TARGET OF 770.

o  OF THE 524 APPLICATIONS ACTED ON,  351 ACTIONS WERE AUTHORIZED, 113
   DENIED AND 60 WITHDRAWN.

o  THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS DENIED  ROSE  FROM 18 IN FY 1982 TO 53
   IN FY 1983 TO 113 THIS YEAR.

o  OPP VIRTUALLY ELIMINATED THE BACKLOG BY REDUCING IT TO THREE.

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                      MEETING PROGRAM COMMITMENTS
                       TSCA NEW CHEMICAL  REVIEWS
o  OPTS REVIEWED 1526 NEW CHEMICAL  NOTICES  DURING FY 1984.  461 OF THESE
   WERE COMPLETED IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.  NEW CHEMICALS REVIEWED DURING
   FY 1984 INCLUDE:

   -  1445 PREMANUFACTURE NOTICES:   67%  REQUIRED NO FURTHER ACTION,
      12% WERE REFERRED FOR  FOLLOW-UP  AND 20% RESULTED IN THE CHEMICAL
      BEING SUSPENDED, WITHDRAWN OR SUBJECT TO AN EPA ORDER.

   -  81 TEST MARKET EXEMPTIONS WHICH  WERE  APPROVED.
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                      MEETING PROGRAM COMMITMENTS
                      IMPORTANT REGULATORY ACTIONS
FORMALDEHYDE

o  FOLLOWING THE MAY 1984 ANPRM, EPA  IS:

   -  REVIEWING COMMENTS RECEIVED  IN  RESPONSE  TO  THE  ANPRM.
   -  ASSESSING THE VALIDITY OF AVAILABLE  EXPOSURE  DATA.
   -  DEVELOPING NEW EXPOSURE INFORMATION.
   -  STUDYING OF RISK REDUCTION CAPABILITIES  AND COSTS OF CONTROL MEASURES
      IN MANUFACTURING AND HOUSING.

O  ASBESTOS

   - PROPOSED RULES TO BAN FIVE ASBESTOS PRODUCT  CATEGORIES  AND TO LIMIT
     A PRODUCTION CAP OF THE REMAINING USES OF ASBESTOS ARE  CURRENTLY
     PENDING AT OMB.

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                      MEETING PROGRAM  COMMITMENTS

                      IMPORTANT  REGULATORY  ACTIONS

o  PCB's

   OTS FINALIZED FOUR PCB RULES  AND'PROPOSED ONE OTHER DURING THE FOURTH
   QUARTER.  THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS:

   -  PCB EXEMPTION RULES;   EXCLUDES CERTAIN PROCESSES THAT INADERTANTLY
      GENERATE PCBS IN LOW LEVEL CONCENTRATIONS.  FINAL RULE ISSUED
      JULY 10, 1984.
   -  MICROSCOPY AND R&D ACTIVITIES;   AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF PCBS IN
      CERTAIN LIMITED RESEARCH AND  DEVELOPMENT SITUATIONS.  FINAL RULE
      ISSUED JULY 10, 1984.
   -  UNCONTROLLED SYSTEMS;  AUTHORIZES  USE OF PCBs IN HEAT TRANSFER AND
      HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS, COMPRESSORS AND IN THE LIQUID OF NATURAL GAS
      PIPELINES AT CONCENTRATIONS OF LOWER  THAN 50 PPM.  FINAL RULE
      ISSUED JULY 10, 1984.
   -  PCB MODIFICATION DEFINITION;   PCB  USES IN TOTALLY ENCLOSED MANNER.
      PROPOSED RULE ISSUED JULY  23,  1984.
   -  PCB TRANSFORMER FIRES;  ADDRESSES  HAZARDS POSED BY FIRES INVOLVING
      ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMERS WHICH CONTAIN PCBS.  PROPOSED RULE ISSUED
      SEPTEMBER 28, 1984.

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             DEVELOPING AND REVIEWING CRITICAL REGULATIONS

            INTERAGENCY TESTING COMMITTEE  (ITC)  DESIGNATIONS

o  DURING FY 1984 OPTS MET THE STATUTORY DEADLINE,  TAKING ACTION  ON  22  OLD
   ITC DESIGNATIONS, AND 5 NEW (12th LIST)  ITC DESIGNATIONS.

o  OPTS MADE PRELIMINARY DECISIONS ON FOUR  13th  ITC LIST CHEMICALS,
   INCLUDING DECISIONS TO ISSUE AN ANPRM ON  2-(BUTOXYETHOXY)  ETHYL ACTATE
   AND A NPRM ON OLEYLAMINE.

O  OF THE 31 ITC LIST CHEMICALS ACTED ON THIS YEAR,  OPTS:

   - INITIATED 6 TEST RULES
   - MADE 14 DECISIONS NOT TO TEST
   - INITIATED 5 NEGOTIATED TESTING AGREEMENTS
   - PUBLISHED 6 ANPRMS

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             DEVELOPING AND REVIEWING CRITICAL  REGULATIONS

                            TEST GUIDELINES

PUBLISHING NEW TEST GUIDELINES

o  OPTS DEVELOPED FOUR NEW TEST GUIDELINES IN 1984.

o  OPTS HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO DEVELOP SIX NEW  TEST  GUIDELINES.   THE
   PROGRAM DROPPED ONE GUIDELINE BECAUSE OF A SHIFT  IN  PRIORITIES,  AND
   CHANGED ANOTHER TO A REVISED GUIDELINE.

REVIEWING TEST GUIDELINES

O  OPTS REVISED SIX TEST GUIDELINES ON AUGUST 24.

O  THE PROGRAM EXPECTED TO REVISE FIFTEEN TEST  GUIDELINES  IN  1984.   OPTS
   RECEIVED LESS INFORMATION FROM INDUSTRY THAN EXPECTED.

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                      MEETING PROGRAM COMMITMENTS
                        TSCA TEST  STUDY  RESULTS
o  ALL OF THE 184 TEST STUDY RESULTS OPTS  EXPECTED TO RECEIVE IN
   FY 1984 ARE ACCOUNTED FOR.  ONLY 22  STUDIES  ARE OUTSTANDING:

   —  FOURTEEN STUDIES WERE REPORTEDLY COMPLETE (ON A CHRONIC DAPHNIA FLOW)
       BUT THEIR SUBMISSION WAS  DELAYED.

   —  EIGHT TEST STUDIES HAD TO BE REDONE.

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             DEVELOPING AND REVIEWING CRITICAL  REGULATIONS
                     TSCA EXISTING CHEMICAL  REVIEWS
REVIEWS INITIATED

o  OPTS INITIATED 48 EXISTING CHEMICAL REVIEWS  IN  FY  1984 TO MEET ITS
   TARGET.

REVIEWS COMPLETED

O  OPTS COMPLETED 16 RISK MANAGEMENT ACTIONS,  EXCEEDING THE FY 1984
   TARGET OF 14.  THE 16 ACTIONS  INCLUDED  7  FINAL  RULES, 3 PROPOSED
   RULES, AND 3 CHEMICAL ADVISORIES.

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            OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE MONITORING
                           TABLE OF CONTENTS
GOAL                                                     PAGE
ENFORCEMENT 	  116

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                              ENFORCEMENT

                    PROCESSING  OF  LITIGATION ACTIONS

o  DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER, 65 NEW CIVIL ACTIONS WERE REFERRED TO
   EPA HEADQUARTERS.  THE TOTAL NUMBER OF  NEW REFERRALS FOR FY 84 IS
   194, COMPARED TO 156 REFERRED IN  FY 83.  HEADQUARTERS DECLINED
   ONLY 26 CIVIL CASES DURING FY 84.

o  FORTY-FIVE NEW CIVIL ACTIONS WERE REFERRED FROM EPA HEADQUARTERS TO
   THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE  (DOJ)  FOR A TOTAL OF 174, WHICH EXCEEDS
   THE NUMBER REFERRED IN FY 83 BY 24.  DOJ DECLINED ONLY TWO CIVIL
   CASES DURING FY 84.

O  THE REGIONS REFERRED A TOTAL OF 66 CIVIL CASES DIRECTLY TO DOJ
   DURING FY 84.  THIS WAS  THE  FIRST YEAR  FOR THE DIRECT REFERRAL PROGRAM.

o  THIRTY-FIVE CRIMINAL CASES WERE REFERRED TO HEADQUARTERS DURING FY 84
   EXCEEDING THE FY 83 TOTAL BY 13.

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                              ENFORCEMENT
                       STATUS OF  CIVIL  REFERRALS
o  ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN  CIVIL  ACTIONS  WERE CLOSED DURING FY 1984.

   -  76 BY SETTLEMENT
   -  15 BY COURT JUDGMENT
       8 BY COURT DISMISSAL
       8 BY REGIONAL WITHDRAWAL
   -  26 BY EPA HEADQUARTERS/DOJ/U.S.  ATTORNEY DISMISSAL OR WITHDRAWAL,
       2 BY COMBINING WITH OTHER CASES
       2 FOR UNKNOWN REASONS

o  AT THE END OF THE FOURTH  QUARTER,  453 CIVIL ACTIONS WERE PENDING:

   -  11 PERCENT WERE UNDER  REVIEW AT EPA  HEADQUARTERS.
   -  24 PERCENT WERE UNFILED  AT DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE/U.S. ATTORNEY.
   -  61 PERCENT WERE FILED  IN DISTRICT COURTS.
       4 PERCENT WERE RETURNED TO  THE REGIONS.

O  OECM MET THEIR TARGET OF  AN AVERAGE OF  35 DAYS TO PROCESS AND
   FORWARD CIVIL REFERRALS TO  THE  DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DURING THE
   FOURTH QUARTER.

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                              ENFORCEMENT
                  OECM POLICY AND GUIDANCE ACTIVITIES
       ITEM
               STATUS
CIVIL PENALTY POLICY
STATUTE-SPECIFIC POLICY FOR CAA
(STATIONARY SOURCES) WAS COMPLETED  IN
THE FOURTH QUARTER.  CWA AND CAA
(MOBILE SOURCES) CIVIL PENALTY POLICIES
ARE STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT.
CONTRACTOR LISTING POLICY
REGULATIONS PUBLISHED IN FEDERAL REGISTER
ON 7/31/84.  FINAL REGULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED BY THE END OF MARCH 1985.
ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE GUIDANCE
MANUALS
RCRA MANUAL WAS ISSUED ON 9/28/84 AND
THE CAA MANUAL WAS ISSUED ON 7/30/84.

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                   OFFICE OF RESEARCH  AND  DEVELOPMENT
                           TABLE  OF  CONTENTS
GOAL                                                     PAGE
IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF EPA SCIENCE  	  123

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                  IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF  EPA SCIENCE
ORD HAD A YEAR OF STRONG PERFORMANCE  DELIVERING ITS RESEARCH PRODUCTS
TO THE PROGRAM OFFICES ON TIME.
CLIENT PROGRAM

ALL PROGRAM
OFFICES

OAR
OAR
OAR
           ITEM

COMPETITIVE RESEARCH
GRANTS.

 EXTERNAL REVIEW DRAFT
 ON THE HEALTH ASSESSMENT
 FOR BERYLLIUM.
FINAL REPORT FOR
POPULATION CO EXPOSURE
FIELD STUDY.

FINAL REPORT ON
CHARACTERIZATION OF
TWO COMMERCIAL PROTO-
TYPE LOW NOX'BURNERS
WITH LIMB SORBENT
INJECTION.
       STATUS

DEVELOPED DATA MANAGE-
MENT SYSTEM ON TIME.

PROJECT DELAYED DUE TO
ACCELERATED WORK ON
BENZENE AND UNLEADED
GASOLINE.  NOW DUE ON
1/31/85.

REPORT ISSUED ON
TIME.
REPORT SUBMITTED FOR
PEER REVIEW ON TIME.

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                  IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF  EPA SCIENCE
CLIENT PROGRAM
OAR
OAR
         ITEM

JOURNAL ARTICLE ON
NATIONAL ECONOMIC
ASSESSMENT OF OZONE
IMPACTS ON CROPS GROWN
IN 75% OF THE U.S. CROP
ACREAGE.

REPORT ON PROGRESS OF
TRANSFERRING INHALABLE
PARTICULATE NETWORK TO
THE STATES.
     STATUS

REPORT WAS COMPLETED
ON SCHEDULE, BUT IS
UNDERGOING EXTENSIVE
POLICY REVIEW UNDER
EPA ORDER 2200.4.
REPORT WAS ISSUED
ON TIME.
OAR
OAR
 LONG-TERM AMBIENT
 MONITORING PLAN AIR
 TOXICS.

 ANNUAL REPORT ON NON-
 CRITERIA MONITORING
 CENTER.
PLAN WAS DEVELOPED ON
TIME.
REPORT WAS ISSUED ON
TIME.

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CLIENT PROGRAM
OAR
         ITEM •

 ANNUAL REPORT ON
 TOXICS AIR MONITORING
 SYSTEM.
     STATUS

REPORT WAS
TIME.
ISSUED ON
OPTS
OPTS
REPORT ON VIRAL EFFECTS
ON IMMUNE RESPONSES IN
MAMMALIAN CELLS.

JOURNAL ARTICLE ON
METHODS FOR DETECTION
AND SIGNIFICANCE OF
GENETIC DAMAGE IN
GERM CELLS.
REPORT SUBMITTED ON
TIME.
ARTICLE SUBMITTED ON
TIME.
OPTS
REPORT ON AGE DEPENDENT
NEURO-TOXIC EFFECTS OF
PESTICIDES.
REPORT WAS SUBMITTED
ON TIME.

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CLIENT PROGRAMS
OW
         ITEM

REPORT ON BIOMONITORING
TECHNIQUES FOR DREDGED
MATERIAL.
     STATUS

REPORT SUBMITTED ON
TIME.
OW
OW
OW
DISCHARGE MONITORING
REPORT ON QUALITY
ASSURANCE STUDY 4.

REPORT ON SURVEY OF
FIELD TESTS OF WELL
LOCATION BY MAGNETOMETER,

REPORT ON COST-
EFFECTIVENESS OF VARIOUS
RESTORATION METHODS.
REPORT ISSUED ON
TIME.
REPORT ISSUED ON
TIME.
REPORT SUBMITTED
ON TIME.
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CLIENT PROGRAM
OW
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THE RESULTS OF
INNOVATIVE/ALTERNATIVE
RESEARCH DESIGNED TO
IMPROVE THE COMPLIANCE
RATE OF MUNICIPAL
THE COMPLIANCE-RATE OF
MUNICIPAL TREATMENT
PLANTS.

FINAL DRAFT REPORT ON
COST OF WATER TREATMENT
UNIT PROCESSES FOR
SMALL WATER UTILITIES.

VIRUS MONITORING METHODS
MANUAL.

EFFLUENT TOXICITY
PROTOCOL USERS GUIDE.
     STATUS

ALL TEN WASTEWATER
TECHNOLOGY SEMINARS
WERE COMPLETED IN
EACH REGION AND THE
FINAL REPORT WAS
SUBMITTED ON TIME.
REPORT WAS SUBMITTED
ON TIME.
MANUAL ISSUED ON
TIME.

GUIDE WAS COMPLETED
ON TIME.

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                           TABLE OF CONTENTS
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MEETING PROGRAM COMMITMENTS  	  130
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                      MEETING PROGRAM  COMMITMENTS
ITEM
        STATUS
   IMPLEMENTATION OF CENTRAL DATA
   BASE MANAGEMENT - EPA ADMIN.
   INFO. SYSTEMS.
DECISION HAS BEEN MADE TO  HAVE
BUDGET SYSTEM SERVE AS FIRST
MAJOR SYSTEM TO BE RE-DESIGNED.
TRANSFER OF THE FINANCIAL  MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM (FMS) TO EPA COMPUTERS HAS
BEEN DELAYED.
O  LABORATORY MASTER SPACE PLAN
CONTRACT FOR MASTER PLAN  WAS  AWARDED
DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER.  WORK
WILL CONTINUE INTO FY  1985  AND WILL BE
TRACKED IN THE ACTION  TRACKING SYSTEM
(ATS).

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                      MEETING PROGRAM COMMITMENTS
O  HEADQUARTERS MASTER SPACE PLAN
PLAN HAS BEEN REVISED TO REFLECT
DELAY IN CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL
FOR ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL  HQ
SPACE AND THE DELAY IN FUNDING
PENDING THE APPROVAL OF THE  FY 1984
SUPPLEMENTAL.  NEW SPACE IS
EXPECTED TO BE OCCUPIED BY 7/15/85.
EXISTING WATERSIDE MALL SPACE  IS
EXPECTED TO BE RENOVATED AND
REOCCUPIED BY 8/15/85.
   REGIONAL MASTER SPACE PLAN
OARM HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED
THE REGIONAL MASTER SPACE PLAN.
FY 1984 ACCOMPLISHMENTS  INCLUDE  THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ANNUAL REPORTING
SYSTEM TO DOCUMENT CHANGES IN  SPACE
REQUIREMENTS AND A SET OF TRAINING
MANUALS TO ASSIST REGIONS IN FUTURE
SPACE PLANNING EFFORTS.

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                         ADP SERVICE STANDARDS

o  DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER,  OARM EXCEEDED ITS TARGET FOR SERVICE TIME
   FOR INTERACTIVE PROCESSING  BY 5% WHILE THE RESPONSE TIME FOR BATCH
   PROCESSING JOBS DECREASED FROM 75% TO 57%.

O  OARM MAINTAINED A LOW NUMBER OF SYSTEM FAILURES DURING THE FOURTH
   QUARTER AND CAME IN  27%  BELOW .ITS ALLOWABLE NUMBER OF FAILURES.

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                     PROCUREMENT SERVICE  STANDARDS
0  SIXTY-ONE PERCENT OF EPA'S MAJOR  NEGOTIATED CONTRACTS WERE AWARDED
   WITHIN OARM'S PROCESSING TIME TARGET  DURING THE  FOURTH QUARTER:

   -  FORTY-NINE PERCENT OF THE NEW  COMPETITIVE CONTRACTS WERE AWARDED
      WITHIN THE SERVICE STANDARD.   (THE MAJORITY OF DELAYS IN AWARDING
      THE MAJOR NEGOTIATED CONTRACTS WERE ATTRIBUTED TO THE PROGRAM
      OFFICES.)
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      SOURCE CONTRACTS WITHIN THEIR  STANDARD (85% DURING THE FOURTH
      QUARTER).

O  NINETY-ONE PERCENT OF ALL SMALL PURCHASES WERE AWARDED WITHIN THE
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                       PERSONNEL SERVICE STANDARDS
o  PERSONNEL SERVICE  STANDARDS COVER THE TOTAL PROCESSING TIME,
   INCLUDING THE TIME THE  ACTIONS ARE BEING PROCESSED  IN THE  CLIENT
   PROGRAM OFFICE AND OUTSIDE THE AGENCY.
O  SIXTY-FIVE PERCENT  OF EPA'S INTERNAL RECRUITMENT ACTIONS  WERE
   AWARDED WITHIN  THE  TIME ALLOWED BY THE STANDARD, AN  INCREASE OF 21^
   OVER THIRD QUARTER  PERFORMANCE.  OARM ATTRIBUTES 86% OF THE DELAYS
   IN PROCESSING TO  THE PROGRAM OFFICES.

o  SIXTY PERCENT OF  EPA'S EXTERNAL RECRUITMENT ACTIONS  WERE  AWARDED
   WITHIN THE TIME ALLOWED BY THE STANDARD, AN INCREASE OF 17% OVER
   THIRD QUARTER PERFORMANCE.  OARM'S TRACKING SYSTEM SHOWS  86% OF
   THE DELAYS IN PROCESSING ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO OPM.

O  OARM CONTINUED  TO ACHIEVE VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE  FOR PROCESSING
   NON-COMPETITIVE ACTIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS ACTIONS WITHIN  THE TIME
   ALLOWED BY THE  STANDARD DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER, ALONG  WITH
   PROCESSING OF 100%  OF THE AWARD ACTIONS  (391) WITHIN THE  STANDARD.

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                       GRANTS SERVICE  STANDARDS
o  SIXTY-SIX PERCENT UF THE GRANTS  OR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WERE
   AWARDED WITHIN TARGET  (18  DAYS)  DURING  THE FOURTH QUARTER.

o  NINETY-TWO PERCENT OF  THE  INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS WERE AWARDED WITHIN
   TARGET DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER,  AN  INCREASE OF 22% OVER THIRD
   QUARTER PERFORMANCE.

o  EIGHTY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THE  DETERMINATIONS FOR REQUESTS FOR DEVIATION
   FROM REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS  WERE  PREPARED WITHIN TARGET DURING THE
   FOURTH QUARTER, AN INCREASE  OF  20% OVER THIRD QUARTER PERFORMANCE.

o  ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE DETERMINATIONS IN SUSPENSION/DEBARMENT
   CASES WERE ISSUED WITHIN TARGET  DURING  THE FOURTH QUARTER, AN INCREASE
   OF 40% OVER THIRD QUARTER  PERFORMANCE.

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                       MEETING PROGRAM COMMITMENTS
                AUDIT  RESOLUTION WORKLOAD AND CLOSE-OUTS
O  OARM AND THE REGIONS  WERE SUCCESSFUL IN DECREASING THE  SIZE OF THE
   BACKLOG (OVERDUE AUDIT  RESOLUTIONS) BY 72% (87 to 24).

o  REGIONS I,  III, AND IX  REDUCED THEIR BACKLOGS THE MOST  (AN  AVERAGE
   OF 76%) BETWEEN THE END OF THE THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTERS.
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                   AUDIT RESOLUTION WORKLOAD  AND CLOSE-OUTS
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MEETING PROGRAM COMMITMENTS  	 144







PROMOTING FLEXIBLE REGULATORY APPROACHES  	 145
                                  -143-

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                      MEETING PROGRAM COMMITMENTS
       ITEM

o  RED BORDER REVIEW
   DEADLINES
             STATUS

OPPE COMPLETED
-  93% OF ITS REVIEWS WITHIN THREE  WEEKS
   (TARGET 75%).
-  96% OF ITS REVIEWS WITHIN FOUR WEEKS
   (TARGET 100%) .

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                PROMOTING FLEXIBLE REGULATORY APPROACHES
             ITEM
          STATUS
o  TECHNICAL GUIDANCE PACKAGE
   ON BENEFITS
OPPE DISSEMINATED TWO GUIDANCE  PACKAGES
— VALUING REDUCTION IN NON-FATAL
ILLNESS AND VALUING ECOLOGICAL  IMPACT --
ON TIME.
   BENEFIT ANALYSES
FINAL ANALYSIS ON DIESEL PARTICULATES
WAS SUBMITTED TO OAR ON TIME.
                                  DUE TO  COURT  EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR
                                  EFFLUENT  GUIDELINES,  SCHEDULE FOR DRAFT
                                  ANALYSIS  HAS  BEEN  EXTENDED TO 4/30/85.

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MEETING PROGRAM COMMITMENTS  	 149
                                   -147:-

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                       OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL
                      MEETING PROGRAM COMMITMENTS
       ITEM
         STATUS
   RED BORDER REVIEW DEADLINES,
QGC COMPLETED:
                                         89% OF  ITS  REVIEWS WITHIN
                                         THREE WEEKS (TARGET 75%)
                                         92% OF  ITS  REVIEWS WITHIN
                                         FOUR WEEKS  (TARGET 100%)
                                         NOTE:   AN EXTENSION WAS NEGOTIATED
                                         WITH THE ORIGINATING OFFICE ON
                                         THE REMAINING  8%.
o  REVIEW DEADLINE FOR STATE
   DELEGATION AGREEMENTS.
OGC COMPLETED:

- 100% OF ITS REVIEWS WITHIN
  15 DAYS.

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ENFORCEMENT	  152






MEETING PROGRAM COMMITMENTS  	  154

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                              ENFORCEMENT

            REDUCING THE NUMBER OF MAJOR FEDERAL  FACILITIES

        IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE THROUGH  SEPTEMBER 30,  1984


O  THE OFFICE OF WATER HAS RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE 14  OUT OF 26 MAJOR
   FEDERAL FACILITIES IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE (SNC) WITH FINAL
   EFFLUENT LIMITS AND TAKEN ACTION AGAINST 9,  MISSING ITS  TARGET
   BY 3.  FOUR MAJOR FEDERAL FACILITIES WERE  IN SNC WITH CONSTRUCTION
   SCHEDULES/INTERIM EFFLUENT LIMITS.  OW  HAS RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE
   1 AND HAS TAKEN ACTION AGAINST 2, MISSING  ITS  TARGET OF  4 BY 1.

O  THE OFFICE OF AIR AND RADIATION HAS TAKEN  ACTION AGAINST 6
   FEDERAL FACILITIES MEETING ITS TARGET OF 6.

O  THE OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE HAS RETURNED TO
   COMPLIANCE 22 OUT OF 29 RCRA FEDERAL FACILITIES, EXCEEDING ITS
   TARGET OF 8.

O  THE OFFICE OF PESTICIDES AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES  RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE
   6 OUT OF 13 FEDERAL FACILITIES SIGNIFICANT TSCA VIOLATIONS, MISSING
   ITS TARGET BY 7.  HOWEVER, THE ACCURACY OF THE BEGINNING-OF-YEAR (BOY)
   INVENTORY REPORTED BY THE REGIONS IS IN QUESTION.

   -  FOR EXAMPLE, REGIONS IX AND X REPORTED  A BOY INVENTORY OF 3 AND
      5, RESPECTIVELY.  IN THE FOURTH QUARTER,  THESE  REGIONS REPORTED
      THAT THOSE LISTINGS WERE IN ERROR AND NO OPEN CASES EXIST IN
      REGIONS IX AND X.  SUBTRACTING THESE 8  CASES, WOULD LEAVE A
      NATIONAL BOY INVENTORY OF 5.

   -  OPTS, OEA AND OECM ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO IMPROVE THE ACCURACY
      OF THE INVENTORY IN FY 85.

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                    IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE
                       As Of September 30, 1984
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                      MEETING PROGRAM COMMITMENTS

SECTION 309 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT REVIEW

o  EPA IDENTIFIED 569 FEDERAL AGENCY ACTIONS  FOR SECTION 309 REVIEW DURING
   FOURTH QUARTER, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER  OF  FY 1984 ACTIONS DUE FOR
   REVIEW TO 855.  THE REGIONS AND  HEADQUARTERS  COMPLETED 633 REVIEWS
   DURING FOURTH QUARTER, BRINGING  THE  TOTAL  NUMBER OF FY 1984 REVIEWS TO
   2357.  222 ACTIONS ARE PENDING COMPARED TO 286  AT THE END OF THIRD
   QUARTER.

o  NATIONALLY, THE REGIONS AND HEADQUARTERS OFFICE OF FEDERAL ACTIVITIES
   COMPLETED 99 PERCENT OF THE SECTION  309 REVIEWS ON TIME, EXCEEDING
   THE TARGET OF 90 PERCENT.

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                                                        99"?. OF .509 RLVIEWS
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                      MEETING PROGRAM COMMITMENTS

SECTION 404 DREDGED OR FILL REVIEW

o  DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER, THE.REGIONAL  OFFICES  REVIEWED 1,685
   DREDGED OR FILL PERMIT APPLICATIONS  AND  COMMENTED ON 29 PERCENT (483)
   OF THEM.  REGIONS I, IV, V AND X PERFORMED 63  PERCENT OF THE REVIEWS.
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O  BY THE END OF FOURTH QUARTER, THE CORPS  OF ENGINEERS HAD ACTED
   ON 390 OF EPA'S TOTAL PENDING REVIEW COMMENTS  FOR THE YEAR, COMPARED
   TO 386 THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.  THE CORPS'  ACTIONS WERE AS FOLLOWS:

   -  ACCEPTED 277 RECOMMENDATIONS — DENYING 83  PERMITS AND MODIFYING
      194.
   -  OVERRULED 48 EPA RECOMMENDATIONS  AND  ISSUED PERMITS.
   -  ACCEPTED THE REMAINING 65 COMMENTS, BUT HAVE  NOT MADE FINAL
      PERMIT DECISIONS (I.E., ISSUANCE,  DENIAL OR WITHDRAWALS).

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                                SECTION 404 REVIEWS
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               REVIEWS WITH EPA COMMENTS
         NUMBER OF
        404 REVIEWS
         DURING THE
       QUARTER: 1,685
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