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U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Strategic Planning
and
Management System
Fourth Quarter FY 1987 Report
Office of Management Systems
and Evaluation
September 30, 1987
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HEADQUARTERS LIBRARY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTS AGENCY
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U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
STRATEGIC PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
FOURTH QUARTER FY 1987 REPORT
PREFACE
This quarterly report reviews Agency progress in meeting its
priority program commitments. The report is a major component of the
Agency Strategic Planning and Management System (SPMS). SPMS provides
a process for the Agency to identify national goals and priorities,
issue timely guidance to the field, identify measures of success and
track progress against them. Each quarter the Office of Management
Systems and Evaluation (OMSE) publishes the report using information
provided by Headquarters, Regional Offices, and State agencies. The
Office of Compliance Analysis and Program Operations is responsible for
the enforcement section of this report.
We gratefully acknowledge the assistance and cooperation of the
many people through the environmental protection management network 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 41
OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE 109
OFFICE OF PESTICIDES AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES 143
OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE MONITORING 181
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION AND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 197
OFFICE OF POLICY, PLANNING'AND EVALUATION 209
OFFICE OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS 213
OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL 225
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Office of Air and Radiation
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OFFICE OF AIR AND RADIATION
FOURTH QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS
o OAR HAS REPORTED THREE YEARS OF OZONE MONITORING DATA FOR 37 AREAS
WITH HIGH DESIGN VALUES. CURRENT DATA SHOWS A NUMBER OF REDUCTIONS
IN DESIGN VALUES AND EXPECTED EXCEEDANCES.
o OAR AND STATES HAVE COMBINED EFFORTS TO MEASURE THE RADON PROBLEM
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT RADON'S RISKS AND
MITIGATION.
o FOR SIP ACTIONS WHICH REGIONS AND HQ HAVE DESIGNATED AS HIGH
PRIORITY, 324, OR 70%, OF 470 TARGET DATES WERE MET IN FY 1987.
O FOR SIP PROCESSING, THE REGIONS ARE MAINTAINING CONTROL OVER AN
INCREASING VOLUME OF SIP ACTIONS. AT HEADQUARTERS THE NUMBER OF
OVERDUE SIPS INCREASED TO 161 COMPARED TO 69 A YEAR AGO.
o STATES AND AGENCIES ESTABLISHED 57 "ADEQUATE" MULTI-YEAR PLANS FOR
DEVELOPING AIR TOXICS PROGRAMS. OAR REPORTS THAT PLAN
IMPLEMENTATION WILL BE THE FY 88 FOCUS OF THE MYDP PROGRAM.
O THE REGIONS COLLECTIVELY EXCEEDED THEIR END OF YEAR TARGETS FOR
ADDRESSING SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS. THE REGIONS IDENTIFIED 586 NEW
SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS DURING FY 1987; 138 WERE RETURNED TO
COMPLIANCE AND 49 WERE PLACED ON AN ACCEPTABLE SCHEDULE.
o OAR TRACKS ESTABLISHMENT OF PM10 MONITORING SITES. REGIONS HAVE
MONITORS OPERATING AT 81% OF URBAN AREAS (90% OF FY 87 TARGET) AND
AT 32% OF GROUP I AND GROUP II AREAS (85% OF FY 87 TARGET). THE
TARGETS HAVE BEEN DELAYED UNTIL JANUARY 1988 FOR SUBMITTAL OF
MONITORING NETWORK DESCRIPTIONS BY STATES.
o FOUR NEW ANTITAMPERING PROGRAMS IN FY 87 BROUGHT THE NATIONAL TOTAL
OF OPERATING PROGRAMS TO 36. REGIONS FELL SHORT OF TARGETS IN THE
ANTITAMPERING AND INSPECTION AND .MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS.
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Metropolitan Areas with 1982-84 Ozone Design Values At or Above 0.15
Comparison of Peak Site Desicm Values and Expected Exceedances
1982-84
Region
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
5
5
5
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
7
8
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
City State
Statewide
Boston/Spgfd.
New Bedford
Portland
Providence
Atlantic City
New York
Washington
Baltimore
Allenton
Philadelphia
Birmingham
Atlanta
Louisville
Chicago
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
Baton Rouge
Lake Charles
New Orleans
Beaumont
Dallas
El Paso
Houston/Glvstn
Longview
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
Phoenix
Bakersfield
Fresno
lAngeles/Venta
Modesto
Sacramento
San Diego
San Francisco
Santa Barbara
Visalia
cr
MA
MA
ME
RI
NJ
NY
DC
MD
PA
PA
AL
GA
KY
IL
CM
WI
LA
IA
IA
TX
TX
TX
.TX
TX
MO
UT
AZ
CA
CA
.CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
added with 84-86 design values
1
York Co.
ME
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Design
Value
.23
.15
.19
.15
.16
.19
.23
.16
.17
.15
.18
.15
.17
.15
.20
.15
.17
.17
.15
.15
.21
.16
.17
.25
.15
.17
.15
.15
.16
.16
.36
.15
.16
.21
.17
.15
.15
Expected
Exceedances
32.8
4.8
9.7
7.2
10.2
9.7
34.4
7.1
8.4
4.7
10.7
2.5
6.1
9.1
7.0
3.3
5.4
1.4
2.5
3.5
5.4
9.4
18.9
11.9
1.1
8.6
3.0
4.2
22.5
20.5
139.6
14.4
11.8
8,9
3.9
2.5
33.1
1983-85
Design
Value
.23
.16
.16
.16
.18
.19
.22
.16
.17
.14
.18
.13
.16
.15
.20
.15
.17
.16
.14
.12
.16
.16
.16
.25
.15
.16
.15
.16
.16
.17
.36
.15
.18
.21
.17
.16
.13
Expected
Exceedances
35.6
6.6
10.8
6.8
10.3
10.3
31.3
8.5
10.1
3.8
9.9
2.4
7.5
8.0
8.5
2.3
5.6
3.4
1.7
0.4
8.3
7.3
13.6
20.2
2.3
9.4
4.4
4.8
27.2
6.6
123.2
13.0
8.6
11.2
3.7
3.0
8.8
1984-86
Design
Value
.18
.15
.16
.14
.18
.17
.20
.14
.15
.13
.17
.14
.16
.16
.17
.14
.15
.16
.13
.12
.15
.16
.16
.20
.11
.16
.16
.14
.16
.16
.35
.16
.18
.22
.15
.16
.14
Expected
Exceedances
13.6
3.1
5.3
3.8
8.8
5.2
18.6
3.3
5.9
1.5
7.3
not avail.
4.7
4.5
4.5
1.2
4.4
3.4
1.4
0.4
4.9
11.8
11.6
19.4 .
1.1
5.8
5.4
3.7
28.9
20.6
154.4
12.1
9.4
11.2
5.7
2.2
5.5
at or above 0.15
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.15
.15
8.2
7.2
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OZONE NON-ATTAINMENT
o FEWER AREAS ARE OUT OF ATTAINMENT OF THE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR
QUALITY STANDARD FOR OZONE NOW THAN IN 1984. A RECENT EPA PRESS
RELEASE ATTRIBUTES MUCH OF THE OZONE PROBLEM TO ABOUT .60
METROPOLITAN AREAS WITH OZONE DESIGN VALUES ABOVE 0.12.
o TO TRACK PROGRESS IN THE WORST AREAS, SPMS BEGAN TO TRACK A UNIVERSE
OF AREAS WITH DESIGN VALUES ABOVE 0.15. OAR HAS REPORTED DESIGN
VALUES AND EXCEEDANCES DATA FOR THESE AREAS, FOR THREE PERIODS (82-
84, 83-85 AND 84-86). DESIGN VALUES INDICATE THE MAGNITUDE OF THE
AIR QUALITY PROBLEM IN AN AREA; EXPECTED EXCEEDANCES DESCRIBE THE
NUMBER OF DAYS THE AIR STANDARD IS VIOLATED.
— A REVIEW OF THE THREE-YEAR MONITORING DATA SHOWS THAT THE DESIGN
VALUES AND EXPECTED EXCEEDANCES HAVE DECREASED. THE TREND HAS
ARISEN PARTLY BECAUSE IN 1983, IN MANY AREAS OF THE COUNTRY,
WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE MORE CONDUCIVE TO OZONE FORMATION THAN IN
1984, 1985 OR 1986. FURTHERMORE, OAR REPORTS THAT 1987 DATA WILL
LIKELY SHOW HIGH LEVELS OF OZONE, AGAIN DUE LARGELY TO
METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.
— SINCE TWO YEARS AGO, 27 SITES HAVE HAD DESIGN VALUES FALL; 9
INCREASED; AND ONE DID NOT CHANGE. DESIGN VALUES DECREASED AN
AVERAGE OF 0.013. EXPECTED EXCEEDANCES FELL IN 26 AREAS,
INCREASED IN 7 AND DID NOT CHANGE IN 4 AREAS. AVERAGE DECREASE
WAS 2.4 EXCEEDANCES.
— TWO NEW AREAS WITH 0.15 DESIGN VALUES HAVE JOINED THE LIST.
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ACTIONS ON HIGH PRIORITY DEFICIENT SIPs
THE FY 1987 HIGH PRIORITY DEFICIENT SIP DATABASE CONTAINS 470 TARGET
DATES: 200 OF THESE TRACK RECEIPT OF STATE SUBMISSIONS; 170 TRACK
REGIONAL SUBMISSIONS OF A 'PROPOSED RULEMAKING TO OAQPS; AND 100
TRACK REGIONAL SUBMISSIONS OF A NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING.
FY 1987, REGIONS AND STATES COMPLETED 324, OR 70 PERCENT, OF THE
470 MILESTONES DUE TO BE ACCOMPLISHED. 52, OR ONE THIRD, OF THE
MISSED TARGETS, WERE MISSED DUE TO HEADQUARTERS.
- REGIONS IX AND X MET 100% OF TARGET.
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ACTIONS ON HIGH PRIORITY DEFICIENT SIPs
(% OF MILESTONES COMPLETED ON MISSING ELEMENTS
OF HIGH PRIORITY SIPs)
As Of September 30, 1987
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SIP ACTION PROCESSING BY REGIONS
O DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER 249 SIP ACTIONS WERE DUE TO BE PROCESSED
IN THE REGIONS. THE REGIONS PROCESSED 241 OF THESE ACTIONS ON TIME
FOR A RATE OF 97%.
O REGIONS I, IV, VI, VIII, IX AND X PROCESSED ALL THEIR SIPS ON TIME
THIS YEAR. REGION IVS ACCOMPLISHMENT INCLUDED 121 SIP ACTIONS.
REGIONS I AND X HAVE PROCESSED ALL THEIR SIPS ON TIME FOR THREE
CONSECUTIVE YEARS. ONLY TWO REGIONS HAD RATES BELOW 97%.
o IN FY 1987, THE NUMBER OF SIPs PROCESSED INCREASED 42% OVER
FY 1985:
REGIONS I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X TOTAL
FY85 6 11 52 46 365 21 41 25 51 20 638
FY86 31 17 31 63 355 57 30 22 41 19 666
FY87 67 35 71 121 427 42 26 16 78 20 903
(%DIFF)+1016% +218% +37% +163% +17% +100% -37% -36% 54% 0 +42%
- THE CHANGE IN VOLUME VARIES ENORMOUSLY AMONG REGIONS, FROM 1016%
REGION I TO -37% IN REGION VII.
o MUCH OF THE SIP WORKLOAD COMES FROM STATE-INITIATED CHANGES. (IN FY
1987 MORE THAN HALF OF THE REVISIONS WERE NOT FOR THE HIGHER
PRIORITY, REQUIRED SIP ACTIONS.)
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PERCENT OF SIP ACTIONS PROCESSED ON TIME
As Of September 30, 1987
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D CUMULATIVE
TOTAL
249
8
903
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SIP ACTION PROCESSING BY HEADQUARTERS
o HQ WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR 209 SIP ACTIONS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. THE
TOTAL INCLUDES 89 NEWLY DUE ACTIONS AND 120 OVERDUE FROM PREVIOUS
QUARTER(S).
O PROCESSING RATES FOR NEWLY DUE ACTIONS (EXCLUDING THOSE RETURNED TO
THE REGIONS) WAS 36% AND FOR CARRYOVER ACTIONS WAS 17%. THE RATES
ARE BELOW THOSE OF A YEAR AGO (45% AND 37%) AND TWO YEARS AGO (85%
AND 26%). ,
O OF THE 209 "DUE" ACTIONS IN THE SYSTEM DURING THE QUARTER, 48 (23%)
WERE PUBLISHED. FOR ACTIONS NOT PUBLISHED, THE STATUS AT THE END OF
THE QUARTER WAS: 20 WERE RETURNED TO THE REGIONS AND 141 WERE
OTHERWISE OVERDUE. THERE ARE NO SIPS ON POLICY HOLD.
O OVERALL, THE NUMBER OF OVERDUE SIPS INCREASED TO 161 COMPARED TO 69
A YEAR AGO AND 48 TWO YEARS AGO.
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PERCENT OF SIP ACTIONS PROCESSED ON TIME (HQ)
As Of September 30, 1987
f OF NEWLY DUE
95
| OF CARKYOVER
32
2 3
QUARTERS
76
73
86
103
RETURNED TO
REGION
10X
PUBLISHED
23X
UNPUBLISHED
67%
STATUS OF SIP ACTIONS
FOR HQ (#209)
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3 NEWLY DUE
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BAR GRAPH DATA EXCLUDES "ON HOLD" AND "RETURNED TO REGION" CATAGORIES
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NATIONAL AIR AUDIT SYSTEMS - CORRECTION OF STATE DEFICIENCIES
Schedules
O THIRTY OF THE 31 AUDITS (97%) SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION DURING FY
1987 WERE COMPLETED. REGION IX HAS NOT COMPLETED THE BAY AREA
AUDIT.
Deficiencies
O NO SPMS TARGETS WERE SET FOR THIS ACTIVITY, DUE TO LATE FY 1986
AUDITS AND THE SUBSEQUENT DELAYS IN IDENTIFYING "PRIORITY STATE
DEFICIENCIES". NINE REGIONS REPORTED THAT THEY HAVE WORKED WITH
THEIR STATES TO RESOLVE 80 OF THE 157 DEFICIENCIES THAT WERE
REPORTED IN THE INVENTORY.
- REGION V REPORTED THE MOST CORRECTIONS (25) WHILE REGIONS I AND X
REPORT THE RESOLUTION OF ALL THEIR STATES DEFICIENCIES (12 AND 3
RESPECTIVELY).
- REGION IX HAS NOT BEEN REPORTING DATA ON THIS MEASURE.
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PM10 MONITORING NETWORKS
O IN FY 1987, OAR IS TRACKING ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN TWO PM10 MONITORING
NETWORK AREAS.
- THE SUBMITTAL OF PM10 NETWORK DESCRIPTIONS BY THE STATES.
- THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OPERATING MONITORING SITES IN URBAN AREAS
AND OTHER GROUP I AND GROUP II AREAS.
NETWORK DESCRIPTIONS
o OAR AND THE REGIONS ORIGINALLY TARGETED STATES TO SUBMIT NAMS AND
SLAMS NETWORK DESCRIPTIONS BY THE END OF FY 1987. DUE TO THE
DELAYED PROMULGATION OF THE PM10 NAAQS, THE REGULATORY DEADLINE FOR
STATE SUBMITTAL HAS MOVED TO JANUARY 1988 (MOOTING THE SPMS
TARGETS).
O AT END OF THE FOURTH QUARTER, 22 NETWORK DESCRIPTIONS (7 NAMS
AND 15 SLAMS, INCLUDING ALL 8 SLAMS NETWORKS FOR REGION IV AND BOTH
NAMS AND SLAMS NETWORKS FOR ALL REGION X STATES) HAVE BEEN
SUBMITTED.
ESTABLISHING OPERATING SITES
O OAR IS TRACKING A UNIVERSE OF 148 URBAN AREAS FOR A MINIMUM OF ONE
OPERATING SITE. THRU THE FOURTH QUARTER, THE REGIONS REPORTED 120
AREAS, OR 90% OF TARGET, HAD A SITE OPERATING COMPARED TO A TARGET
OF 133.
- REGIONS I, III, VI, VII, VIII AND IX MET THEIR TARGET.
o IN EARLY FY 1987, OAR HAD IDENTIFIED A TOTAL OF 207 GROUP I AND
GROUP II AREAS WHICH NEEDED AN OPERATING PM10 MONITOR (MINIMUM OF
ONE). REGIONS MET 85% OF THEIR TARGET AND HAVE MONITORS OPERATING
AT 32% OF THE GROUP I AND GROUP II SITES.
o REGIONS COMMITTED TO HAVING 79 AREAS WITH SITES OPERATING BY THE
FOURTH QUARTER. REGIONS REPORT 33 GROUP I AREAS (TARGET OF 25) AND
34 GROUP II AREAS (TARGET OF 54) WITH A MONITOR OPERATING.
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PROGRESS ON DEVELOPMENT OF PMio MONITORING NETWORKS
As Of September 30, 1987
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TARGET
NAM NETWORK
SLAM NETWORK
(1-53)
PM1D NETWORK DESCRIPTIONS
SUBMITTED BY STATES
(DUE JAN 88)
URBAN
GROUP 1
GROUP 2
(1-160)
% OF PM10 AREAS WITH MONITORS
MEETING MINIMUM CRITERIA
OAR-A13
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AIR TOXICS MULTI-YEAR DEVELOPMENT PLANS
O THE MAJOR FOCUS IN FY 1987 HAS BEEN ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND SUBMITTAL
OF "ADEQUATE" MULTI-YEAR DEVELOPMENT PLANS BY THE STATES AND MAJOR
INDEPENDENT LOCAL AGENCIES. OAR HAS BEEN EVALUATING THE SUBMITTED
PLANS FOR ADEQUACY, AND THE REGIONS ARE NEGOTIATING WITH THE STATE
AND LOCAL AGENCIES WHERE THERE ARE PROBLEMS.
O DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER OAR REPORTED THAT THEY AND THE REGIONS
WERE IN AGREEMENT THAT 57 PLANS WERE ADEQUATE EXCEEDING THE FOURTH
QUARTER TARGET FOR 48 ADEQUATE PLANS.
o THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MYDP HAS A MOVING GOAL (CONTINUING
IMPROVEMENT OF AN EXISTING AIR TOXICS PROGRAM). THEREFORE ONCE A
STATE OR LOCAL AGENCY SUBMITS A PLAN WHICH EPA FINDS "ADEQUATE" AND
PROCEEDS WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF A PROGRAM, THE AGENCY WILL REVISE
THE MYDP ANNUALLY TO REFLECT ITS CONTINUING GROWTH. THE CRITERIA
FOR "ADEQUATE" CHANGES AS THE PROGRAM PROGRESSES.
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NATIONAL ACID PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT PROGRAM
OAR REPORTS THAT THE DATABASE OF 1985 EMISSIONS RELATED TO ACID
PRECIPITATION WAS COMPLETED IN FOURTH QUARTER OF FY 1987. THE
DATA WILL BE USED FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH AND FOR SETTING OF
BASELINES FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE EMISSIONS. THE DATABASE HAS TWO
PARTS: EMISSIONS BY POINT SOURCES AND EMISSIONS BY AREA SOURCES.
REGIONS AND STATES SUBMITTED DATA TO OAR, WHICH CHECKED THE DATA
FOR QUALITY AND COMPLETENESS. THESE EMISSIONS DATA COMPLEMENT
DATA COLLECTED ABOUT 1980 EMISSIONS.
DELEGATION OF NSPS. NESHAPs AND PSD
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THE NATIONAL RATES FOR NSPS AND NESHAP
DELEGATIONS HAVE REMAINED FAIRLY CONSTANT AT 92% AND 95%.
REGIONS V, VI AND IX HAVE 100% DELEGATION FOR NSPSs, AND
REGIONS IV, V, VI AND IX HAVE 100% DELEGATION FOR NESHAPs.
IN FY 1987 THE REGIONS TARGETED 115 NEW NSPS AND 30 NEW NESHAP
DELEGATIONS. THE REGIONS ACCOMPLISHED 119 NSPS AND 36 NESHAP
DELEGATIONS FOR 103% AND 120% OF TARGET, RESPECTIVELY. ALL BUT
ONE REGION MET OR EXCEEDED ITS TARGET.
AS OF 1987, ONLY SOUTH DAKOTA AND CALIFORNIA LACK DELEGATION FOR
THE PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION (PSD) PROGRAM.
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STATUS OF MOBILE SOURCE PROGRAMS
ESTABLISHMENT OF ANTI-TAMPERING PROGRAMS
o IN FY 1987, FOUR NEW ANTI-TAMPERING PROGRAMS WERE ESTABLISHED,
AGAINST A TARGET OF SEVEN NEW PROGRAMS. REGIONS IV, VI AND VIII
MADE THEIR TARGETS. NEW PROGRAMS WERE ESTABLISHED IN RALEIGH,
OKLAHOMA CITY, PHOENIX AND TEXAS. 36 PROGRAMS ARE NOW IN PLACE
NATIONWIDE.
I/M PROGRAM PROBLEMS REMEDIED
O PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED DURING INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE (I/M) AUDITS
ARE TARGETED FOR CORRECTION AND TRACKED IN SPMS. IN FY 1987,
. REGIONS COMMITTED TO REMEDY 17 PROBLEMS. ELEVEN, OR 70% OF TARGET,
WERE REPORTED BY QMS AS CORRECTED.
INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE AUDITS
o REGIONS COMMITTED TO COMPLETE EIGHT INITIAL I/M AUDITS AND TEN
FOLLOW UP AUDITS IN FY 1987, ALL TARGETS, EXCEPT FOR ONE INITIAL
AUDIT IN OREGON, WERE COMPLETED.
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RADON
IN FY 1987, EPA AND STATES HAVE WORKED TO IDENTIFY THE EXTENT OF THE
RADON PROBLEM, TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO AFFECTED PARTIES AND TO ASSESS
THE RESOURCES IN PLACE FOR MITIGATION.
SURVEYING THE PROBLEM
O RESULTS FROM COOPERATIVE SURVEYS BETWEEN EPA AND STATES IN TEN
STATES SHOWED ELEVATED RADON LEVELS IN 21% OF 11,600 HOMES. IN
1987, SEVERAL OTHER STATES AND LOCALITIES CONDUCTED INDEPENDENT
SURVEYS; FOR EXAMPLE, SURVEYS IN FOUR STATES FOUND ELEVATED RADON
LEVELS IN 33% OF 7,746 HOMES AND STRUCTURES.
o FOUR PICOCURIES OF RADIATION PER LITER OF AIR (4pCi/L) IS THE
LEVEL AT WHICH EPA RECOMMENDS THAT REMEDIES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.
THE HIGHEST VALUES IN EACH OF THE TEN EPA-STUDIED STATES RANGED
FROM 80 pCi/L TO 180 pCi/L. THE INDEPENDENT STUDIES FOUND HIGHEST
LEVELS FROM 43 pCi/L TO 246 pCi/L IN READING PRONG, NJ.
O FOUR ADDITIONAL STATES WILL FINISH SURVEYS WITH EPA THIS WINTER.
SEVEN STATES AND INDIAN LANDS IN REGION V WILL COOPERATE WITH EPA
TO CONDUCT SURVEYS IN FY 1988. SEVERAL OTHER STATES AND
LOCALITIES HAVE BEGUN INDEPENDENT STUDIES OF WIDELY VARYING
DESIGNS AND PURPOSES.
O THE PRESENCE OF RADON GAS IN SCHOOLS AS WELL AS HOMES IS DRAWING
ATTENTION. VERMONT, NEW JERSEY, RHODE ISLAND AND OTHER STATES
HAVE BEGUN TO ASSESS THIS PROBLEM.
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MITIGATION
STATES AND EPA HAVE VERY LITTLE INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF
HOUSES WHERE HIGH RADON LEVELS HAVE BEEN MITIGATED. THE PROGRAM
IS SEEKING WAYS TO DISCOVER RATES AND PATTERNS OF MITIGATION.
ONLY LIMITED INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ABOUT FOLLOW-UP ACTIONS
TAKEN BY HOMEOWNERS WHO HAVE RECEIVED HIGH SCREENING MEASUREMENTS,
RADON PROBLEMS IN 70 HOMES IN NY, NJ, VI, OH, TN AND THE SENECA
INDIAN NATION ARE BEING MITIGATED THROUGH THE HOUSE EVALUATION
PROGRAM.
INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION AND TRAINING
o IN THE FOURTH QUARTER STATES RESPONDED TO THOUSANDS OF PUBLIC
INQUIRIES. FOR EXAMPLE, NEW JERSEY IS RECEIVING APPROXIMATELY
3000 CALLS PER MONTH, ILLINOIS OVER 500 CALLS PER MONTH, VERMONT
50. ALL STATES PARTICIPATING IN THE FY 1987 EPA/STATE RADON
SURVEY RECEIVED MORE CALLS AFTER THE AUGUST PRESS RELEASE
DESCRIBING THE RESULTS.
o ALL BUT THREE STATES PROVIDE EPA LITERATURE ABOUT RADON TO
INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS; APPROXIMATELY 280,000 COPIES OF THE
MOST POPULAR "CITIZEN'S GUIDE" HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED. EPA
RELEASED THREE NEW RADON PAMPHLETS THIS QUARTER.
O EPA EVALUATES DEVICES AND TECHNIQUES OF FIRMS WHICH PROVIDE
MEASURING SERVICES. BY THE END OF FY 1987, TESTS MADE BY OVER 600
FIRMS GAVE RESULTS WITHIN AN ACCEPTABLE RANGE OF ACCURACY.
ALTHOUGH EVALUATION IS IN HIGH DEMAND, OAR STATES THAT THIS
PROGRAM LACKS FUNDING; 700 MORE COMPANIES HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST
IN RECEIVING THE SERVICE OF MONEY IS AVAILABLE.
o EPA GAVE NINE DIAGNOSIS AND MITIGATION TRAINING COURSES IN FY
1987. FIVE STATES PLAN TO USE THE VIDEO OF THIS COURSE FOR
TRAINING THIS WINTER, AND MANY OTHER STATES ARE COPYING THE TAPE.
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AIR COMPLIANCE INSPECTIONS AND COMPLIANCE LEVELS
O THE REGIONS GENERALLY MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR INSPECTION TARGETS DURING
THE FOURTH QUARTER WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS.
- REGIONS IV MISSED ITS NESHAP TARGET BY 18%.
- REGION VII MISSED ITS TARGET FOR NSPS BY 20% AND MISSED ITS TARGET
FOR NESHAP BY 69%.
O COMPLIANCE RATES IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF FY 1987 FOR CLASS Al SIP
SOURCES WERE 89% AND FOR NSPS SOURCES 90%; THE SAME AS IN FY 1986.
THE COMPLIANCE RATE FOR NESHAP SOURCES DROPPED SLIGHTLY FROM 87% IN
THE FOURTH QUARTER OF FY 1986 TO 86% IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF FY 1987,
O THE COMPLIANCE RATE FOR OPERATING CLASS A VOC SOURCES WAS 86% AND THE
COMPLIANCE RATE FOR OPERATING NSPS VOC SOURCES WAS 92%.
NOTE: INSPECTION DATA IS LAGGED ONE QUARTER.
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AIR COMPLIANCE INSPECTIONS AND COMPLIANCE LEVELS
As Of September 30, 1987
125 T-
Inspection Levels For Class Al SIP, NSPS, and NESHAP
r 125+
-TARGET
n
A/ER-1.2
ra
LEGEND
CLASS A1 SIP
NSPS
NESHAP
rv
v vi
REGIONS
vn
vm
n
REPORTED COMPLIANCE LEVELS
CLASS A1 SIP 89%
NSPS 90%
NESHAP 8BX
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PROGRESS IN RETURNING SIGNIFICANT AIR VIOLATIONS TO COMPLIANCE
O THE AIR PROGRAM IDENTIFIED 637 SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE FISCAL YEAR INCLUDING 160 SOURCES WITH ENFORCEMENT ACTION
INITIATED. OF THE 477 REMAINING, 324 WERE TARGETED BY THE REGIONS
TO BE ADDRESSED IN FY 1987. THE REGION AND STATES ADDRESSED 330 OR
102% OF THEIR TARGET.
O AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE 637 FY 1987 FIXED
BASE SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS COMPARED TO THE 647 SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS
IN FY 1986 WAS AS FOLLOWS:
- 247 (39%) RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE, COMPARED TO (241) 37% IN FY 1986,
- 108 (17%) WERE ON COMPLIANCE SCHEDULES, COMPARED TO (120) 19%.
- 135 (21%) HAD ENFORCEMENT ACTION INITIATED, COMPARED TO (148) 23%.
- 147 (23%) WERE PENDING, COMPARED TO (138) 21%.
O THE REGIONS IDENTIFIED 159 NEW SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS DURING THE
FOURTH QUARTER BRINGING THE TOTAL FOR THE YEAR TO 586. IN FY 1986,
472 NEW SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS WERE IDENTIFIED.
O OF THE 586 NEW SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS IDENTIFIED, 138 RETURNED TO
COMPLIANCE, 49 WERE PLACED ON ACCEPTABLE SCHEDULES AND 399 (68%)
REMAIN UNADDRESSED. IN FY 1986, 342 (72%) REMAINED UNADDRESSED.
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PROGRESS IN RETURNING
SIGNIFICANT AIR VIOLATORS TO COMPLIANCE
As Of September 30, 1987
REDUCTION OF FIXED BASE
PENDING AS OF OCTOBER 31, 19B8
70&r
BOY
VER-5.6
1 2
QUARTERS
LEGEND
PENDING
ENFORCEMENT ACTION
ON ACCEPTABLE SCHEDULES
IN COMPLIANCE
TARGET
RESPONSE TO NEW VIOLATIONS
(DYNAMIC BASE)
TOTAL RETURNED ON
NEW TO SCHEDULE
COMPLIANCE
PENDING
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AIR ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY
STATE AND EPA ENFORCEMENT INITIATION
O IN FY 1987, THE REGIONS REPORTED 191 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS, COMPARED
TO 143 IN FY 1986. THROUGH THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF STATE REPORT-
ING 613 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS HAVE BEEN ISSUED COMPARED TO 571
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS IN FY 1986.
O EPA REFERRED 97 CIVIL CASES DURING FY 1987. LAST YEAR, THE CUMULATIVE
TOTAL WAS 112 BY THE END OF THE FOURTH QUARTER. FIVE CRIMINAL
ACTIONS WERE REFERRED IN FY 1987. STATE JUDICIAL REFERRALS THROUGH
THE THIRD QUARTER TOTALED 236 COMPARED TO 162 IN FY 1986.
EPA CIVIL CASE CONCLUSIONS
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, 197 CASES WERE PENDING REVIEW AT EPA
HEADQUARTERS AND/OR DOJ OR WERE FILED IN COURT. BY THE END OF THE
YEAR, 67 CASES HAD BEEN CONCLUDED. THE REMAINING 130 BOY CASES
PLUS 97 NEW REGIONAL REFERRALS COMPRISE A PENDING DOCKET OF 227
CASES.
NOTE: STATE DATA IS LAGGED ONE QUARTER,
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AIR ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY
As Of September 30, 1987
STATE AND EPA
ENFORCEMENT INITIATION
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
600T
500-
400-
N
U
M
B
E
R
300-•
200-•
Jaa.M.B.B,
QUARTERS
STATE AND EPA
ENFORCEMENT INITIATION
CIVIL REFERRALS
EPA CIVIL CONCLUSIONS
250T
250T
A/ER-3.4
LEGEND
D STATE
• EPA
QUARTERS
BOY ACTIVE CONCLUDED PENDING
CASE DOCKET
LEGEND
• PENDING FROM BOY
E3 CONCLUDED
D NEW REFERRALS FROM REGIONS
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AIR - FEDERAL FACILITY COMPLIANCE
O THE COMPLIANCE RATE FOR CLASS A SIP AND NESHAP FEDERAL FACILITIES
AT THE END OF THE FOURTH QUARTER-OF FY 1987 WERE 87% AND 73%,
RESPECTIVELY. BOTH RATES DROPPED FROM THE FOURTH QUARTER FY 1986
RATE OF 89% FOR CLASS A SIP FEDERAL FACILITIES AND 81% FOR NESHAP
FEDERAL FACILITIES.
O THE NSPS COMPLIANCE RATE FOR FEDERAL FACILITIES DECLINED FROM 100%
IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF FY 1986 TO 80% IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF
FY 1987. (ONE OUT OF THE FIVE EXISTING NSPS FEDERAL FACILITIES
WAS REPORTED IN VIOLATION.)
O THE REGIONS IDENTIFIED 16 FEDERAL FACILITIES AS SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS
AT THE BOY. ALL 14 OF THE TARGETED FEDERAL FACILITIES WERE ADDRESSED;
SIX RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE AND EIGHT WERE PLACED ON AN ACCEPTABLE
SCHEDULE.
i
O EIGHT NEW FEDERAL FACILITY SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS WERE IDENTIFIED IN
FY 1987. OF THE EIGHT, THREE WERE RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE AND THREE
WERE PLACED ON SCHEDULES.
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100r
AIR - FEDERAL FACILITY COMPLIANCE
As Of September 30, 1987
COMPLIANCE RATES
A/ER-1.5
2 3
QUARTERS
LEGEND
3 CLASS A1 SIP
I NSPS
3 NESHAP
20T
SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS
BOY
TARGET
1 2 3
QUARTERS
LEGEND
ADDRESSED
PENDING
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ASBESTOS DEMOLITION AND RENOVATION ACTIVITY
o IN FY 1987, EPA RECEIVED 16,919 NOTIFICATIONS OF ASBESTOS DEMOLITION
AND THE STATES RECEIVED 20,475 FOR A TOTAL OF 37,394.
O THE REGIONS CONDUCTED 671 INSPECTIONS DURING FY 1987 AND 1,410
VIOLATIONS WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH INSPECTIONS OR SELF-REPORTING.
IN FY 1987, THE STATES CONDUCTED 12,978 INSPECTIONS AND DISCOVERED
664 VIOLATIONS.
O EPA ISSUED 100 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS AND' REFERRED 37 CIVIL CASES
COMPARED TO 57 ORDERS AND 28 CASES IN FY 1986. THE STATES INITIATED
51 ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS AND 11 REFERRALS COMPARED TO 123 ACTIONS
AND 26 REFERRALS IN FY 1986.
NOTE: STATE DATA IS LAGGED ONE QUARTER.
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ASBESTOS DEMOLITION AND RENOVATION ACTIVITY
As Of September 30, 1987
21000-r
0
NUMBER
OF
NOTIFICATIONS
A/ER-7
NUMBER
OF
INSPECTIONS
LEGEND
• EPA
E3 STATES
NUMBER
OF
VIOLATIONS
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AIR - MOBILE SOURCE COMPLIANCE INSPECTIONS
AND COMPLIANCE LEVELS
O IN RESPONSE TO COMPLAINTS, 764 DIRECTED INSPECTIONS WERE CONDUCTED
DURING FY 1987. OF THIS TOTAL, EPA PERSONNEL CONDUCTED 409, FPA
CONTRACTORS 176, AND STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS 179.
o DURING FY 1987, THERE WERE 18,116 UNDIRECTED INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED.
EPA PERSONNEL CONDUCTED TWO INSPECTIONS, EPA CONTRACTORS CONDUCTED
9,396 AND STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS CONDUCTED 8,718.
O OUT OF THE 18,116 UNDIRECTED INSPECTIONS, 192 VIOLATIONS WERE FOUND,
FOR A VIOLATION RATE OF 1% AND OUT OF THE 764 DIRECTED INSPECTIONS,
134 VIOLATIONS WERE FOUND FOR A VIOLATION RATE OF 17.5%.
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N
U
M
B
E
R
0
F
N
S
P
E
C
T
I
0
N
S
MOBILE SOURCES
AIR COMPLIANCE INSPECTIONS AND COMPLIANCE LEVELS
As Of September 30, 1987
1000QT
9001)4-
B0004-
7QOQ4-
60004-
50004-
40004-
30004-
20004-
10004-
INSPECTIONS
VIOLATION RATE
OF UN-DIRECTED
INSPECTIONS
CONTRACTOR
CONDUCTED
FOSD
CONDUCTED
STATE AND
LOCAL
CONDUCTED
LEGEND
D IN COMPLIANCE
• IN VIOLATION
A/MS-1
LEGEND
NON-DIRECTED
DIRECTED
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AIR - MOBILE SOURCE LEAD PHASEDOWN ACTIVITY
O THERE WERE 1,696 REFINERS AND 198 IMPORTERS SUBMITTING LEAD PHASE-
DOWN REPORTS DURING FY 1987. OF THOSE 1,894 SELF-REPORTERS, FIVE
REFINERS HAD AN ACTIONABLE ENFORCEMENT VIOLATION.
NOTE: A/MS-2 DATA IS LAGGED A QUARTER.
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MOBILE SOURCE SELF-REPORTING LEAD PHASEDOWN VIOLATIONS
As Of September 30, 1987
NUMBER OF REFINERS AND
IMPORTERS REPORTING
1800
1600
1400
1200
N
U 1QOQ
M
B
E BOO
R
600
400
200
0-
2 3
QUARTER
NUMBER OF IMPORTERS AND REFINERS
WITH ACTIONABLE ENFORCEMENT
VIOLATIONS
A/MS-2
LEGEND
• REFINERS
D IMPORTERS
2 3
QUARTER
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AIR - MOBILE SOURCE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY
O AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, THE PROGRAM'HAD 367 ACTIVE (NOV)
CASES. -
O DURING FY 1987, 301 ADMINISTRATIVE CASES WERE SETTLED. TWO HUNDRED
AND SIXTY-FIVE OF THESE SETTLEMENTS INVOLVED CIVIL PENALTIES AND 111
INVOLVED CIVIL PENALTIES AND OTHER EXPENDITURES.
O THE PROGRAM ISSUED 360 NEW NOTICES OF VIOLATION IN FY 1987. THE
BALANCE OF 66 CASES FROM THE BOY INVENTORY PLUS THE 360 NEW CASES
COMPRISES A ACTIVE DOCKET OF 426 CASES AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
O THE PROGRAM REFERRED 22 CIVIL CASES IN FY 1987.
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MOBILE SOURCE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY
As Of September 30, 1987
500-T-
400--
300--
200--
100--
NUMBER OF
ADMINISTRATIVE
CASES ACTIVE
AS OF BOY
SETTLEMENTS
INVOLVING
CIVIL
PENALTIES
SETTLEMENTS
INVOLVING
CIVIL PENALTIES
AND OTHER
EXPENDITURES
PENDING
DOCKET
A/MS-3.5
NEW CASES INITIATED DURING THE YEAR
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!l
Office of Water
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OFFICE OF WATER
FOURTH QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS
THE REGIONS AND THE STATES BOTH CONTINUE TO SHOW GOOD PERFORMANCE
AGAINST TARGETS. FOR NON-ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES, 23 OF 38 TARGETS WERE
MET OR EXCEEDED. OF THE 38 TARGETS, 2 WERE MISSED ACHIEVING LESS THAN
70% OF TARGET, AND 10 WERE EXCEEDED ACHIEVING MORE THAN 130% OF TARGET.
o MAJOR SUCCESES WERE IN THE NATIONAL POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION
SYSTEM (NPDES) AND THE UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL (UIC) PROGRAMS.
- THE NPDES PROGRAM EXCEEDED 9 OF 12 TARGETS.
— IN PERMIT REVISIONS OF MAJOR INDUSTRIALS, THE REGIONS ACHIEVED
74, 49% OF THEIR TARGET OF 149.
— THE REGIONS AND THE STATES BOTH SIGNIFICANTLY EXCEEDED THREE
TARGETS, VARYING FROM 130% TO 249% OF TARGET.
- THE UIC PROGRAM MET 6 OF 8 TARGETS.
— THE STATES SIGNIFICANTLY EXCEEDED TWO TARGETS, VARYING FROM
150% TO 180% OF TARGET.
O MINOR SHORTFALLS WERE IN THE CONSTRUCTION GRANTS AND OCEAN DUMPING
PROGRAMS.
- IN CONSTRUCTION GRANTS, 3 OF 5 TARGETS WERE BARELY MISSED,
ACHIEVING 86% TO 94% OF TARGETS. HOWEVER, NET OUTLAYS MADE 100%
OF THEIR REVISED OMB TARGET.
- IN OCEAN DUMPING, 3 OF 4 TARGETS WERE MISSED, ACHIEVING 70% TO
91%. HOWEVER, FINAL EISs MET ITS TARGET.
o SEVERAL REGIONS MET THEIR TARGETS FOR OVER 85% OF THEIR MEASURES:
IV(32/35), VI(26/28), VII(19/21), AND IX(24/27).
o SEVERAL REGIONS MET THEIR TARGETS FOR LESS THAN 55% OF THEIR
MEASURES: 11(16/30), V(13/27), AND VIII(15/30).
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES WERE ABOUT THE SAME AS LAST YEAR. THE PUBLIC
WATER SYSTEM (PWS) AND UIC PROGRAMS BEGAN TO USE THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE
ORDER (AO) AUTHORITY. FOR ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES, 9 OF 11 TARGETS WERE
MET OR EXCEEDED. THE TWO TARGETS THAT WERE MISSED WERE:
- NPDES INSPECTIONS BY STATES
404 SIGNIFICANT VIOLATOR SITES ADDRESSED.
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NATIONAL POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMITS
THE NPDES PROGRAM STARTED IN 1970. EACH NPDES PERMIT PERMIT IS
EFFECTIVE FOR FIVE YEARS. PERMITS HAVE GONE THROUGH SEVERAL STAGES OF
DEVELOPMENT AND STRINGENCY. CURRENTLY, ABOUT 70,000 FACILITIES HAVE
NPDES PERMITS. OF THESE, SOME 7,300 ARE MAJORS: 3,600 INDUSTRIAL AND
3,700 MUNICIPAL.
MAJOR INDUSTRIAL NPDES REPERMITTING BY EPA
o IN FY 1987, THE REGIONS PLANNED TO REISSUE NPDES PERMITS TO 133 OF
149 MAJOR INDUSTRIALS DUE TO EXPIRE DURING THE YEAR.
O THE REGIONS REISSUED 276 PERMITS, ACHIEVING 207% OF ITS TARGET OF
133. (LAST YEAR, EPA ISSUED NPDES PERMITS TO 231 MAJOR INDUSTRIALS,
120% OF THEIR TARGET OF 193.)
- REGIONS III, IV, VI, IX AND X MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS.
- REGION X(156/7) ACCOUNTED FOR 156 PERMITS OR 56% OF THE TOTAL.
MOST OF THESE PERMITS WERE ISSUED TO PLACER MINERS, SMALL
OPERATORS ON STREAMS, IN ALASKA. (LAST YEAR, REGION X(63/25) ALSO
EXCEEDED ITS TARGET, BUT ONLY ACCOUNTED FOR 27% OF THE TOTAL.)
MAJOR INDUSTRIAL NPDES REPERMITTING BY THE DELEGATED STATES
IN FY 1987, THE STATES PLANNED TO REISSUE NPDES PERMITS TO 462 OF
522 MAJOR INDUSTRIALS DUE TO EXPIRE DURING THE YEAR.
THE STATES REISSUED 353 PERMITS, ACHIEVING 76% OF THEIR TARGET OF
462. (LAST YEAR, THE STATES ISSUED NPDES PERMITS TO 458 MAJOR
INDUSTRIALS, 92% OF THEIR TARGET OF 500.)
- THE STATES IN REGIONS IV AND VI MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS.
- THE STATES IN REGION 1(6/18), MISSED THEIR TARGETS. (LAST YEAR,
THE STATES IN REGION 1(51/58) DID MUCH BETTER.)
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300r
MAJOR INDUSTRIAL NPDES REPERMITTING
As Of September 30, 1987
EPA
STATES
5QOT
NUMBER WHICH HAVE EXPIRED
OR WILL EXPIRE BY:
EOY 86
EOY 87
90
149
234
522
WQ-1.2.3,4
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MAJOR MUNICIPAL NPDES REPERMITTING BY EPA
o IN FY 1987, THE REGIONS PLANNED TO REISSUE NPDES PERMITS TO 141 OF
176 MAJOR MUNICIPALS DUE TO EXPIRE DURING THE YEAR.
O EPA REISSUED 158 PERMITS, ACHIEVING 112% OF ITS TARGET OF 141. (LAST
YEAR, EPA ISSUED NPDES PERMITS TO 192 MAJOR MUNICIPALS, 94% OF THEIR
TARGET OF 204.)
- REGIONS IV AND VI EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS.
- REGION VIII AND X ACCOMPLISHED ONLY 68% AND 60% OF THEIR TARGETS.
(LAST YEAR, REGIONS VIII AND X ACHIEVED 38% AND 70% OF THEIR
TARGETS.)
MAJOR MUNICIPAL NPDES REPERMITTING BY THE DELEGATED STATES
o IN FY 1987, THE STATES PLANNED TO REISSUE NPDES PERMITS TO 589 OF
646 MAJOR MUNICIPALS DUE TO EXPIRE DURING THE YEAR.
o THE STATES REISSUED 474 PERMITS, ACHIEVING 80% OF THEIR TARGET OF
589. (LAST YEAR, THE STATES ISSUED NPDES PERMITS TO 504 MAJOR
MUNICIPALS, 95% OF THEIR TARGET-OF 529.)
- STATES IN REGIONS VI, VII, AND IX EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS.
- STATES IN REGIONS I, II, AND VIII ACCOMPLISHED ONLY 57%, 61%, AND
37% OF THEIR TARGETS. (LAST YEAR, THE STATES IN THESE REGIONS
ACHIEVED 55%, 84%, AND 74% OF THEIR TARGETS.)
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MAJOR MUNICIPAL NPDES REPERMITTING
•• As Of September 30, 1987
EPA
160r
2
QUARTERS
NUMBER WHICH HAVE EXPIRED
OF WILL EXPIRE BY:
EOY 86 77
WQ-5.6,7.8 EOY 87 176
600-r
500--
400--
300-
200-•
100--
LEGEND
— TARGET
— ACTUAL
STATES
QUARTERS
238
648
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MAJOR INDUSTRIAL NPDES PERMITS REVISED BY EPA
o NATIONALLY, THE REGIONS REVISED 74 OF 149 (49%) INDUSTRIAL PERMITS
TARGETED IN FY 1987.
- REGIONS I, II, IV, VI, AND IX MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS.
- REGION X(11/125) MISSED ITS TARGET BECAUSE IT REISSUED 114
PERMITS INSTEAD OF REVISING THEM.
- EXCLUDING REGION X, THE REGIONS REVISED 63 PERMITS AGAINST A
TARGET OF 24. (THE REGIONS' PERFORMANCE VARIED FROM 100% TO 400%
OF TARGET.)
MAJOR INDUSTRIAL NPDES PERMITS REVISED BY THE DELEGATED STATES
O THE STATES REVISED 170 OF 72 (236%) INDUSTRIAL PERMITS TARGETED IN
FY 1987.
- THE STATES IN SEVEN OUT OP EIGHT REGIONS MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR
TARGETS. (THE REGIONS' PERFORMANCE VARIED FROM 90% TO 240% OF
TARGET.)
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MAJOR INDUSTRIAL NPDES PERMIT REVISIONS
As Of September 30, 1987
EPA
STATES
15&T
20QT
QUARTERS
LEGEND
- TARGET
—• ACTUAL
2
QUARTERS
NUMBER PLANNED IN
FY 1987 274
71
WO-9.10
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MAJOR MUNICIPAL NPDES PERMITS REVISED BY EPA
o THE REGIONS REVISED 55 MUNICIPAL PERMITS, COMPARED TO A TARGET OF
34, ACHIEVING 161% OF THEIR TARGET IN FY 1987.
- REGIONS I, IV, VI, AND IX EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS, VARYING FROM
175% TO 350% OF TARGET.
- REGION X(0/2) MISSED ITS TARGET.
MAJOR MUNICIPAL NPDES PERMITS REVISED BY THE DELEGATED STATES
THE STATES REVISED 197 MUNICIPAL PERMITS, COMPARED TO A TARGET OF
74, ACHIEVING 249% OF THEIR TARGET IN FY 1987.
- THE STATES IN REGIONS II, III, IV, VIII, AND X EXCEEDED THEIR
TARGETS, ACHIEVING FROM 200% TO 300% OF TARGET.
- THE STATES IN REGION 1(2/5) MISSED THEIR TARGET.
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MAJOR MUNICIPAL NPDES PERMIT REVISIONS
As Of September 30, 1987
EPA
N
U
M
B R
E E
R V
I
0 S
F I
0
P N
E S
R
M
I
20
10
2 3
QUARTERS
STATES
20th-
LEGEND
- TARGET
— ACTUAL
QUARTERS
WQ-11,12
NUMBER PLANNED
IN FY 1987 34
69
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NPDES PERMITS FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY SIGNIFICANT MINORS
CURRENTLY, ABOUT 70,000 FACILITIES HAVE NPDES PERMITS, OF WHICH SOME
62,800 ARE MINOR FACILITIES.
NPDES ENVIRONMENTALLY SIGNIFICANT MINOR REPERMITTING BY EPA
O IN FY 1987, THE REGIONS COMMITTED TO REISSUE NPDES PERMITS TO 694
ENVIRONMENTALLY SIGNIFICANT MINORS.
O THE REGIONS REISSUED 865 PERMITS, ACHIEVING 124% OF ITS END-OF-^YEAR
TARGET. (LAST YEAR, THE REGIONS ISSUED NPDES PERMITS TO 956
SIGNIFICANT MINORS, 153% OF THEIR TARGET OF 626.)
- REGIONS I, II, IV, VI, IX, AND X MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS
FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
NPDES ENVIRONMENTALLY SIGNIFICANT MINOR REPERMITTING
BY THE DELEGATED STATES
O IN FY 1987, THE DELEGATED STATES COMMITTED TO REISSUE NPDES PERMITS
TO 1,959 ENVIRONMENTALLY SIGNIFICANT MINORS.
O THE STATES REISSUED 2,465 PERMITS, ACHIEVING 126% OF THEIR END-OF-
YEAR TARGET. (LAST YEAR, THE STATES ISSUED NPDES PERMITS TO 7,539
SIGNIFICANT MINORS, 341% OF THEIR TARGET OF 2,209.)
*** ALL REGIONAL STATE TARGETS HAVE BEEN MET OR EXCEEDED FOR THE
LAST TWO YEARS. ***
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NPDES ENVIRONMENTALLY SIGNIFICANT MINOR PERMITS
As Of September 30. 1987
EPA
STATES
9QCW
QUARTERS
25QOr
2000--
150&
1QOO--
500-
LEGEND
- TARGET
— ACTUAL
QUARTERS
WQ-13
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RESOLVING EVIDENTIARY HEARING REQUESTS
O AT THE START OF FY 1987, 160 EVIDENTIARY HEARING REQUESTS WERE
FENDING. BY THE END OF THE YEAR, EPA PLANNED TO RESOLVE 25 OF 45
AND THE DELEGATED STATES PLANNED TO RESOLVE 52 OF 115. DURING THE
YEAR, MORE REQUESTS CAME UP, SINCE EACH FACILITY IN THE NPDES PERMIT
PROCESS MAY REQUEST AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING.
EPA
o IN FY 1987, THE REGIONS RESOLVED 46 EVIDENTIARY HEARING REQUESTS,
ACHIEVING 184% OF ITS TARGET OF 25. (LAST YEAR, THE REGIONS RESOLVED
63 EVIDENTIARY HEARING REQUESTS, 180% OF TARGET OF 35.)
*** ALL SIX REGIONS WITH TARGETS (I, II, IV, VI, IX, AND X) MET OR
EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. ***
DELEGATED STATES
O IN FY 1987, THE STATES HAVE RESOLVED 68 EVIDENTIARY HEARING
REQUESTS, ACHIEVING 130% OF THEIR END-OF-YEAR TARGET OF 52. (LAST
YEAR, THE STATES RESOLVED 46 EVIDENTIARY HEARING REQUESTS, 102% OF
TARGET OF 45.)
- THE STATES IN REGIONS III, IV, V, AND VI EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS.
- THE STATES IN REGIONS 1(1/3), 11(6/13), VIII(0/2), AND X(0/4)
MISSED THEIR TARGETS. (LAST YEAR, THE STATES IN REGIONS I AND X
HAD NO TARGETS, THE STATES IN REGION II EXCEEDED THEIR TARGET,
AND THE STATES IN REGION VIII(0/3) MISSED THEIR TARGET.)
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RESOLVING EVIDENTIARY HEARING REQUESTS
As Of September 30, 1987
EPA
2 3
QUARTERS
STATES
7Qr
60-
LEGEND
— TARGET
— ACTUAL
QUARTERS
EVIDENTIARY HEARING
REQUEST PENDING
AS OF 10/1/86: 45
115
WQ-15
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MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM AUDITS
O IN FY 1987, THE REGIONS AND THE DELEGATED STATES PLANNED TO AUDIT
341 OF THE UNIVERSE OF 1,429 APPROVED MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT
PROGRAMS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. (THIS WOULD BRING THEM TO ABOUT
HALF OF THE PROGRAM BECAUSE LAST YEAR, WHEN THEY STARTED THE AUDITS,
THEY AUDITED 358 MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS.)
O THE REGIONS AND THE DELEGATED STATES CONDUCTED 373 AUDITS FOR 109%
OF THEIR TARGET.
O IN FY 1987, THE REGIONS AUDITED 206 MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS,
ACHIEVING 114% OF ITS END-OF-YEAR TARGET OF 180. (LAST YEAR, EPA
AUDITED 160 MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS, 118% OF TARGETOF 136.)
*** ALL TEN REGIONS MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS FOR THE LAST TWO
YEARS. ***
DELEGATED STATES
O IN FY 1987, THE STATES AUDITED 167 MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS,
ACHIEVING 103% OF THEIR END-OF-YEAR TARGET OF 161. (LAST YEAR, THE
STATES AUDITED 198 MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS, 108% OF TARGET
OF 182.)
- SEVEN REGIONAL STATE TARGETS WERE MET OR EXCEEDED. (LAST YEAR,
SIX REGIONAL STATE TARGETS WERE MET OR EXCEEDED.)
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N
U
M
B
E
R
0
F
A
U
D
I
T
S
21 QT
1BQ--
15Q--
12Q--
MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT AUDITS
As Of September 30, 1987
EPA
STATES
2
QUARTERS
NUMBER OF APPROVED
PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS
AS OF 10/1/B6: 634
1BOr
150--
120-
90--
60--
30--
LEGEND
- TARGET
-— AT.TIIAI
QUARTERS
7B9
WQ-16
-57-
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MUNICIPAL POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
THE INTERIM GOAL OF THE MUNICIPAL POLICY WAS TO PLACE ALL
NONCOMPLYING MUNICIPAL FACILITIES ON ENFORCEABLE SCHEDULES BY THE
END OF FY 1985. THAT GOAL WAS NOT MET, BUT GREAT PROGRESS WAS MADE
IN FY 1986, AND CONTINUED IN FY 1987. BY THE END OF FY 1987, ALL BUT
23 OF 1,500 FACILITIES WERE ON ENFORCEABLE SCHEDULES OR REFERRALS.
MAJOR FACILITIES REQUIRING CONSTRUCTION
IN FY 1987, EPA AND THE STATES COMMITTED TO PLACING 49 OF THE
REMAINING 66 NONCOMPLYING MAJOR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES REQUIRING
CONSTRUCTION ON ENFORCEABLE SCHEDULES.
THIS YEAR, EPA AND THE STATES HAVE INCORPORATED 38 PLANS INTO
ENFORCEABLE SCHEDULES AND REFERRED 7 NONCOMPLYING FACILITIES,
ACHIEVING 91% OF THEIR END-OF-YEAR TARGET OF 49. (LAST YEAR, EPA AND
THE STATES PLACED 449 MAJOR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES REQUIRING
CONSTRUCTIOON ON ENFORCEABLE SCHEDULES, 106% OF THEIR TARGET OF
422.)
- REGIONS II, III, VII, AND X MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS.
- REGION IX(l/4) MISSED ITS TARGET. (LAST YEAR, REGION IX(3/1) DID
MUCH BETTER.)
MINOR FACILITIES REQUIRING CONSTRUCTION
IN FY 1987, EPA AND THE STATES COMMITTED TO PLACING 592 OF THE
REMAINING 945 NONCOMPLYING MINOR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES REQUIRING
CONSTRUCTION ON ENFORCEABLE SCHEDULES.
THIS YEAR, EPA AND THE STATES HAVE INCORPORATED 606 PLANS INTO
ENFORCEABLE SCHEDULES, ACHIEVING 102% OF THEIR END-OF-YEAR TARGETS
OF 592. (LAST YEAR, EPA AND THE STATES PLACED 659 MINOR MUNICIPAL
FACILITIES REQUIRING CONSTRUCTION ON ENFORCEABLE SCHEDULES, 118% OF
THEIR TARGET OF 555.)
- REGIONS I, II, III, IV, VII, VIII, AND IX MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR
TARGETS.
- REGION V(167/338) MISSED ITS TARGET. (LAST YEAR, REGION
V(214/122) EXCEEDED ITS TARGET.)
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MUNICIPAL POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
As Of September 30, 1987
MAJOR FACILITIES
REQUIRING CONSTRUCTION
6 Or
2
QUARTERS
NUMBER OF FACILITIES
NEEDING ENFORCEABLE SCHEDULES
68
625-r
5QQ--
375-
250-•
125-
LEGEND
- TARGET
— ACTUAL
MINOR FACILITIES
REQUIRING CONSTRUCTION
2
QUARTERS
845
WQ-17.18
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MUNICIPAL POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
STATUS OF MUNICIPAL COMPLIANCE PLANS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1987
O THERE ARE 849 MAJOR FACILITIES WITH MUNICIPAL COMPLIANCE PLAN
SCHEDULES:
- 215 BY EPA.
- 634 BY DELEGATED STATES.
O NATIONALLY, 209 OR 24% OF THESE FACILITIES ARE IN SNC WITH THEIR
SCHEDULES, AN INCREASE FROM LAST QUARTER'S 17%.
- 38 OR 17% OF THE EPA FACILITIES ARE IN SNC WITH THEIR SCHEDULES.
- 171 OR 27% OF THE DELEGATED STATE FACILITIES ARE IN SNC WITH
THEIR SCHEDULES.
O FIVE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY EPA OR THE STATES TO
ADDRESS SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE VIOLATIONS OF MUNICIPAL COMPLIANCE
PLANS.
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MUNICIPAL COMPLIANCE PLAN
As Of September 30, 1987
100-r
0
REGIONS
TOTAL
FACILITIES
X NATIONAI
26 849
WQ-19
LEGEND
• % IN SNC WITH MCP SCHEDULES
D % IN COMPLIANCE WITH MCP SCHEDULES
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NPDES COMPLIANCE STATUS
o NINETY-ONE PERCENT OF THE 3,576 MAJOR INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES HAVE
COMPLETED THE CONSTRUCTION NEEDED TO ACHIEVE FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS
WHILE NINE PERCENT NEED ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION.
THE OVERALL COMPLIANCE RATE FOR MAJOR INDUSTRIALS DECREASED TO
91% COMPARED TO 92% LAST QUARTER:
- 8% WERE IN SNC WITH FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS
1% WERE IN SNC WITH CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES/INTERIM EFFLUENT
LIMITS.
REGIONS IV, VI, VIII, IX AND X HAD OVERALL COMPLIANCE RATES OF
91% OR BETTER.
O SEVENTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE 3,722 MAJOR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES HAVE
COMPLETED THE CONSTRUCTION NEEDED TO ACHIEVE FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS
WHILE 29% NEED ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION.
THE OVERALL COMPLIANCE RATE FOR MAJOR MUNICIPALS DECREASED TO 85%
COMPARED TO 87% LAST QUARTER:
- 8% WERE IN SNC WITH FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS
- 7% WERE IN SNC WITH CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES/INTERIM EFFLUENT
LIMITS.
REGIONS I, IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX AND X HAD OVERALL COMPLIANCE RATES
OF 85% OR BETTER.
NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS COMPLIANCE STATUS OF FACILITIES NOT IN SIGNIFI-
CANT NONCOMPLIANCE AS OF JUNE 30, 1987.
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NPDES COMPLIANCE STATUS
As Of June 30, 1987
MAJOR INDUSTRIALS
MAJOR MUNICIPALS
WQ/E-1,4
8%
1%
7%
84%
LEGEND
SNC WITH PEL BX
SNC WITH CS/IEL 7X
NOT IN SNC WITH CS/IEL22%
NOT IN SNC WITH FEL 63%
-C. ^_
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NPDES AND PRETREATMENT INSPECTION ACTIVITY
O THE REGIONS AND STATES HAVE CONDUCTED 2,370 PRETREATMENT INSPECTIONS
AGAINST A COMBINED TARGET OF 1,767 FOR 134% OF TARGET.
- THE REGIONS HAVE CONDUCTED 933 PRETREATMENT INSPECTIONS FOR 176%
OF TARGET.
- 318 INSPECTIONS AGAINST A POTW TARGET OF 364 (87%).
- 615 INSPECTIONS AGAINST AN IU TARGET OF 165 (373%).
- THE STATES HAVE CONDUCTED 1,437 PRETREATMENT INSPECTIONS FOR 116%
OF TARGET.
- 598 INSPECTIONS AGAINST A POTW TARGET OF 556 (108%).
- 839 INSPECTIONS AGAINST AN IU TARGET OF 682 (123%).
O FOR COVERAGE, THE REGIONS AND STATES HAVE INSPECTED 6,383 MAJOR
FACILITIES AGAINST A COMBINED TARGET OF 7,309 FOR 87% OF TARGET.
REGION X MISSED ITS TARGET, AND ALL OF THE STATES MISSED THEIR
TARGETS.
- THE REGIONS HAVE CONDUCTED 1,714 FOR 125% OF TARGET.
- THE STATES HAVE CONDUCTED 4,669 FOR 79% OF TARGET.
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NPDES INSPECTION ACTIVITY
As Of September 30, 1987
2400-r
2000 -
1600
1200--
800-
400-
PRETREATMENT
COMPLIANCE
75DOT
6000 •
4500- •
3000- -
1500--
WQE-15&1B
LEGEND
— TARGET
— ACTUAL
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RESPONSE TO SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE
EXCEPTIONS LIST
THE NUMBER OF MAJOR INDUSTRIAL AND MUNICIPAL FACILITIES IN SNC FOR
TWO OR MORE CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS WITHOUT BEING ADDRESSED OR RETURNED
TO COMPLIANCE INCREASED FROM THREE PERCENT TO FOUR PERCENT OF ALL
MAJOR FACILITIES. THERE ARE 52 FACILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN IN SNC FOR
A YEAR OR MORE WITHOUT BEING ADDRESSED. THIS IS A DECREASE FROM
•
LAST QUARTER'S 71 AND REPRESENTS 19% OF THE EXCEPTIONS REPORT.
- FOR MAJOR INDUSTRIALS, OF 67 FACILITIES FROM THE LAST QUARTER'S
EXCEPTIONS LIST, 12 HAVE RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE AND 22 HAVE
ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS INITIATED. THE REMAINING 33 PLUS 61 NEW
SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS ON THE EXCEPTIONS REPORT CONSTITUTE THE
PENDING BALANCE OF 94. THERE ARE 3,722 MAJOR INDUSTRIALS. THREE
PERCENT OF THESE ARE PENDING ON THE EXCEPTIONS REPORT, AN INCREASE
OF ONE PERCENT FROM LAST QUARTER.
- FOR MAJOR MUNICIPALS, OF 138 FACILITIES FROM THE LAST QUARTER'S
EXCEPTIONS LIST, 38 HAVE RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE AND 30 HAVE
ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS INITIATED. THE REMAINING 70 PLUS 102 NEW
SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS ON THE EXCEPTIONS REPORT CONSTITUTE THE
PENDING BALANCE OF 172. THERE ARE 3,576 MAJOR MUNICIPALS, FIVE
PERCENT OF THESE ARE PENDING ON THE EXCEPTIONS REPORT, AN INCREASE
FROM LAST QUARTER'S FOUR PERCENT.
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1DQ-r
RESPONSE TO SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE
EXCEPTIONS REPORT
As Of September 30, 1987
MAJOR
INDUSTRIALS
SNC
RETURNED ENFORCEMENT PENDING
TO ACTIONS
COMPLIANCE
200r
MAJOR
MUNICIPALS
SNC RETURNED ENFORCEMENT PENDING
TO ACTIONS
COMPLIANCE
WQ/E-7.8.9,10
LEGEND
D SNC 2 CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS
• SNC FOR MORE THAN 2 CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS
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NPDES ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY
O DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER, EPA ISSUED 307 (996 FOR THE YEAR) ADMINIS-
TRATIVE ORDERS (AOs), COMPARED TO 291 DURING THE SAME QUARTER LAST
YEAR (990 FOR THE YEAR). THE STATES ISSUED 385 AOs (1,660 FOR THE
YEAR), COMPARED TO 1,014 DURING THE SAME QUARTER LAST YEAR (2,918 FOR
THE YEAR).
O DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER, THE REGIONS REFERRED 41 CIVIL CASES THE
SAME AS LAST YEAR. CUMULATIVELY, THE REGIONS HAVE REFERRED 90 CIVIL
CASES COMPARED TO 107 LAST YEAR. THE STATES REFERRED 109 CIVIL CASES
(286 FOR THE YEAR), COMPARED TO 92 FOR THE QUARTER THIS TIME LAST
YEAR (226 FOR THE YEAR). IN FY 1987, 154 CIVIL CASES WERE FILED IN
STATE COURTS, COMPARED TO 76 LAST YEAR.
o REGIONS III, V, VII, VIII, AND X EACH HAD A CRIMINAL REFERRAL IN THE
FOURTH QUARTER. THERE HAVE BEEN 14 CWA CRIMINAL REFERRALS THIS YEAR.
THE STATES IN REGION III HAD 13 CRIMINAL ACTIONS IN THE FOURTH
QUARTER.
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500-r
0-1
NPDES ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY
As Of September 30, 1987
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
2 3
QUARTERS
N
U
M
B
E
R
E
A
C
H
0
U
A
R
T
E
R
120-r
100+
WQ/E-13,14,16.417
LEGEND
• EPA
0 STATES
CIVIL REFERRALS
2 3
QUARTERS
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STATUS OF MAJOR NPDES FEDERAL FACILITIES
O EIGHTY-EIGHT PERCENT OF THE 150 MAJOR FEDERAL FACILITIES HAVE
COMPLETED THE CONSTRUCTION NEEDED TO ACHIEVE FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS
WHILE 12% NEED ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION.
O THE OVERALL COMPLIANCE RATE FOR MAJOR FEDERAL FACILITIES DECREASED
FROM 91% LAST QUARTER TO 85% THIS QUARTER.
- 11% WERE IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE WITH FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS.
- 4% WERE IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE WITH CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES/
INTERIM EFFLUENT LIMITS.
O FOR MAJOR FEDERAL FACILITIES ON THE EXCEPTIONS REPORT, OF THE SEVEN
FACILITIES FROM THE LAST QUARTER'S EXCEPTIONS LIST, NONE WERE RETURNED
TO COMPLIANCE OR HAD AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION INITIATED. THE SEVEN
PLUS ONE NEW SIGNIFICANT VIOLATOR ON THE EXCEPTIONS REPORT CONSTITUTE
THE PENDING BALANCE OF EIGHT FACILITIES (THREE EPA AND FIVE NPDES
SITES). FIVE PERCENT OF ALL MAJOR FEDERAL FACILITIES ARE PENDING ON
THE EXCEPTIONS REPORT, AN INCREASE OF TWO PERCENT FROM LAST QUARTER.
THERE ARE FOUR FACILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN IN SNC FOR FIVE OR MORE
QUARTERS. '.
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STATUS OF MAJOR NPDES FEDERAL FACILITIES
As Of September 30, 1987
COMPLIANCE STATUS
11%
RESPONSE TO NEW VIOLATIONS
DYNAMIC BASE
4%
11%
LEGEND
SNC WITH PEL
SNC WITH CS/IEL
NOT SNC WITH CS/IEL 8%
NOT IN SNC WITH PEL 77%
WQ/E-5,6,11.12
SNC RETURNED ENFORCEMENT PENDING
TO ACTIONS
COMPLIANCE
LEGEND
D SNC 2 CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS
• SNC MORE THAN 2 CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS
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CONSTRUCTION GRANTS PROGRAM
SINCE 1970, THE CONSTRUCTION GRANTS PROGRAM HAS PROVIDED SOME $18
BILLION IN 8,000 GRANTS TO 5,200 MAJOR AND MINOR POTWs, PROVIDING
SECONDARY OR BETTER TREATMENT FOR 94 MILLION PEOPLE.
CONSTRUCTION GRANTS PROJECTS INITIATING OPERATION
o IN FY 1987, EPA TARGETED 439 OF 496 NMP PROJECTS EXPECTED TO
INITIATE OPERATION.
O NATIONALLY, 392 NMP CONSTRUCTION GRANTS PROJECTS INITIATED
OPERATION, ACHIEVING 89% OF ITS END-OF-YEAR TARGET. (LAST YEAR, 869
CONSTRUCTION GRANTS PROJECTS INITIATED OPERATION, 112% OF THEIR
TARGET OF 773, BUT THESE INCLUDED ALL, NOT JUST NMP, PROJECTS.)
- REGIONS IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX AND X MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR
TARGETS.
- REGIONS 1(35/44), 11(56/73), 111(28/50), AND V(82/97) MISSED
THEIR TARGETS. (LAST YEAR, ALL REGIONS MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR
TARGETS.)
CONSTRUCTION GRANTS ASSISTANCE DISPUTES RESOLVED
o BY THE END OF THE YEAR, THE REGIONS TARGETED TO RESOLVE 213 OF THE
240 DISPUTES WHICH WERE PENDING AT THE BEGINNING OF FY 1987.
O NATIONALLY, 201 ASSISTANCE DISPUTES WERE RESOLVED, ACHIEVING 94% OF
ITS END-OF-YEAR TARGET.
- REGIONS I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX AND X ESSENTIALLY
MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS.
- REGION 111(43/60) MISSED ITS TARGET, HOWEVER, REGION III RESOLVED
THE SECOND LARGEST NUMBER OF ASSISTANCE DISPUTES IN THE NATION.
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CONSTRUCTION GRANTS—PROJECTS INITIATING
OPERATION AND ASSISTANCE DISPUTES RESOLVED
As Of September 30, 1987
NMP PROJECTS INITIATING OPERATION
500T
QUARTERS
PROJECTS TO INITIATE
OPERATION BYEOY 1987
ASSISTANCE DISPUTES RESOLVED
25DT
496
PENDING ASSISTANCE
DISPUTES AS OF 10/1/B6: 240
WQ-21,22
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CONSTRUCTION GRANTS BACKLOGGED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLETIONS
o AT THE BEGINNING OF FY 1987, THERE WERE 2,637 BACKLOGGED
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLETIONS. EPA AND THE STATES PLANNED TO COMPLETE
1,903 OR 72% OF THESE DURING THE YEAR.
o NATIONALLY, EPA AND THE STATES MADE 1,619 BACKLOGGED ADMINISTRATIVE
COMPLETIONS, ACHIEVING 86% OF ITS END-OF-YEAR TARGET OF 1,903. (LAST
YEAR, THEY MADE 380 BACKLOGGED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLETIONS, 96% OF
THEIR TARGET OF 397.)
- REGIONS IV, VI, VII, IX AND X EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS.
- REGION 11(201/204) ESSENTIALLY MET ITS TARGET.
- REGIONS 1(196/228), 111(256/363), V(433/582), VIII(42/60) MISSED
THEIR TARGETS. (LAST YEAR, REGIONS III AND VIII EXCEEDED THEIR
TARGETS, AND REGIONS 1(60/78) AND V(83/116) MISSED THEIR
TARGETS.)
- THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY HAS NOT YET MADE ANY COMMITMENT TO ANY
BACKLOGGED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLETIONS, AND SO THEIR DATA HAS NOT
BEEN INCLUDED.
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CONSTRUCTION GRANTS
BACKLOGGED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLETIONS
As Of September 30, 1987
2000-r
WQ-23
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLETION
BACKLOG AS OF FY 1987 2,637
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CONSTRUCTION GRANT OUTLAYS
o IN FY 1987, CONSTRUCTION GRANT OUTLAYS WERE $2,913 M, WHICH WAS 105%
OF THE END-OF-YEAR SPMS COMMITMENT OF $2,763 M, WITHIN THE EXPECTED
RANGE OF +/- 5% OF TARGET. PERFORMANCE AGAINST THE REVISED, OFFICIAL
OMB TARGET OF $2,900 M WAS 101%. (LAST YEAR, CONSTRUCTION GRANT
OUTLAYS WERE $3,084 M, 105% OF SPMS COMMITMENT OF $2,926 M, 103% OF
THE OMB TARGET OF $2,990 M.)
- ALL REGIONS WORKED COOPERATIVELY TO ASSIST THE EFFORT TO ACHIEVE
THE NATIONAL COMMITMENT WITHIN 5%. REGIONS VIII, IX, AND X HAD
THEIR COMMITMENT LEVELS REDUCED TO HELP ACHIEVE THIS GOAL.
- REGIONS VIII AND X ACHIEVED 100% OF THEIR REVISED TARGETS.
- REGIONS II, III, IV AND IX WERE ALSO WITHIN THE +/~ 5% WINDOW.
- REGIONS I($211M/$191M), V($712M/$643M), VI($223M/$190M), AND
VII($161M/$141M) EXCEEDED THE + 5% WINDOW. (LAST YEAR, REGIONS I,
IIIf AND VIII EXCEEDED THE + 5% WINDOW.)
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3000-r
2500--
I 2000
N
D
0 M
L I
L L 1500
A L
R I
S 0
N
S 1000
500--
CONSTRUCTION GRANTS NET OUTLAYS
As Of September 30, 1987
WQ-24
QUARTERS
LEGEND
— TARGET
- ACTUAL
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CONSTRUCTION GRANTS OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT EVALUATIONS
O THIS MEASURE ASSESSES THE NUMBER OF MINOR POTWs THAT HAVE RETURNED
TO COMPLIANCE OR ARE MEETING SCHEDULES FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION AS A
RESULT OF AN OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT EVALUATION (OME).
o IN FY 1987, EPA CARRIED OUT 660 OMEs, ACHIEVING 151 % OF THE END-OF-
YEAR TARGET OF 435. (LAST YEAR, EPA COMPLETED 720 OMEs, 150% OF
TARGET OF 480.)
*** ALL REGIONS ESSENTIALLY MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS. ***
(LAST YEAR, ALL REGIONS SIGNIFICANTLY EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS.)
- REGION IX (110/21) ACHIEVED 523% OF ITS TARGET AS A RESULT OF A
SPECIAL TEAM EFFORT.
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CONSTRUCTION GRANTS
OPERATION MANAGEMENT EVALUATIONS
As Of September 30, 1987
700-r
525--
N
U
M
a
E
R
J50--
175--
WQ-25
0-
QUARTERS
LEGEND
— TARGET
- ACTUAL
-7Q-
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301(hi OCEAN DISCHARGE PERMITS
O AT THE BEGINNING OF FY 1987, 41 OF THE 208 ORIGINAL SECTION 301(h)
APPLICATIONS WERE PENDING, OF WHICH 18 WERE TARGETED.
O NATIONALLY, EPA ISSUED 15 FINAL PERMITS THROUGH THE END-OF-YEAR,
ACHIEVING 77% OF THE TARGET OF 18. (LAST YEAR, EPA ISSUED 49 FINAL
PERMITS, 132% OF THEIR TARGET OF 37: 19 APPROVALS, 7 DENIALS, 23
WITHDRAWALS.)
- ONLY FOUR REGIONS HAD TARGETS. (LAST YEAR, SIX REGIONS HAD
TARGETS.)
- REGION I, IX, AND X MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS.
- REGION 11(0/5) MISSED ITS TARGET. (LAST YEAR, REGION 11(2/0) DID
MUCH BETTER.)
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301(h) OCEAN DISCHARGE PERMITS
As Of September 30, 1987
NUMBER OF FACILITIES
REQUIRING FINAL DECISION
ON 301(h) WAIVERS
AS OF 10/1/86: 41
2
QUARTERS
LEGEND
- TARGET
- ACTUAL
WQ-26
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OCEAN DUMPING
O THE NUMBER OF DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS (EISs) REMAINING
TO BE PREPARED FOR OCEAN DUMPING WAS 62 AS OF 10/86. SEVEN OF TEN
DRAFT EISS WERE COMPLETED, ACHIEVING 70% OF THE END-OF-YEAR TARGET.
ONLY FOUR REGIONS HAD TARGETS. REGIONS IV AND IX MET THEIR
TARGETS.
- REGIONS 11(1/2) AND X(0/2) MISSED THEIR TARGETS.
o THE NUMBER OF FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS REMAINING TO BE
PREPARED FOR OCEAN DUMPING WAS 68 AS OF 10/86. ONLY 3 FINAL EISs
WERE TARGETED AND THAT TARGET WAS MET.
- ONLY TWO REGIONS HAD TARGETS. REGION IV(3/2) EXCEEDED ITS TARGET.
- REGION 11(0/1) MISSED ITS TARGET.
o AT THE START OF FY 1987, OW IDENTIFIED 121 SITES WHICH WERE AWAITING
DECISIONS ON THEIR DESIGNATION STATUS FOR OCEAN DUMPING.
- NATIONALLY, 22 SITE DESIGNATIONS WERE MADE, ACHIEVING 91% OF THE
TARGET OF 24. MOST DECISIONS WERE MADE REMOVING SITES FROM OCEAN
DUMPING. SIX REGIONS HAD TARGETS.
- REGION I, IV, AND VI MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS.
- REGIONS 11(0/1), 111(0/1), AND X(0/l) MISSED THEIR TARGETS.
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OCEAN DUMPING
As Of September 30, 1987
DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
10T
N
U
M
B
E
R
0
F
T
E
S
1 2 3
QUARTERS
NUMBER OF SITES
REQUIRING ACTION: 71
FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
WQ-27
QUARTERS
LEGEND
-T TARGET
— ACTUAL
01
SITE DESIGNATIONS
24r
QUARTERS
121
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STATE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
NUMERIC CRITERIA
O IN FY 1987, 13 STATES IN SEVEN REGIONS WERE TARGETED TO INCORPORATE
NEW OR REVISED NUMERIC CRITERIA FOR TOXIC POLLUTANTS INTO
EPA-APPROVED STATE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS (WQS).
o NATIONALLY, 11 STATES IN SIX REGIONS INCORPORATED NUMERIC CRITERIA
INTO STANDARDS FOR 84% OF THE END-OF-YEAR TARGET OF 13. (LAST YEAR,
14 STATES IN FIVE REGIONS INCORPORATED NUMERIC CRITERIA INTO THEIR
WQS, 100% OF THEIR TARGET.)
- THE STATES IN REGIONS III, IV, V, IX, AND X MET THEIR TARGETS.
- THE STATES IN REGIONS VII(1/2) AND VIII(0/1) MISSED THEIR
TARGETS.
NARRATIVE CRITERIA
o IN FY 1987, SIX STATES IN FIVE REGIONS WERE TARGETED TO INCORPORATE
NEW OR REVISED NARRATIVE CRITERIA FOR TOXIC POLLUTANTS INTO
EPA-APPROVED STATE WQS.
o NATIONALLY, F9UR STATES IN THREE REGIONS INCORPORATED NARRATIVE
CRITERIA, ACHIEVING 66% OF THE CUMULATIVE END-OF-YEAR TARGET OF SIX.
(LAST YEAR, TEN STATES IN THREE REGIONS INCORPORATED NARRATIVE
CRITERIA INTO THEIR WQS, 63% OF THEIR TARGET OF 16.)
- REGIONS I, IV, AND VII STATES MET THEIR TARGETS.
- REGIONS V(0/l) AND VIII(0/1) MISSED THEIR TARGETS.
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N
U
M
B
E
R
0
F
S
T
A
T
E
S
STATE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
As Of September 30, 1987
NUMERIC
QUARTERS
LEGEND
- TARGET
— ACTUAL
NARRATIVE
1 2
QUARTERS
WQ-29
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STATE NONPOINT SOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS
o IN FY 1987, THE STATES WERE TARGETED TO DEVELOP 17 STATE NONPOINT
SOURCE (NPS) MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS OUT OF A UNIVERSE OF 110. (THE
UNIVERSE EXCEEDS THE NUMBER OF STATES AND TERRITORIES BECAUSE SOME
STATES HAVE MULTIPLE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS WHICH FOCUS ON INDIVIDUAL
NPS CATEGORIES, SUCH AS AGRICULTURE, SILVICULTURE, URBAN RUNOFF
ETC.) THE PROGRAMS WERE TO BE DEVELOPED OR UPDATED CONSISTENT WITH
WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS AND EPA'S NONPOINT SOURCE
STRATEGY.
o NATIONALLY, THE STATES HAVE DEVELOPED OR UPDATED 21, OR 123% OF THE
TARGET OF 17 NONPOINT SOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS. (LAST YEAR, THE
STATES DEVELOPED 32 NONPOINT SOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS, 11% OF
THEIR TARGET OF 29.)
- THE STATES IN REGIONS I, III, IV, V, VII, VIII, AND X MET OR
EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS. SEVERAL STATES SUBMITTED OR REVISED
PROGRAMS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE: MAINE, RHODE ISLAND, WISCONSIN AND
SOUTH DAKOTA.
- THE STATES IN REGION VI(0/2) MISSED THEIR TARGET. TWO MAJOR
ELEMENTS COMMITED TO BY OKLAHOMA WERE DELAYED BY FAILURE OF THE
STATE LEGISLATURE TO TAKE TIMELY ACTION.
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STATE NONPOINT SOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS
As Of September 30, 1987
21 T
0
WQ-30
QUARTERS
LEGEND
'— TARGET
- ACTUAL
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AND NONTOXIC POLLUTANTS
O IN FY 1987, THE REGIONS WERE TARGETED TO APPROVE WATER QUALITY BASED
CONTROLS FOR TOXIC AND NONTOXIC POLLUTANTS FOR 436 WATER BODIES.
o NATIONALLY, THE REGIONS HAVE APPROVED WATER QUALITY BASED CONTROLS
FOR 636 WATER BODIES ACHIEVING 145% OF THE END-OF-YEAR TARGETS.
*** AU. TEN REGIONS ESSENTIALLY MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS. ***
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EPA-APPROVED WATER QUALITY BASED CONTROLS
'FOR TOXIC AND NONTOXIC POLLUTANTS
As Of September 30, 1987
650-r
WO-33
2
QUARTERS
LEGEND
- TARGET
- ACTUAL
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SECTION 404 PERMIT REVIEW
O SINCE 1984, THE ARMY CORPS OF ENMGINEERS HAS CONSISTENLY ACCEPTED
EPA COMMENTS ON 80% OF THE SECTION 404 PERMIT APPLICATIONS
PROCESSED. THIS YEAR, THAT AVERAGE HAS RISEN TO 90%.
O OF THE 668 PENDING APPLICATIONS RESOLVED AFTER WITHDRAWALS (88) IN
THE FOURTH QUARTER OF FY 1987, THE CORPS:
- ACCEPTED EPA's RECOMMENDATIONS ON 629 OR 94% OF THE PERMITS
PROCESSED, DENYING 51 PERMITS AND MODIFYING 578.
- OVERRULED EPA'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON 39, OR 6% OF THE PERMITS
PROCESSED, ISSUING PERMITS OVER EPA's RECOMMENDATION FOR DENIAL
OR WITHOUT EPA's RECOMMENDED MODIFICATIONS.
O ADVANCED IDENTIFICATION OF WETLANDS COMPLEMENTS EPA's PERMIT REVIEW
ACTIVITY UNDER SECTION 404 BY MARKING SOME AREAS OF REGULATED WATERS
AS SUITABLE OR UNSUITABLE FOR DISCHARGE OF DREDGE AND FILL MATERIAL.
- DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER, THE REGIONS INITIATED NINE ADVANCE
IDENTIFICATION ACTIONS, AND COMPLETED ONE, ACHIEVING 90% OF THE
TARGET OF TEN (8 MAJOR AND 2 MINOR).
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SECTION 404 RESOLUTIONS
As Of September 30, 1987
WQ-34d
QUARTERS
LEGEND
• FAVORABLE TO EPA
0 APPLICATION WITHDRAWN
Q EPA OVERRULED
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SECTION 404 ENFORCEMENT
•0 AT THE BEGINNING OF FY 1987, 93 SITES WERE IN SIGNIFICANT VIOLATION.
FIFTY-SEVEN OF THESE SITES STARTED THE YEAR WITH AN ENFORCEMENT
ACTION INITIATED.
o OF THE 36 SITES REMAINING UNADDRESSED, THE REGIONS TARGETED TO
ADDRESS 32 BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THE REGIONS ADDRESSED 31 SITES
FOR THE YEAR.
o OF THE 93 SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS:
- 26 (28%) RESOLVED BY ENFORCEMENT ACTION;
- 20 (22%) RESOLVED BY NONENFORCEMENT ACTION;
- 42 (45%) HAVE RECEIVED AN INITIAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION; AND
5 (5%) REMAIN UNADDRESSED.
O IN FY 1987, THE REGIONS CONDUCTED 370 FIELD INVESTIGATIONS AND
CONFIRMED 352 NEW SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS. OF THE 352 NEW SIGNIFICANT
VIOLATORS IDENTIFIED, 142 SITES HAVE ENFORCEMENT ACTION INITIATED
(79 BY EPA AND 63 BY THE COB). NINETY-ONE SITES WERE RESOLVED BY
EITHER FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION OR OTHER MEANS. AT THE END OF THE
YEAR, 119 SITES REMAIN UNADDRESSED.
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SECTION 404
PROGRESS IN RETURNING SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS TO COMPLIANCE
As Of September 30, 1987
REDUCTION OF FIXED BASE
PENDING AS OF OCTOBER 31, 1986
1QOr
TARGET
BOY
2
QUARTER
RESPONSE TO NEW SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS
(DYNAMIC BASE)
LEGEND
U REMAIN UNAODRESSEO
E3 HAVE RECEIVED AN INITIAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
EJ RESOLVED BY NONENFORCEMENT ACTION
D RESOLVED BY ENFORCEMENT ACTION
WQ/E-19a,19b,20
NEW SVs ADDRESSED RESOLVED
DETECTED BY
ENFORCEMENT
PENDING
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UIC PERMIT DETERMINATIONS MADE BY EPA
CLASS I - DEEP WELLS
o AT THE BEGINNING OF FY 1987, OW HAD ADDRESSED THE ENTIRE EPA
WORKLOAD OF EXISTING WELLS, HAVING MADE 73 PERMIT DETERMINATIONS ON
EXISTING CLASS I WELLS.
O IN FY 1987, EPA MADE 27 PERMIT DETERMINATIONS, ACHIEVING 82% OF
ITS END-OF-YEAR TARGET OF 33. ALL DETERMINATIONS WERE FOR NEW
WELLS. (LAST YEAR, EPA MADE 48 PERMIT DETERMINATIONS, 94% OF THEIR
TARGET OF 51: 38 FOR EXISTING, AND 10 FOR NEW WELLS.)
- REGIONS V, VIII, AND IX MET THEIR TARGETS.
- REGIONS IV(0/1), AND X(0/5) MISSED THEIR TARGETS. (LAST YEAR,
THESE REGIONS HAD NO TARGETS.)
UIC PERMIT DETERMINATIONS MADE BY THE PRIMACY STATES
CLASS I - DEEP WELLS
O THE PRIMACY STATES PLANNED TO MAKE 64 PERMIT DETERMINATIONS FOR
NEW AND EXISTING CLASS I WELLS IN FY 1987. (DATA FOR THIS MEASURE
IS LAGGED ONE QUARTER.)
O NATIONALLY, THE PRIMACY STATES MADE 77 PERMIT DETERMINATIONS,
ACHIEVING 188% OF THEIR THIRD QUARTER TARGET OF 41. 29
DETERMINATIONS WERE FOR EXISTING WELLS AND 48 WERE FOR NEW WELLS.
(LAST YEAR THIS TIME, THE PRIMACY STATES MADE 55 PERMIT
DETERMINATIONS, 11% OF THEIR TARGET OF 50: 43 FOR EXISTING, AND 12
FOR NEW WELLS.)
- THE STATES IN REGIONS IV, VI, VII», AND VIII MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR
REGIONAL TARGETS.
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UIC CLASS I PERMIT DETERMINATIONS
(Existing and New)
EPA
Aa Of September 30, 1067
STATES
Aa Of June 30, 19B7
BOr
5-YEAR NUMBER
FOR EXISTING: 69
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UIC CLASS II. III. AND V WELLS PERMIT DETERMINATIONS
MADE BY EPA
o AT THE BEGINNING OF FY 1985, OW PLANNED TO MAKE PERMIT
DETERMINATIONS FOR 1,210 EXISTING CLASS II OIL-AND-GAS-RELATED SALT
WATER DISPOSAL (SWD) WELLS AND 31 CLASS III EXTRACTION WELLS OVER A
FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.
O AT THE BEGINNING OF FY 1987, A TOTAL OF 970 CLASS II AND 21 CLASS
III WELLS REMAINED TO BE ADDRESSED OVER THE NEXT 3 YEARS.
O NATIONALLY, EPA MADE 554 DETERMINATIONS, ACHIEVING 123% OF ITS
TARGET OF 449. (LAST YEAR, EPA MADE 485 PERMIT DETERMINATIONS,. 120%
OF THEIR TARGET OF 403.)
- REGIONS II, IV, V, VI, VIII, AND IX MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR
TARGETS. ,
- REGION 111(5/8) MISSED ITS TARGET. (LAST YEAR, REGION 111(70/70)
MET ITS TARGET.)
UIC CLASS II. III. AND V PERMIT DETERMINATIONS
MADE BY THE PRIMACY STATES
o IN FY 1987, THE PRIMACY STATES PLANNED TO MAKE 5,506 PERMIT
DETERMINATIONS FOR NEW AND EXISTING CLASS II, III AND V WELLS. (DATA
FOR THIS MEASURE IS LAGGED ONE QUARTER.)
O NATIONALLY, THE PRIMACY STATES MADE 5,892 PERMIT DETERMINATIONS
ACHIEVING 150% OF THEIR THIRD QUARTER TARGET OF 3,912. (LAST YEAR
THIS TIME, THE PRIMACY STATES MADE 6,012 PERMIT DETERMINATIONS, 140%
OF THEIR TARGET OF 4,271.)
- THE STATES IN REGIONS I, II, IV, V, VII, VIII AND IX EXCEEDED
THEIR TARGETS.
- THE STATES IN REGIONS 111(8/11), VI(1493/2511), AND X(51/125)
MISSED THEIR TARGETS. (LAST YEAR, THE STATES IN REGIONS III AND
VI EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS, AND IN REGION yffin/TQ^ M-rr,«™
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UIC CLASS II, III AND V PERMIT DETERMINATIONS
(Existing and New)
EPA
As Of September 30, 1987
STATES
Aa Of June 30, 1BB7
600r
6000-r
5000-
400D--
3000--
2000-
10QD--
2
QUARTERS
LEGEND
- TARGET
— ACTUAL
QUARTERS
5-YEAR WORKLOAD FOR EXISTING WELLS
(AS OF BOY 1985)
CLASS II 1.210
CLASS III 31
DW-3
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UIC CLASS II PERMIT FILES REVIEWED BY EPA
AT THE BEGINNING OF FY 1985, OW PLANNED TO REVIEW 20,237 EXISTING
CLASS II, OIL AND GAS WELL, PERMIT FILES OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.
DURING FY 1985 AND FY 1986, OW REVIEWED A TOTAL OF 7,811 FILES,
LEAVING 12,426 FOR REVIEW IN THE REMAINING THREE YEARS.
IN FY 1987, NATIONALLY EPA REVIEWED 3,825 CLASS II PERMIT FILES,
ACHIEVING 117% OF ITS END-OF-YEAR TARGET OF 3,267. (LAST YEAR, EPA
REVIEWED 4,509 CLASS II PERMIT FILES, 154% OF THEIR TARGET OF
2,926.)
*** ALL SIX REGIONS WITH TARGETS (II, III, IV, VI, AND VIII) MET OR
EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS. *** (LAST YEAR, ALL SEVEN REGIONS WITH
TARGETS, INCLUDING REGION V, MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS.)
UIC CLASS II PERMIT FILES REVIEWED BY THE PRIMACY STATES
THE PRIMACY STATES TARGETED 21,369 CLASS II PERMIT FILES FOR REVIEW
IN FY 1987. (FY 1986 WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT PRIMACY STATE DATA WAS
TRACKED QUARTERLY. DATA FOR THIS MEASURE IS LAGGED ONE QUARTER.)
IN FY 1987, NATIONALLY THE PRIMACY STATES REVIEWED 14,159 FILES,
ACHIEVING 94% OF THEIR THIRD QUARTER TARGETS OF 14,999. (LAST YEAR
THIS TIME, THE PRIMACY STATES REVIEWED 15,329 CLASS II PERMIT FILES,
141% OF THEIR TARGET OF 10,889.)
- THE STATES IN REGIONS IV, VI, VII, AND VIII EXCEEDED THEIR
TARGETS.
- THE STATES IN REGIONS V(0/1990), AND X(l/30) MISSED THEIR TARGETS
BY 50% OR MORE. (LAST YEAR, THE STATES IN REGION V REVIEWED 4,558
FILES, AND IN REGION X REVIEWED ONE FILE.)
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UIC CLASS II PERMIT FILES
EPA
As Of September 30, 1967
4DD&T
N
QUARTERS
250QOr
20000- •
150QO--
1000D--
5000-•
STATES
As Of June 30, 10B7
LEGEND
* TARGET
— ACTUAL
1 2
QUARTERS
DATA FOR STATES LAGGED
ONE QUARTER
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UIC MECHANICAL INTEGRITY TESTS VERIFIED BY EPA
o AT THE BEGINNING OF FY 1985, OW PLANNED TO VERIFY THE MECHANICAL
INTEGRITY TESTING OF 20,237 EXISTING CLASS II, OIL AND GAS,
UNDERGROUND INJECTION WELLS OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. DURING FY 1985
AND 1986, OW VERIFIED A TOTAL OF 6,442 TESTS PERFORMED BY OPERATORS,
LEAVING 13,795 TO BE DONE OVER THE HEXT THREE YEARS.
O IN FY 1987, EPA VERIFIED THE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY TESTING OF 3,170
WELLS, ACHIEVING 107% OF ITS TARGET OF 2,957. (LAST YEAR, EPA
VERIFIED THE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY TESTING OF 3,374 WELLS, 137% OF
THEIR TARGET OF 2,467.)
- REGIONS II, III, IV, VI, AND VIII EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS.
UIC MECHANICAL INTEGRITY TESTS VERIFIED BY THE PRIMACY STATES
o THE PRIMACY STATES PLANNED TO VERIFY THE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY
TESTING OF 30,883 EXISTING CLASS II WELLS IN FY 1986. FOR FY 1986
THEY COMPLETED 28,755 WELLS ACHIEVING 9'3% OF THEIR END OF YEAR
TARGETS. (DATA FOR THIS MEASURE IS LAGGED ONE QUARTER.)
O IN FY 1987, THE PRIMACY STATES VERIFIED THE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY
TESTS OF 16,222 WELLS, ACHIEVING 108% OF THEIR THIRD QUARTER TARGET
OF 14,912. (LAST YEAR THIS TIME, THE PRIMACY STATES VERIFIED THE
MECHANICAL INTEGRITY TESTING OF 21,690 WELLS, 108% OF THEIR TARGET
OF 20,141.)
- THE STATES IN REGIONS IV, VI, VII, IX AND X MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR
TARGETS.
- THE STATES IN REGIONS V(468/1350), AND VIII(277/930) MISSED THEIR
TARGETS.. (LAST YEAR, THE STATES IN REGION V EXCEEDED THEIR
TARGET, AND IN REGION VIII (218/632) MISSED THF.TR
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UIC MECHANICAL INTEGRITY TESTS
3500r
EPA
As Of September 30, 1067
QUARTERS
5-YEAR NUMBER: 14.146
32000T
LEGEND
- TARGET
— ACTUAL
STATES
Aa Of June 30, 1907
DW-5
QUARTERS
98.586
DATA FOR STATES LAGGED
ONE QUARTER
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UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL COMPLIANCE
SIGNIFICANT NONCOMpLIANCE
BASED ON FIELD INSPECTIONS, MITs AND SELF-REPORTING, 1,790 WELLS WERE
IDENTIFIED AS BEING NEWLY IN SNC. LAST QUARTER, THERE WERE 794 WELLS
IN SNC.-
- 163 CLASS I AND IV WELLS OUT OF 654 WELLS.
- 1,627 CLASS II, III, AND V WELLS OUT OF 261,135 WELLS. (1,038 IN
REGION IV.)
ADDRESSING SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE
AT THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER, THERE WERE 122 CLASS I OR IV WELLS
IN SNC (SIX IN DIRECT IMPLEMENTATION STATES AND 116 IN PRIMACY STATES)
AND 1,503 CLASS II, III, AND V WELLS IN SNC (1,468 IN DIRECT IMPLE-
MENTATION STATES AND 35 IN PRIMACY STATES). BY THE END OF THE FOURTH
QUARTER ALL WF.LLS HAD RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE OR HAD BEEN ADDRESSED
BY AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
THROUGH THE THIRD QUARTER, PRIMACY STATES HAVE ISSUED 198 ADMINIS-
TRATIVE ORDERS AND HAD NO CIVIL REFERRALS. IN FY 1987, EPA HAS
ISSUED 89 PROPOSED AND 18 FINAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS AND
REFERRED ONE CASE.
FIELD INSPECTIONS
NATIONALLY, EPA AND THE STATES EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS FOR FIELD
INSPECTIONS. EPA CONDUCTED 9,259 FIELD INSPECTIONS AGAINST A
TARGET OF 7,349 FOR 126% OF TARGET. THE STATES CONDUCTED 53,661
AGAINST A TARGET OF 32,564 FOR 165% OF TARGET.
- ALL REGIONS AND THEIR STATES MET THEIR TARGETS.
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PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS COMPLIANCE
FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDING MARCH 31, 1987, TWO PERCENT (1/140 OF 58,559)
OF THE COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS WERE IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE
(SNC) WITH MICROBIOLOGICAL OR TURBIDITY MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS
(MCLs) AND/OR MONITORING AND REPORTING (M&R) REQUIREMENTS AND/OR
TOTAL TRIHALOMETHANE (TTHM) M&R REQUIREMENTS. THE REMAINING 57,419
SYSTEMS WERE EITHER IN FULL COMPLIANCE OR HAD VIOLATIONS OTHER THAN
SNC.
- NATIONALLY, WITH 1,140 SYSTEMS IN SNC, THE REGIONS AND STATES
SURPASSED THEIR FOURTH QUARTER TARGET OF HAVING LESS THAN 1,636
SYSTEMS IN SNC.
SANITARY SURVEYS
o NATIONALLY, THE REGIONS AND STATES SURPASSED THEIR FOURTH QUARTER
TARGET OF 27,780 SANITARY SURVEYS BY CONDUCTING 34,974 FOR 126% OF
TARGET.
NOTE: STATE DATA IS LAGGED TWO QUARTERS.
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PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TO SNC
EXCEPTIONS REPORTING
FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1986, THERE WERE 1,120 COMMUNITY
SYSTEMS IDENTIFIED AS BEING IN SNC. BY AUGUST 31, 1987, 167 OF THOSE
SYSTEMS HAD BEEN RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE; 56 PLACED ON COMPLIANCE
SCHEDULES; AND 178 SUBJECTED TO AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION. THE PENDING
BALANCE OF 719 SYSTEMS (1.2% OF ALL COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS) WERE
NOT ADDRESSED IN A TIMELY AND APPROPRIATE MANNER.
FIXED BASE
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1986, THERE WERE 2,965 SYSTEMS IN SNC WITH
CHEMICAL AND RADIOLOGICAL MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS AND/OR MONITOR-
ING AND REPORTING (EXCEPT TTHM M/R) REQUIREMENTS. FOR THE SIX
MONTHS ENDING MARCH 31, 1987, 467 HAD RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE; 66
WERE PLACED ON COMPLIANCE SCHEDULES; 48 SUBJECTED TO AN ENFORCEMENT
ACTION. THERE ARE 2,384 OR 80% OF THE FIXED BASE REMAINING TO BE
ADDRESSED.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY
FOR THE FIRST TWO QUARTERS OF FY 1987, THE STATES REFERRED 133 CIVIL
CASES AND ISSUED 383 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS AGAINST SYSTEMS IN SNC.
IN ADDITION, THERE WERE TWO CRIMINAL CASES FILED IN STATE COURTS FOR
A TOTAL OF FIVE FOR THE YEAR.
THROUGH THE FOURTH QUARTER OF FY 1987, EPA HAS REFERRED ONE CIVIL
CASE AND ISSUED 123 PROPOSED AND 61 FINAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS.
NOTE: STATE DATA IS LAGGED TWO QUARTERS,
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120QT
10QQ--
N
U
M
B
E
R
BOO--
600--
400-•
200--
PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS
RESPONSE TO SNC
As Of March 31, 1987
EXCEPTIONS REPORT
FIXED BASE
300Ch-
2500- •
2000 •
N
U
M
B
E
R
150Q--
10DQ--
500--
SNC RETURN TO ENFORCEMENT PENDING
COMPLIANCE ACTIONS
SNC RETURN TO ENFORCEMENT PENDING
COMPLIANCE ACTIONS
DW/E-2,3,4
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HISTORICAL REVIEW
EPA AND THE STATES TOGETHER HAVE REISSUED NPDES PERMITS TO 2,299 MAJOR
INDUSTRIALS, MORE THAN THE NUMBER OF PERMITS EXPIRED, OVER THE LAST
THREE YEARS. EPA HAS ISSUED MORE PERMITS THAN THOSE EXPIRED, WHILE THE
STATES HAVE ISSUED NOT AS MANY PERMITS AS THOSE EXPIRED. THE STATES
HAVE DONE TWICE AS MANY PERMITS AS EPA, AND HAVE THREE TIMES THE NUMBER
OF PERMITS EXPIRED.
EPA AND THE STATES HAVE REISSUED NPDES PERMITS TO 2,440 MAJOR
MUNICIPALS, MORE THAN THE NUMBER OF PERMITS EXPIRED, OVER THE LAST
THREE YEARS. BOTH EPA AND THE STATES ISSUED MORE PERMITS THAN THOSE
EXPIRED. THE STATES HAVE DONE ABOUT THREE TIMES THE PERMITS AS EPA, AND
HAVE ABOUT THREE TIMES THE NUMBER OF PERMITS EXPIRED AS EPA.
AT THE START OF FY'85, EPA AND THE STATES DETERMINED THAT 762
MUNICIPALITIES NEEDED PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS. DURING THE YEAR 80 WERE
DETERMINED NOT TO NEED PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS. OF THE 683 REMAINING, EPA
AND THE STATES HANDLED 699 OVER TWO YEARS (MORE WERE FOUND TO BE NEEDED
IN FY'86).
IN FY'86, EPA AND THE STATES STARTED TO AUDIT THE PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS
WHICH HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED. TOGETHER EPA AND THE STATES HAVE AUDITED
731 PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, ABOUT HALF OF THE
UNIVERSE OF 1,429 MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS.
IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, EPA HAS VERIFIED THE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY
TESTS OF 9,612 WELLS IN THEIR UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL(UIC)
PROGRAM AND THE STATES HAVE VERIFIED 37,912. THE STATES HAVE DONE FOUR
TIMES AS MANY WELLS AS EPA SINCE THE START OF FY'85.
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HISTORICAL REVIEW
FY'85
FY'86
FY'87
TOTAL
FY'85
FY'86
TOTAL
FY'86
FY'87
TOTAL
FY'85
FY'86
FY'87
TOTAL
NPDES REPERMITTING
MAJOR INDUSTRIALS
# EPA %T # STATES %T
210 122% 771 89%
231 120% 458 92%
276 207% 353 76%
717 M:149% 1,582 M:84%
NPDES REPERMITTING
MAJOR MUNICIPALS
FY'85
FY'86
FY'87
TOTAL
#
278
192
158
628
EPA %T
109%
94%
112%
M:105%
# STATES %T
834 89%
504 95%
474 80%
1,812 M:88%
INDUSTRIAL PERMITS
EXPIRED BY EOY
EPA STATES
140 431
274 673
149 522
563 1,626
MUNICIPAL PERMITS
EXPIRED BY EOY
EPA STATES
115 355
279 678
176 646
570 1,679
APPROVED
202
78
280
#
160
206
366
.#
3,068
3,374
3,170
9,612
MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM APPROVALS
EPA STATES
REFERRED APPROVED REFERRED TOTAL
20 331 14 567
7 45 2 132
27 376 16 699
MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM AUDITS
EPA %T # STATES %T TOTAL
118% 198 108% 358
114% 167 103% 373
M:116% 365 M:106% 731
UIC MECHANICAL INTEGRITY TESTS VERIFIED
EPA
%T
112%
137%
107%
# STATES %T
21,690
16,222
37,912
108%
108%
M:108%
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OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
FOURTH QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS
o THE REGIONS CONTINUED TO EXCEED TARGETS FOR INITIATING ACTION ON
PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS, SITE INSPECTIONS, AND REMEDIAL
INVESTIGATIONS/FEASIBILITY STUDIES. IMPORTANT TARGETS FOR REMEDY
SELECTION AND FIRST REMEDIAL ACTION STARTS WERE SUBSTANTIALLY
MISSED.
O IN SUPPORT OF THE AGENCY'S GOAL OF COMPLETING WORK AT ONGOING SITES,
THE REGIONS MET AND EXCEEDED TARGETS FOR INITIATION OF SUBSEQUENT
REMEDIAL ACTION, COMPLETION OF ALL REMEDIAL CONSTRUCTION AT SITES
AND INITIATING ACTION TO DELETE SITES FROM THE NPL.
o. 117 PERMITS WERE ISSUED IN FY 1987 FOR LDFs, INCINERATORS, AND
TREATMENT/STORAGE FACILITIES (54% WERE ISSUED IN THE FOURTH
QUARTER).
o 52 PERMITS WERE DENIED IN FY 1987 (52% IN THE FOURTH QUARTER).
o 568 CLOSURE PLANS WERE APPROVED IN FY 1987 (54% IN THE FOURTH
QUARTER).
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PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS AND SITE INSPECTIONS
THE REGIONS COMPLETED 4,001 PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS THROUGH THE
END OF THE FOURTH QUARTER, FOR 109% OF THE TARGET OF 3,670.
THE REGIONS COMPLETED 1,343 SITE INSPECTIONS THROUGH THE END OF
THE FOURTH QUARTER, FOR 105% OF THE TARGET OF 1,275.
PROGRAM-TO-DATE INFORMATION SHOWS THAT THE REGIONS HAVE ASSESSED
23,944 SITES. OF THESE 7,835 <33%) HAVE HAD SITE INSPECTIONS. AS
OF JUNE 30, 5,821 (24%) WERE DETERMINED TO REQUIRE NO FURTHER
RESPONSE UNDER CERCLA.
REMOVAL ACTIVITIES
THE REGIONS MET THEIR FY 1987 TARGET TO INITIATE REMOVAL ACTIONS
AT 41 NPL SITES. 19 (46%) SITES HAD ACTION COMMENCE IN THE FOURTH
QUARTER, OF WHICH 14 (74%) WERE FUNDED BY PRPs. IN ADDITION, 28
SUBSEQUENT (RETURN) ACTIONS HAVE BEEN INITIATED THROUGH THE END OF
THE FOURTH QUARTER.
AT THE END OF FY 1987, 47 NPL SITES HAVE BEEN STABILIZED AS A
RESULT OF A REMOVAL ACTION, WHILE 43 WERE TARGETED.
DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER, THE REGIONS EXCEEDED THE MARK OF 1,000
REMOVAL ACTIONS BEING STARTED SINCE SUPERFUND WAS ENACTED.
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SUPERFUND
PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS/SITE INSPECTIONS
As Of September 30, 1987
PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS
SITE INSPECTIONS
4QQOr
QUARTERS
1500T
1125
750 •
375-
S/F-1,2
LEGEND
- TARGET
— ACTUAL
QUARTERS
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PROGRESS ON REMEDIAL INVESTIGATIONS/FEASIBILITY STUDIES fRI/FS)
RI/FS STARTS
RI/FS WERE INITIATED AT 123 NPL SITES THROUGH THE FOURTH QUARTER,
FOR 103% OF THE TARGET OF 119. PRPs FINANCED 47, OR 38% OF THE
RI/FS STARTS.
60 SUBSEQUENT RI/FS ALSO WERE STARTED, FOR 128% OF THE TARGET OF
47. NINE, OR 15%, WERE FUNDED BY PRPs.
PROGRAM-TO-DATE INFORMATION SHOWS THAT RI/FS HAVE BEEN INITIATED
AT ABOUT 665 NPL SITES:
469 FUND FINANCED (71%) . 71 AT LEAST 1 FUND AND 1 PRP (11%)
120 PRP FINANCED (18%) 5 FEDERAL FACILITIES ( 1%)
RECORDS OF DECISION (RODs)
58 RODS HAVE BEEN SIGNED FOR NPL SITES THROUGH THE FOURTH QUARTER,
FOR 76% OF THE TARGET OF 76. REGIONS III AND V RESPECTIVELY MET
AND EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS. IN ADDITION, 18 SUBSEQUENT RODs WERE
SIGNED FOR 75% OF THE TARGET OF 24. REGIONS I, IV, V AND IX MET
OR EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS.
PROGRAM-TO-DATE INFORMATION SHOWS THAT RODs HAVE BEEN SIGNED FOR
ABOUT 232 NPL SITES.
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SUPERFUND
PROGRESS ON REMEDIAL INVESTIGATIONS/FEASIBILITY STUDIES
As Of September 30, 1987
12&r
S/C-5.6
FIRST
RI/FS STARTS
QUARTERS
100-r
LEGEND
-~ TARGET
— ACTUAL
FIRST
ROD DECISIONS
QUARTERS
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REMEDIAL ACTION ACTIVITY
o START OF REMEDIAL ACTION. AT THE END OF FOURTH QUARTER, FIRST
REMEDIAL ACTION ACTIVITY HAS BEEN INITIATED AT 42 OF 51 TARGETED
NPL SITES. THE FUND FINANCED 26 OF 31 TARGETED SITES, WHILE PRPs
FINANCED 16 OF 20 TARGETED SITES.
o IN ADDITION, THE REGIONS INITIATED 13 SUBSEQUENT RI/FS, EXCEEDING
THE TARGET OF 12. ALL OF THE 10 TARGETED FOR FUND FINANCING WERE
INITIATED; THREE WERE PRP FINANCED EXCEEDING THE TARGET OF TWO.
o PROGRAM-TO-DATE INFORMATION SHOWS THAT ABOUT 65 FUND FINANCED
ACTIONS HAVE BEEN INITIATED; THAT 72 SITES ARE BEING ADDRESSED BY
PRPS WHO ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH AN AGREEMENT AND HAVE A REMEDIAL
DESIGN ACCEPTED; THAT FOUR SITES HAVE AT LEAST ONE PRP AND ONE
FUND ACTION; AND ONE FEDERAL FACILITY HAS ACTION.
O COMPLETION OF REMEDIAL CONSTRUCTION. DURING FY 1987, ALL REMEDIAL
CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN COMPLETED AT EIGHT NPL SITES, EXCEEDING A
TARGET OF THREE. REGIONS II, IV, V, VI AND VII EXCEEDED TARGETS.
O AS OF JUNE 30, SEVEN NPL SITES HAD OPERATION OF CONTROL SYSTEMS
UNDERWAY. AN ADDITIONAL 18 SITES HAD BEEN CLEANED UP USING
REMOVAL AUTHORITIES.
o DELETION FROM THE NPL. AT THE END OF FOURTH QUARTER THE NPL
DELETION PROCESS HAS BEGUN AT ALL FIVE TARGETED NPL SITES.
o AS OF JUNE 30, 1987, 13 SITES HAVE BEEN DELETED FROM THE NPL.
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SUPERFUND REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRESS AT SITES
As Of September 30, 1987
FIRST REMEDIAL
ACTION START (FUND)
1 2
QUARTERS
FIRST REMEDIAL
ACTION START (PRP)
1 2
QUARTERS
ALL REMEDIAL CONSTRUCTION
COMPLETE (PRP & FUND)
S/C-7(a).a
2
QUARTERS
LEGEND
- TARGET
— ACTUAL
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SUPERFUND ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY
O SECTION 107 COST RECOVERY ACTIONS - THE REGIONS EXCEEDED THEIR
CUMULATIVE END-OF-YEAR TARGET FOR REFERRING SECTION 107 COST RECOVERY
ACTIONS. THIRTY-SEVEN SECTION 107 COST RECOVERY ACTIONS WERE REFERRED
VERSUS A TARGET OF 36. FORTY-THREE SECTION 107 ACTIONS WERE REFERRED
DURING FY 1986.
O SECTION 106 REFERRALS DIRECTING PRIVATE PARTY CLEAN-UP - TWENTY-FIVE
SECTION 106 REFERRALS WERE MADE DURING FY 1987. TWO SECTION 106
REFERRALS WERE MADE IN FY 1986. THERE ARE NO SPMS TARGETS FOR
SECTION 106 REFERRALS.
o FORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS - OF THE 135 FORMAL ADMIN-
ISTRATIVE ACTIONS ISSUED THIS YEAR, 91 WERE AT NPL SITES (23 REMOVAL/
68 REMEDIAL) AND 44 WERE AT NON-NPL SITES (ALL REMOVAL)* . DURING
FY 1986, 139 (75 NPL/64 NON-NPL) ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS WERE ISSUED.
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SUPERFUND ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY
As Of September 30, 1987
SECTION 107 COST
RECOVERY CIVIL REFERRALS
(CUMULATIVE
SECTION 108 CIVIL
REFERRALS
(CUMULATIVE)
23
QUARTERS
LEGEND
CUMULATIVE TARGET
CUMULATIVE ACTUAL
2 3
QUARTERS
FORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE
ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
(CUMULATIVE)
15QT
2 3
QUARTERS
LEGEND
NON-NPL
NPL
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CHEMICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM
0 THIRTY-FIVE STATES HAD STATE IMPLEMENTATION MEMOS (SIMs) IN PLACE AT
THE END OF THE FOURTH QUARTER. ELEVEN ADDITIONAL STATES HAVE
INDICATED THEY ARE WILLING TO COMPLETE A SIM. THESE MEMOS ESTABLISH
WORKING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE STATES AND EPA AND IDENTIFY
PRIORITY AREAS WHERE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANS WILL BE DEVELOPED
AND TESTED.
o YEAR-TO-DATE, EPA HAS ASSISTED STATES IN CONDUCTING 37 SIMULATIONS
OF CHEMICAL EMERGENCIES, MISSING ITS TARGET OF 51 (73%). THE
PURPOSE OF THESE SIMULATIONS IS TO TEST COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS TO
RESPOND TO AN EMERGENCY.
o AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1987, 53 STATES AND TERRITORIES HAVE ESTABLISHED
STATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMMISSIONS AS REQUIRED BY TITLE III. THE
STATUTORY DEADLINE TO ESTABLISH COMMISSIONS WAS IN APRIL 1987.
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RCRA/HSWA STATE AUTHORIZATION
O STATES MAY BE DELEGATED PHASES OF THE BASE RCRA PROGRAM OR CERTAIN
ELEMENTS OF THE HSWA PROGRAM. THIS SPMS MEASURE TRACKS ONLY THE
AUTHORIZATION PROCESS FOR FULL HSWA DELEGATION.
O TEN STATES HAVE SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS FOR THE HSWA CLUSTER IN FY
1987. NO APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER.
o GEORGIA REMAINS THE ONLY STATE AUTHORIZED TO MANAGE THE HSWA
PROGRAM.
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CORRECTIVE ACTION ACTIVITY
O AT THE END OF FY 1987, THE REGIONS HAVE COMPLETED RCRA FACILITY
ASSESSMENTS (RFAs) AT 383 FACILITIES, 167 (44%) OF WHICH WERE DONE
IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. OF THESE, 311 LDFs, 16 INCINERATORS, AND 56
TREATMENT/STORAGE FACILITIES WERE ASSESSED.
o THROUGH THE END OF FOURTH QUARTER, REMEDIAL INVESTIGATIONS HAVE BEEN
IMPOSED FOR 43 SITUATIONS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION. OF THESE, 34
LDFS, TWO INCINERATORS AND SEVEN TREATMENT/STORAGE FACILITIES HAVE A
REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY AT ALL OR PART OF THE FACILITY.
o. CORRECTIVE MEASURES DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AT THREE LDFs (REGION
IV) AND TWO TREATMENT/STORAGE FACILITIES (REGION II).
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PERMITTING PROGRESS AT LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES
o AT THE END OF FY 1987, THE MULTI-YEAR PERMITTING PLANS ARE TRACKING
PERMITTING PROGRESS AT 324 LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES (LDFs).
o FINAL DETERMINATIONS; THE REGIONS MADE 91 FINAL LDF PERMIT
DETERMINATIONS THROUGH THE FOURTH QUARTER, EXCEEDING THE END OF YEAR
TARGET OF 88. OF THESE, 54 PERMITS WERE ISSUED AND 37 WERE DENIED.
THE REGIONS MADE 50 (54%) OF THESE DETERMINATIONS DURING THE FOURTH
QUARTER. TO DATE, THE REGIONS HAVE MADE 109 FINAL DETERMINATIONS.
O PUBLIC NOTICES; THE REGIONS ISSUED 123 PUBLIC NOTICES FOR LDFs
DURING FY 1987, 66 OF THOSE ARE DRAFT PERMITS AND 57 ARE NOTICES OF
INTENT TO DENY PERMITS. 54 (44%) OF THESE PUBLIC NOTICES WERE
ISSUED DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER.
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RCRA LAND DISPOSAL FACILITY PERMITTING
As Of September 30, 1987
120-r
R/C-2(d)A(e)
2
QUARTERS
LEGEND
- TARGET
- ACTUAL
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PERMITTING PROGRESS AT INCINERATORS
O 29 FINAL DETERMINATIONS FOR INCINERATORS WERE MADE IN FY 1987.
7 OF THESE DETERMINATIONS WERE MADE DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER,
- 14 PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED.
- 2 PERMITS HAS BEEN DENIED.
- 13 CLOSURE PLANS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
TO DATE, THE REGIONS HAVE MADE 50 FINAL DETERMINATIONS. 154
INCINERATORS REMAIN TO BE PERMITTED.
o IN ADDITION, 26 DRAFT DETERMINATIONS WERE ISSUED IN FY 1987.
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PERMITTING PROGRESS AT STORAGE AND TREATMENT FACILITIES
o 284 FINAL DETERMINATIONS FOR STORAGE/TREATMENT FACILITIES WERE
MADE IN FY 1987. ABOUT 40% OF THESE WERE MADE DURING THE FOURTH
QUARTER.
- 49 PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED.
- 12 PERMITS HAVE BEEN DENIED.
- 223 CLOSURE PLANS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
THE REGIONS HAVE MADE 4,68 FINAL DETERMINATIONS TO DATE.
Q IN ADDITION, THE REGIONS ISSUED 291 DRAFT DETERMINATIONS FOR
STORAGE/TREATMENT FACILITIES. OVER A THIRD OF THESE WERE ISSUED
DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER.
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PROGRESS AT CLOSING FACILITIES
LAND DISPOSAL
O THE REGIONS HAVE APPROVED 332 LDF CLOSURE PLANS, FOR 114% OF THE
ANNUAL TARGET OF 284. ALL OF THE REGIONS MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR
TARGETS. THE REGIONS APPROVED MORE CLOSURE PLANS DURING FOURTH
QUARTER THAN THEY DID THROUGH THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS COMBINED.
O THROUGH THE FOURTH QUARTER, THE REGIONS HAVE ISSUED 239 NOTICES OF
CLOSURE PLAN AVAILABILITY FOR LDFs, ALMOST TWICE THE NUMBER ISSUED
THROUGH THE THIRD QUARTER.
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RCRA CLOSURE PLAN APPROVAL FOR LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES
As Of September 30, 1987
350-r
R/C-2(f)
2
QUARTERS
LEGEND
- TARGET
- ACTUAL
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RCRA INSPECTIONS OF LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES
EPA AND THE STATES ACCOMPLISHED 99% OF THEIR CUMULATIVE END OF THE
YEAR TARGET FOR INSPECTIONS OF LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES BY CONDUCTING
1,448 INSPECTIONS VERSUS A TARGET OF Ir467.
RCRA INSPECTIONS OF TREATMENT AND STORAGE FACILITIES
O EPA AND THE STATES EXCEEDED THEIR CUMULATIVE END OF YEAR TARGET FOR
INSPECTIONS OF TREATMENT AND STORAGE FACILITIES BY CONDUCTING 2,385
(119%) VERSUS A TARGET OF 1,997.
RCRA INSPECTIONS OF FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT TSDF's
(EPA ONLY)
o THE EPA REGIONS EXCEEDED THEIR CUMULATIVE END OF YEAR TARGET OF 420
BY CONDUCTING 424 INSPECTIONS OF FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL TSDF's.
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RCRA INSPECTIONS OF LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES
As Of September 30, 1987
125-r-
125+ 125r
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R/E-2(o)
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LEGEND
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NATIONAL
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RCRA - PROGRESS ON ADDRESSING LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES
IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE
o THE BEGINNING-OF-YEAR SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIER UNIVERSE OF 774 FOR
THE RCRA ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM HAS BEEN ADJUSTED DOWNWARD TO 753 TO
REFLECT FACILITIES WHICH WERE ACTUALLY IN COMPLIANCE AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE YEAR. OF THE 753 BOY SNC's, 505 STARTED THE YEAR WITH ENFORCE-
MENT ACTION TAKEN. THE REGIONS AND STATES TARGETED TO ADDRESS THE
REMAINING SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIERS ON THE BEGINNING-OF-YEAR LIST
WITH AT LEAST AN INITIAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION. AT THE END OF THE YEAR,
16 SNC's REMAINED WITHOUT AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION.
o THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE 753 SNC's IN THE FIXED BASE AT THE END OF
FY 1987 COMPARED TO THE 792 SNC's AT THE END OF FY 1986 IS AS FOLLOWS;
165 (22%) RETURNED TO PHYSICAL COMPLIANCE, COMPARED TO 331 (42%)
IN FY 1986;
- 320 (42%) ARE UNDER A FINAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER, COURT JUDGMENT
OR CONSENT DECREE, COMPARED TO 219 (28%);
- 252 (33%) HAVE RECEIVED AN INITIAL ADMINISTRATIVE OR JUDICIAL
COMPLAINT, COMPARED TO 222 (28%); AND,
- 16 (3%) ARE PENDING, COMPARED TO 20 (2%).
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RCRA - PROGRESS ON ADDRESSING
LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMP1IANCE
As Of September 30, 1987
Reduction of Fixed Base
(Pending As Of October 1, 1966)
TARGET
BOY
1
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2 J
QUARTERS
LEGEND
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m ON COMPLIANCE SCHEDULES
0 INITIAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION TAKEN
• PENDING
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RCRA ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY
FORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS
o IN FY 1987, THE EPA REGIONS ISSUED 243 FORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS
TO TSDF's COMPARED TO 235 IN FY 1986.
o THE STATES ISSUED 613 FORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS TO TSDF's DURING
FY 1987 COMPARED TO 519 IN FY 1986.
CIVIL ACTIONS
o THE EPA REGIONS REFERRED 27 CIVIL ACTIONS UNDER RCRA COMPARED TO 66
LAST YEAR.
o THE STATES FILED 86 CIVIL ACTIONS IN STATE COURTS COMPARED TO 25 IN
FY 1986.
CRIMINAL REFERRALS
o THE EPA REGIONS REFERRED 18 CRIMINAL ACTIONS UNDER RCRA COMPARED TO
20 LAST YEAR.
O THE STATES REPORTED THE FILING OF EIGHT CRIMINAL ACTIONS IN STATE
COURTS IN FY 1987. NO STATE CRIMINAL ACTIONS WERE REPORTED AS BEING
FILED IN FY 1986.
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RCRA ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY
As Of September 30, 1987
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS
ISSUED TO TSDF's
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QUARTERS
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RCRA FEDERAL FACILITIES STATUS
PROGRESS AGAINST SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE
FORTY-THREE FACILITIES WERE REPORTED AS BEING IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOM-
PLIANCE AT THE END OF THE YEAR (15 ARE FEDERAL LEAD AND 28 ARE STATE
LEAD). OF THESE, 34 (12 FEDERAL LEAD AND 22 STATE LEAD) WERE THE
SUBJECT OF ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS THAT ADDRESSED ALL SIGNIFICANT
NONCOMPLIANCE.
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RCRA - FEDERAL FACILITIES STATUS
As Of September 30, 1987
50-r
10-
PROGRESS AGAINST SNC
R/E-5A
LEGEND
f SNC/END OF QUARTER/UNADDRESSED
| SNC/END OF QUARTER/ADDRESSED
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UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS STATE PROGRAMS
O IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, STATES ESTIMATED THAT, NATIONWIDE, ABOUT 2.2
MILLION UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS (USTs) FALL UNDER REQUIREMENTS OF
FEDERAL UST LAWS. IN THE FIRST QUARTER, THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF
TANKS WAS 2.3 MILLION.
O FORTY STATES CURRENTLY OPERATE THEIR OWN PROGRAMS FOR REGULATING
UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS. THESE STATES HAVE ABOUT 2 MILLION
UNDERGROUND TANKS, OR 90% OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSE. OF THE STATES
WITH PROGRAMS, 17 HAVE LAWS AND DRAFT REGULATIONS WHICH MAY PROVIDE
FOR A FEDERALLY APPROVED PROGRAM.
o SEVEN STATES HAVE A LAW OR DRAFT REGS BUT HAVE NO UST PROGRAM IN
PLACE. THESE STATES HAVE AN ESTIMATED 90,000 TANKS, OR 4% OF THE
NATIONAL UNIVERSE.
o NINE STATES AND TERRITORIES HAVE NO PROGRAM, NO ENABLING LAW AND NO
REGS. THESE AREAS HAVE AN ESTIMATED 135,000 UNDERGROUND TANKS, OR
ABOUT 6% OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSE.
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UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS REGULATORY PROGRAM
o EPA RECEIVED MORE THAN 1,000 COMMENTS ON THE THREE AREAS OF THE
PROPOSED RULE: TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS, FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND
STATE APPROVAL. THE COMMENT PERIOD CLOSED JULY 16.
ENFORCEMENT OF INTERIM PROHIBITION
O THROUGH THE END OF FY 1987, 1,532 TANKS WERE DETERMINED TO BE IN
VIOLATION OF PROVISIONS OF THE INTERIM PROHIBITION. 1,021, OR 67%
OF THE VIOLATORS WERE IDENTIFIED BY STATES IN REGION IV AND
REGION VIII. 453 VIOLATING TANKS (302 IN REGION IV) HAVE BEEN
BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. THE INTERIM PROHIBITION IS EXPECTED TO END
IN JULY 1988, AFTER FINAL RULES ARE ISSUED.
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OFFICE OF PESTICIDES AND TOXICS SUBSTANCES
FOURTH QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS
o OPTS EXCEEDED THE EOY TARGET FOR DATA CALL-IN NOTICES
o OPTS MET ITS' FY 1987 TARGET FOR REGISTRATION STANDARDS
O OPTS MISSED ITS' FOURTH QUARTER TARGET FOR COMPLETING ONE FINAL'
REGULATORY STANDARD AND TOLERANCE REASSESSMENT (FRSTR)
O OPTS COMPLETED 20 TESTING ACTIONS (POST-INITIAL INTERAGENCY
TESTING COMMITTEE (ITC) AND/OR NON-ITC) — AGAINST A
FOURTH QUARTER TARGET OF 25
o THE TSCA VIOLATION RATE WENT UP FROM 46% IN FY 1986 TO 50% AT THE
END OF THIS YEAR
o THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR IN THE NUMBER OF
TSCA ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS (UP 35%) AND IN THE NUMBER
OF NEW TSCA VIOLATIONS IDENTIFIED DURING THE YEAR (UP 44%)
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PESTICIDE DATA CALL-IN
o THE DATA CALL-IN ACTIVITY HAS BEEN RESTRUCTURED TO BECOME A
PART OF THE ACCELERATED REREGISTRATION PROJECT. AS A RESULT,
OPTS HAS ISSUED DATA CALL-IN NOTICES (TOXICOLOGY AND EXPOSURE '
DATA) FOR 384 ANTI-MICROBIAL CHEMICALS, WHICH EXCEEDS THE
END-OF-YEAR TARGET OF 50 BY 668%.
o 13 OF THE 384 NOTICES OCCURRED IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. OF THESE,
FIVE WERE DIRECTED TO CHEMICALS FOR WHICH THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY
OF DIOXIN/FURAN CONTAMINATION.
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PESTICIDE DATA CALL-IN
CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF FY 1987 CHEMICALS
As Of September 30, 1987
400-r
P-1
2
QUARTERS
LEGEND
- TARGET
— ACTUAL
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PESTICIDE REGISTRATION STANDARDS
o OPTS HAS ESTABLISHED 25 REGISTRATION STANDARDS DURING FY 1987,
MEETING ITS CUMULATIVE FOURTH QUARTER TARGET OF 25 STANDARDS.
o DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER, REGISTRATION STANDARDS (COVERING
FIVE ACTIVE INGREDIENTS) WERE ISSUED FOR TEBUTHIURON, DALAPON,
SUMITHION, OXYDEMETON-METHYL AND DDVP. THESE FIVE STANDARDS COVER
1,011 PESTICIDE PRODUCTS AND APPROXIMATELY 0.35% OF THE PESTICIDES
USED IN THE UNITED STATES.
O DURING FY 1987, OPTS ISSUED 25 STANDARDS COVERING 41.68% OF TOTAL
PESTICIDE USAGE IN THE U.S., EXCEEDING ITS EOY TARGET OF 4..12%.
O SINCE THE PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1980, OPTS HAS ISSUED
REGISTRATION STANDARDS COVERING: ;
- 11,593 PESTICIDE PRODUCTS OUT OF A UNIVERSE OF APPROXIMATELY
45,000.
- 82.70% OF THE PESTICIDES USED (BY WEIGHT) IN THE UNITED STATES.
- 191 PESTICIDE ACTIVE INGREDIENTS OUT OF A TOTAL OF 578.
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PESTICIDE REGISTRATION STANDARDS
CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF STANDARDS ESTABLISHED
As Of September 30. 1987
25-r
P-2
2
QUARTERS
LEGEND
— TARGET
— ACTUAL
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IMPLEMENTATION OF REGISTRATION STANDARDS
THIS IS A REVISED MEASURE TO MORE ACCURATELY ASSESS PROGRESS FROM
THE INTERIM REGISTRATION STANDARD (RS) TO THE FINAL REGULATORY
STANDARD AND TOLERANCE REASSESSMENT (FRSTR).
A RS ENTERS PRE-STAGE 1 WHEN IT HAS BEEN SIGNED AND REMAINS THERE
UNTIL ALL REGISTRANT RESPONSES HAVE BEEN PROCESSED. FIVE RSs
ENTERED PRE-STAGE 1 IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OR 21 BY THE END OF THE
YEAR, EXCEEDING THE CUMULATIVE EOY TARGET OF 19. 49 RSs ARE IN THE
PRE-STAGE 1 BASELINE, AS OF 9/30/87.
STAGE 1 IS REACHED WHEN COMMITMENTS FOR ALL OF THE GENERIC DATA
REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND THERE ARE NO OVERDUE GENERIC DATA
REQUIREMENTS, OR ACTION HAS BEEN INITIATED TO REMOVE PRODUCTS OR
UNSUPPORTED USES OF THE CHEMICAL FROM THE MARKETPLACE.
- DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER, OPTS EXCEEDED ITS TARGET OF EIGHT WITH
12 RSS REACHING STAGE 1. OPTS EXCEEDED ITS EOY TARGET OF 19 WITH
34 REACHING STAGE 1 BY THE END OF THE YEAR. 96 RSs ARE IN STAGE 1
BASELINE, AS OF 9/30/87.
STAGE 2 IS REACHED WHEN ALL DATA TO FULFILL GENERIC DATA COMMITMENTS
HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. DURING FY 1987 FOUR CHEMICALS REACHED STAGE 2,
EXCEEDING ITS EOY TARGET OF ONE. 20 RSs ARE IN STAGE 2 BASELINE,
AS OF 9/30/87.
STAGE 3 IS REACHED WHEN ALL STUDIES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, REVIEWED,
AND ACCEPTED, AND A FINAL REGULATORY POSITION HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.
OPTS MISSED ITS FOURTH QUARTER TARGET OF COMPLETING ONE FRSTR.
TWO FRSTRS (METOLACHLOR AND ALLIETTE) ARE IN STAGE 3 BASELINE AS OF
9/30/87.
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IMPLEMENTATION OF REGISTRATION STANDARDS
CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF STANDARDS
As Of September 30. 1987
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STAGES
•Number of Reg. Standards fn each
stage as of 0/30/87
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PESTICIDE SPECIAL REVIEWS
o OPTS HAS COMPLETED 15 SPECIAL REVIEW DECISIONS DURING FY 1987,
EXCEEDING ITS EOY TARGET.
O DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER, OPTS REACHED DECISIONS FOR SIX
PESTICIDES:
- EBDC'S - PD1
- CADMIUM - PD4
- CHLORDANE/HEPTACHLOR - VOLUNTARY CANCELLATION BY APPLICANTS
- CYHEXATIN - VOLUNTARY CANCELLATION BY APPLICANTS
- OXYDEMETON-METHYL - PD1
- TRIBUTYLTIN - PD2/3
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PESTICIDE SPECIAL REVIEW ACTIONS
CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF ACTIONS COMPLETED
As Of September 30, 1987
15-r
P-4
QUARTERS
LEGEND
- TARGET
— ACTUAL
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REVIEWS OF STUDIES
o OPTS HAS COMPLETED A CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF 475 REVIEWS ACHIEVING
101% OF THE CUMULATIVE FOURTH QUARTER TARGET OF 470.
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REVIEWS OF STUDIES
CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF REVIEWS COMPLETED
As Of Septmeber 30, 1987
500-r
P-5
2
QUARTERS
LEGEND
— TARGET
— ACTUAL
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PESTICIDE REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS
O OPTS FELL SHORT OF CUMULATIVE FOURTH QUARTER TARGETS FOR FINAL
DECISIONS MADE ON REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS FOR TWO OF THE
FOUR CATEGORIES, ACHIEVING FOR:
- NEW ACTIVE INGREDIENTS 60% OF TARGET (9 VS 15)
- AMENDED REGISTRATIONS 114% OF TARGET (3,539 VS 3,100)
- NEW USES 93% OF TARGET (70 VS 75)
- OLD CHEMICALS 100% OF TARGET (1,497 VS 1,500)
o THE REGISTRATION BACKLOG HAS DECREASED BY 5% DURING THE FOURTH
QUARTER FROM 2,888 TO 2,757. THE BACKLOG HAS DECREASED IN FOURTH
QUARTER FOR:
- NEW USES BY 65% (FROM 107 TO 48)
- OLD CHEMICALS . BY 3% (FROM 911 TO 886)
- AMENDED REGISTRATIONS BY 2% (FROM 1,847 TO 1,809)
- NEW ACTIVE INGREDIENTS BY 39% (FROM 23 TO 14)
o DURING FY 1987, THE REGISTRATION BACKLOG HAS INCREASED BY 94%, FROM
1,418 IN EOY 1986 TO 2,757 AT EOY 1987. THE BACKLOG OF OLD
CHEMICALS AND AMENDED REGISTRATIONS ACCOUNTS FOR THIS INCREASE.
DURING FY 1987, THE BACKLOG FOR OLD CHEMICALS INCREASED BY 69% AND
FOR AMENDED REGISTRATIONS BY 124%. THE BACKLOG FOR NEW USES AND NEW
ACTIVE INGREDIENTS DECREASED BY 26% AND 39% RESPECTIVELY.
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PESTICIDE REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS
CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF FINAL DECISIONS
As Of September 30, 1987
OVERDUE ACTIONS
ACTIVE
INGREDIENT
NEW USES
4QOOT
3000
2000
1000
AMENDED
REGISTRATION
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2500
2000
1500,
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500
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OLD
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P-6
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TARGET
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EMERGENCY EXEMPTIONS FOR PESTICIDES
o OPTS HAS MADE FINAL DECISIONS ON 265 EMERGENCY EXEMPTION
APPLICATIONS AGAINST A CUMULATIVE FOURTH QUARTER TARGET OF 200,
ACHIEVING 132% OF TARGET.
o OF THE 265 FINAL DECISIONS MADE DURING FY 1987, 87% (OR 231)
WERE ISSUED EMERGENCY EXEMPTIONS AND 13% (OR 34) WERE DENIED.
O AT THE CLOSE OF FY 1987, THE BACKLOG OF APPLICATIONS NOT PROCESSED
WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIMEFRAME STANDS AT ONE VERSUS TWO AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
PESTICIDE TOLERANCE PETITIONS
O OPTS HAS MADE FINAL DECISIONS ON 81 TOLERANCE PETITIONS,
AGAINST A CUMULATIVE FOURTH QUARTER TARGET OF 80, FOR 101% OF
. TARGET.
o DURING FY 1987, THE BACKLOG OF APPLICATIONS HAS DECREASED FROM 68
TO 46 CURRENTLY.
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STATE PESTICIDE CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM
o DURING SECOND QUARTER, OPTS HEADQUARTERS AND REGIONS HAVE COMPLETED
THEIR REVIEW OF THE STATE PESTICIDE CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING
(C & T) PLANS AND PROGRAMS. 53 STATE PROGRAMS WERE REVIEWED AND
AGREEMENT ON RECOMMENDED CHANGES WERE REACHED, MEETING THE
CUMULATIVE SECOND QUARTER TARGET.
o OF THE PROGRAMS REVIEWED, 13 WERE IDENTIFIED AS HAVING PRIORITY
NEEDS AND 40 WERE IDENTIFIED AS HAVING SECONDARY NEEDS.
O DEVELOPMENT OF THE FINAL SCHEDULES FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION OF THE 13
STATES PROGRAMS IDENTIFIED AS HAVING PRIORITY NEEDS WERE TRACKED
IN SPMS DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER.
O THE REGIONS APPROVED FINAL SCHEDULES FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION OF 11 OF
THE 13 STATE PROGRAMS, ACHIEVING 85% OF THEIR FOURTH QUARTER
TARGET. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF REGIONS VI AND X, ALL REGIONS MET
THEIR TARGETS.
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STATE PESTICIDE CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS
Number of Final Schedules for Corrective Action Approved
As Of September 30, 1987
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3 TARGET
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TOTAL
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TSCA EXISTING CHEMICAL REVIEWS
o THERE ARE CURRENTLY 66,000 CHEMICALS ON THE TSCA INVENTORY (OF
THESE, MORE THAN 3,600 HAVE UNDERGONE PREMANUFACTURE REVIEW AS PART
OF THE NEW CHEMICALS PROGRAM). OPTS ANNUALLY RECEIVES ABOUT 500
REPORTS ON 100 CHEMICALS NOTIFYING THE AGENCY OF A POTENTIAL RISK.
AFTER SCREENING, CHEMICALS OF CONCERN ENTER THE EXISTING CHEMICALS
PIPELINE.
TO DATE THE PROGRAM HAS SCREENED APPROXIMATELY 4,000 CHEMICALS. THE
PROGRAM HAS TAKEN 44 FINAL RISK MANAGEMENT ACTIONS* ON 36 CHEMICALS
(14 OF THESE ACTIONS WERE ON PCBs) SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1979. OPTS
REPORTS THAT THERE ARE CURRENTLY 63 CHEMICALS IN THE PIPELINE.
o OPTS HAS COMPLETED 14 RISK MANAGEMENT ACTIONS, AGAINST A
CUMULATIVE FOURTH QUARTER TARGET OF 15 (93%) .
O THREE RISK MANAGEMENT ACTIONS WERE COMPLETED DURING THE FOURTH
QUARTER. THESE ACTIONS WERE THREE NPRMS FOR: PCB UNCONTROLLED RULE
AMENDMENTS, PCB FIRES AMENDMENT, AND l-CHLORO-2 BROMOETHANE.
* A FINAL RISK MANAGEMENT ACTION IS A SECTION 6 FINAL RULEMAKING
(NFRM), SECTION 9 REFERRAL, SECTION 5 FINAL SIGNIFICANT NEW USE RULE
(SNUR), OR A CHEMICAL ADVISORY.
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DISPOSITION OF CHEMICALS IN THE
EXISTING CHEMICALS PIPELINE
RISK IDENTIFICATION PHASE (RIP)
NUMBER OF CHEMICALS
IN THIS PHASE AT BEGINNING OF QUARTER
ENTERED DURING THE QUARTER
REFERRED TO NEXT PHASE
REFERRED TO RISK MANAGEMENT PHASE
REQUIRING NO FURTHER ANALYSIS
REQUIRING FURTHER ANALYSIS
28
23
RISK EVALUATION PHASE (REP)
NUMBER OP
IN THIS PHASE AT BEGINNING OF QUARTER
ENTERED DURING THE QUARTER
REFFERED TO NEXT PHASE
REQUIRING NO FURTHER ANALYSIS
REQUIRING FURTHER ANALYSIS
18
5
0
0
23
IE (RlfP)
IN THIS PHASE AT BEGINNING OF QUARTER
ENTERED DURING THE QUARTER
17
0
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(d ^
CUMULATIVE TARGET
CUMULATIVE RISK MANAGEMENT ACTIONS
15
14
T-1.2
Frisk Identification Phase
Lntry Review. Problem
Characterization
Risk Evaluation Phase
Info. Gathering and Risk
Anajysis
Rbk Management Phase
Rbk Reduction Analysis
Rbk Management Actions
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TSCA NEW CHEMICAL REVIEWS
CHEMICAL NOTICES:
O OPTS REVIEWED 618 NEW CHEMICAL SUBMISSIONS, OF WHICH 424 WERE
PRE-MANUFACTURE NOTICES (PMNs), 88 WERE POLYMER EXEMPTIONS, 99 WERE
LOW VOLUME EXEMPTIONS, AND 7 WERE TEST MARKET EXEMPTIONS.
o 647 NEW CHEMICAL DECISIONS WERE MADE, OF WHICH 453 CONCERNED PMNs
AND 194 CONCERNED EXEMPTIONS:
- 80 NEW CHEMICALS (12%) WERE SUSPENDED, WITHDRAWN, DENIED, OR
SUBJECTED TO AN EPA ORDER OR OTHER ACTION TO CONTROL POTENTIAL
RISK.
CHEMICAL FOLLOW-UP:
o OPTS TOOK TWO NEW CHEMICAL FOLLOW-UP ACTIONS DURING FY 1987,
ACHIEVING 13% OF ITS EOY TARGET OF 15 ACTIONS.
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TESTING ACTIONS
(POST-INITIAL INTERAGENCY TESTING COMMITTEE fITC) AND/OR NON-ITC)
O OPTS HAS COMPLETED 20 TESTING ACTIONS, AGAINST A CUMULATIVE FOURTH
QUARTER TARGET OF 25, FOR 80% OF TARGET INCLUDING SIX ACTIONS IN
FOURTH QUARTER.
' TSCA 18 INFORMATION GATHERING RULES
O THIS MEASURE REPORTS THE NUMBER OF TSCA SECTION 8 INFORMATION
GATHERING RULES PUBLISHED AND THE NUMBER OF CHEMICALS COVERED BY
THOSE RULES.
O TSCA SECTION 8 PROVIDES THE AGENCY WITH BROAD INFORMATION GATHERING
AND RECORDKEEPING AUTHORITIES, INCLUDING THE AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE
THE SUBMISSION OF HEALTH AND EXPOSURE DATA, UNPUBLISHED HEALTH AND
SAFETY STUDIES, AND RECORDS OF ALLEGATION OF SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE
. REACTIONS TO HEALTH OR THE ENVIRONMENT.
O OPTS HAS PUBLISHED 14 RULES (COVERING 203 CHEMICALS), AGAINST A
CUMULATIVE FOURTH QUARTER TARGET OF 8 (175%).
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ASBESTOS ACTION* PROGRAM
ASBESTOS SCHOOL HAZARD ABATEMENT ACT
o THE REGIONS HAVE CONDUCTED 209 PROJECT CLOSE-OUT EVALUATIONS DURING
FY 1987, AGAINST A CUMULATIVE FOURTH QUARTER TARGET OF 108,
ACHIEVING 194% OF TARGET. THERE WERE 147 PROJECT CLOSEOUTS IN THE
FOURTH QUARTER.
- REGIONS I (40), IV (40) AND V (38) HAVE CONDUCTED THE MOST
CLOSE-OUTS. THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 56% OF THE TOTAL REGIONAL
ACCOMPLISHMENT. ALL REGIONS MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR EOY TARGETS.
O ASBESTOS HAZARDS HAVE BEEN REDUCED AT 251 PRIORITY #1 PROJECTS (NOT
FUNDED BY ASHAA) DURING FY 1987, EXCEEDING THE EOY TARGET OF 164.
- REGION V HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR 33% OF THE PROJECTS WHERE
HAZARDS HAVE BEEN REDUCED. WITH THE EXCEPTING OF REGION VII, ALL
REGIONS MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR EOY TARGETS.
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ASBESTOS ACTION PROGRAM
Evaluations Confirming Abatement at School Projects (1986)
As Of September 30, 1987
HAZARD REDUCED
¥/0 ASHAA FUNDING
300r
200
100
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T-10.11
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LEGEND
ACTUAL
TARGET
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1986 NATIONAL HUMAN ADIPOSE TISSUE SURVEY
o THE NATIONAL HUMAN ADIPOSE TISSUE SURVEY (NHATS) IS AN ONGOING
MONITORING PROGRAM TO COLLECT AND CHEMICALLY ANALYZE TISSUE-
SPECIMENS FROM THE U.S. POPULATION IN ORDER TO DETECT AND QUANTIFY
THE PREVALENCE AND LEVELS OF SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.
O OPTS HAS COMPLETED THE BROAD SCAN ANALYSIS STUDY WHICH IDENTIFIES
NEW COMPOUNDS THAT PERSIST IN HUMAN ADIPOSE TISSUE IN THE U.S.
POPULATION, PROVIDES FY 1982 BASELINE ESTIMATES FOR THESE CHEMICALS
AND ANALYZES TRENDS OF SOME OF THESE CHEMICALS ACROSS THE NATION AND
VARIOUS GEOGRAPHIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC SUBPOPULATIONS. DATA ON 57
- CHEMICALS FROM A BROAD RANGE OF VOLATILE AND SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC
COMPOUND AND POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-PARADIOXINS (PCDDS) AND
POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO FURANS (PCDFS) WERE REPORTED.
O RESULTS OF THE ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT THE VOLATILE ORGANIC
COMPOUNDS WERE DETECTED IN NEARLY ALL OF THE COMPOSITE TISSUE
SAMPLES. THE SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY PANEL IS NOW REVIEWING THE RESULTS
AND METHODOLGY OF THE ANALYSIS. SPMS WILL REPORT A SUMMARY OF THE
RESULTS ONCE THE PANEL HAS COMPLETE ITS REVIEW.
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FIFRA COMPLIANCE MONITORING INSPECTIONS AND COMPLIANCE LEVELS
O BY THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER OF FY 1987*, THE STATES HAD COMPLETED
18,631 FIFRA COMPLIANCE INSPECTIONS FOR USE AND RESTRICTED USE PESTI-
CIDE DEALERS, COMPLETING 175% OF THEIR STATE GRANT TARGETS.
O THE STATES REPORTED TAKING 3,865 ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS THROUGH THE
THIRD QUARTER, REPRESENTING A VIOLATION LEVEL OF 21% FOR "USE"
INSPECTIONS. A YEAR AGO THIS RATE WAS 23%.
O. FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF FY 1987, REGIONS VII AND VIII, WITH NON-
DELEGATED PROGRAMS, COMPLETED A TOTAL OF 339 USE INSPECTIONS,
ACHIEVING 113% AND 103% RESPECTIVELY, OF THEIR FY 1987 TARGETS.
*STATE DATA IS LAGGED ONE QUARTER.
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FIFRA COMPLIANCE MONITORING INSPECTIONS
AND COMPLIANCE LEVELS FOR STATE ACTIVITIES
As Of June 30, 1987
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Compliance Status
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LEGEND
VIOLATION WITH
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USE INSPECTIONS
CONDUCTED
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ADDRESSING FIFRA SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE
IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, THE REGIONS REFERRED TO THE STATES A TOTAL OF
58 SIGNIFICANT USE VIOLATIONS FOR INVESTIGATION AND ENFORCEMENT
ACTION, FOR A TOTAL OF 155 CASES FOR THE YEAR. LAST YEAR, THE
REGIONS REFERRED 274 CASES. AT THE END OF THE YEAR, OF THE 155 CASES:
9 (6%) WERE ADDRESSED BEYOND THE TIMEFRAME.
23 (15%) WERE PENDING ACTION WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME.
- 123 (79%) WERE ADDRESSED WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME.
BY THE END OF THE YEAR, THE REGIONS HAD IDENTIFIED 40 SIGNIFICANT
VIOLATOR CASES FOR EPA ACTION. SEVENTEEN (43%) OF THE CASES WERE
ADDRESSED AND SIX OF THESE WERE CLOSED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
THERE WERE 23 CASES PENDING ENFORCEMENT ACTION.
- REGION VII IDENTIFIED 27 OF THE TOTAL 40 CASES. THE REMAINING 13
CASES WERE REPORTED BY REGIONS IV, V, VIII, IX AND X.
FIFRA ENFORCEMENT ACTION
THE REGIONS ISSUED 121 ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS IN THE FOURTH
QUARTER FOR A TOTAL OF 360 THIS YEAR. THE TOTAL LAST YEAR WAS 337
THERE WERE FIVE CIVIL REFERRALS, ONE EACH FROM REGIONS III, IV, V,
VIII AND IX, AND TWO CRIMINAL REFERRALS FROM REGION III AND
REGION VIII.
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ADDRESSING FIFRA SIGNIFICANT N^NCOMPLIANCE
As Of September 30, 1987
REFERRALS TO STATES
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QUARTERS
P/E-3.4
LEGEND
NOT ADDRESSED BEYOND TIMEFRAME
ADDRESSED BEYOND TIMEFRAME
PENDING WITHIN TIMEFRAME
ADDRESSED WITHIN TIMEFRAME
EPA CASES AND REFERRALS FROM STATES
40-r
MOLATOR PENDING CASES CASES
DETECTED ENFORCEMENT ISSUED CLOSED
ACTION
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TSCA INSPECTIONS AND COMPLIANCE LEVELS
o THE REGIONS AND HEADQUARTERS EXCEEDED (117%) THEIR FY 1987 TARGET
FOR TSCA COMPLIANCE INSPECTIONS, CONDUCTING 5,058 INSPECTIONS VERSUS
A TARGET OF 4,317. THE 17 STATES WITH INSPECTION GRANTS CONDUCTED
2,020 INSPECTIONS, OR 103% OF THEIR ANNUAL COMMITMENTS.
- FLORIDA WITHDREW FROM.THE GRANT PROGRAM IN REGION IV DURING THE
YEAR, AND THEREFORE DID NOT MEET THE FY 1987 COMMITMENT.
o OF THE TOTAL 7,078 EPA AND STATE INSPECTIONS:
- 38% WERE IN COMPLIANCE.
- 39% WERE IN VIOLATION.
- 23% WERE PENDING A COMPLIANCE DETERMINATION.
o OF 5,447 INSPECTIONS FOR WHICH A COMPLIANCE DETERMINATION WAS MADE
BY THE END OF THE YEAR, 50% WERE IN VIOLATION. A YEAR AGO THIS
VIOLATION RATE WAS 46%.
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TSCA INSPECTIONS AND COMPLIANCE LEVEIS
As Of September 30, 1987
7,078 INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED
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REGIONS
LEGEND
• EPA
0 STATES
125+
TARGET
Compliance Status
X HQ
39X
LEGEND
IN VIOLATION
COMPLIANCE
DETERMINATION PENDING
23X
38X D IN COMPLIANCE
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RESPONSE TO TSCA SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE
o THE REGIONS HAD A BEGINNING-OF-YEAR INVENTORY OF 584 OPEN TSCA
SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIER CASES. BY THE END OF FY 1987, THE REGIONS
HAD CLOSED 520 (89%) CASES ON THE INVENTORY. A YEAR AGO THE REGIONS
HAD CLOSED 614 (78%) CASES. AT THE END OF THE YEAR, 64 CASES, ALL
OPEN MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, REMAIN ON THE INVENTORY.
- REGIONS III, V, VI, VII, AND IX CLOSED 90% OR MORE OF THEIR CASES.
O THE REGIONS IDENTIFIED 1,316 NEW SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS IN FY 1987,
COMPARED TO 913 IN FY 1986. OF THE 1,316 NEW CASES:
- 403 (31%) WERE PENDING ENFORCEMENT ACTION.
- 913 (69%) HAD ACTION TAKEN (CASES ISSUED), OF WHICH
- 473 (52%) WERE ISSUED IN 180 DAYS OF INSPECTION, AND
- 440 (48%) WERE ISSUED BEYOND 180 DAYS OF INSPECTION.
- 320 OF THE CASES ISSUED WERE CLOSED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
A YEAR AGO THE REGIONS HAD ISSUED 527 (58%) NEW CASES AND CLOSED 118
TSCA ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY
DURING FY 1987, THE REGIONS ISSUED A TOTAL OF 1,051 ADMINISTRATIVE
COMPLAINTS, COMPARED TO A TOTAL OF 781 LAST YEAR. THERE WERE EIGHT
TSCA CIVIL CASES AND TWO CRIMINAL CASES REFERRED IN FY 1987. A YEAR
AGO THERE WERE 13 CIVIL AND TWO CRIMINAL REFERRALS.
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RESPONSE TO TSCA SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPUANCE
As Of September 30, 1987
PROGRESS AGAINST FIXED BASE
600
OH
BOY
02
03
04
T/E-3.4
LEGEND
D PRE 87 CLOSED
m OPEN MORE THAN 6 MONTHS
0 OPEN 6 MONTHS OR LESS
PROGRESS AGAINST NEW VIOLATORS
UQOr
VIOLATORS PENDING CASES CASES
DETECTED ENFORCEMENT ISSUED CLOSED
ACTION
LEGEND
D CASES ISSUED WITHIN 180 DAYS
• CASES ISSUED BEYOND 180 DAYS
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RESPONSE TO TSCA SIGNIFICANT NONCOHPLIANCE IN FEDERAL FACILITIES
THE REGIONS HAD A BEGINNING-OF-YEAR INVENTORY OF 26 OPEN TSCA FEDERAL
FACILITY SNC CASES. AT THE END OF THE YEAR 24 OF THE CASES WERE
CLOSED.
DURING FY 1987 THE REGIONS IDENTIFIED 60 NEW SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS
IN FEDERAL FACILITIES, COMPARED TO 53 LAST YEAR. OF THE 60 NEW CASES;
- 15 (25%) WERE PENDING ENFORCEMENT ACTION.
- 45 (75%) HAD ACTION TAKEN, OF WHICH
- 24 (53%) HAD ACTION TAKEN IN 180 DAYS OF INSPECTION, AND
- 21 (47%) HAD ACTION TAKEN BEYOND 180 DAYS OF INSPECTION.
- 30 OF THE 45 ACTIONS WERE CLOSED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
A YEAR AGO THE REGIONS HAD TAKEN ACTION ON 39 (74%) NEW FEDERAL
FACILITY CASES AND CLOSED TEN OF THEM.
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RESPONSE TO TSCA SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE
IN FEDERAL FACILITIES
As Of September 30, 1987
PROGRESS AGAINST FIXED BASE
BOY
03
T/E-5
01 02
LEGEND
D PRE 87 CLOSED
E3 OPEN MORE THAN 6 MONTHS
El OPEN 6 MONTHS OR LESS
04
PROGRESS AGAINST NEW VIOLATORS
60T
VIOLATOR PENDING ACTION ACTION
DETECTED ENFORCEMENT TAKEN CLOSED
ACTION
LEGEND
D ACTION TAKEN WITHIN 180 DAYS
• ACTION TAKEN BEYOND 180 DAYS
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Office of Enforcement
and
Compliance Monitoring
MMt^
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CIVIL ACTION PROCESSING TIME
o OECM REVIEWED AND FORWARDED A CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF 135 CIVIL
REFERRALS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMPARED TO 177 REFERRALS
LAST YEAR. DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER THIS YEAR 35 REFERRALS WERE
FORWARDED.
o THE AVERAGE TARGETED REVIEW TIME FOR THE QUARTER WAS 29 DAYS
MEETING THE 35 DAY TARGET. WHILE THE AVERAGE TARGET WAS MET,
SEVERAL CASES EXCEEDED THE 35 DAY DEADLINE.
O OECM REVIEWED AND COMPLETED THE CHECKLIST FOR 20 DIRECT CIVIL
REFERRALS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER ALL WITHIN THE AVERAGE TARGETED
REVIEW TIME OF 30 DAYS.
CIVIL REFERRAL ACTIVITY
O THE REGIONS REFERRED 65 NEW CIVIL REFERRALS TO'HEADQUARTERS AND 63
DIRECT REFERRALS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DURING THE FOURTH
QUARTER. CUMULATIVELY THE REGIONS MADE 173 NEW CIVIL REFERRALS TO
HEADQUARTERS AND 119 DIRECT REFERRALS COMPARED TO 285 NEW CIVIL
REFERRALS AND 82 DIRECT REFERRALS LAST YEAR.
O SEVEN REFERRALS WERE WITHDRAWN, DECLINED OR RETURNED TO THE REGION.
THE YEARLY CUMULATIVE TOTAL IS 40.
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FOLLOW-THROUGH ON ACTIVE CIVIL CASE DOCKET
O THIS MEASURE IS TRACKING THE DISPOSITION OF FIXED UNIVERSE OF
CASES WHICH WERE IN THE DOCKET STARTING FY 1987. IN THE FIRST
QUARTER 644 CASES WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE FIXED UNIVERSE. IN THE
FOURTH QUARTER OECM REPORT 665 CASES IN THE UNIVERSE WITH THE
FOLLOWING DISPOSITION:
- 167 (25%) HAD BEEN CONCLUDED AFTER FILING.
- 429 (65%) WERE FILED IN U.S. COURT.
22 ( 3%) HAD BEEN WITHDRAWN/DECLINED BY EPA OR THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE.
•
47 ( 7%) WERE PENDING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
o 266 NEW CIVIL CASES WERE REFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
DURING FY 1987, COMPARED TO 328 IN FY 1986. OF THESE:
9(3%) WERE CONCLUDED AFTER FILING.
91 (34%) WERE FILED IN U.S. COURT.
5(3%) HAD BEEN WITHDRAWN/DECLINED BY EPA OR THE DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE.
- 161 (61%) WERE PENDING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
o THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACTIVE CASES AT THE END OF QUARTER WAS 819.
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700r
FOLLOW-THROUGH ON ACTIVE CIVIL CASE DOCKET
As Of September 30, 1987
CIVIL CASE DOCKET
BOY
E/C-4,5
1 2
QUARTERS
LEGEND
CASES CONCLUDED
CASES FILED IN COURT
CASES WITHDRAWN/DECLINED
CASES PENDING AT DOJ
NEW FY
REFERRALS TO DOJ
270r
CUMULATIVE PENDING CASES CASES CASES
NEW AT DOJ FILED WITHDRAWN CONCLUDED
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CONSENT DECREE TRACKING
o THERE WERE 387 ACTIVE CONSENT DECREES IN THE FOURTH QUARTER COMPARED
TO 322 A YEAR AGO.
o CONSENT DECREE COMPLIANCE FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF FY 1987 WAS 76%
COMPARED TO 78% A YEAR AGO.
o OF THE 94 CONSENT DECREES IN VIOLATION:
- 57 (61%) HAD A CONTEMPT ACTION OR A DECREE MODIFICATION REFERRED
OR A STIPULATED PENALTY COLLECTED.
- 21 (22%) HAD FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION PLANNED BUT NOT
COMMENCED.
- 16 (17%) HAD NO FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION PLANNED.
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CONSENT DECREE TRACKING (EPA DECREES ONLY)
As Of September 30, 1987
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IX
E/C-1
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LEGEND
E3 In compliance with the terms of the decree
13 In violation with formal enforcement action Initiated
• In violation with formal enforcement action planned but uncommenced
Q In violation with no formal enforcement action planned at this time
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CRIMINAL REFERRAL ACTIVITY (CUMULATIVE)
O SIXTY-SEVEN NEW CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS WERE OPENED THROUGH THE
FOURTH QUARTER (15 IN THE FOURTH QUARTER). THE 67 INVESTIGATIONS
INCLUDED 27 RCRA AND 24 WATER CASES. THERE WERE 116 OPEN
INVESTIGATIONS AT THE END OF THE FOURTH QUARTER.
O IN FY 1987 THE REGIONS REFERRED 41 NEW CRIMINAL CASES TO
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS REFERRED 41 CASES (INCLUDING 13 IN
THE FOURTH QUARTER) TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
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FOLLOW-THROUGH ON ACTIVE CRIMINAL CASE DOCKET
o 66 CRIMINAL CASES WERE INCLUDED IN THE ACTIVE CASE DOCKET AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. THE STATUS OF THOSE CASES AT THE END OF THE
YEAR WERE:
- 10 (15%) HAD BEEN CLOSED WITHOUT PROSECUTION.
- 25 (38%) HAD BEEN CLOSED FOLLOWING PROSECUTION.
- 14 (22%) HAD CHARGES FILED.
- 12 (18%) WERE UNDER GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION.
5(7%) WERE UNDER REVIEW BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
O FORTY-ONE NEW CRIMINAL CASES WERE REFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE THROUGH THE FOURTH QUARTER. AS OF THE CLOSE OF THE QUARTER:
- 3 ( 7%) WERE CLOSED BY DOJ WITHOUT PROSECUTION.
- 2(5%) WERE CLOSED FOLLOWING PROSECUTION.
- 4 (10%) HAD CHARGES FILED.
- 17 (41%) WERE UNDER GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION.
- 15 (37%) WERE UNDER REVIEW BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
o THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACTIVE CASES REMAINING WAS (COMBINED FIXED (31)
AND DYNAMIC (36) UNIVERSES) 67.
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E/C-7,B
FOLLOW-THROUGH ON ACTIVE CRIMINAL CASE DOCKET
As Of September 30, 1987
CRIMINAL REFERRALS PENDING
STATUS OF NEW
FY 1087 REFERRALS
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BOY
2
QUARTERS
14
LEGEND
0 CLOSED BY DOJ WITHOUT PROSECUTION
& CLOSED FOLLOWING PROSECUTION
S WITH CHARGES FILED
E3 UNDER GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION
D UNDER REVIEW AT DOJ
• TO DOJ BY OECM
2 3
QUARTERS
CUMULATIVE f OF NEW REFERRALS
10 2B
41
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CONCLUSION OF CASES (DURING FOURTH QUARTER)
o SUPERFUND
1 JOINT SECTION 106/107 COURT ORDER WAS FILED.
1 CASE WAS WITHDRAWN, DECLINED OR VOLUNTARILY DISMISSED SINCE
FILING.
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o CIVIL
- 51 CASES WERE CONCLUDED, INCLUDING 43 WITH PENALTIES.
- $4,013,649 WAS TOTAL AMOUNT OF PENALTIES ASSESSED (43 CASES).
-• 2 CASES WERE WITHDRAWN, DECLINED OR VOLUNTARILY DISMISSED SINCE
FILING.
o- CRIMINAL
- 29 REFERRALS WERE CONCLUDED, 27 WITH CONVICTIONS AND 2 WITH
CHARGES DISMISSED/ACQUITTED.
- 16 ENTITIES AND 48 INDIVIDUALS WERE SENTENCED.
- $3,622,876 WAS TOTAL AMOUNT OF FINES ASSESSED BEFORE SUSPENSION.
- 412 MONTHS OF INCARCERATION WERE ORDERED (144 MONTHS HAD BEEN
IMPOSED PRIOR TO SUSPENSION).
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NUMBER OF NEW REFERRALS TO EPA-OCEC
Cumulative Through FY 1987
REGION
Region I
Region II
Region III
Region IV
Region V
Region VI
Region VII
Region VIII
Region IX
Region X
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TOTAL
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2
2
1
1
2
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1
1
1
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_
..
_
0
TOTAL
3
3
6
1
4
4
3
9
1
5
2
41
OCAPO 10/15/87
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Office of Administration
and
Resources Management
4th Quarter
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PERSONNEL SERVICES
OARM PROCESSED A TOTAL OF 2,080 PERSONNEL ACTIONS DURING THE
FOURTH QUARTER. OF THESE, 1,941 (93%) WERE PROCESSED WITHIN THE
PROCESSING TIME STANDARD. THE FOURTH QUARTER COMPARES TO 92%
(1,619)(THIRD); 97% (1,407 ACTIONS)(SECOND); AND 98% (2,567) FIRST
PREVIOUS QUARTERS.
- INTERNAL ACTIONS
322 OF 410 (78%) WERE PROCESSED WITHIN STANDARD.
OF 88 NOT PROCESSED WITHIN STANDARD, OARM REPORTS
DELAYS WERE ATTRIBUTED TO: 57 (PROGRAM OFFICES), 24
(OARM), 7 OTHER (i.e., AWAITING SECURITY
CLEARANCES, ETC.)
- EXTERNAL RECRUITMENT ACTIONS
123 OF 132 (89%) WERE PROCESSED WITHIN STANDARD.
OARM REPORTS THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE DELAYS WERE
DUE TO OPM.
- NON-COMPETITIVE ACTIONS
346 OF 359 (96%) WERE PROCESSED WITHIN STANDARD.
OARM REPORTS DELAYS WERE EQUALLY SPLIT BETWEEN OARM
AND THE PROGRAM OFFICES.
- ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS
810 OF 833 (97%) WERE PROCESSED WITHIN STANDARD.
- AWARDS
340 OF 340 (100%) AWARD ACTIONS WERE PROCESSED
WITHIN TARGET.
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PERSONNEL SERVICE STANDARDS
NUMBER OF ACTIONS COMPLETED DURING QUARTER
As Of September 30, 1987
RECRUITMENT ACTIONS
INTERNAL TO EPA
1234
QUARTERS
RECRUITMENT ACTIONS
EXTERNAL TO EPA
14Qr
NON-COMPETITIVE
ACTIONS
AD-1B
1234
QUARTERS
LEGEND
D OARM DELAYS
S SECURITY CLEARANCE DELAY
0 0PM DELAYS
B3 CUENT PROGRAM OFFICE DELAYS
D COMPLETED WITHIN STANDARD SCHEDULE
1234
QUARTERS
1 QQ-
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PROCUREMENT SERVICE STANDARDS
O MAJOR NEGOTIATED PROCUREMENT STANDARDS
DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER OARM AWARDED 197 NEW COMPETITIVE AND
NEW SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS OF WHICH 89 (45%) WERE AWARED WITHIN
THE STANDARD OR NEGOTIATED SCHEDULE. THIS COMPARES TO PREVIOUS
QUARTERS RATES OF 64% (THIRD),51% (SECOND), AND 52% (FIRST).
- NEW COMPETITIVE CONTRACTS
55 OF THE 147 (37%) WERE AWARDED WITHIN THE STANDARD. OARM
REPORTS THE MAJORITY OF THE DELAYS WERE DUE TO OFFICES
OUTSIDE OF EPA (SBA, etc.) ,
- NEW SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS
34 OF THE 50 (68%) WERE AWARED WITHIN THE STANDARD. OARM
REPORTS THREE EACH WERE ATTRIBUTED TO PROGRAM OFFICES AND
OARM AND THAT TEN DELAYS WERE ATTRIBUTED TO OUTSIDE EPA.
o PURCHASE ORDERS
- 4,791 OF THE 7,135 (67%) COMPETITIVE AND SOLE SOURCE
PURCHASE ORDERS AWARDED DURING FOURTH QUARTER WERE AWARDED
WITHIN THE STANDARD. RATES IN PREVIOUS QUARTERS WERE 82%
(THIRD), 77% (SECOND) AND 91% (FIRST).
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150r
PROCUREMENT SERVICE STANDARDS
NEW CONTRACTS AWARDED DURING QUARTER
As Of September 30, 1987
COMPETITIVE
2 3
QUARTERS
SOLE SOURCE
AD-1
2 3
QUARTERS
LEGEND
D OARM DELAYS
' 0 DEUYS EXTERNAL TO OARM
• COMPLETED WITHIN STANDARD OR NEGOTIATED SCHEDULE
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GRANTS SERVICE STANDARDS
O 987 GRANTS SERVICE ACTIONS WERE PROCESSED/AWARDED FOURTH QUARTER.
OF THESE, 771 (78%) WERE PROCESSED WITHIN THE STANDARD. THIS
COMPARES TO PREVIOUS QUARTERS PROCESSING RATES OF 85% (THIRD);
83% (SECOND); AND 90% (FIRST); PROCESSING RATES BY CATEGORIES
WERE:
- GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS
532 OF 720 (84%) WERE PROCESSED WITHIN THE TARGET.
- INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS
167 OF 192 (86%) WERE PROCESSED WITHIN THE TARGET.
- DETERMINATIONS FOR REQUESTS FOR DEVIATION FROM REGULATORY
REQUIREMENTS
8 OF 11 (72%) WERE PROCESSED WITHIN THE TARGET.
- DETERMINATIONS IN SUSPENSION/DEBARMENT CASES
ALL 64 (100%) WERE PROCESSED WITHIN THE TARGET.
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GRANTS SERVICE STANDARDS
NUMBER OF ACTIONS COMPLETED DURING QUARTER
As Of September 30, 1987
GRANT OR COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENT AWARDED
INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT
AWARDED AFTER RECEIPT
72Dr
200
2 3
QUARTERS
DETERMINATION PREPARED FOR
DEVIATION FROM REGULATORY
REQUIREMENTS
6 Or
2 3
QUARTERS
N
U
g
E
R
100
50
LEGEND
OARM DELAYS
ACTIONS COMPLETED
WITHIN TARGET
2 3
QUARTERS
SUSPENSION/DEBARMENT
DETERMINATION ISSUED AFTER
CASE RECORD COMPLETE
64r
2 3
QUARTERS
AD-1A
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HEADQUARTERS RESOURCE UTILIZATION
O FTE AND TRAVEL USAGE WERE BELOW TARGET LEVELS FOR THE FOURTH
QUARTER.
- SUPERFUND TRAVEL WAS WELL BELOW PLAN OVERALL FOR THE YEAR ~
AT 86.8%. SSE TRAVEL WAS 96.8%.
- THERE HAS BEEN A NOTICEABLY LOW WORKYEAR UTILIZATION IN
SUPERFUND — 84.1% FOR THE YEAR. S&E FTE USE WAS ALSO
BELOW TARGET AT 95.8%.
O OVERALL UTILIZATION RATES WERE FAIRLY HIGH AT HEADQUARTERS.
- S&E DOLLAR EXPENDITURES WERE ALMOST FULLY UTILIZED AT 99.5%.
- SUPERFUND INCREASED USAGE DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER, BUT IT
WAS STILL LOW AT 95.9%.
- AC&C DOLLAR USAGE WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW CEILING AT 97.2%.
- ONLY R&D WENT OVER CEILING — BY $3.3 MILLION IN THE FOURTH
QUARTER.
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HEADQUARTERS RESOURCE UTILIZATION
(FOURTH QUARTER = 100% OF YEAR)
K)OX
OF
YEAR 95.8%
96.8X
84.1%
86.8%
S«cE SF SftE SF
FTE TRAVEL
USE USE
$510.4
S&E
CD OP PUN
ACTUALS
SF AC&C RAD
DOLLAR UTILIZATION
AS COMPARED TO
QUARTERLY PLANS
B&F
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REGIONAL RESOURCE UTILIZATION
o REGIONAL S&E FTE UTILIZATION WAS CONSISTENT WITH HEADQUARTERS IN
THE FOURTH QUARTER. SUPERFUND TRAVEL AND FTE USE WAS HIGHER IN
THE REGIONS.
- S&E TRAVEL AND FTE USE WAS 97.1% AND 92.7% RESPECTIVELY.
- SUPERFUND TRAVEL AND FTE USE WAS BELOW THE OVERALL PLAN — 92.7%
AND 93.1% RESPECTIVELY.
O REGIONAL DOLLAR UTILIZATION IS CLOSE TO THAT OF HEADQUARTERS.
- BOTH S&E AND AC&C USE WAS CONSISTENT WITH HEADQUARTERS AT 99.7%
IN BOTH APPROPRIATIONS.
- ONLY THE REGIONAL SUPERFUND UTILIZATION RATE IS BELOW THAT
OF HEADQUARTERS OFFICES, 93.7% TO 95.9% RESPECTIVELY.
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100%
OF-
YEAR
95%
S&£
93..1
%
97.1%
SF S&E
92.7X
SF
FTE TRAVa
USE USE
REGIONS RESOURCE UTILIZATION
(FOUR1M QUARTER = 100% OF YEAR)
$600.6
CD OP PLAN
ACTUALS
S&E SF AC&C RAD
DOLLAR UTILIZATION
AS COMPARED TO
QUARTERLY PLANS
B&F
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Office of Policy, Planning
and
Evaluation
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OFFICE OF POLICY, PLANNING AND EVALUATION
RED BORDER REVIEW DEADLINES
o 25 RED BORDER DOCUMENTS WERE RECEIVED FOR REVIEW BY OPPE DURING
THE FOURTH QUARTER.
22 (88%) REVIEWS WERE COMPLETED WITHIN THE THREE-WEEK
DEADLINE
24 (96%) OF THE REVIEWS WERE COMPLETED WITHIN THE
FOUR-WEEK DEADLINE
1 FAILED TO MEET THE FOUR-WEEK DEADLINE
O THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 125 RED BORDER DOCUMENTS REVIEWED BY OPPE
THIS FISCAL YEAR.
107 (86%) WERE PROCESSED WITHIN THE THREE-WEEK DEADLINE
122 (97%) WERE PROCESSED WITHIN THE FOUR-WEEK DEADLINE
3 FAILED TO MEET THE FOUR-WEEK DEADLINE
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Office of External Affairs
'•«••:•:•:•. .^•x-.iv^xv.iUiii^.Kt^^^^^
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OFFICE OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
FOURTH QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS
o THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THE AGENCY MAINTAINED CLOSE TO A 90% RATE OF
FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS WITH NO EPA CONCERNS
UNRESOLVED.
o BELOW ARE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROGRAMS' EFFORTS WITH NONCOMPLYING
FEDERAL FACILITIES:
o OAR ENDED THE YEAR WITH 14 OF 16 BOY SIGNIFICANT COMPLYING
FEDERAL FACILITIES ADDRESSED.
o OW ENDED THE YEAR WITH 8 FEDERAL FACILITIES ON THE EXCEPTIONS
LIST.
. o OPTS ADDRESSED AND CLOSED CASES FOR 24 OF 26 FEDERAL FACILITIES
IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE AT BOY.
O OSWER'S FEDERAL FACILITY COMPLIANCE SNAPSHOT SHOWS 34 OF 43
FACILITIES IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE IN FY 1987 HAVE BEEN
ADDRESSED.
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ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROGRAM
O THIS MEASURE DEMONSTRATES EPA's EFFECTIVENESS IN REDUCING
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS POTENTIALLY CREATED BY OTHER AGENCIES'
PROPOSED PROJECTS OR ACTIVITIES.
o AT THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER, EPA REVIEWED 221 FINAL ENVIRON-
MENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS (EISs). OF THESE, EPA HAD NO MAJOR
CONCERNS WITH 201 (91%).
INDIAN LANDS PROGRAM
O DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER 3 TRIBAL/EPA AGREEMENTS WERE DEVELOPED.
5 AGREEMENTS WERE TARGETED TO BE DEVELOPED IN FY 1987.
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ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS OF MAJOR FEDERAL PROJECTS
As Of September 30, 1987
250-r
OEA-7
QUARTERS
LEGEND
S FINAL PROJECTS-ERA CONCERNS UNRESOLVED
• FINAL PROJECTS-NO EPA CONCERNS
EPA REVIEWS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS (EIS) FOR
MAJOR FEDERAL PROJECTS WITH POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
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OFFICE OF FEDERAL ACTIVITIES
RESPONSE TO SIGNIFICANT FEDERAL FACILITY NONCQMPLIANCE
OAR IDENTIFIED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR (BOY) 16 FEDERAL FACILI-
TIES IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE (SNC). BY THE END OF THE YEAR,
ALL 14 OF THE TARGETED FEDERAL FACILITIES WERE ADDRESSED. SIX WERE
RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE, EIGHT WERE PLACED ON AN ACCEPTABLE SCHEDULE
AND TWO FACILITIES WERE PENDING.
OW IDENTIFIED SEVEN FEDERAL FACILITIES ON THE EXCEPTIONS LIST THAT
WERE CARRIED OVER "FROM THE LAST QUARTER. NONE WERE RETURNED TO
COMPLIANCE OR HAD ENFORCEMENT ACTION INITIATED. THE SEVEN REMAINING
PLUS ONE NEW SIGNIFICANT VIOLATOR ON THE EXCEPTIONS REPORT CONSTITUTE
THE PENDING BALANCE OF EIGHT FACILITIES (THREE EPA AND FIVE STATE
NPDES SITES).
OPTS IDENTIFIED 26 FEDERAL FACILITIES IN SNC AT THE BOY. AT THE END
OF THE YEAR, 24 OF THE CASES WERE ADDRESSED AND CLOSED.
OSWER COMPLIANCE SNAPSHOT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER SHOWS 43 FEDERAL
FACILITIES IN SNC WITH 34 ADDRESSED.
FEDERAL FACILITIES COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT PLAN
REGIONS III, IV, V, VII, VIII, AND IX HAVE IDENTIFIED A TOTAL OF
NINE SIGNIFICANT FEDERAL FACILITIES WHICH HAVE HIGH PRIORITY
ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT PROBLEMS FOR WHICH COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT
PLANS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
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RESPONSE TO SIGNIFICANT FEDERAL FACILITY NONCOMPUANCE
As Of September 30, 1987
AIR FIXED BASE
BOY
LEGEND
0 RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE
D ADDRESSED
• PENDING
TSCA FIXED BASE
TARGET
OEA-SNC1
BOY 1 2 3
LEGEND
EJ OPEN 6 MONTHS OR LESS
E3 OPEN MORE THAN 6 MONTHS
D CLOSED
VATER EXCEPTIONS REPORT
SNC ENFORCEMENT RETURNED PENDING
ACTION TO
COMPLIANCE
LEGEND
D SNC 2 CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS
• SNC FOR MORE THAN 2 QUARTERS
RCRA COMPLIANCE SNAPSHOT
LEGEND
f SNC/ADDRESS/END OF QUARTER
f SNC/UNADDRESSEO/END OF QUARTER
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FEDERAL FACILITIES WITH POTENTIAL COMPLIANCE
PROBLEMS IN A-106 MEDIA PROGRAM PRIORITY AREAS
O DURING THE FIRST QUARTER THE OFFICE OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (OEA),
WORKING WITH THE AIR, WATER AND HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM OFFICES
IDENTIFIED 167 FEDERAL FACILITIES WITH POTENTIAL COMPLIANCE PROBLEMS
IN THE RESPECTIVE MEDIA PRIORITY AREAS.
O TWENTY-ONE FEDERAL FACILITIES HAVE POTENTIAL AIR COMPLIANCE PROBLEMS.
BY THE END OF THE YEAR:
- OF THE 16 VOC FACILITIES IN OZONE NONATTAINMENT AREAS, 13
FACILITIES HAD ADDRESSED POTENTIAL NONCOMPLIANCE PROBLEMS THROUGH
THE A-106 PROCESS OR BY OTHER ACCEPTABLE MEANS.
- OF THE FIVE FACILITIES NEEDING TO MEET EXISTING NESHAP REQUIRE-
MENTS, FOUR HAD ADDRESSED NONCOMPLIANCE.
O TWELVE NPDES FEDERAL FACILITIES HAVE POTENTIAL COMPLIANCE PROBLEMS
WITH PRETREATMENT STANDARDS WHEN DISCHARGING TO POTWS. FOURTEEN
FACILITIES HAD INITIATED A-106 PROJECTS OR OTHER ACCEPTABLE MEANS TO
ADDRESS POSSIBLE NONCOMPLIANCE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
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FEDERAL FACILITIES WITH POTENTIAL, COMPLIANCE
PROBLEMS IN A-106 MEDIA PROGRAM PRIORITY AREAS
As Of September 30, 1987
Am
VOC COMPLIANCE IN OZONE
NONATTAINlfSNT AREAS
AIR
COMPLIANCE WITH ALL
EXISTING NESHAPS REQUIREMENTS
WATER
COMPLIANCE WITH PRETREATMENT
STANDARDS FOR FED. FAC. DISCHARGING TO
POTWS
-4-
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OEA-1/E.2/E.3/E
23
LEGEND
• FACILITIES IDENTIFIED
0 FACILITIES ADDRESSED
D FACILITIES UNADDRESSED
i _
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FEDERAL FACILITIES WITH POTENTIAL COMPLIANCE
PROBLEMS IN A-106 MEDIA PROGRAM PRIORITY AREAS
HAZARDOUS WASTE
OEA IN CONSULTATION WITH THE OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE AND EMERGENCY
RESPONSE (OSWER), IDENTIFIED 134 FEDERAL FACILITIES IN THE FIRST
QUARTER THAT HAVE POTENTIAL COMPLIANCE PROBLEMS WITH OSWER1S PRIORITY
AREAS. AT THE END OF THE YEAR:
- OF THE 48 FACILITIES WITH APPLICABLE GROUNDWATER MONITORING
REQUIREMENTS, 36 FACILITIES HAVE ADDRESSED POTENTIAL NONCOMPLIANCE
PROBLEMS THROUGH THE A-106 PROCESS OR BY OTHER MEANS. TWELVE
FACILITIES REMAIN UNADDRESSED FOR THE YEAR.
- OF THE 42 CLOSED OR CLOSING FEDERAL FACILITY UNITS WITH CLOSURE/
POSTCLOSURE PLANS AND REQUIREMENTS, 34 FACILITIES WITH POTENTIAL
NONCOMPLIANCE PROBLEMS WERE ADDRESSED. EIGHT FACILITIES REMAIN
UNADDRESSED FOR THE YEAR.
- OF THE 11 FACILITIES WITH LAND BAN REGULATIONS AND MINIMUM
TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS, ALL 11 WITH POTENTIAL NONCOMPLIANCE
PROBLEMS WERE ADDRESSED. FIVE NEW FACILITIES WERE ADDRESSED IN
THE FOURTH QUARTER FOR A YEAR END TOTAL OF 16 FACILITIES.
- OF THE 33 FACILITIES WITH CORRECTIVE ACTION REQUIREMENTS UNDER
RCRA AND CERCLA, 18 FACILITIES HAVE ADDRESSED POTENTIAL NONCOM-
PLIANCE PROBLEMS THROUGH THE A-106 PROCESS OR BY OTHER MEANS.
SIXTEEN FACILITIES REMAIN UNADDRESSED FOR THE YEAR.
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FEDERAL FACILITIES WITH POTENTIAL COMPLIANCE
PROBLEMS IN A-106 MEDIA PROGRAM PRIORITY AREAS
As Of September 30, 1987
HAZARDOUS WASTE
COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE
GROUNDWATER MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
CLOSED OR CLOSING UNITS IN
COMPLIANCE WITH CLOSURE/POSTCLOSURE
PLANS AND REQUIREMENTS
COMPLIANCE WITH LAND BAN REGULATIONS
AND MINIMUM TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS
COMPLIANCE WITH CORRECTIVE ACTION
REQUIREMENTS UNDER RCRA AND CERCLA
1fri
12
H
OEA-1/E.2/E.3/E
LEGEND
• FACIUT1ES IDENTIFIED
0 FACIUHES ADDRESSED
D FACILITIES UNADDRESSED
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Office of General Counsel
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RED BORDER REVIEW DEADLINES
o OGC RECEIVED 45 RED BORDER DOCUMENTS FOR REVIEW DURING THE THIRD
QUARTER.
o OGC COMPLETED:
- THIRTY-THREE OR 73% OF THEIR REVIEWS WITHIN THREE WEEKS, COMPARED
TO A TARGET OF 80% WITHIN THREE WEEKS, AND
- SIX MORE FOR A TOTAL OF 39, OR 85%, WITHIN FOUR WEEKS, COMPARED
TO A TARGET OF 100% WITHIN FOUR WEEKS.
o SIX DOCUMENTS WERE NOT REVIEWED WITHIN THE FOUR WEEK REVIEW TARGET:
ONE FOR OAR, FOUR FOR OSWER AND ONE FOR OW.
STATE DELEGATION AGREEMENT REVIEW DEADLINE
o OGC RECEIVED AND REVIEWED ONE AUTHORIZATION APPLICATION FOR
EVALUATION DURING THE THIRD QUARTER (FOR CONCURRENCE WITHIN 15
DAYS).
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15-r
12
N
U
M
B
0
F
V
I
E
W
S
OGC SUMMARY FOR RED BORDER REVIEW PACKAGES
As Of September 30, 1987
AGENCY SUMMARY
50r
OAR
OARM
OSWER
OPTS
G/C-2
LEGEND
E3 INCOMPLETE AFTER 4 WEEKS
• COMPLETED WITHIN 4 WEEKS
D COMPLETED WITHIN 3 WEEKS
OW
2 34
QUARTERS
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