100R88101 22 oo U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Strategic Planning and Management System Second Quarter FY 1988 Re Office of Management Systems and Evaluation March 31, 1988 HEADQUARTERS LIBRARY PRnTFnTlflM ARFNfiY ------- U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY STRATEGIC PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SECOND QUARTER 1988 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. ------- TABLE OF CONTENTS OFFICE PAGE OFFICE OF AIR AND RADIATION 1 OFFICE OF WATER 33 OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE 93 OFFICE OF PESTICIDES AND TOXICS SUBSTANCES 127 OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE MONITORING 157 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION AND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 171 OFFICE OF POLICY, PLANNING AND EVALUATION 183 OFFICE OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS 187 OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL 201 ------- Office of Air and Radiation ------- OFFICE OF AIR AND RADIATION SECOND QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS O EPA AND STATES ARE COMPLETING EMISSIONS INVENTORIES AND DRAFTING SIPs TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF PARTICULATE POLLUTION. REGIONS AND STATES MET SECOND QUARTER TARGETS FOR OPERATING CRITICAL MONITORS AT REQUIRED FREQUENCY AND FOR DESIGNING MONITOR NETWORKS. o IN THE FIRST HALF, EPA COLLECTED 1987 OZONE AND CO MONITORING DATA NEEDED TO SUPPORT SIP CALLS BY END OF YEAR. ANALYSIS OF THE DATA CONTINUES. o REGIONS FELL BEHIND SECOND QUARTER TARGETS TO ADDRESS DEFICIENCIES IN SOME INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS TO CONTROL MOBILE SOURCE POLLUTION. o THE SULFUR DIOXIDE PROGRAM IS WORKING TO COMPLETE DEFICIENT OR MISSING SIPs. REGIONS MET MOST SECOND QUARTER TARGETS FOR THIS WORK. O OAR PLANS TO PUBLISH GUIDANCE ON MEASUREMENT OF RADON IN SCHOOLS. DRAFT GUIDANCE AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF RECENT MEASUREMENTS IS EXPECTED IN FALL 1988. o THIS IS THE FIRST REPORTING OF POLLUTANT-SPECIFIC INSPECTION ACTIVITIES FOR FY 1988. THE COMBINED EPA AND STATE COMMITMENTS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE PROGRAM'S REVISED INSPECTION FREQUENCY GUIDANCE. -3- ------- OZONE / CARBON MONOXIDE NON-ATTAINMENT o OF 856 NON-ATTAINMENT (N/A) DESIGNATIONS NATIONWIDE, 40% (341) ARE FOR OZONE AND 15% (127) FOR CARBON MONOXIDE (CO). o OAR EXPECTS THAT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POST-1987 OZONE POLICY WILL CHANGE THE DEFINITION AND THEREFORE THE NUMBER OF N/A AREAS. IMPLEMENTATION o IN THE FIRST HALF, EPA RECEIVED, ON AN ACCELERATED SCHEDULE, MONITORING DATA ABOUT 1987 LEVELS OF AMBIENT OZONE AND CO. THIS QUARTER CONCLUDES THE COLLECTION EFFORT. THE ANALYZED DATA WILL SUPPORT REQUESTS FOR STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS (SIP CALLS) FOR AREAS WHICH MAY BE IN NON-ATTAINMENT. STATES AND REGIONS WILL ALSO WORK ON EMISSIONS INVENTORIES AND CONTROL STRATEGIES AS THEY DEVELOP SIPs. o IN SECOND QUARTER, STATES PROVIDED DATA FROM 226 OZONE MONITORING SITES AND 124 CO MONITORING SITES, EXCEEDING THE TARGETS OF 222 AND 106 SITES. EPA ALSO RECEIVED DATA IN THE FIRST QUARTER FROM NEARLY ALL THESE SITES. OAR SPENT PART OF SECOND QUARTER FILLING GAPS IN INFORMATION AND ASSURING DATA QUALITY. ------- OZONE AND CARBON MONOXIDE As Of March 31, 1988 DESIGNATED NON-ATTAINMENT AREAS OAR-1 B56 DESIGNATIONS IN 530 COUNTIES D NOx S02 SECONDARY S S02 PRIMARY S TSP (SECONDARY) ฎ TSP (PRIMARY) B CO M OZONE "FAST TRACK" OZONE ANALYSIS NUMBER OF SITES SUBMITTING DATA 28QT "FAST TRACK" CARBON MONOXIDE ANALYSIS NUMBER OF SITES SUBMITTING DATA ------- MOBILE SOURCES PROGRAMS o IN THE FIRST HALF, REGIONS MISSED SEVERAL TARGETS TO REMEDY DEFICIENCIES IDENTIFIED IN STATE INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE (I/M) PROGRAMS. TEN PROBLEMS WERE CORRECTED, AGAINST A TARGET OF 13. REGIONS II, IV, V AND VII MISSED SECOND QUARTER GOALS. REGIONS VI, VIII AND X MADE SOME FOURTH QUARTER TARGETS EARLY. o IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1988, REGIONS SURPASSED THEIR TARGET BY PUTTING 5 NEW ANTI-TAMPERING PROGRAMS IN PLACE, BRINGING THE TOTAL TO 41 PROGRAMS. IN REGION V, TWO ANTI-TAMPERING PROGRAMS BEGAN IN OHIO; IN REGION VIII, ONE IN COLORADO; AND IN REGION X, TWO IN NEVADA. O PROGRAMS TO ASSURE THAT AUTOMOBILES AND TRUCKS CONTINUE TO COMPLY WITH EMISSION STANDARDS ARE A COMPONENT OF MANY STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS AND ARE REQUIRED IN CERTAIN NON-ATTAINMENT AREAS. I/M PROGRAMS CONDUCT SYSTEMATIC TESTING AND/OR INSPECTION OF CARS FOR EMISSIONS LEVELS WHICH SHOULD BE KEPT LOW BY PROPER MAINTENANCE. ANTI-TAMPERING PROGRAMS WORK EITHER TO PREVENT ALTERATION OF EMISSIONS CONTROLS ON MOBILE SOURCES, OR TO DETECT TAMPERING. ------- MOBILE SOURCES As Of March 31, 1988 INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM DEFICIENCIES CORRECTED 3&T 30-- 24-- 18-- 12-- ANTI-TAMPERING NEW STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS 10-r B-- LEGEND * TARGET ~ ACTUAL QAR-2 ------- VOC COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT COMPLIANCE RATES OF THE 4,569 CLASS A SIP AND NSPS VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC) SOURCES IN OZONE NONATTAINMENT AREAS, 632 (14%) ARE EITHER IN VIOLA- TION, IN VIOLATION BUT MEETING A COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE, OR THE COMPLI- ANCE STATUS OF THE SOURCE IS UNKNOWN. INSPECTIONS (NOTEt INSPECTION DATA ARE LAGGED ONE QUARTER) O THE REGIONS AND STATES ACCOMPLISHED 108% OF THEIR CUMULATIVE INSPECTION COMMITMENT FOR VOC CLASS A SIP SOURCES IN OZONE NONATTAIN- MENT AREAS. o THE REGIONS AND STATES ACCOMPLISHED 109% OF THEIR CUMULATIVE INSPECTION COMMITMENT FOR VOC NSPS SOURCES IN OZONE NONATTAINMENT AREAS. SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS O OF THE 338 VOC SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS, 85 (25%) HAD REMEDIAL ACTION COMMENCED PRIOR TO BOY. OF THE 253 REMAINING SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS, 180 ARE SCHEDULED TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE END-OF-THE-YEAR. THE PRO- GRAM EXCEEDED ITS CUMULATIVE SECOND QUARTER COMMITMENT (62 VIOLATORS TO BE ADDRESSED) BY ADDRESSING 110 VIOLATORS. O AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE 338 VOC SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS IS AS FOLLOWS: - 96 (28%) ARE IN COMPLIANCE - 23 (7%) ARE ON ACCEPTABLE SCHEDULES - 85 (25%) HAVE HAD ENFORCEMENT ACTION INITIATED - 134 (40%) ARE UNRESOLVED O FORTY-FOUR NEW VOC SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS WERE IDENTIFIED DURING THE QUARTER, BRINGING THE TOTAL FOR THE YEAR TO 69. ELEVEN OF THESE HAVE BEEN PLACED ON A COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE OR RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE. ------- VOC COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT IN OZONE NONATTAINMENT AREAS As Of March 31, 1988 SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS BOY A/E-6 1 QUARTERS LEGEND D RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE gl ON COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE E3 ENFORCEMENT ACTION TAKEN PENDING CLASS A SIP INSPECTIONS 125+1 - -TARGET I H HI IV vi vn vm ix x -9- ------- PARTICULATES THIS YEAR OAR IS WORKING TO MAKE A TRANSITION FROM THE STANDARD FOR TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES (TSP) TO A NEW STANDARD REGULATING ONLY PARTICULATE MATTER OF DIAMETER LESS THAN 10 MICRONS (PM10) SIP DEVELOPMENT O OAR IS DEVELOPING STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS (SIPs) TO CONTROL PM10 IN GROUP I AND II AREAS OF CONCERN. SIP DEVELOPMENT INVOLVES COMPLETION OF EMISSIONS INVENTORIES, ESTABLISHMENT OF DESIGN VALUES AND OF CONTROL STRATEGIES, AND SUBMITTAL AND REVIEW OF SIPs. O IN FY 1988, STATES HAVE COMPLETED 27 PM10 DRAFT EMISSIONS INVENTORIES FOR GROUP I AREAS, EXCEEDING THE SECOND QUARTER TARGET. O ONLY REGION VIII HAD SECOND QUARTER TARGETS TO RECEIVE GROUP I DRAFT SIPs. THE 5 DRAFT SIPs EXPECTED FROM COLORADO ARE HELD UP PENDING OAQPS REVIEW THAT THE SIP STRATEGY PROVIDES ADEQUATE CONTROL. o REGION X RECEIVED FIVE GROUP I DRAFT SIPs IN SECOND QUARTER, THOUGH THE REGION TARGETED NONE. NATIONALLY, REGIONS EXPECT TO RECEIVE 39 DRAFT SIPs BY END OF YEAR. MONITORING o EPA AND STATES ARE BUILDING NETWORKS OF PM10 MONITORS REQUIRED AS PART OF THE SIP EFFORT. SPMS TRACKS THIS WORK IN TWO AREAS: APPROVING DESIGNS OF NETWORKS, AND ESTABLISHING MONITORS IN CRITICAL AREAS. o THIS YEAR, STATES MUST SUBMIT PLANS TO INSTALL NATIONAL (NAMS) AND STATE AND LOCAL (SLAMS) AIR MONITORING SYSTEMS. SO FAR EPA HAS APPROVED 4 OF THE 46 NAMS PLANS EVENTUALLY REQUIRED, AND 12 OF THE 54 REQUIRED SLAMS PLANS. o TO ASSESS PM10 POLLUTION IN PROBLEM AREAS, SOME MONITORS ARE REQUIRED TO OPERATE AT HIGH FREQUENCY (DAILY OR EVERY OTHER DAY). NATIONALLY, 113 OF 139 URBANIZED AREAS, 29 OF 41 GROUP I AREAS, AND 36 OF 59 GROUP II AREAS HAVE AT LEAST ONE MONITOR OPERATING AT THE r>f/-ปTT-|-T-ปT-ir-ป ------- PARTICULATES As Of March 31, 1988 ESTABLISHMENT OF AIR MONITORING SYSTEMS NATIONAL (NAMS) 46 PLANS REQUIRED STATE AND LOCAL (SLAMS) 54 PLANS REQUIRED URBAN AREAS WITH (REQUIRED) FREQUENT PM10 MONITORING LEGEND PLANS NOT RECEIVED E3 PLANS UNDER REVIEW D PLANS APPROVED 16Qi 1 IkllV/CDCC UNlVuKot. 120- 80- 40- n- / ' /s /s e. 1 1 1 1 01 02 03 04 LEGEND - TARGET ACTUAL GROUP I AND GROUP H AREAS WITH (REQUIRED) FREQUENT PM10 MONITORING 132-r UNIVERSE B8+ 02 OAR-35,36 03 04 OAR-37.38.39 -11- ------- TSP COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT IN PMin GROUP I AND II AREAS COMPLIANCE RATES OF THE 4,080 TSP CLASS A SIP AND TSP NSPS SOURCES IN GROUP I AND II AREAS, 323 (8%) ARE EITHER IN VIOLATION, IN VIOLATION BUT MEETING A COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE, OR THE COMPLIANCE STATUS OF THE SOURCE IS UNKNOWN. INSPECTIONS (NOTE: INSPECTION DATA ARE LAGGED ONE QUARTER) THE REGIONS AND STATES ACCOMPLISHED 110% OF THEIR CUMULATIVE INSPECTION COMMITMENT FOR TSP CLASS A SIP SOURCES IN GROUP I AND II AREAS. THE REGIONS AND STATES ACCOMPLISHED 166% OF THEIR CUMULATIVE INSPECTION COMMITMENT FOR TSP NSPS SOURCES IN GROUP I AND II AREAS. SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS OF THE 109 TSP SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS IN GROUP I AND II AREAS, 26 (24%) HAD REMEDIAL ACTION COMMENCED PRIOR TO BOY. OF THE 83 REMAINING SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS, 72 ARE SCHEDULED TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE END-OF- THE-YEAR. THE PROGRAM EXCEEDED ITS CUMULATIVE SECOND QUARTER COMMIT- MENT (24 VIOLATORS TO BE ADDRESSED) BY ADDRESSING 32 VIOLATORS. AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE 109 TSP SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS IS AS FOLLOWS: - 28 (26%) ARE IN COMPLIANCE - 9 (8%) ARE ON ACCEPTABLE SCHEDULES - 20 (18%) HAVE HAD ENFORCEMENT ACTION INITIATED - 52 (48%) ARE UNRESOLVED NINETEEN NEW TSP SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS WERE IDENTIFIED DURING THE QUARTER, BRINGING THE TOTAL FOR THE YEAR TO 28. FOUR OF THESE HAVE BEEN PLACED ON A COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE OR RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE. ------- TSP COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT IN PM-10 GROUP I & II AREAS As Of March 31, 1988 SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS BOY A/E-9 QUARTERS LEGEND D RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE E9 ON COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE 0 ENFORCEMENT ACTION TAKEN PENDING CLASS A SIP INSPECTIONS 125+1 -TARGET i nraivvvivnvmixx -13- ------- SULFUR DIOXIDE SIP COMPLETIONS o IN FY 1988, OAR IS WORKING TO COMPLETE DEFICIENT SIPs RELATED TO SULFUR DIOXIDE. THESE SIPs FALL INTO THREE CATEGORIES: SIPs IN RESPONSE TO EPA'S REVISED STACK HEIGHT RULE PUBLISHED IN JULY 1985. (DUE APRIL 1986) UNFINISHED SIPs FOR NON-ATTAINMENT AREAS (PART D SIPs). SIP REVISIONS, USUALLY EMISSION LIMITS, FOR ATTAINMENT AREAS. o IN SECOND QUARTER, REGIONS MET NEARLY ALL TARGETS FOR EACH CATEGORY. 17 STACK HEIGHT RULES PASSED ONE OR TWO MILESTONES IN THE FIRST HALF. RULES FOR VA, TX, AR, LA AND NC ARE CURRENTLY AT HQ FOR REVIEW. OTHERS ARE UNDER REGIONAL REVIEW OR HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED. o THREE PART D SIPs IN PENNSYLVANIA AND WISCONSIN HAVE PASSED MILESTONES SO FAR THIS YEAR. THREE EMISSION LIMITS RULES IN DELAWARE, WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA ALSO MOVED FORWARD. ------- SULFUR DIOXIDE COMPLETION OF DEFICIENT SIPs As Of March 31, 1988 SIP REVISION MILESTONES: STACK HEIGHT REGS 01 02 03 04 SIP COMPLETION MILESTONES: SIP REVISION MILESTONES: UNFINISHED PART D SIPs SECTION 110 EMISSION LIMITS 1DT 12-] 8 4- 1 8. s / ' 6 /s / * / S ^^ 2 -**"***"/ i i ' r ^ -^*-~~~~~i j-X i i i A, ^ v - \ 1 1 U 01 02 03 04 ** s s s s / s / s ./ J*' JT ^f ^r ^f 'v \ \ I 01 02 03 04 OAR 67.69,71 -15- ------- SULFUR DIOXIDE COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT COMPLIANCE RATES O OF THE 241 SULFUR DIOXIDE SOURCES IN SULFUR DIOXIDE NONATTAINMENT AREAS, 35 (15%) ARE EITHER IN VIOLATION, IN VIOLATION BUT MEETING A COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE, OR THE COMPLIANCE STATUS OF THE SOURCE IS UNKNOWN. INSPECTIONS (NOTE: INSPECTION DATA ARE LAGGED ONE QUARTER) o THE REGIONS AND STATES ACCOMPLISHED 150% OF THEIR CUMULATIVE INSPECTION COMMITMENT FOR S02 CLASS A SIP SOURCES IN S02 NONATTAINMENT AREAS. O THE REGIONS AND STATES ACCOMPLISHED 40% OF THEIR CUMULATIVE INSPECTION COMMITMENT FOR SO2 NSPS SOURCES IN SO2 NONATTAINMENT AREAS. SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS O OF THE 34 SO2 SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS, SEVEN (21%) HAD REMEDIAL ACTION COMMENCED PRIOR TO BOY. OF THE 27 REMAINING SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS, NINE ARE SCHEDULED TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE END-OF-THE-YEAR. THE PROGRAM EXCEEDED ITS CUMULATIVE SECOND QUARTER COMMITMENT (TWO VIO- LATORS TO BE ADDRESSED) BY ADDRESSING SIX VIOLATORS. O AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE 34 S02 SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS IS AS FOLLOWS: - 3 (8%) ARE IN COMPLIANCE - 2 (6%) ARE ON ACCEPTABLE SCHEDULES - 8 (24%) HAVE HAD ENFORCEMENT ACTION INITIATED - 21 (62%) ARE UNRESOLVED o FORTY-SIX NEW SO2 SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THUSFAR IN FY 1988. NONE HAVE BEEN PLACED ON AN ACCEPTABLE SCHEDULE OR BEEN RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE. ------- 32T 24- N U M B E R 16- SULFUR DIOXIDE COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT IN S02 NONATTAINMENT AREAS As Of March 31, 1988 SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS CLASS A SIP INSPECTIONS 125+ BOY A/E-15 2 3 QUARTERS LEGEND D RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE El ON COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE 0 ENFORCEMENT ACTION TAKEN PENDING H TARGET i nmrvvvivnvmixx ------- AIR TOXICS PROGRAM o IN THE FIRST HALF, EPA HAS APPROVED 25 MULTI-YEAR DEVELOPMENT PLANS (MYDPs) AS ADEQUATE, MEETING THE TARGET OF 15 ADEQUATE PLANS. AT QUARTER'S END, AN ADDITIONAL 20 PLANS ARE BEING REVIEWED. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, 46 PLANS HAD BEEN DEEMED ADEQUATE. o MYDPs DEFINE THE AIR TOXICS PROBLEMS OF STATES OR LOCALITIES AND THE STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THOSE PROBLEMS. LAST YEAR 65 PLANS WERE IN PLACE; THEY MUST BE REVISED ANNUALLY TO KEEP EPA APPROVAL AND FUNDING. THIS YEAR EPA IS WORKING WITH STATES TO INTEGRATE THEIR AIR TOXICS ACTIVITIES WITH UPCOMING SIP REVISIONS FOR OZONE AND PARTICULATES. -19- ------- NESHAP (NON-TRANSITORY) COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT COMPLIANCE RATES O OF THE 939 NESHAP (NON-TRANSITORY) SOURCES, 123 (13%) ARE EITHER IN VIOLATION, IN VIOLATION BUT MEETING A COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE, OR THE COMPLIANCE STATUS OF THE SOURCE IS UNKNOWN. INSPECTIONS (NOTE; INSPECTION DATA ARE LAGGED ONE QUARTER) O THE REGIONS AND STATES ACCOMPLISHED 108% OF THEIR CUMULATIVE INSPECTION COMMITMENT FOR NESHAP SOURCES. SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS O OF THE 44 NON-TRANSITORY NESHAP SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS, 11 (25%) HAD REMEDIAL ACTION COMMENCED PRIOR TO BOY. OF THE 33 REMAINING SIGNIFI- CANT VIOLATORS, 31 ARE SCHEDULED TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE END-OF-THE- YEAR. THE PROGRAM EXCEEDED ITS CUMULATIVE SECOND QUARTER COMMITMENT (16 VIOLATORS TO BE ADDRESSED ) BY ADDRESSING 23 VIOLATORS. O AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE 43 NESHAP SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS IS AS FOLLOWS: - 26 (59%) ARE IN COMPLIANCE - 3 (7%) ARE ON ACCEPTABLE SCHEDULES - 5 (11%) HAVE HAD ENFORCEMENT ACTION INITIATED - 10 (23%) ARE UNRESOLVED O EIGHT NEW NESHAP SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS WERE IDENTIFIED DURING THE QUARTER, BRINGING THE TOTAL FOR THE YEAR TO 24. EIGHT OF THESE HAVE BEEN PLACED ON A COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE OR RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE. ------- 45r NESHAP COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT As Of March 31, 1988 SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS BOY A/E-12 1 2 3 QUARTERS LEGEND D RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE H ON COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE E3 ENFORCEMENT ACTION TAKEN PENDING 125+ INSPECTIONS (NON-TRANSITORY) -TARGET i n m rv v vi vii vm ix x ------- AIR SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS (COMBINED REPORT) OF THE 703 SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS, 166 (24%) HAD REMEDIAL ACTION COMMENCED PRIOR TO BOY. OF THE 537 REMAINING SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS, 386 (72%) ARE SCHEDULED TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE END-OF-THE-YEAR. PROGRAM EXCEEDED ITS CUMULATIVE SECOND QUARTER COMMITMENT (148 VIOLA- TORS TO BE ADDRESSED) BY ADDRESSING 260 VIOLATORS. AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE 703 VOC SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS IS AS FOLLOWS: - 211 (30%) ARE IN COMPLIANCE - 65 (9%) ARE ON ACCEPTABLE SCHEDULES - 149 (21%) HAVE HAD ENFORCEMENT ACTION INITIATED - 278 (40%) ARE UNRESOLVED ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS ARE NOT A PART OF THE POLLUTANT-SPECIFIC REPORTS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY. OF THE 178 VIOLATORS, 37 HAD ENFORCEMENT ACTION COMMENCED AT BOY. THE DISTRIBU- TION OF THE 178 REMAINING SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER IS AS FOLLOWS: - 58 (33%) ARE IN COMPLIANCE - 28 (16%) ARE ON ACCEPTABLE SCHEDULES - 31 (17%) HAVE HAD ENFORCEMENT ACTION INITIATED - 61 (34%) ARE UNRESOLVED A TOTAL OF 210 NEW SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED YEAR TO DATE (COMPARED TO 285 AT THIS POINT IN FY 1987). FORTY OF THE NEW SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS HAVE BEEN PLACED ON A COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE OR RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE. ------- STATUS OF SIGNIFICANT AIR VIOLATORS As Of March 31, 1988 N U M B E R 750 T 625- 500 375-- 250- 125- BOY A/ER-5.6 QUARTERS LEGEND PENDING E2 ENFORCEMENT ACTION El ON ACCEPTABLE SCHEDULES D IN COMPLIANCE -23- ------- AIR ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY EPA AND STATE ENFORCEMENT INITIATION THE EPA REGIONS HAVE ISSUED 105 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS THROUGH THE FIRST TWO QUARTERS, COMPARED TO 50 THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER OF FY 1987. THE STATES REPORTED ISSUANCE OF 168 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS IN THE FIRST QUARTER, COMPARED TO 251 TAKEN IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF FY 1987 (A DECLINE OF 33%). THE EPA REGIONS HAVE REFERRED 32 CIVIL JUDICIAL CASES THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, COMPARED TO 27 THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER OF FY 1987, THE STATES REPORTED REFERRAL OF 57 JUDICIAL CASES COMPARED TO 96 IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF FY 1987 (A DECLINE OF 40%). NEITHER EPA OR THE STATES HAVE REFERRED ANY AIR CRIMINAL CASES THUSFAR IN FY 1988. EPA CIVIL CASE CONCLUSIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, 218 CASES WERE PENDING REVIEW AT DOJ, THE US ATTORNEY, OR FILED IN COURT. BY THE END OF THE SECOND QUAR- TER, 31 CASES HAD BEEN CONCLUDED AFTER FILING AND 3 CASES WITHDRAWN OR DECLINED PRIOR TO FILING. THE REMAINING 184 CASES (INCLUDING 6 CASES RETURNED BY DOJ FOR PRE-FILING NEGOTIATIONS) PLUS THE 32 NEW CASE REFERRALS COMPRISE A PENDING DOCKET OF 216 CASES. NOTE: STATE DATA FOR BOTH FY 1987 AND FY 1988 DATA IS LAGGED ONE QUARTER. ------- AIR ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY As Of March 31, 1988 STATE AND EPA ENFORCEMENT INITIATION ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS (CUMULATIVE) 600T 500- 400- N U M B E R 300 200- 100 STATE AND EPA ENFORCEMENT INITIATION CIVIL REFERRALS (CUMULATIVE) A/ER-3.4 Z3U- 200 a a a c m a m t T- z=>2cnuja: 234 L 1 QUARTERS LEGEND D STATE EPA QUARTERS EPA CIVIL CONCLUSIONS 250T BOYACTWE CONCLUDED PENDING CASE DOCKET LEGEND PENDING FROM BOY E2 CONCLUDED Q NEW REFERRALS FROM REGIONS -25- ------- AIR - FEDERAL FACILITY COMPLIANCE O THE REGIONS IDENTIFIED 14 FEDERAL FACILITY SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS AT THE BEGINNING-OF-THE-YEAR. THE REGIONS TARGETED TO HAVE ADDRESSED FOUR OF THE 14 BY THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, AND HAVE ADDRESSED THREE. o TWO NEW FEDERAL FACILITY SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THUS FAR IN FY 1988. ------- AIR - FEDERAL FACILITY COMPLIANCE As Of March 31, 1988 SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS 20-r BOY QUARTERS A/ER-1,5 LEGEND I ADDRESSED PENDING -27- ------- ASBESTOS DEMOLITION AND RENOVATION ACTIVITY O THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, THE EPA REGIONS REPORT RECEIVING 9,206 NOTIFICATIONS OF ASBESTOS DEMOLITION. THE STATES REPORT RECEIPT OF 8,049 NOTIFICATIONS IN THE FIRST QUARTER. o THE REGIONS HAVE CONDUCTED 294 INSPECTIONS THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER AND REPORT IDENTIFICATION OF 41 SUBSTANTIVE VIOLATIONS. THE STATES REPORT CONDUCTING 4,190 INSPECTIONS IN THE FIRST QUARTER AND IDENTI- FICATION OF 152 SUBSTANTIVE VIOLATIONS. o EPA HAS ISSUED 56 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS AND REFERRED 14 CIVIL JUDICIAL ACTIONS, AND THE STATES HAVE ISSUED 34 ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS AND REFERRED SIX CIVIL CASES. IN FY 1987, EPA ISSUED 45 ORDERS THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER AND REFERRED SEVEN CIVIL JUDICIAL ACTIONS. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, THE STATES HAD ISSUED 51 ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS AND REFERRED 11 JUDICIAL CASES. NOTE: STATE DATA IS LAGGED ONE QUARTER. ------- ASBESTOS DEMOLITION AND RENOVATION ACTIVITY As Of March 31, 1988 (CUMULATIVE) 18000-r NUMBER OF NOTinCATIONS NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS A/ER-7 LEGEND EPA El STATES -29- ------- RADON THE FY 1988 RADON PROGRAM IS WORKING WITH STATES AND REGIONS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT RADON AND TO ASSESS THE SEVERITY OF THE PROBLEM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. SURVEYS o IN ADDITION TO TEN 1987 EPA/STATE SURVEYS, EPA/STATE SURVEYS CONTINUE IN SEVEN STATES AND INDIAN TERRITORIES IN 1988. RESULTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN LATE SUMMER. FOUR STATES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE 1987 EPA/STATE SURVEYS WILL COMPLETE FOLLOW-UP SURVEY ACTIVITIES NEXT QUARTER. o TEN STATES CONTINUE INDEPENDENT RADON SURVEYS. IN ADDITION, LOCAL AND REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS AS WELL AS OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS CONTINUE TO CONDUCT RADON SURVEYS. o ELEVEN STATES CONDUCTED RADON SURVEYS IN SCHOOLS DURING THE LAST TWO QUARTERS. SEVERAL MORE ARE PLANNING SURVEYS IN SCHOOLS THIS SUMMER. EPA WILL ISSUE INTERIM GUIDANCE IN THE FALL FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF RADON IN SCHOOLS. o RESULTS OF SURVEYS (EPA, STATE OR PRIVATE SECTOR) VARY WIDELY. EXAMPLES: A PRIVATE SECTOR SURVEY IN INDIANA FOUND THAT IN 65% OF 1000 STRUCTURES SURVEYED, RADON LEVELS EXCEEDED 4 PICOCURIES PER LITER (pCi/L) OF AIR. AN INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE SURVEY OF 100 HOMES ON A RESERVATION IN REGION VII, FOUND 25% OF THE MEASUREMENTS EXCEEDED 4 pCi/L. A MONTANA SURVEY OF 4 SCHOOLS FOUND NONE THAT EXCEEDED 4 pCi/L. OTHER RADON ACTIVITIES O EPA AND STATES CONTINUE TO REPORT HIGH PUBLIC INTEREST. STATES AND REGIONS RESPOND TO NUMEROUS PHONE INQUIRIES, AND EPA HAS DISTRIBUTED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF COPIES OF RADON LITERATURE. o EPA TRAINING ACTIVITIES CONTINUE. THE RADON AND MITIGATION TRAINING COURSE WILL BE UPDATED AND PRESENTED EIGHT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY THIS YEAR. ELEVEN STATES MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE FY 1988 HOUSE EVALUATION PROGRAM. o 1,100 COMPANIES HAVE APPLIED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE RADON MEASUREMENT PROFICIENCY PROGRAM; RESULTS ARE EXPECTED IN FALL 1988. -31- ------- Office of Water -33- ------- OFFICE OF WATER SECOND QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS THE REGIONS AND THE STATES SHOW GOOD PERFORMANCE AGAINST TARGETS. FOR NON-ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES, 17 OF 29 TARGETS WERE MET OR EXCEEDED. o MAJOR SUCCESSES WERE IN THE UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL (UIC), GROUNDWATER, PRETREATMENT, NATIONAL MUNICIPAL POLICY, CONSTRUCTION GRANTS, STATE TOXICS CONTROL, AND WETLANDS PROGRAMS. - THE UIC PROGRAM MET SIX OF SEVEN TARGETS. - THE GROUNDWATER PROGRAM IS REPORTED HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND 31 SOLE SOURCE AQUIFERS HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED SO FAR. - THE PRETREATMENT PROGRAM MET OR EXCEEDED FIVE OF SIX TARGETS. - THE NATIONAL MUNICIPAL POLICY PROGRAM IS PROCEEDING WELL TOWARD MEETING THE JULY 1, 1988 DEADLINE. - CONSTRUCTION GRANTS NET OUTLAYS WERE 99.1% OF THEIR SPENDING TARGET, AND STATES HAVE INCREASED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLETIONS OF THEIR BACKLOGGED PROJECTS. - STATES HAVE STARTED SUBMITTING ADEQUATE NONPOINT SOURCE CONTROL PROGRAMS, AND FIVE STATES HAVE COMPLETED ACTION PLANS IN THEIR TOXIC CONTROL PROGRAMS FOR SURFACE WATERS. - THE WETLANDS PROGRAM CONTINUES TO REPORT ACRES AT RISK WHERE LOSS AVOIDED, AND THE TWO TARGETS FOR ADVANCE IDENTIFICATION WERE MET. O THERE WERE SHORTFALLS IN THE OCEAN DUMPING AND NPDES PROGRAMS. - IN OCEAN DUMPING, THREE OF FOUR TARGETS WERE MISSED; THE NEPA PROCESS TAKES TIME AND IS OFTEN LITIGATED. - THE NPDES PROGRAM MISSED THREE OF FOUR TARGETS, HOWEVER EPA AND THE STATES BOTH INCLUDED WQA TOXIC LIMITS IN MOST PERMITS. FOR ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES, ALL THREE TARGETS (IN THE UIC AND NPDES PROGRAMS) WERE EXCEEDED. - THERE WAS A LARGE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF UIC WELLS FOUND IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE SINCE LAST QUARTER. - NPDES REFERRALS BY STATES TO STATE AGs IS UP SIGNIFICANTLY. ------- UIC CLASS I WELLS PERMIT DETERMINATIONS o UIC CLASS I WELLS ARE DEEP WELLS INJECTING WASTE BELOW DRINKING WATER SOURCES. MADE BY EPA o FOR FY 1988, THE REGIONS TARGETED 17 NEW AND EXISTING CLASS I PERMIT DETERMINATIONS FOR THE YEAR. O THROUGH THIS QUARTER, THE REGIONS MADE THREE PERMIT DETERMINATIONS (TWO WERE DENIED/WITHDRAWN, AND ONE WAS MODIFIED), ACHIEVING 29% OF THEIR TARGET OF SEVEN. MADE BY PRIMACY STATES o SINCE DATA FOR THE PRIMACY STATES IS LAGGED ONE QUARTER, THIS REPORT COVERS THE FIRST QUARTER. o BY 1990, STATES MUST REPERMIT 435 EXISTING CLASS I WELLS INTO 350 PERMITS (SOME WELLS WILL BE COMBINED INTO MULTIPLE WELL PERMITS). o BY THE END OF FIRST QUARTER, THE PRIMACY STATES MADE 17 CLASS I WELL PERMIT DETERMINATIONS, 243% OF THE TARGET OF SEVEN. o TWO PERMITS WERE DENIED/WITHDRAWN OR MODIFIED, AND STATES IN FIVE REGIONS ISSUED PERMITS FOR EIGHT NEW WELLS AND SEVEN EXISTING WELLS. THE STATES IN REGIONS IV AND VI DID THE BULK OF THE WORK. ------- UIC CLASS I WELLS WITH HAZARDOUS WASTE INJECTED O FOR FY 1988, OW IS TRACKING UIC CLASS I WELLS WHERE HAZARDOUS WASTE HAS BEEN INJECTED. CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS COMPLETED/MEASURES IMPLEMENTED o BY THE END OF FY 1988, THE PRIMACY STATES COMMIT TO CARRYING OUT THIS WORK FOR 147 CLASS I WELLS WITH HAZARDOUS WASTE, PRIMARILY IN REGION VI. o IN THE FIRST QUARTER, THE PRIMACY STATES IN REGION VI DID ALL THE WORK. THEY COMPLETED CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS OR IMPLEMENTED NECESSARY CORRECTIVE ACTION MEASURES FOR 51 WELLS (THEIR TARGET WAS 27) . -37- ------- UIC CLASS II. III. AND V WELLS PERMIT DETERMINATIONS O UIC CLASS II WELLS ARE RELATED TO OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION. O UIC CLASS III WELLS USE SPECIAL PROCESSES TO EXTRACT MINERALS. O UIC CLASS V WELLS INJECT FLUID INTO/ABOVE DRINKING WATER SOURCES. (MOST ARE SHALLOW AND WITH LESS SOPHISTICATED CONSTRUCTION.) MADE BY EPA O FOR FY 1988, THE REGIONS TARGETED PERMIT DETERMINATIONS FOR 502 NEW AND EXISTING CLASS II AND III WELLS. O AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, THE REGIONS MADE 240 PERMIT DETERMINATIONS, ACHIEVING 116% OF THEIR TARGET OF 207. THE TOTAL INCLUDES 36 PERMIT APPLICATIONS DENIED/WITHDRAWN OR MODIFIED, AND PERMITS ISSUED FOR 110 NEW AND 84 EXISTING WELLS IN SIX REGIONS. MADE BY THE PRIMACY STATES o IN FY 1988, THE PRIMACY STATES PLAN TO MAKE 5,034 PERMIT DETERMINATIONS OF NEW AND EXISTING CLASS II, III AND V WELLS. (DATA FOR THIS MEASURE IS LAGGED ONE QUARTER.) o IN THE FIRST QUARTER, THE PRIMACY STATES MADE 1,956 PERMIT DETERMINATIONS (OF WHICH 1,300 WERE FOR NEW CLASS II WELLS), ACHIEVING 168% OF THEIR TARGET OF 1,160. - THE STATES IN REGION VI MADE OVER HALF OF THE PERMIT DETERMINATIONS: 1,044 (THEIR TARGET WAS 692). ------- 600r UIC CLASS II, III AND V PERMIT DETERMINATIONS (Existing and New) EPA As Of March 31, 1008 QUARTERS BOOO-r 6000-- 4000-- 2000-- LEGEND - TARGET ACTUAL STATES As Of December 31, 1987 x* QUARTERS DATA FOR STATES LAGGED ONE QUARTER DW-2 NUMBER OF EXISTING WELLS AS OF 10/1/87: 84,852 207,987 ------- UIC CLASS II MECHANICAL INTEGRITY TESTS (HITS) UIC HITS ARE TO SEE THAT THE WELL CASINGS AND TUBINGS DO NOT LEAK AND THAT THE FLUID DOES NOT MIGRATE ALONG THE WELL BORE. ALL EXISTING CLASS II WELLS MUST DEMONSTRATE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY WITHIN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS, AND EVERY FIVE YEARS THEREAFTER. VERIFIED BY EPA o THE REGIONS HAVE TO VERIFY THE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY TESTS OF 10,625 WELLS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. O FOR FY 1988, EPA TARGETED 3,849 CLASS II MECHANICAL INTEGRITY TESTS. o BY THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, SIX REGIONS VERIFIED 1,751 MECHANICAL INTEGRITY TESTS, 116% OF THEIR TARGET OF 1,497. VERIFIED BY THE PRIMACY STATES O THE PRIMACY STATES PLAN TO VERIFY THE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY TESTS OF 18,778 EXISTING CLASS II WELLS IN FY 1988. (DATA FOR THIS MEASURE IS LAGGED ONE QUARTER.) o THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER, THE PRIMACY STATES VERIFIED THE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY TESTS OF 7,361 WELLS, ACHIEVING 153% OF THEIR TARGET OF 4,403. - THE STATES IN REGION VI CARRIED OUT ALMOST HALF OF THE MITS, 4,879, EXCEEDING THEIR TARGET OF 3,395. REGION VI ALSO HAS THE LARGEST UNIVERSE: 85,933. ------- UIC CLASS II WELLS MECHANICAL INTEGRITY TESTS 4000-r EPA As Of March 31, 1988 QUARTERS NUMBER OF EXISTING WELLS AS OF 10/1/87: 27,241 250QOT 20000- - 15000-- 10000-- 5000- - LEGEND - TARGET STATES As Of December 31, 1987 DW-3 QUARTERS 141,142 DATA FOR STATES LAGGED ONE QUARTER -41- ------- UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL COMPLIANCE SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE BASED ON FIELD INSPECTIONS, MITs AND SELF-REPORTING, 9,533 WELLS WERE IDENTIFIED AS BEING NEWLY IN SNC (6,774 BY THE STATES AND 2,759 BY EPA). LAST QUARTER, THERE WERE 1,609 WELLS IN SNC. - 8,084 (85%) OF THE WELLS IN SNC ARE IN REGION V. ADDRESSING SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER FY 1988, THERE WERE 1,633 WELLS IN SNC INCLUDING ONE WELL IN SNC FOR TWO OR MORE QUARTERS. AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER FY 1988, 1,614 WERE EITHER RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE OR ADDRESSED BY ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS. OF THE 9,533 CURRENTLY IN SNC, 116 (115 IN REGION V) HAVE BEEN IN SNC FOR TWO OR MORE QUARTERS. ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, THE REGIONS HAVE ISSUED 24 PROPOSED AND 39 FINAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS. THE STATES HAVE ISSUED 188 FINAL ORDERS (42 THIS QUARTER). THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, THE STATES HAVE REFERRED TWO CIVIL CASES (ONE THIS QUARTER) TO STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL AND HAVE FILED ONE CRIMINAL ACTION IN STATE COURTS. FIELD INSPECTIONS NATIONALLY, EPA AND THE STATES EXCEEDED THEIR TARGETS FOR FIELD INSPECTIONS. EPA CONDUCTED 6,033 FIELD INSPECTIONS AGAINST A TARGET OF 3,784 FOR 160% OF TARGET AND THE STATES CONDUCTED 20,768 AGAINST A TARGET OF 11,635 FOR 178% OF TARGET. ------- PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS COMPLIANCE FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1987, LESS THAN TWO PERCENT (856 OF 58,873) OF COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS WERE IN SIGNIFICANT NON- COMPLIANCE (SNC) WITH MICROBIOLOGICAL OR TURBIDITY MAXIMUM CONTAMI- NANT LEVELS (MCLs) AND/OR MONITORING AND REPORTING (M&R) REQUIREMENTS AND/OR TOTAL TRIHALOMETHANE (TTHM) M&R REQUIREMENTS.. THE REMAINING 58,017 SYSTEMS WERE EITHER IN FULL COMPLIANCE OR HAD VIOLATIONS OTHER THAN SNC. NOTE: STATE DATA IS LAGGED ONE QUARTER -43- ------- PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY ENFORCEMENT ADDRESSING NONCOMPLIANCE MICROBIOLOGICAL. TURBIDITY MCLs AND MONITORING/REPORTING AND TTHM MONITORING AND REPORTING AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER 1988, THERE WERE 993 COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS (CWS) IN SNC WITH THESE REQUIREMENTS. SINCE THEN 171 HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE AND 159 OTHERS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED BY AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION LEAVING AN UNADDRESSED BALANCE OF 663 CWS (1.1% OF ALL CWS). LAST QUARTER THERE WERE 635 UNADDRESSED. CHEMICAL. RADIOLOGICAL AND TTHM (MCL ONLY) MCLs AND MONITORING/REPORTING AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER FY 1987, THERE WERE 3,170 CWS IN SNC. SINCE THEN 948 HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE AND 305 OTHERS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED BY AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION LEAVING 1,917 UNADDRESSED (60% OF THE FIXED BASE). LAST QUARTER THERE WERE 2,082 CWS UNADDRESSED. ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY BY THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, THE REGIONS HAD ISSUED 93 PROPOSED AND 68 FINAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS. THE REGIONS ALSO HAVE REFERRED THREE CIVIL CASES. THE STATES HAVE ISSUED 252 (123 IN THE SECOND QUARTER) FINAL ADMINISTRATIVE/COMPLIANCE ORDERS AND HAD REFERRED 100 CIVIL CASES (56 IN THE SECOND QUARTER) TO STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL. A STATE EACH IN REGIONS III AND IV HAD ONE CRIMINAL REFERRAL A PIECE FILED IN STATE COURTS. NOTE: STATE DATA IS LAGGED ONE QUARTER ------- 120QT 1000-- N U M B E R BOO-- 600-- 400- 200 - PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS RESPONSE TO SNC As Of September 30, 1987 EXCEPTIONS REPORT FIXED BASE 3200T 2400- N U M B E R 1600-- 800- SNC RETURN TO ENFORCEMENT PENDING COMPLIANCE ACTIONS SNC RETURN TO ENFORCEMENT PENDING COMPLIANCE ACTIONS DW/E-2.3,4 -45- ------- GROUNDWATER SOLE SOURCE AQUIFER DESIGNATION SOLE SOURCE AQUIFER (SSA) DESIGNATIONS WERE DEVELOPED TO PROTECT AN AREA'S ONLY OR PRINCIPAL SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER. THIS PROGRAM WAS INITIATED IN THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA) OF 1974 AND STRENGTHENED IN THE SDWA AMENDMENTS OF 1986. UNDER GUIDANCE DEVELOPED TO CARRY OUT THE SDWA AMENDMENTS, THE REGIONS HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO REVIEW PETITIONS FOR SOLE SOURCE AQUIFER DESIGNATIONS, AND MAKE DETERMINATIONS TO APPROVE, DENY, OR RETURN INCOMPLETE PETITIONS TO THE APPLICANT. O TO DATE, 31 SOLE SOURCE AQUIFERS HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED. o IN FY 1988, 10 PETITIONS FOR SSA DESIGNATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED: FOUR IN REGION V, AND TWO EACH IN REGIONS I, VIII, AND X. O FROM AMONG THESE AND PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED PETITIONS: - FIVE PETITIONS WERE APPROVED, TWO IN REGION V, AND ONE EACH IN REGIONS I, II, AND IV; - ONE PETITION WAS DENIED; - TEN PETITIONS WERE RETURNED INCOMPLETE TO APPLICANTS. ------- GROUNDWATER SOLE SOURCE AQUIFER DESIGNATIONS As Of March 31, 1988 RECEIVED DENIED APPROVED RETURNED INCOMPLETE TO APPLICANT 23456789 10 NUMBER OF PETITIONS TOTAL SSAs DESIGNATED: 31 GW-1 -47- ------- NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES 1 PERMITS O THE NPDES PROGRAM STARTED IN 1970. EACH NPDES PERMIT IS EFFECTIVE FOR UP TO FIVE YEARS. PERMIT APPLICATIONS ARE DUE AND SHOULD BE ACTED UPON DURING THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF A PERMIT'S TERM. AS A RESULT OF THE WATER QUALITY ACT, MORE PERMITS WILL HAVE TOXIC LIMITS. CURRENTLY, ABOUT 7,300 MAJOR FACILITIES HAVE NPDES PERMITS. MAJOR FACILITIES NPDES REPERMITTING BY EPA o IN FY 1988, THE REGIONS COMMIT TO REISSUE PERMITS TO 329 OF 400 MAJOR FACILITIES WHOSE PERMITS HAVE EXPIRED OR ARE DUE TO EXPIRE DURING THE YEAR. o BY MID-YEAR, THE REGIONS REISSUED 57 PERMITS (INCLUDING 49 WITH WATER QUALITY LIMITS FOR TOXICS), ACHIEVING 53% OF THEIR TARGET OF 107. MAJOR FACILITIES NPDES REPERMITTING BY DELEGATED STATES o IN FY 1988, THE STATES PLAN TO REISSUE PERMITS TO 1,036 OF 1,216 MAJOR FACILITIES WHOSE PERMITS HAVE EXPIRED OR ARE DUE TO EXPIRE DURING THE YEAR. o BY THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, THE STATES REISSUED 277 PERMITS (INCLUDING 213 WITH WATER QUALITY LIMITS FOR TOXICS), ACHIEVING 63% OF THEIR TARGET OF 433. ------- MAJOR FACILITY NPDES REPERMITTING As Of March 31, 1988 EPA STATES 35Ch 300- N U M 250- E R 200- 0 F p 150- E R M 100- I T S 50- & 1050-, / / 900- / / 750- / / / 600- / 7 ' 450- / s / 300- / s s s' .^^ 15Q' ^^^"""^ i i i i n m^ III! U M / 1 / / J / / S s' / / / s .S jS ^.S^ / ;T 1**^ 1 1 1 1 1234 1234 QUARTERS LEGEND QUARTERS -* TARPFT NUMBER WHICH HAVE EXPIRED ' U ' OR WILL EXPIRE BY: ~ ACTUAL EOY 86 167 572 EOY 87 325 1-16B EOY 88 4QO 1,216 WQ-1 -49- ------- RESOLVING EVIDENTIARY HEARING REQUESTS O EACH FACILITY (MUNICIPAL, INDUSTRIAL, FEDERAL) IN THE NPDES PERMIT PROCESS MAY REQUEST AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING. AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING CAN STAY FACILITY COMPLIANCE WITH PERMIT CONDITIONS, AND SO SHOULD BE EXPEDITIOUSLY RESOLVED. O AT THE START OF FY 1988, EPA AND THE STATES HAD 195 EVIDENTIARY HEARING REQUESTS PENDING. EPA AND THE STATES PLAN TO RESOLVE 155 OF THE 195 PENDING CASES (EPA 15 OF 26, AND THE STATES 140 OF 169). o BY THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, THE REGIONS HAD RESOLVED SEVEN EVIDENTIARY HEARING REQUESTS AGAINST A TARGET OF THREE (233%). DELEGATED STATES o THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR, THE STATES RESOLVED TEN EVIDENTIARY HEARING REQUESTS AGAINST A TARGET OF 14 (71%). o REGION III AND V STATES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 79% OF THE NATIONAL TOTAL OF PENDING REQUESTS WITH 90 (53%) AND 45 (26%) RESPECTIVELY. - REGION III AND OW HAVE NOT REACHED AGREEMENT ON TARGETS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. REGION III STATES HAVE RESOLVED FOUR EVIDENTIARY HEARING REQUESTS OUT OF 90 PENDING. - REGION V STATES (2/8) MISSED THEIR TARGET. ------- RESOLVING EVIDENTIARY HEARING REQUESTS As Of March 31, 1988 EPA QUARTERS WQ-4 EVIDENTIARY HEARING REQUEST PENDING AS OF 10/1/86: 45 10/1/87: 26 140y 120-- 100-- 80-- 60- 40-- 20-- TARGET ACTUAL STATES 2 QUARTERS ., 115 169 -51- ------- NPDES COMPLIANCE STATUS o NINETY-THREE PERCENT OF THE 3,534 MAJOR INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ARE NOT IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE, THE SAME AS LAST QUARTER'S RATE. REGIONS IV, VI, VIII, IX AND X HAD OVERALL COMPLIANCE RATES OF 93% OR BETTER. O EIGHTY-SEVEN PERCENT OF THE 3,777 MAJOR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES ARE NOT IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE COMPARED TO LAST QUARTER'S 87%. REGIONS IV, VII, VIII, IX AND X HAD OVERALL COMPLIANCE RATES OF 87% OR BETTER. NPDES INSPECTION ACTIVITY o FOR COVERAGE OF MAJOR NPDES FACILITIES, THE REGIONS AND STATES HAVE INSPECTED 3,643 (126%) MAJOR FACILITIES AGAINST A COMBINED TARGET OF 2,894. REGIONS VI, IX AND X MISSED THEIR TARGETS. NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS STATUS OF FACILITIES NOT IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOM- PLIANCE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1987. ------- NPDES COMPLIANCE STATUS As Of December 31, 1987 MAJOR INDUSTRIALS 94% 6% MAJOR MUNICIPALS LEGEND D NOT IN SNC SNC 87% 13X WQ/E-1.2 -53- ------- RESPONSE TO SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE EXCEPTIONS LIST o THE NUMBER OF MAJOR INDUSTRIAL AND MUNICIPAL FACILITIES IN SNC FOR TWO OR MORE CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS WITHOUT BEING ADDRESSED OR RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE REMAINED AT THREE PERCENT OF ALL MAJOR FACILITIES. THERE ARE 49 FACILITIES (12 INDUSTRIAL AND 37 MUNICIPAL) THAT HAVE BEEN IN SNC FOR A YEAR OR MORE WITHOUT BEING ADDRESSED. THIS IS A DECREASE FROM LAST QUARTER'S 53 AND REPRESENTS 22% OF THE EXCEPTIONS REPORT. - FOR MAJOR INDUSTRIALS, OF 94 FACILITIES FROM THE PREVIOUS QUARTER'S EXCEPTIONS LIST, 45 HAVE RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE AND 16 HAVE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS INITIATED. THE REMAINING 33 PLUS 27 NEW SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS ON THE EXCEPTIONS REPORT CONSTITUTE THE PENDING BALANCE OF 60. THERE ARE 3,534 MAJOR INDUSTRIALS AND TWO PERCENT OF THESE ARE PENDING ON THE EXCEPTIONS REPORT, A DECREASE FROM LAST QUARTER'S THREE PERCENT. - FOR MAJOR MUNICIPALS, OF 162 FACILITIES FROM THE PREVIOUS QUARTER'S EXCEPTIONS LIST, 38 HAVE RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE AND 39 HAVE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS INITIATED. THE REMAINING 8'5 PLUS 72 NEW SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS ON THE EXCEPTIONS REPORT CONSTITUTE THE PENDING BALANCE OF 157. THERE ARE 3,777 MAJOR MUNICIPALS AND FOUR PERCENT OF THESE ARE PENDING ON THE EXCEPTIONS REPORT, THE SAME AS LAST QUARTER. ------- 100T RESPONSE TO SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE EXCEPTIONS REPORT As Of March 31, 1988 MAJOR INDUSTRIALS SNC RETURNED ENFORCEMENT PENDING TO ACTIONS COMPLIANCE N U M B E R MAJOR MUNICIPALS 2DDr 150-- 100-- 50-- SNC RETURNED ENFORCEMENT PENDING TO ACTIONS COMPLIANCE WO/E-4,5.6.7 LEGEND D SNC 2 CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS SNC FOR MORE THAN 2 CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS -S5- ------- NPDES ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY DURING THE SECOND QUARTER, EPA ISSUED 252 (503 CUMULATIVELY) ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS, COMPARED TO 241 DURING THE SAME QUARTER LAST YEAR. THE STATES ISSUED 278 AOs (426 CUMULATIVELY), COMPARED TO 402 DURING THE SAME QUARTER LAST YEAR. DURING THE SECOND QUARTER, THE REGIONS REFERRED 25 CIVIL CASES (40 FOR THE YEAR) COMPARED TO 17 LAST YEAR. THE STATES REFERRED 201 CIVIL CASES (273 CUMULATIVELY), COMPARED TO 69 AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR. REGIONS II, III, AND IX EACH HAD A CRIMINAL REFERRAL IN THE SECOND QUARTER. NATIONALLY, THERE HAVE BEEN FIVE CRIMINAL REFERRALS FOR THE YEAR. ------- 500T NPDES ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY As Of March 31, 1988 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS 2 3 QUARTERS 225T WQ/E-10,11 LEGEND EPA E3 STATES CIVIL REFERRALS 2 3 QUARTERS -57- ------- STATUS OF MAJOR NPDES FEDERAL FACILITIES o EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE 155 MAJOR FEDERAL FACILITIES ARE NOT IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE. o OF THE FIVE FEDERAL FACILITIES FROM THE LAST QUARTER'S EXCEPTIONS LIST, ONE WAS RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE AND ONE HAD AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION INITIATED. THE REMAINING THREE PLUS FOUR NEW SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS ON THE EXCEPTIONS REPORT CONSTITUTE THE PENDING BALANCE OF SEVEN FACILITIES. FIVE PERCENT OF ALL MAJOR FEDERAL FACILITIES ARE PENDING ON THE EXCEPTIONS REPORT, THE SAME RATE AS REPORTED LAST QUARTER. THERE ARE TWO FACILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN IN SNC FOR FOUR OR MORE QUARTERS. ------- STATUS OF MAJOR NPDES FEDERAL FACILITIES As Of March 31, 1988 COMPLIANCE STATUS LEGEND D NOT IN SNC B5X SNC 15X 1QT 8 N U M B E R 6-- RESPONSE TO NEW VIOLATIONS DYNAMIC BASE WQ/E-3,7.8.9 SNC RETURNED ENFORCEMENT PENDING TO ACTIONS COMPLIANCE LEGEND D SNC 2 CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS SNC MORE THAN 2 CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS -59- ------- MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM AUDITS AND INSPECTIONS O THERE ARE 1,401 APPROVED MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS (637 IN THE REGIONS AND 764 IN THE STATES). AUDITS O TWENTY-TWO % OF THE MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS (149 IN THE REGIONS AND 166 IN THE STATES) ARE TO BE AUDITED DURING FY 1988. o THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, THE REGIONS AUDITED 67 MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS (EXCEEDING THEIR TARGET OF 65), AND THE STATES AUDITED 66 MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS (EXCEEDING THEIR TARGET OF 64). INSPECTIONS o SEVENTY-FIVE % OF THE MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS (334 IN THE REGIONS AND 712 IN THE STATES) ARE TO BE INSPECTED DURING FY 1988. o BY THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, THE REGIONS INSPECTED 138 MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS, 112% OF THEIR TARGET OF 123. o THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, THE STATES HAD INSPECTED 240 MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS, 84% OF THEIR TARGET OF 286. ------- A U 0 I T S 160T 120-- 80 LOCAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM AUDITS As Of March 31, 1988 EPA 1BQT QUARTERS EPA 135-- A U D I T S 90 45 LEGEND TARGET - ATTIIAI 1 2 QUARTERS STATES 2 QUARTERS STATES 1 N S p E C T 1 0 N S CULT 600- 400- 200- rv m / / X X X X ^^^ ^s"^ .X*^ i 1. l 1 1 12 QUARTERS WQ-5 -61- ------- MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM ADEQUATE CONTROL MECHANISMS o POTWs WHICH HAVE HAD PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS FOR SEVERAL YEARS SHOULD HAVE ADEQUATE CONTROL MECHANISMS INSTALLED FOR 95% OF SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USERS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. HALF OF THE PROGRAMS SHOULD BE REVIEWED IN FY 1988, AND HALF IN FY 1989. o POTWs WILL BE INCLUDED IF THEY HAVE ADEQUATE CONTROL MECHANISMS (E.G. LOCAL LIMITS) OR AN ENFORCEABLE SCHEDULE. o BY THE END OF THE YEAR, EPA PLANS TO REVIEW 318 OF 635 MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS, AND THE STATES PLAN TO REVIEW 371 OF 769. EPA O THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR, THE REGIONS HAD DETERMINED THAT 186 MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS HAD ADEQUATE CONTROL MECHANISMS, 160% OF THEIR TARGET OF 116. APPROVED PRETREATMENT STATES o BY THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, THE STATES HAD DETERMINED THAT 325 MUNICIPAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS HAD ADEQUATE CONTROL MECHANISMS, 203% OF THEIR TARGET OF 160. ------- PRETREATMENT POTWs WITH ADEQUATE CONTROL MECHANISMS As Of March 31, 1988 EPA STATES N U M B E R 0 F A U D T S 350-r 300-- 250-- 200-- 150-- 42 Or 100- NUMBER OF APPROVED PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS AS OF 10/1/87: 635 769 WQ-6 ------- PRETREATMENT COMPLIANCE O THIS YEAR OW IS TRACKING APPROVED POTW PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS WHERE POTWs HAVE FAILED TO IMPLEMENT A SIGNIFICANT ASPECT OF THEIR PERMIT/ PRETREATMENT PROGRAM. THIS REPORTABLE NONCOMPLIANCE (RNC) IS DISCOVERED THROUGH INSPECTIONS, AUDITS AND POTW REPORTS. O EPA AND STATES CONDUCTED 501 PRETREATMENT AUDITS AND INSPECTIONS DURING THE PERIOD OF JULY 1987 THROUGH DECEMBER 1987. THROUGH THIS EFFORT, THE REGIONS IDENTIFIED 90 POTW PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS AS MEETING THE CRITERIA FOR RNC. - 34 OF THESE FACILITIES HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED BY AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION, 6 HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED THROUGH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. o THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, EPA HAS ISSUED 73 AOs AND THE STATES 24 AOs TO POTWs FOR PRETREATMENT VIOLATIONS. o EPA HAS INITIATED FIVE CIVIL REFERRALS FOR PRETREATMENT VIOLATIONS WHILE THE STATES HAVE SENT SIX TO THEIR STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL. ------- REPORTABLE NONCOMPUANCE IN THE PRETREATMENT PROGRAM As Of March 31, 1988 25-r II m IV WQ/E-12 V VI REGIONS LEGEND D RNC ADDRESSED -65- ------- NATIONAL MUNICIPAL POLICY TMPT.KMENTATION O THE GOAL OF THE NATIONAL MUNICIPAL POLICY, ISSUED JANUARY 30, 1984, IS TO HAVE ALL POTWs ACHIEVE SECONDARY OR BETTER WASTEWATER TREATMENT BY JULY 1, 1988. o OF THE NEARLY 3,700 MAJOR POTWs (OVER ONE MILLION GALLONS PER DAY), 1,485 HAD NOT ACHIEVED THAT GOAL WHEN THE NMP WAS ISSUED. O FOR THE PROGRAM TO DATE, OF THESE 1,485 MAJOR FACILITIES: - 639 HAD CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED, 655 WERE PUT ON ENFORCEABLE SCHEDULES, AND 171 WERE REFERRED FOR CIVIL ACTION; - ONLY 20 WERE NOT ON SCHEDULES BECAUSE THEY WERE: - REQUESTING ง301(h) WAIVERS FOR OCEAN OUTFALLS (14), OR - DISPUTING A WATER QUALITY STUDY/WASTE LOAD ALLOCATION (6). O WITH VIRTUALLY ALL MAJOR POTWs BUILT OR IN VARIOUS STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION, OW'S FOCUS IN FY 1988 IS ON: - ENFORCING SCHEDULES FOR MAJOR POTWs (THREE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AGAINST 170 FACILITIES IN SNC WITH MCP SCHEDULES BY THE END OF THIS QUARTER), AND - PLACING MINOR POTWs ON ENFORCEABLE SCHEDULES. MINOR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES REQUIRING CONSTRUCTION O MINOR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES REQUIRING CONSTRUCTION DECREASED FROM 3,361 IN FY 1986, TO 945 IN FY 1987, TO 333 IN FY 1988. o BY THE END OF FY 1988, EPA AND THE STATES PLAN TO PUT 218 OF THE REMAINING 333 MINOR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES ON ENFORCEABLE SCHEDULES. O THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, EPA AND THE STATES PUT 146 MINOR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES ON ENFORCEABLE SCHEDULES, 120% OF THEIR TARGET OF 129. MORE THAN 70% OF THE WORK WAS DONE IN REGION V. ------- 220r 165-- 110- MINOR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES NEEDING CONSTRUCTION PLACED ON ENFORCEABLE SCHEDULES As Of March 31, 1988 110 NUMBER OF MINOR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES NEEDING CONSTRUCTION 333 WQ-8 LEGEND - TARGET ACTUAL LEGEND 0 TARGET H ACTUAL ------- MUNICIPAL POLICY IMPLEMENTATION STATUS OF MUNICIPAL COMPLIANCE PLANS AS OF MARCH 30, 1988 THERE ARE 790 MAJOR FACILITIES WITH MUNICIPAL COMPLIANCE PLAN SCHEDULES. OF THIS NUMBER, 170 OR 22% OF THEM ARE IN SNC WITH THEIR SCHEDULES. LAST QUARTER, 24% OF THE FACILITIES WERE IN SNC, FIVE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY EPA AND TWO TAKEN BY STATES THUSFAR IN FY 1988 TO ADDRESS SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE VIOLATIONS OF MUNICIPAL COMPLIANCE PLANS. ------- MUNICIPAL COMPLIANCE PLAN As Of March 31, 1988 100T p E R C M M ,p c [ p A N C E 75-- 50-- Q REGIONS TOTAL FACILITIES X NATIONAI 26 790 WQ-9.10 LEGEND % IN SNC WITH MCP SCHEDULES D *> IN COMPLIANCE WITH MCP SCHEDULES -69- ------- STATE NONPOINT SOURCE (NFS) PROGRAMS ง319 OF THE WATER QUALITY ACT, AS AMENDED, REQUIRES EACH STATE TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT TO EPA, BY AUGUST 4, 1988, A NFS ASSESSMENT REPORT, AS WELL AS A NFS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM WHICH ADDRESSES THOSE NFS IMPACTED WATERS, IDENTIFIED IN THE ASSESSMENT REPORT, WHICH HAVE BEEN TARGETED FOR CONCERTED ACTION OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. THE CORE ELEMENTS OF THE NFS ASSESSMENT REPORTS WERE TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE STATE AS PART OF THEIR ง305(b) REPORTS DUE APRIL 1, 1988. ALL STATES ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT COMPLETED NFS ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS BY AUGUST 4, 1988. EPA MUST SUBMIT A NFS REPORT TO CONGRESS BY JANUARY 1, 1989, SUMMARIZING PROGRESS MADE IN IMPLEMENTING ง319. IN FY 1988, OW WILL BE TRACKING PROGRESS TOWARD THESE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS. o BY THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, SEVEN STATES IN THREE REGIONS HAD SUBMITTED ADEQUATE NPS ASSESSMENT REPORTS; THE TARGET WAS EIGHT. o ALL STATES AND TERRITORIES ARE TARGETED FOR COMPLETION OF THEIR NPS MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS BY THE END OF THE FOURTH QUARTER OF FY 1988. ------- STATE NONPOINT SOURCE PROGRAMS As Of March 31, 1988 ASSESSMENT REPORTS MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS DU- U N R D 40- ฐ R F Q 0 R F | SQ A ,R 20- I E E S S 1 0. DU- X r" / / 4ฐ- / / / / / / / / 20- 1 ' . i^ III f\. r 1 1 . ' 1 1 s* s* "" 1^ - 1 1 1 P f 1 I 1 LTV T j i i 1234 1234 QUARTERS QUARTERS LEGEND - TARGET ACTUAL WQ-13 ------- STATE TOXIC CONTROL PROGRAMS FOR SURFACE WATERS o 21 STATES/TERRITORIES PLAN TO INCORPORATE NEW/REVISED EPA NUMERIC CRITERIA FOR TOXICS BY THE END OF FY 1988. o THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, SEVEN STATES, ONE IN EACH OF SEVEN REGIONS, HAD INCORPORATED NEW/REVISED NUMERIC CRITERIA FOR TOXICS, EXCEEDING THE TARGET OF FIVE. - VIRGINIA, INDIANA, MISSOURI, AND SOUTH DAKOTA COMPLETED THEIR WORK ON SCHEDULE. - ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA, AND WASHINGTON COMPLETED THEIR TRIENNIAL REVIEWS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. - OF THE SIX STATE LISTS AVAILABLE, THE NUMBER OF NEW POLLUTANTS WITH NUMERIC CRITERIA RANGES FROM EIGHT TO 81. O TEN STATES/TERRITORIES PLAN TO INCORPORATE NEW/REVISED NARRATIVE CRITERIA FOR TOXICS BY THE END OF THE YEAR. - CURRENTLY, THREE STATES (INDIANA, ARKANSAS, AND MISSOURI) HAVE DONE SO (THE TARGET WAS TWO). O 16 STATES/TERRITORIES PLAN TO ADOPT PROCEDURES FOR IMPLEMENTING NARRATIVE CRITERIA FOR TOXICS BY THE END OF THE YEAR. - CURRENTLY, INDIANA AND NEW MEXICO HAVE DONE SO (THE TARGET WAS ONE) . ------- STATE TOXIC CONTROL PROGRAM FOR SURFACE WATERS As Of March 31, 1988 NUMERIC DATA NARRATIVE CRITERIA 21T 14- 7 10T 5- 2 4 QUARTERS H 0 NARRATIVE CRITERIA IMPLEMENTING PROCEDURES 16T 12- 2 4 QUARTERS -\ 0- QUARTERS UNIVERSE: 57 STATES AND TERRITORIES WQ-23 LEGEND - TARGET ACTUAL -73- ------- STATE WATER QUALITY BASED TOXIC CONTROL PROGRAM REVIEWS o IN FY 1988, THE REGIONS WILL CONDUCT BROAD, COMPREHENSIVE REVIEWS OF STATE PROGRAMS FOR IDENTIFYING AND CONTROLLING TOXIC DISCHARGES. o BASED ON THE PROGRAM REVIEWS AND IDENTIFIED ACTION ITEMS, THE REGIONS AND STATES WILL DEVELOP FULLY EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS FOR PROGRESSIVELY ADDRESSING TOXIC POLLUTANTS IN SURFACE WATERS. o THE REGIONS COMMITTED TO ASSESS 48 OF 56 STATES' AND TERRITORIES' TOXIC CONTROL PROGRAMS BY THE END OF FY 1988. o THE REGIONS HAVE COMPLETED 29 COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENTS THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER AGAINST A TARGET OF 16. O 50 OF THE 56 STATES AND TERRITORIES COMMITTED TO COMPLETE TOXIC CONTROL ACTION PLANS BY THE END OF FY 1988. O BY THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, FIVE STATES HAD COMPLETED TOXIC CONTROL ACTION PLANS AGAINST A TARGET OF SIX. - DELAWARE, MICHIGAN, AND WISCONSIN COMPLETED TOXIC CONTROL ACTION PLANS IN THE FIRST QUARTER; MONTANA AND OHIO DID SO THIS QUARTER. ------- STATES WITH TOXIC CONTROL PROGRAMS FOR SURFACE WATER As Of March 31, 1988 50r EPA COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENTS COMPLETED QUARTERS STATE ACTION PLANS DEVELOPED NUMBER OF STATES AND TERRITORIES: 56 50-r 40-- N U M B E 30-1- R 0 F P L A N S 1D-- 0- QUARTERS LEGEND - TARGET ACTUAL WQ-24.25 -75- ------- MARINE DISCHARGE PERMITS ISSUED REFLECTING S301(h) DECISIONS o ง301(h) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT OF 1972 SAYS THAT PERMITS MAY BE ISSUED TO POTWs WITH MODIFICATIONS FOR DISCHARGES INTO MARINE WATERS. THESE PERMITS REQUIRE APPLICABLE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS FOR SPECIFIC POLLUTANTS; MAINTAINING WATER QUALITY TO PROTECT PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES, INDIGENOUS SHELLFISH, FISH, WILDLIFE, AND RECREATION ACTIVITIES IN AND ON THE WATER; PRETREATMENT; ELIMINATION OF TOXICS; AND VOLUME CONTROL. o OUT OF A TOTAL OF 208 PERMIT APPLICATIONS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, 26 REMAIN. OF THESE, 16 ARE TARGETED FOR THE END OF FY 1988. O THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER OF FY 1988, REGION I ISSUED ONE PERMIT AGAINST A NATIONAL TARGET OF TWO. ------- 16-r 14-- U 12 M B Eซ10 0 F P E R M I T S B-- 6-- 4-- 2-- PERMITS ISSUED REFLECTING 301(h) DECISIONS As Of March 31, 1988 QUARTERS UNIVERSE: 26(OUT OF 208 THREE YEARS AGO) NUMBER OF PERMIT APPLICATIONS REMAINING AS OF 10/1/87:26 WQ-14 LEGEND - TARGET - ACTUAL ORIGINAL NUMBER OF PERMIT APPLICATIONS?OB -77- ------- OCEAN DUMPING O THERE WERE 150-160 SITES PROPOSED FOR OCEAN DUMPING SEVERAL YEARS AGO. EPA IS WORKING TO COMPLETE ACTIONS ON THESE, TRACKING THREE STAGES: DRAFT AND FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS, AND SITE DESIGNATIONS. DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS O BY THE END OF FY 1988, THE REGIONS PLAN TO COMPLETE 13 DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS (EISs), OUT OF THE 61 REMAINING. O THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, OUT OF A TARGET OF SEVEN, REGION VI IS STILL THE ONLY REGION TO HAVE COMPLETED A DRAFT EIS, WHICH WAS DONE IN THE FIRST QUARTER. FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS O BY THE END OF FY 1988, THE REGIONS PLAN TO COMPLETE 15 FINAL EISs, OUT OF 68 REMAINING. O BY THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, OUT OF FOUR TARGETED, REGION IV COMPLETED A FINAL EIS, JOINING REGION VI WHICH COMPLETED ONE LAST QUARTER. OCEAN DUMPING SITE DESIGNATIONS o BY THE END OF FY 1988, THE REGIONS PLAN TO DESIGNATE 23 OCEAN DUMPING SITES, OUT OF 106 REMAINING. o IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR, REGIONS II, III, IV, AND VI DESIGNATED A TOTAL OF NINE OCEAN DUMPING SITES, EXCEEDING THE NATIONAL TARGET OF THREE. ------- OCEAN DUMPING SITE DESIGNATION As Of March 31, 1988 DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS SITE DESIGNATIONS 13- N U B 1D E R 0 F S I 5- T E S ID- . . / 10- y / ' / 5- 1 / / . / /^x^ 0. 1234 / 20 / 1 / 16 / / / 12 / / / B I S A ' ^ /'^^ Xx^***^ 1234 * / / / . ' 1 1 f / / ' / / / * / / / i I / Is r \ i i 1234 QUARTERS QUARTERS QUARTERS NUMBER OF SITES co 1nR REQUIRING ACTION: 61 68 iuo LEGEND TARGET ACTUAL WQ-15 -79- ------- CONSTRUCTION GRANT PROGRAM SINCE 1970, THE CONSTRUCTION GRANTS PROGRAM HAS AWARDED OVER 11,000 GRANTS TO MUNICIPALITIES TOTALLING MORE THAN $40 BILLION. DESPITE CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS, AS OF JANUARY 1986, THERE WERE STILL: - 140 COMMUNITIES DISCHARGING UNTREATED WASTEWATER, - 3,100 COMMUNITIES WITH FAILING ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS, AND - 2,000 COMMUNITIES WITH POTWs PROVIDING ONLY PRIMARY/ADVANCED PRIMARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT. THE CONSTRUCTION GRANTS PROGRAM CONTINUES TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO BUILD POTWs, AS WELL AS TO SUPERVISE THE DEVELOPMENT OF STATE REVOLVING FUNDS FOR LOANS. CONSTRUCTION GRANT NET OUTLAYS o IN FY 1988, EPA HAS TARGETED TO OUTLAY $2,624.5 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION GRANTS PROGRAM TO BUILD POTWs. O IN THE SECOND QUARTER, $1,324.5 MILLION WAS SPENT, 99.1% (WITHIN THE ACCEPTED +/~ 5% WINDOW) OF THE TARGET OF $1,336.1 MILLION. ------- 3000-r 0- CONSTRUCTION GRANTS NET OUTLAYS As Of March 31, 1988 WQ-16 QUARTERS LEGEND -- TARGET - ACTUAL -81- ------- CONSTRUCTION GRANTS - BACKLOGGED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLETIONS o BACKLOGGED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLETIONS ARE POTW PROJECTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ADMINISTRATIVELY COMPLETED WITHIN 12 TO 18 MONTHS AFTER IT HAS INITIATED OPERATION. o AT THE START OF FY 1988, THERE WERE 2,051 BACKLOGGED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLETION PROJECTS (MORE THAN 60% IN REGIONS II, III, AND V). - THE TOTAL INCLUDES OVER 1,000 PROJECTS WHICH WERE CARRIED OVER TO THIS YEAR, NOW 24 TO 30 MONTHS IN OPERATION WITHOUT ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLETION. - OF THE TOTAL, 1,450 ARE TARGETED FOR COMPLETION BY THE END OF THE YEAR. o BY THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, THE REGIONS COMPLETED 612 PROJECTS, 94% OF THEIR TARGET OF 650. - REGIONS II (WITH 536), III (WITH 347), AND V (WITH 366) HAVE THE LARGEST BACKLOGS. OF THESE, REGION II (98/96) EXCEEDED ITS TARGET, WHILE REGIONS III (84/92) AND V (148/188) WERE BEHIND TARGET. o SEVERAL REGIONS (II AND III IN PARTICULAR) HAVE HAD DIFFICULTY IN GETTING THEIR STATES TO COMMIT NEEDED RESOURCES TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLETION EFFORT. ------- N U M B E R 0 F C 0 M P L E T I 0 N S 1500-r 1250-- 1000-- 750-- 500- 250- CONSTRUCTION GRANTS PROJECTS BACKLOGGED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLETIONS As Of March 31, 1988 ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLETION BACKLOG AS OF 10/1/86: 2.637 10/1/87: 2.051 WQ-18 QUARTERS LEGEND - TARGET - ACTUAL -83- ------- CONSTRUCTION GRANTS - NMP PROJECTS INITIATING OPERATION O NATIONAL MUNICIPAL POLICY (NMP) POTWs ARE TO ACHIEVE SECONDARY OR BETTER TREATMENT BY JULY 1, 1988. o BY THE END OF FY 1988, OUT OF 687 POTENTIAL NMP PROJECTS WHICH COULD START, EPA HAS TARGETED 511 TO INITIATE OPERATION. o THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, 186 NMP PROJECTS HAD INITIATED OPERATION, 80% OF THE TARGET OF 230. - REGION V (WITH 182) HAS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF POTENTIAL NMP PROJECTS WHICH COULD START THIS YEAR; 47 HAVE INITIATED OPERATION, 82% OF ITS TARGET OF 57. ------- CONSTRUCTION GRANT NATIONAL MUNICIPAL POLICY PROJECTS INITIATING OPERATION As Of March 31, 1988 N U M B E R 0 625-r 500-- 375-- A f g 8 2504- J s E C T 1254- PROJECTS PENDING AS OF 10/1/86: 496 10/1/87: 687 WQ-19 QUARTERS LEGEND - TARGET - ACTUAL ------- WETLANDS PROTECTION - ACREAGE AT RISK O IN THE SECOND QUARTER, 7,408 WETLANDS ACRES WERE AT RISK* WITHIN THE SCOPE OF EPA ACTIVITIES. THE BULK OF THE ACRES AT RISK APPEAR TO BE IN REGIONS III (4,307) AND V (1,118). o DURING THE SECOND QUARTER, EPA WAS ABLE TO PREVENT THE LOSS OF 2,930 ACRES, 39% OF THE ACRES AT RISK. MOST OF THIS WAS IN REGIONS III (861), VI (772), AND IX (785). O THE REGIONS NOTE THAT THESE NUMBERS ARE ESTIMATES. THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE DATA BASE FOR SEVERAL REASONS, INCLUDING DIFFICULTIES WITH THE MEASUREMENT OF ACRES, AND WITH DEFINITIONS OF WHERE LOSS AVOIDED. * THE DEFINITION OF "WETLANDS ACRES AT RISK" HAS BEEN REVISED. CURRENTLY, IT MEANS THOSE ACRES OF WETLANDS AND SPECIAL AQUATIC SITES IDENTIFIED IN CORPS OF ENGINEERS' PUBLIC NOTICES OF ง404 DREDGE AND FILL PROJECTS WHERE EPA RAISES SIGNIFICANT ISSUES DURING PERMIT REVIEW. ------- WETLANDS AND SPECIAL AQUATIC SITE ACRES As Of March 31, 1988 10000-r QUARTERS WQ-20 LEGEND ACRES AT RISK - 7,408 ACRES LOSS AVOIDED DUE TO EPA - 2,930 -P7- ------- WETLANDS PROTECTION - ADVANCE IDENTIFICATION ADVANCE IDENTIFICATION INITIATED o INITIATING ADVANCE IDENTIFICATION OF WETLANDS AND SPECIAL AQUATIC SITES INVOLVES GEOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT APPROVAL FOR PURSUING THE ADVANCE IDENTIFICATION. o IN FY 1988, THE REGIONS PLAN TO INITIATE 11 ADVANCE IDENTIFICATIONS. o IN THE SECOND QUARTER, THE REGIONS HAD INITIATED FIVE ADVANCE IDENTIFICATIONS (THEIR TARGET WAS THREE). - REGION IV'S SITE IS MAJOR (1,000 OR MORE ACRES), PEARL RIVER, MS. ADVANCE IDENTIFICATION COMPT.F.TKD O COMPLETING ADVANCE IDENTIFICATION OF WETLANDS AND SPECIAL AQUATIC SITES OCCURS WHEN A FINAL DOCUMENT IS SIGNED SPECIFYING THE AREA SUITABLE OR UNSUITABLE FOR DISCHARGE. o IN FY 1988, THE REGIONS PLAN TO COMPLETE 15 ADVANCE IDENTIFICATIONS. o IN THE SECOND QUARTER, THE REGIONS HAD COMPLETED TWO ADVANCE IDENTIFICATIONS (THEIR TARGET WAS THREE). - REGION I'S SITE IS MAJOR, ONE-HALF OF YORK COUNTY, MAINE (ABOUT 600,000 ACRES). - REGION III'S SITE IS MAJOR, CEDAR ISLAND, VA (ABOUT 2,300 ACRES). ------- 12T 10- WETLANDS AND SPECIAL AQUATIC SITES ADVANCE INDEMNIFICATION ACTIONS As Of March 31, 1988 ACTIONS INITIATED 15T 10-- 5 - ACTIONS COMPLETED QUARTERS QUARTERS WQ-21.22 LEGEND - TARGET AP.TIIAI -89- ------- SECTION 404 ENFORCEMENT o AT THE BOY, 260 SITES WERE IN SIGNIFICANT VIOLATION. THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER AN ADDITIONAL 286 SIGNIFICANT SITES HAVE BEEN IDENTI- FIED FOR A TOTAL OF 546 SITES TO BE RESOLVED. O BY THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER 179 SITES HAVE BEEN RESOLVED LEAVING 367 SITES REMAINING TO BE RESOLVED. - 100 SITES WERE RESOLVED BY ENFORCEMENT ACTION. 34 WERE RESOLVED BY VOLUNTARY RESTORATION/CORRECTION. 21 WERE RESOLVED BY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (COE) WITH AFTER-THE- FACT PERMITS WITH RESTORATION/MITIGATION. 24 WERE RESOLVED BY COE WITH AFTER-THE-FACT PERMITS. o THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, 340 OF THE 546 SITES HAVE RECEIVED AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION. O THE REGIONS HAVE CONDUCTED 355 FIELD INVESTIGATIONS. ------- SECTION 404 PROGRESS IN RESOLVING SIGNIFICANT VIOLATOR SITES As Of March 31, 1988 600-r SVs DETECTED SVs RESOLVED SV8 UNRESOLVED WQ/E-16 -91- ------- Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response ------- OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE SECOND QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS o FOR THE FIFTH CONSECUTIVE QUARTER, THE REGIONS EXCEEDED TARGETS FOR PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS AND SITE INSPECTIONS. IMPORTANT TARGETS FOR REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION/FEASIBILITY STUDY STARTS, REMEDY SELECTION AND REMEDIAL ACTION STARTS WERE SUBSTANTIALLY MISSED. o THE REGIONS HAVE CONTINUED TO MEET AND EXCEED ALL RCRA TARGETS FOR PERMITTING AND CLOSURE PLAN APPROVALS. o TO DATE, 172 LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES AND 59 INCINERATORS HAVE BEEN PERMITTED, LEAVING 165 LDFs TO BE PERMITTED BY NOVEMBER 1988 AND 145 INCINERATORS TO BE PERMITTED BY NOVEMBER 1989. o THE UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS PROGRAM EXCEEDED ITS TARGET FOR STATES WITH COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS IN BOTH FIRST AND SECOND QUARTERS. OVER 5,000 LUST CLEANUPS HAVE BEEN INITIATED SO FAR IN FY 1988. O CEPP SUBSTANTIALLY MISSED ITS TARGETS FOR CONTINGENCY PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND CHEMICAL EMERGENCY SIMULATIONS IN BOTH FIRST AND SECOND QUARTERS. -95- ------- PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS AND SITE INSPECTIONS O THE REGIONS COMPLETED 2,189 PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS THROUGH THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, FOR 142% OF THE TARGET OF 1,539. o THE REGIONS COMPLETED 484 SITE INSPECTIONS THROUGH THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, FOR 134% OF THE TARGET OF 360. O PROGRAM TO DATE, AS OF FEBRUARY 29, THE REGIONS HAD CONDUCTED PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS OF 26,191 SITES. OF THESE, 8,216 (31%) HAVE HAD SITE INSPECTIONS AND 7,428 (28%) HAVE NO FURTHER FEDERAL ACTION PLANNED. REMOVAL ACTIVITIES O THE REGIONS HAVE INITIATED REMOVAL ACTIONS AT 14 NPL SITES, EXCEEDING A SECOND QUARTER TARGET OF THREE. NINE OF THESE ACTIONS WERE FUND-FINANCED. IN ADDITION, 13 SUBSEQUENT (RETURN) ACTIONS HAVE BEEN INITIATED THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, NINE OF WHICH WERE FUND-FINANCED. o AT THE END OF SECOND QUARTER, 24 NPL SITES HAD BEEN STABILIZED IN FY 1988 AS A RESULT OF A REMOVAL ACTION, 19 (79%) OF WHICH WERE FUND- FINANCED. THE END OF YEAR TARGET IS 52. ------- SUPERFUND PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS/SITE INSPECTIONS As Of March 31, 1988 PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS SITE INSPECTIONS 3000-r QUARTERS 1500-r 1125-- 750- 375-- QUARTERS S/F-1.2 LEGEND ซ- TARGET - ACTUAL _Q"7_ ------- SUPERFUND PROGRESS ON REMEDIAL INVESTIGATIONS/FEASIBILITY STUDIES REMEDIAL INVESTIGATIONS/FEASIBILITY STUDY (RI/FS) STARTS o RI/FSs WERE INITIATED AT 34 NPL SITES THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, FOR 52% OF THE TARGET OF 66. OF THESE, 24 (71%) WERE PRP-FINANCED. o TWENTY-TWO SUBSEQUENT RI/FSs ALSO WERE STARTED, FOR 88% OF THE TARGET OF 25. FOUR WERE FUNDED BY PRPs. RECORDS OF DECISION (RODS) o TWENTY-SIX RODS WERE SIGNED FOR NPL SITES THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, FOR 51% OF THE TARGET OF 51. EIGHT OF THESE RODS WERE FINANCED BY PRPs. IN ADDITION, TEN SUBSEQUENT RODS HAVE BEEN SIGNED FOR 63% OF THE TARGET OF 16. o PROGRAM TO DATE, RODS HAVE BEEN SIGNED FOR ABOUT 262 NPL SITES. ------- SUPERFUND PROGRESS ON REMEDIAL INVESTIGATIONS/FEASIBILITY STUDIES As Of March 31, 1988 FIRST RI/FS STARTS 120-r 0- FIRST ROD DECISIONS 1DD-T 75-- 5Q-- 25- S/C-5,6 LEGEND - TARGET - ACTUAL -99- ------- REMEDIAL ACTION ACTIVITY O START OF REMEDIAL ACTION. AT THE END OF SECOND QUARTER, THE REGIONS HAD INITIATED FIVE PRP-FINANCED REMEDIAL ACTION STARTS, MEETING THEIR TARGET. FOR FUND-FINANCED REMEDIAL ACTION STARTS, THE REGIONS INITIATED 11 FUND-FINANCED STARTS, MISSING THEIR TARGET OF 23. o IN ADDITION, THE REGIONS HAVE INITIATED SUBSEQUENT REMEDIAL ACTION ACTIVITY AT THREE NPL SITES (REGION I, PRP-FINANCED AND REGIONS III AND VIII, FUND-FINANCED), AGAINST A SECOND QUARTER TARGET OF SEVEN. O PROGRAM TO DATE, ABOUT 78 FUND-FINANCED ACTIONS HAVE BEEN INITIATED AND 53 SITES ARE BEING ADDRESSED BY PRPs WHO ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH AN AGREEMENT AND HAVE A REMEDIAL DESIGN ACCEPTED. O COMPLETION OF REMEDIAL CONSTRUCTION. THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, ALL REMEDIAL CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETED AT TWO NPL SITES, AGAINST A TARGET OF THREE. THIS WORK WAS COMPLETED BY REGIONS III AND VI. o PROGRAM TO DATE, AS OF FEBRUARY 29, 24 NPL SITES HAVE BEEN CLEANED UP (ALL CONSTRUCTION OPERABLE UNITS AND FINAL CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS ARE COMPLETED). o DELETION FROM THE NPL. AT THE END OF SECOND QUARTER, THE NPL DELETION PROCESS HAD BEGUN AT 11 OF 12 TARGETED NPL SITES, NINE OF WHICH BEGAN IN THE SECOND QUARTER. o PROGRAM TO DATE, AS OF FEBRUARY 29, 13 SITES HAVE BEEN DELETED FROM THE NPL. ------- SUPERFUND REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRESS AT SITES As Of March 31, 1988 FIRST REMEDIAL ACTION START (FUND) ALL REMEDIAL CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE (PRP & FUND) BID, B 40- E R * 30- 0 F 20- c | 10- T w fV s ^ r r * Bi X X X X X v- -""""""" N 6- B x B X ^^_^-^* ฃ ^z^^"^ R ^**^^ ii i i . ^^ 1 2 3 4 g 4- QUARTERS S I FIRST REMEDIAL T ACTION START (PRP) | 2- N on U 20T M B E R o 10- F S I T E n. / / / / / a - X< / 1 ' / / / / t * / / X X ^/ ^, >* X1 j* ^ .X yX /^ / / X i i ii / 1234 / QUARTERS ^^^^" ^X""^ -^2^ LEGEND - __ ^* ^^ i^r , , , Lri 1 1 1 1 S 1234 QUARTERS " TARGET * Sf\ T/ \ "ป7i_\ a ~*~ ftw I UAL -im- ------- SUPERFUND ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY O SECTION 107 COST RECOVERY ACTIONS - THE REGIONS ARE ON SCHEDULE FOR MEETING THEIR CUMULATIVE SECOND QUARTER TARGET FOR REFERRING SECTION 107 COST RECOVERY ACTIONS. EIGHTEEN SECTION 107 COST RECOVERY ACTIONS WERE REFERRED VERSUS A TARGET OF 19. THIRTEEN SECTION 107 ACTIONS WERE REFERRED DURING THE FIRST TWO QUARTERS OF FY 1987. O SECTION 106 REFERRALS - THERE WAS ONE SECTION 106 REFERRAL MADE THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER. ONE SECTION 106 REFERRAL WAS MADE DURING THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. O SECTION 106 REMOVAL ORDERS - THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, 34 SECTION 106 REMOVAL ORDERS WERE ISSUED, 28 AT NON-NPL SITES AND SIX AT NPL SITES. NINETEEN REMOVAL ACTIONS WERE ISSUED DURING THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. ------- SUPERFUND ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY As Of March 31, 1988 SECTION 107 RECOVERY CIVIL REFERRALS (CUMULATIVE) 234 QUARTERS 25n 20- N 15 U M B E R 10 5- SECTION 106 CIVIL REFERRALS (CUMULATIVE) S/E-2(o) 234 QUARTERS LEGEND CUMULATIVE TARGET CUMULATIVE ACTUAL 35T SECTION 106 REMOVAL ORDERS (CUMULATIVE) 23 QUARTERS -103- ------- CHEMICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND PREVENTION PROGRAM O THROUGH SECOND QUARTER, 42 STATES HAD STATE IMPLEMENTATION MEMOS (SIMs) EITHER IN PLACE OR REVISED, UP FROM 39 IN' FIRST QUARTER. THESE MEMOS ESTABLISH AND TRACK WORKING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE STATES AND EPA, AND IDENTIFY PRIORITY AREAS WHERE CHEMICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS (CEP) PLANS WILL BE DEVELOPED AND TESTED. TEN STATES CURRENTLY INTEND NOT TO COMPLETE A SIM, DOWN FROM 17 IN FIRST QUARTER. O NATIONALLY, 15 CEPP PRIORITY AREAS HAVE CONTINGENCY PLANS IN PLACE, WITH SIMULATIONS COMPLETED. EPA ASSISTED STATES IN 12 TABLE-TOP AND/OR FIELD SIMULATIONS OF CHEMICAL EMERGENCIES, MISSING ITS TARGET OF 20 (60%). THE PURPOSE OF THESE SIMULATIONS IS TO TEST COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS TO RESPOND TO AN EMERGENCY. O EPA DIRECTLY ASSISTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF 22 CONTINGENCY PLANS, MISSING THE TARGET OF 38 (57%). DIRECT ASSISTANCE BY EPA INCLUDES PROVIDING PROGRAMMATIC OR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE UPON REQUEST BY STATES TO FACILITATE CONTINGENCY PLAN COMPLETION. ------- CHEMICAL EMERGENCY SIMULATIONS As Of March 31, 1988 CEP-3 ------- PERMITTING PROGRESS AT LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES o AT THE END OF SECOND QUARTER, THE MULTI-YEAR PERMITTING PLANS ARE TRACKING PERMITTING PROGRESS AT 337 LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES (LDFs). o FINAL DETERMINATIONS: THE REGIONS MADE 48 FINAL LDF PERMIT DETERMINATIONS THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, EXCEEDING THE SECOND QUARTER TARGET OF 36 (133%). OF THESE, 35 PERMITS WERE ISSUED AND 13 WERE DENIED. PROGRAM TO DATE, THE REGIONS HAVE MADE 172 FINAL DETERMINATIONS, LEAVING 165 TO BE PERMITTED BY NOVEMBER 1988. o PUBLIC NOTICES! THE REGIONS ISSUED 42 PUBLIC NOTICES FOR LDFs THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, 39 OF WHICH WERE DRAFT PERMITS AND THREE WERE NOTICES OF INTENT TO DENY PERMITS. PROGRESS AT CLOSING LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES o THE REGIONS HAVE APPROVED 77 LAND DISPOSAL FACILITY CLOSURE PLANS, EXCEEDING THE SECOND QUARTER TARGET OF 59 (131%). i o THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, THE REGIONS ISSUED 66 NOTICES OF CLOSURE PLAN AVAILABILITY FOR LDFs. o AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, THERE WERE ABOUT 1200 LDFs ON THE CLOSURE TRACK. TO DATE, CLOSURE PLANS HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR 674 OF ------- PERMITTING PROGRESS AT LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES As Of March 31, 1988 PROGRESS TO DATE FINAL LDF PERMIT DETERMINATIONS N u M B E 0 F P R M T 1 /*i-i ปJ / bJ 117 J J / 300- D E T 1 ^ R 225- M 1 N A T ; 1 50- i 0 N SI ft K] 1 UJ 75 FACIUTIES SEEKING PERMITS BY 11/88 MC XX X X ^ ^00*^* **** ^*******^ **" ^*****^ -****11* -^^*-- "" """ *" jฃ*f^'~ DETERMINATIONS MADE PRIOR TO FY 1988 I 1 I 1 1234 QUARTERS 175-r R/C-1(d)&(e) LEGEND TARGET - ACTUAL LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES CLOSURE PLANS APPROVED 1 2 QUARTERS R/C-1(f) ------- PERMITTING PROGRESS AT INCINERATORS o EIGHT PERMIT DETERMINATIONS FOR INCINERATORS WERE MADE THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, EXCEEDING THE TARGET OF SIX. - 7 PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. - 1 PERMIT HAS BEEN DENIED. TO DATE, THE REGIONS HAVE MADE 59 FINAL DETERMINATIONS. 145 INCINERATORS REMAIN TO BE PERMITTED BY NOVEMBER 1989. O IN ADDITION, 16 DRAFT PERMIT DETERMINATIONS WERE ISSUED THROUGH SECOND QUARTER. FOURTEEN OF THESE WERE DRAFT PERMITS AND TWO WERE DRAFT DENIALS. PROGRESS AT CLOSING INCINERATORS o THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, FOUR INCINERATOR CLOSURE PLANS WERE APPROVED EXCEEDING THE TARGET OF ONE. O IN ADDITION, FOUR PUBLIC NOTICES OF CLOSURE PLAN AVAILABILITY WERE ISSUED. ------- PERMITTING PROGRESS AT INCINERATORS As Of March 31, 1988 INCINERATOR FINAL PERMIT DETERMINATIONS 35r M 01 Q2 03 QUARTERS INCINERATOR CLOSURE PLANS APPROVED 01 02 03 QUARTERS LEGEND R/C-1(d&e),1(f) TARGET ACTUAL -109- ------- PERMITTING PROGRESS AT STORAGE AND TREATMENT FACILITIES O THIRTY FINAL PERMIT DETERMINATIONS FOR STORAGE/TREATMENT FACILITIES WERE MADE THROUGH SECOND QUARTER: - 27 PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. - 3 PERMITS HAVE BEEN DENIED. o AT THE END OF SECOND QUARTER, THERE WERE ABOUT 1400 STORAGE/ TREATMENT FACILITIES SEEKING PERMITS. TO DATE, THE REGIONS HAVE MADE 510 FINAL PERMIT DETERMINATIONS. O THROUGH SECOND QUARTER, THE REGIONS ISSUED 28 DRAFT PERMIT DETERMINATIONS FOR STORAGE/TREATMENT FACILITIES, 26 OF THESE WERE DRAFT PERMITS. PROGRESS AT CLOSING FACILITIES o THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, THE REGIONS HAVE APPROVED 90 CLOSURE PLANS AND HAVE ISSUED 81 STORAGE/TREATMENT NOTICES OF CLOSURE PLAN AVAILABILITY. O AT THE END OF SECOND QUARTER, THERE WERE ABOUT 420 CLOSING FACILITIES. TO DATE, THE REGIONS HAVE APPROVED 238 CLOSURE PLANS. ------- CORRECTIVE ACTION ACTIVITY o CORRECTIVE ACTION ACTIVITIES MAY BE CONDUCTED DURING INTERIM STATUS, PERMITTING, AND CLOSURE STAGES. THIS MEASURE TRACKS THE MAJOR STEPS IN THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PROCESS. o THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, THE REGIONS COMPLETED RCRA FACILITY ASSESSMENTS (RFAs) AT 164 FACILITIES. o REMEDIAL INVESTIGATIONS WERE IMPOSED FOR 62 SITUATIONS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION. o THERE WERE NO CORRECTIVE ACTION REMEDIES SELECTED NOR ANY CORRECTIVE ACTION DESIGNS APPROVED IN THE SECOND QUARTER. WAIVER REQUESTS o THIS SPMS MEASURE TRACKS DECISIONS MADE ON WAIVER REQUESTS FOR ACLs, DOUBLE-LINER WAIVERS, AND/OR TANK SECONDARY CONTAINMENT WAIVERS. o FIVE WAIVER REQUESTS WERE GRANTED THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER AND TWO WERE DENIED. ------- RCRA INSPECTIONS OF LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES o EPA AND THE STATES SURPASSED THEIR CUMULATIVE SECOND QUARTER TARGET FOR INSPECTIONS OF LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES BY CONDUCTING 543 (113%) INSPECTIONS VERSUS A TARGET OF 482. RCRA INSPECTIONS OF TREATMENT AND STORAGE FACILITIES o EPA AND THE STATES SURPASSED THEIR CUMULATIVE SECOND QUARTER TARGET FOR INSPECTIONS OF TREATMENT AND STORAGE FACILITIES BY CONDUCTING 929 (128%) VERSUS A TARGET OF 723. RCRA INSPECTIONS OF FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT TSDF's (EPA ONLY) O THE EPA REGIONS SURPASSED THEIR CUMULATIVE SECOND QUARTER TARGET OF 152 BY CONDUCTING 181 (119%) INSPECTIONS OF FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL TSDF's. ------- RCRA INSPECTIONS OF LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES As Of March 31, 1988 125 i n ra iv R/E-2(a) V VI REGIONS LEGEND EPA it STATES VII 125+ TARGET NATIONAL LEVELS ------- RCRA - PROGRESS ON ADDRESSING LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE o THE RCRA ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM HAS IDENTIFIED 707 LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES AS SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIERS, WITH 559 HAVING HAD FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION INITIATED PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF FY 1988. OF THE REMAINING 148 SNC's, 145 ARE TARGETED TO BE ADDRESSED THROUGH FORMAL ACTION OR RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. O THE PROGRAM IS ON SCHEDULE FOR MEETING ITS END-OF-YEAR GOAL FOR ADDRESSING SNC's. SIXTY-ONE SNC's WERE PENDING AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER AGAINST THE PROGRAM GOAL OF HAVING 60 PENDING. O THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE 707 SNC's IN THE FIXED BASE AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER IS AS FOLLOWS: 45 (4%) HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO PHYSICAL COMPLIANCE; - 255 (37%) ARE UNDER A FINAL, EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER, COURT JUDGMENT OR CONSENT DECREE) - 346 (46%) HAVE RECEIVED AN INITIAL ADMINISTRATIVE OR JUDICIAL COMPLAINT; AND, 61 (14%) ARE PENDING. ------- RCRA - PROGRESS ON ADDRESSING LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPUANCE As Of March 31, 1988 Reduction of Fixed Base (Pending As Of October 1, 1987) BDQT TARGET -t- BOY R/E-4(e) QUARTERS LEGEND D RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE El ON COMPLIANCE SCHEDULES 0 INITIAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION TAKEN PENDING ------- RCRA ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY FORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS o THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, THE EPA REGIONS ISSUED 129 FORMAL ADMIN- ISTRATIVE ACTIONS TO TSDF's COMPARED TO 83 THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER OF FY 1987. O THE STATES ISSUED 279 FORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS TO TSDF's THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER COMPARED TO 187 THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER OF FY 1987. CIVIL ACTIONS THE EPA REGIONS REFERRED FOUR CIVIL ACTIONS UNDER RCRA COMPARED TO 10 IN THE FIRST TWO QUARTERS OF FY 1987. CRIMINAL REFERRALS O THE EPA REGIONS REFERRED TWELVE CRIMINAL ACTIONS UNDER RCRA DURING THE FIRST TWO QUARTERS COMPARED TO SEVEN FOR THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. ------- 500-r RCRA ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY As Of March 31, 1988 ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS ISSUED TO TSDF's 2 3 QUARTERS R/E-6 LEGEND LI STATES EPA ------- RCRA FEDERAL FACILITIES STATUS PROGRESS AGAINST SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE FORTY-FIVE FACILITIES WERE REPORTED AS BEING IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOM- PLIANCE AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER. OF THESE, 31 HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED WITH FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS. ------- RCRA - FEDERAL FACILITIES STATUS As Of March 31, 1988 PROGRESS AGAINST SNC R/E-5A LEGEND # SNC/END OF QUARTER/UNADDRESSED # SNC/END OF QUARTER/ADDRESSED ------- UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS STATE PROGRAM O THE UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK (UST) STATE PROGRAM APPROVAL HELPS TRACK STATES' READINESS FOR THE FINAL UST TECHNICAL STANDARDS RULE (RULE DUE JULY 15). IN SECOND QUARTER, THERE WERE 27 STATES WITH ADEQUATE LEGISLATION FOR DEVELOPING AN APPROVABLE UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM THAT ADDRESSES TECHNICAL STANDARDS, TWO FEWER THAN IN FIRST QUARTER. O FOURTEEN STATES HAD THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY TO DEVELOP AN APPROVABLE UST PROGRAM THAT ADDRESSES THE REQUIREMENTS FOR FINANCIAL ASSURANCE OF OWNERS OF PETROLEUM TANKS, THREE FEWER THAN IN FIRST QUARTER. ------- STATUS OF UST TECHNICAL STANDARDS REGULATION O THE TARGET DATE TO PUBLISH THE UST REGULATION HAS BEEN CHANGED TO JULY 15, 1988 (FORMERLY, MAY 31). THE FEDERAL INTERIM PROHIBITION IS EXPECTED TO END IN SEPTEMBER 1988 (FORMERLY, JULY). ENFORCEMENT OF INTERIM PROHIBITION THE INTERIM PROHIBITION PROVIDES ENFORCEABLE UST STANDARDS UNTIL THE RULE IS PUBLISHED. IN FY 1988 SO FAR: O THERE WERE 1,317 FACILITIES IDENTIFIED AS BEING IN VIOLATION OF EITHER THE FEDERAL INTERIM PROHIBITION OR A SIMILAR STATE UST REGULATION; OF THESE: - 90% WERE IDENTIFIED IN SECOND QUARTER; AND - 876 (67%) WERE IN REGION III. O 205 FACILITIES HAD ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS FILED AGAINST THEM: - 76% WERE IDENTIFIED IN SECOND QUARTER; AND - 176 (85%) WERE IN REGION VIII. o 350 FACILITIES HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE: - 77% WERE IDENTIFIED IN SECOND QUARTER; AND - 169 (48%) WERE IN REGION IV. THOSE RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE DID NOT NECESSARILY HAVE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS FILED. ------- CLEANUP OF LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS o OF THE THREE CRITERIA NECESSARY TO QUALIFY FOR A LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK (LUST) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, 20 STATES MET ALL THREE CRITERIA AND HAVE AGREEMENTS, EXCEEDING THE TARGET OF 12 STATES (133%). THE END OF FY 1988 TARGET FOR THESE AGREEMENTS IS 44 STATES. o FOR EACH OF THESE THREE CRITERIA SEPARATELY, THERE WERE: 47 STATES WITH THE AUTHORITY FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION; 46 STATES WITH THE AUTHORITY FOR ENFORCEMENT; AND 34 STATES WITH THE AUTHORITY FOR COST RECOVERY. o FY 1988 YEAR TO DATE, 5,066 SITE CLEANUPS HAVE BEEN INITIATED IN RESPONSE TO POLLUTION FROM LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS; HALF OF THIS TOTAL WERE INITIATED IN FIRST QUARTER, HALF IN SECOND. OUST REPORTS THAT THIS TOTAL INCLUDES CLEANUPS IN STATES THAT HAVE NO LUST AGREEMENT WITH EPA. ------- STATES WITH LUST TRUST FUND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS As Of March 31, 1988 UST-3A ------- 1327 LUST CLEANUPS INITIATED As Of March 31, 1988 NATIONAL TOTAL IS 5,066 679 1010 o A LEGEND # TOTAL CLEANUPS I INITIATED PER REGION UST-3C ------- Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances ------- OFFICE OF PESTICIDES AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES SECOND QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS PROGRESS ON REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN ABOVE OR NEAR TARGET. OVERALL, PESTICIDE REGISTRATION APPLICATION BACKLOG INCREASED FROM 3,062 TO 3,742. OPTS ISSUED ONE FRSTR DURING SECOND QUARTER. THIS MAKES A TOTAL OF FIVE FRSTRs ISSUED TO DATE. OPTS RECEIVED EIGHT VALID BIOTECHNOLOGY NOTICES DURING SECOND QUARTER. THE STATES EXCEEDED THEIR FIFRA INSPECTION TARGETS FOR THE QUARTER. ONE HUNDRED AND TEN NEW SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS WERE IDENTIFIED TO DATE BASED ON FY 88 INSPECTIONS. THE REGIONS SURPASSED THEIR TARGET BY ADDRESSING 100% OF THE CASES (WHICH HAD ACTION TAKEN) IN THE ALLOTTED TIME OF WITHIN 180 DAYS OF INSPECTION. ------- ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF REGISTRATION STANDARDS (RSs) IN THE SECOND QUARTER: o FOUR PESTICIDES (ASULAM, MALATHION, MEVINPHOS, AND ALLETHRIN STEREOISOMERS) ENTERED STAGE 1 (WHEN A LETTER IS SENT TO THE REGISTRANT TRANSMITTING THE STANDARD AND REQUESTS DATA). IN FY 1988 NINE RSs HAVE ENTERED STAGE 1 AGAINST A CUMULATIVE TARGET OF EIGHT. THIRTY-TWO RSs ARE IN STAGE 1 AS OF 3/31/88. o FOURTEEN RSs REACHED STAGE 2 (WHEN EITHER COMMITMENTS FOR ALL GENERIC DATA REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET OR SOME TYPE OF ACTION HAS BEEN INITIATED TO REMOVE FROM THE MARKETPLACE). IN FY 1988 23 RSs HAVE ENTERED STAGE 2. AGAINST A CUMULATIVE TARGET OF 12. ONE HUNDRED TEN RSs ARE IN STAGE 2 AS OF 3/31/88. o TWELVE RSs REACHED STAGE 3 (WHEN ALL DATA TO FULFILL GENERIC DATA COMMITMENTS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND REMAINS IN THIS STAGE UNTIL A FRSTR IS ESTABLISHED). TWELVE RSs HAVE ENTERED STAGE 3 IN FY 1988, AGAINST A CUMULATIVE TARGET OF EIGHT. THERE ARE 29 RSs IN STAGE 3 AS OF 3/31/88. o ONE FRSTR (METALAXYL) REACHED (STAGE 4) (WHEN A FINAL REGULATORY POSITION HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.) OPTS HAS ISSUED TWO FRSTR'S DURING FY 1988, AGAINST A CUMULATIVE TARGET OF FIVE. TO DATE, FIVE FRSTRs HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED: METOLACHLOR, ALLIETTE, PHOSALONE, METALAXYL, AND SODIUM AND CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITES. (P-l) ------- ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF REGISTRATION STANDARDS - CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF STANDARDS As Of March 31, 1988 CURRENT STATUS* Number of Reg. Standards In each stage as of 3/31/88 P-1 STAGES LEGEND ACTUAL 0 TARGET ------- PESTICIDE REVIEWS PESTICIDE SPECIAL REVIEW DECISIONS OPTS COMPLETED FIVE SPECIAL REVIEW DECISIONS IN THE SECOND QUARTER MEETING THE CUMULATIVE TARGET OF SEVEN. THE FIVE REVIEW DECISIONS WERE : REVIEWS PENTACHLOROPHENOL (NON-WOOD) DDVP DACTHAL PROPAZINE 2,4-D TYPE OF DECISION AMENDED PD 4 PD 1 NOT TO INITIATE SPECIAL REVIEW NOT TO INITIATE SPECIAL REVIEW FR NOTICE (P-2) REVIEWS OF STUDIES COMPLETED IN THE SECOND QUARTER, OPTS COMPLETED 158 REVIEWS. THUS FAR IN FY 1988 OPTS HAS COMPLETED 288 REVIEWS, EXCEEDING THE CUMULATIVE TARGET OF 220 BY 31%. (P-3) ------- PESTICIDE REVIEWS As Of March 31, 1988 PESTICIDE SPECIAL REVIEW DECISIONS CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF ACTIONS COMPLETED 15T REVIEWS OF STUDIES CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF REVIEWS COMPLETED SOOT- QUARTERS P-2,3 LEGEND ~ TARGET - ACTUAL ------- PESTICIDE REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS OVERALL, OPTS PROGRESS ON REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS HAS BEEN ABOVE (OR NEAR) TARGET. SPECIFICALLY FOR: AMENDED REGISTRATIONS 2,093 VS 1,350 NEW USES 64 VS 30 NEW ACTIVE INGREDIENTS 7 VS 5 OLD CHEMICALS 713 VS 720 DESPITE THE ABOVE TARGET PERFORMANCE, THE REGISTRATION BACKLOG INCREASED FROM 3,062 TO 3,742 DURING THIS FY. THIS COMPARES TO A REGISTRATION BACKLOG OF 2,403 AT THE END OF SECOND QUARTER, FY 1987. THE REGISTRATION BACKLOG INCREASED FOR: NEW USES FROM 41 TO 55 (+34%) AMENDED REGISTRATIONS FROM 2116 TO 2892 (+37%) THE BACKLOG DECREASED FOR: OLD CHEMICALS FROM 892 TO 785 (-12%) NEW ACTIVE INGREDIENTS FROM 13 TO 10 (-23%) (P-4) ------- PESTICIDE REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF FINAL DECISIONS As Of March 31, 1988 ACTIVE INGREDIENT NEW USES 2100T 1750- 1400- 1Q50- 700- 350- AMENDED REGISTRATION OLD CHEMICALS P-4 LEGEND | ACTUAL 3 TARGET OVERDUE ACTIONS 4000r 3000;: 2QOO-- 10DQ 8 1 2 3 ~4 QUARTERS 1r ------- EMERGENCY EXEMPTIONS FOR PESTICIDES OPTS MADE FINAL DECISIONS ON 64 EMERGENCY EXEMPTION APPLICATIONS AGAINST A SECOND QUARTER TARGET OF 50. IN FY 1988 FINAL DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE ON 88 EMERGENCY EXEMPTION APPLICATIONS AGAINST A CUMULATIVE TARGET OF 110 (80%). THE 64 DECISIONS INCLUDED 56 EMERGENCY EXEMPTIONS ISSUED AND EIGHT DENIALS. (P-5) PESTICIDE TOLERANCE PETITIONS DURING SECOND QUARTER, OPTS MADE FINAL DECISIONS ON 16 TOLERANCE PETITIONS, AGAINST THE SECOND QUARTER TARGET OF 25. THIS BRINGS THE CUMULATIVE TOTAL FOR DECISIONS ON TOLERANCE PETITIONS TO 37 AGAINST A CUMULATIVE TARGET OF 40 (93%). (P-6) ------- FIFRA COMPLIANCE MONITORING INSPECTIONS AND COMPLIANCE LEVELS o DURING THE FIRST QUARTER*, THE STATES COMPLETED 7,154 FIFRA USE AND RESTRICTED USE PESTICIDE DEALER INSPECTIONS, COMPLETING 227% OF THEIR STATE GRANT TARGETS. O THE STATES REPORTED TAKING 1,820 ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS IN THE FIRST QUARTER, REPRESENTING A VIOLATION RATE OF 25% FOR "USE" INSPECTIONS. THIS RATE WAS 23% FOR FY 1987. O FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF FY 1988, REGIONS VII AND VIII, WITH NON- DELEGATED PROGRAMS, COMPLETED A TOTAL OF 133 USE AND RESTRICTED USE DEALER INSPECTIONS, ACHIEVING 156% AND 121% RESPECTIVELY, OF THEIR TARGETS. *STATE DATA IS LAGGED ONE QUARTER ------- FIFRA COMPLIANCE MONITORING INSPECTIONS AND COMPLIANCE LEVELS FOR STATE ACTIVITIES As Of December 31, 1987 125-r "USE" INSPECTION LEVELS Compliance Status p E R C E N T 0 F U T M A V E Q U A R T E R L Y 100-- 75-- 50-- 25-- ^-TARGET LEGEND 25X VIOLATION WITH ACTION TAKEN 75X D NO ACTION WARRANTED OR COMPLIANCE DETERMINATION PENDING II ra IV V VI VII VIII REGIONS IX 7,154 USE INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED P/E-1 ------- ADDRESSING FIFRA SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE DURING THE FIRST AND SECOND QUARTERS, THE REGIONS REFERRED A TOTAL OF 27 SIGNIFICANT USE VIOLATIONS TO THE STATES FOR INVESTIGATION AND ENFORCEMENT ACTION. A YEAR AGO 38 HAD BEEN REFERRED. AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, OF THE 27 CASES: - 3 (11%) WERE ADDRESSED BEYOND THE TIMEFRAME. - 4 (15%) WERE PENDING ACTION WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME. - 20 (74%) WERE ADDRESSED WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME. BY THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, THE REGIONS HAD IDENTIFIED 50 SIGNIFICANT VIOLATOR CASES FOR EPA ACTION. TWENTY-FOUR OF THE CASES WERE ADDRESSED AND FIVE OF THESE WERE CLOSED BY THE END OF THE QUARTER. TWENTY-SIX CASES WERE PENDING ENFORCEMENT ACTION. FIFRA ENFORCEMENT ACTION THE REGIONS ISSUED A TOTAL OF 97 ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS BY THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, COMPARED TO 86 A YEAR AGO. TWO CIVIL CASES WERE REFERRED THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER COMPARED TO THE SAME NUMBER OF REFERRALS DURING THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. ------- ADDRESSING FIFRA SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE As Of March 31, 1988 REFERRALS TO STATES P/E-3.4 LEGEND NOT ADDRESSED BEYOND TIME FRAME H ADDRESSED BEYOND TIMEFRAME 0 PENDING WITHIN TIMEFRAME Q ADDRESSED WITHIN TIMEFRAME EPA CASES AND REFERRALS FROM STATES JU- c U 25- M U C L A A S 9(1- n *3 dtU T E 1 S V N F U E M R ,_ B R 10' E E R D 0 5 F 0- //X///^ W0///S wm< ^^^^ mfmL SsfSs/ff/ 50-r C Af\- u 40" M u A 0 T F 3D- I I * c s N |2D- U s M B E R10- 1234 QUARTERS VIOLATION PENDING CASES CASES DETECTED ENFORCEMENTADDRESSED CLOSED ACTION ------- ACTIVITIES RELATED TO REGULATORY INVESTIGATIONS AND RISK MANAGEMENT ACTIONS OPTS HAS COMPLETED TWO ACTIONS (BOTH IN FIRST QUARTER) AGAINST THEIR SECOND QUARTER CUMULATIVE TARGET OF FOUR. OPTS REPORTS THE TWO ACTIONS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN SECOND QUARTER SHOULD BE COMPLETED AS FOLLOWS: REPORT ON THE PCB UNCONDITIONAL RULE AMENDMENT DURING THIRD QUARTER AND REPORT ON THE CHLORINATED SOLVENTS - METAL CLEANING RULE DURING FOURTH QUARTER. (T-l) ------- TESTING ACTIONS o THIS MEASURE TRACKS EXISTING CHEMICAL TESTING ACTIVITY RESULTING FROM THE INTERAGENCY TESTING COMMITTEE (ITC) RECOMMENDATIONS. o OPTS EXCEEDED THEIR SECOND QUARTER TARGETS OF ONE EACH FOR INITIAL ITC RESPONSES AND ITC PROMULGATIONS. THEY WERE: # INITIAL ITC RESPONSES METHYL-T-BUTYL ETHER ISOPROPANOL # PROMULGATED RESPONSES DIETHYLENE GLYCOL BUTYL ETHER ACETATE (DGBA), AND METHYLCYLOPENTANE (MCP) DISPOSITION OF ITC CHEMICALS TO DATE: CHEMICALS RECOMMENDED TO DATE* 111 CHEMICALS PENDING DISPOSITION 26 CHEMICALS WITH FINAL DISPOSITION 95 (INCLUDES DECISIONS NOT TO TEST) CHEMICALS WITH TESTING UNDERWAY 44 CHEMICALS WITH TESTING COMPLETE 21 CHEMICALS PENDING AND WITH FINAL DISPOSITION TOTAL MORE THAN NUMBER OF CHEMICALS RECOMMENDED AS SUBSEQUENT NUMBER OF CATEGORIES ARE IDENTIFIED FOR INDIVIDUAL TESTING ACTION. # ACTIONS UNDER INITIAL ITC RESPONSES MAY INCLUDE DECISIONS NOT TO TEST, NEGOTIATED CONSENT ORDERS, ANPRs AND NPRMs. # ACTIONS UNDER ITC PROMULGATIONS MAY INCLUDE DECISIONS NOT TO TEST, NEGOTIATED CONSENT ORDERS AND FINAL TEST RULES UNDER SECTION 4. (T-2) ------- TSCA SECTION 8 AND 4 INFORMATION GATHERING RULES THIS MEASURE REPORTS THE DATA GATHERING AUTHORITIES OF SECTIONS 8 AND 4 OF TSCA. THESE AUTHORITIES ARE USED TO FILL DATA GAPS ON EXISTING CHEMICALS FOR OTHER OFFICES AS WELL AS OPTS. THE MEASURE REFLECTS ACTIVITY TO FILL DATA GAPS ON EXISTING CHEMICALS IN TWO WAYS: THE "QUARTERLY ACTIVITY REPORT" REFLECTS THE TYPE OF DATA RECEIVED, NUMBER OF REPORTS OR STUDIES RECEIVED, CHEMICALS COVERED, AND PRIMARY USERS OF DATA. THE "SUMMARY TO DATE REPORT" REFLECTS THE AMOUNT OF DATA COLLECTED UNDER TSCA SECTIONS 8 AND 4 TO DATE AND NUMBER OF EXISTING CHEMICALS COVERED BY THAT DATA. NOTE: THERE ARE NO TARGETS ESTABLISHED FOR THESE REPORTS, HOWEVER, OPTS WILL REPORT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. (T-3) ------- 1988 QUARTERLY ACTIVITY REPORT Number of Reports Received/Chemicals Covered* Primary Users (eg. Water, Air and Radiation, Soild Waste and Emergency Response, Toxic Substances, other) OTS OTS OSW OSWER ODW CPSC OWRS OTS 2nd 132/49 17/7 101/33 1/1 0/0 2/2 0/0 1/0 10/6 Total 244/186 19/9 179/134 3/4 2/2 5/6 2/2 2/4 32/25 Type Of Data S8(a) Exposure S8(d) Health & Safety Studies S4 Health & Environ Studies SUMMARY TO DATE REPORT Type of Data S 8 (a) S 8(d) S 4 Reports/ Chemical to Date/Covered 3,092/366 5.605/298 660/41 *Note: For accounting purposes, categories and mixtures are counted as 1 Chemical (T-3) ------- TSCA NEW CHEMICAL REVIEWS CHEMICAL NOTICES: O OPTS RECEIVED 702 VALID NEW CHEMICAL SUBMISSIONS DURING SECOND QUARTER. 581 WERE PRE-MANUFACTURE NOTICES (PMNs) 121 WERE VALID EXEMPTION NOTICES (I.E., POLYMER EXEMPTIONS, LOW VOLUME EXEMPTIONS, AND TEST MARKET EXEMPTIONS) O 44 NEW CHEMICAL SUBMISSIONS WERE DENIED, WITHDRAWN IN FACE OF REGULATORY ACTION, OR SUBJECTED TO OTHER ACTION TO CONTROL POTENTIAL RISK. (T-4) ------- BIOTECHNOLOGY NOTICES OPTS RECEIVED EIGHT VALID BIOTECHNOLOGY NOTICES DURING SECOND QUARTER. THREE SECTION 5(e) ORDERS WERE ISSUED DURING SECOND QUARTER. (T-5) ------- TSCA INSPECTIONS AND COMPLIANCE LEVELS o THE REGIONS AND HEADQUARTERS ACCOMPLISHED 87% OF THEIR SECOND QUARTER CUMULATIVE FY 1988 TARGET FOR TSCA COMPLIANCE INSPECTIONS, CONDUCTING 1,320 INSPECTIONS VERSUS A TARGET OF 1,511. THE 17 STATES WITH INSPECTION GRANTS CONDUCTED 728 INSPECTIONS, OR 90% OF THE SECOND QUARTER COMMITMENTS. O THE 2,048 EPA AND STATE INSPECTIONS DETERMINED THAT: - 825 (40%) WERE IN COMPLIANCE. - 271 (13%) WERE IN VIOLATION. - 952 (47%) WERE PENDING A COMPLIANCE DETERMINATION. O OF THE 1,096 INSPECTIONS FOR WHICH A COMPLIANCE DETERMINATION WAS MADE BY THE END OF THE QUARTER, 271 (25%) WERE IN VIOLATION. A YEAR AGO THIS VIOLATION RATE WAS 47%. ------- TSCA INSPECTIONS AND COMPLIANCE LEVELS As Of March 31, 1988 BB2 INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED 125+ TARGET Compliance Status i n m rv T/E-1 v vi vn vra a REGIONS LEGEND EPA 0 STATES HQ 13% LEGEND IN VIOLATION COMPLIANCE DETERMINATION PENDING 47% 40% D IN COMPLIANCE ------- RESPONSE TO TSCA SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE THE REGIONS FY 1988 BEGINNING OF YEAR (BOY) INVENTORY OF OPEN TSCA SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIER CASES IS 686 (BASED ON A REVIEW OF CASES, THE INVENTORY WAS ADJUSTED DURING THE SECOND QUARTER FROM 694 TO 686). BY THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, THE REGIONS HAD CLOSED 388 (57%) CASES ON THE INVENTORY AND THE 298 REMAINING CASES (43%) HAVE BEEN OPEN MORE THAN SIX MONTHS. A YEAR AGO THE BOY INVENTORY WAS 584 OPEN CASES, THE REGIONS HAD CLOSED 334 (57%) OF THESE CASES, AND THE REMAINING 250 (43%) CASES WERE ALL OPEN MORE THAN SIX MONTHS. IN THE SECOND QUARTER, THE REGIONS IDENTIFIED 67 NEW SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS BASED ON PRE-FY 1988 INSPECTIONS. BRINGING THE YEAR-TO- DATE TOTAL TO 486. OF THE 486 VIOLATORS BASED ON PRE-FY 1988 INSPECTIONS: - 207 (43%) WERE PENDING ENFORCEMENT ACTION. - 279 (57%) HAD ACTION TAKEN (CASES ISSUED) OF WHICH 91 (33%) WERE ISSUED WITHIN 180 DAYS OF INSPECTION. - 188 (67%) WERE ISSUED BEYOND 180 DAY OF INSPECTION. 49 (18%) OF THE 279 CASES ISSUED WERE CLOSED BY END OF QUARTER. NOTE; THERE IS NO FORMAL SPMS TARGET FOR ISSUING CASES BASED ON PRE-FY 1988 INSPECTIONS. IN THE SECOND QUARTER, THE REGIONS IDENTIFIED 82 NEW SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS BASED ON FY 1988 INSPECTIONS BRINGING YEAR-TO-DATE TOTAL TO 110. OF THE 110 VIOLATORS BASED ON FY 1988 INSPECTIONS: - 86 (78%) WERE PENDING ENFORCEMENT ACTION. - 24 (22%) HAD ACTION TAKEN (CASES ISSUED), OF WHICH - 24 (100%) WERE ISSUED WITHIN 180 DAYS OF INSPECTION. 0 WERE ISSUED BEYOND 180 DAYS OF INSPECTION. 0 OF THE 24 CASES ISSUED WERE CLOSED BY THE END OF THE QUARTER, THE REGIONS SURPASSED THEIR TARGET OF ISSUING 90% OF THEIR CASES WITHIN 180 DAYS OF INSPECTION BY ISSUING 100%. ------- RESPONSE TQ TSCA SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE As Of March 31, 1988 PROGRESS AGAINST FIXED BASE 70DT PROGRESS AGAINST NEW- VIOLATORS (BASED ON PRE-FY 88 INSPECTIONS! 500T PROGRESS AGAINST NEW VIOLATORS (BASED ON FY 88 INSPECTIONS) 5QOT BOY LEGEND D PRE 88 CLOSED E3 OPEN MORE THAN 6 MONTHS T/E-3,4 f3 OPEN 6 MONTHS OR LESS VIOLATORSPENDING CASES CASES DETECTED ENF. ISSUEDCLOSED ACTION VIOLATORS PENDING CASES CASES DETECTED ENF. ISSUEDCLOSED ACTION LEGEND CASES ISSUED WITHIN 180 DAYS CASES ISSUED BEYOND 180 DAYS ------- RESPONSE TO TSCA SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE IN FEDERAL FACILITIES THE REGIONS HAD A FY 1988 BEGINNING-OF-YEAR INVENTORY OF SIX OPEN TSCA FEDERAL FACILITY SNC CASES, COMPARED TO 26 LAST YEAR. AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, FOUR OF THE CASES WERE CLOSED, AND, THE TWO REMAINING CASES HAVE BEEN OPEN MORE THAN SIX MONTHS. BY THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, THE REGIONS IDENTIFIED 14 FEDERAL FACILITY SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS BASED ON PRE-FY 1988 INSPECTIONS. OF THE 14 CASES, SIX HAD ACTION TAKEN WITHIN 180 DAYS OF INSPECTION, EIGHT HAD ACTION TAKEN BEYOND 180 DAYS OF INSPECTION AND ONE CASE WAS CLOSED. BY THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, THE REGIONS IDENTIFIED SIX FEDERAL FACILITY SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS BASED ON FY 1988 INSPECTIONS. OF THE SIX CASES, FOUR HAD ACTION TAKEN WITHIN 180 DAYS OF INSPECTION, NONE HAD ACTION TAKEN BEYOND 180 DAYS OF INSPECTION AND TWO CASES WERE PENDING FOR ENFORCEMENT ACTION. NONE OF THE CASES WERE CLOSED. ------- RESPONSE TO TSCA SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLJANCE IN FEDERAL FACILITIES As Of March 31, 1988 PROGRESS AGAINST FIXED BASE 10r PROGRESS AGAINST NEW VIOLATORS (BASED ON PRE-FY BB INSPECTIONS) 15T PROGRESS AGAINST NEW VIOLATORS (BASED ON FY BB INSPECTIONS) 1&T BOY D T/E-5 02 03 04 LEGEND PRE 88 CLOSED OPEN MORE THAN 6 MONTH OPEN 6 MONTHS OR LESS VIOLATORPENDING ACTION ACTION DETECTED ENF. TAKEN CLOSED ACTION VIOLATOR PENDING ACTION ACTION DETECTED ENF. TAKEN CLOSED ACTION LEGEND D ACTION TAKEN WITHIN 180 DAYS ACTION TAKEN BEYOND 180 DAYS ------- TSCA ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY BY THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, THE REGIONS ISSUED A CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF 316 ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS, COMPARED TO 451 A YEAR AGO. DURING THE FIRST TWO QUARTERS, THE REGIONS REFERRED THREE CIVIL CASES, THREE CRIMINAL CASES WERE REFERRED TO HEADQUARTERS FROM THE REGIONS AND TWO CRIMINAL CASES WERE REFERRED TO DOJ DURING FY 1988. ------- Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring ------- CIVIL ACTION PROCESSING TIME o OECM REVIEWED AND FORWARDED 16 CIVIL REFERRALS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND 3 REFERRALS WERE RETURNED/DECLINED TO THE REGIONS DURING THE SECOND QUARTER. THERE WERE 15 REFERRALS FORWARDED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE A YEAR AGO. O THE AVERAGE REVIEW TIME FOR THE QUARTER WAS 32 DAYS MEETING THE 35 DAY TARGET. WHILE THE TARGET WAS MET, 15 CASES WERE PROCESSED IN 35 DAYS OR LESS AND 4 CASES EXCEEDED THE 35 DAY DEADLINE. o OECM REVIEWED AND COMPLETED THE CHECKLIST FOR 16 DIRECT CIVIL REFERRALS DURING THE SECOND QUARTER. THIRTEEN OF THE 16 (81%) CASES WERE COMPLETED ON TIME WITHIN THE TARGETED REVIEW TIME OF 30 DAYS. CIVIL REFERRAL ACTIVITY O THE REGIONS SUBMITTED 29 NEW CIVIL REFERRALS TO HEADQUARTERS AND 38 DIRECT REFERRALS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DURING THE SECOND QUARTER (FOR A TOTAL OF 67). THE CUMULATIVE TOTAL FOR THE YEAR WAS 111 (21 MORE THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR). ------- FOLLOW-THROUGH ON ACTIVE CIVIL CASE DOCKET O AS OF 10/1/87 OECM REPORTED 673 CIVIL CASES IN THE INVENTORY. AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER THERE WERE 665 CASES IN THE INVENTORY. (167, OR 25%, OF THESE CASES HAD BEEN ONGOING FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS SINCE BEING FILED.) AS OF THE CLOSE OF THE QUARTER: 87 (13%) HAD BEEN CONCLUDED AFTER FILING. 10 ( 1%) WERE RETURNED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR PRE-FILING NEGOTIATIONS. - 483 (73%) WERE FILED IN U.S. COURT. 4(1%) HAD BEEN WITHDRAWN/DECLINED BY EPA OR THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 81 (12%) WERE PENDING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. O 54 NEW CIVIL CASES WERE REFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DURING THE SECOND QUARTER, MAKING THE YEARLY CUMULATIVE TOTAL 124. (LAST YEAR 56 CASES WERE REFERRED THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER.) AS OF THE CLOSE OF THE QUARTER FOR THE 54 NEW SECOND QUARTER REFERRALS: 3(6%) HAD BEEN FILED IN U.S. COURT. 51 (94%) WERE PENDING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. O THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACTIVE CASES (INCLUDING BOTH FIXED AND DYNAMIC) WAS 618. ------- FOLLOW-THROUGH ON ACTIVE CIVIL CASE DOCKET As Of March 31, 1988 CIVIL CASE DOCKET 70Qr BOY 1 NEW FY 1988 REFERRALS TO DOJ E/C-4,5 2 QUARTERS LEGEND CASES CONCLUDED CASES FILED IN COURT CASES RETURNED BY DOJ FOR PRE RUNG NEGOTIATIONS CASES WITHDRAWN/DECLINED CASES PENDING AT DOJ -t- CUMULATIVE PENDING CASES CASES CASES NEW AT DOJ FILED WITHDRAWN CONCLUDED ------- CONSENT DECREE TRACKING o THERE WERE 394 ACTIVE CONSENT DECREES IN THE SECOND QUARTER COMPARED TO 343 A YEAR AGO. o CONSENT DECREE COMPLIANCE FOR THE SECOND QUARTERS OF BOTH FY 1988 AND 1987 WAS 75%. o OF THE 98 (23%) CONSENT DECREES IN VIOLATION: - 49 (50%) HAD A CONTEMPT ACTION, A DECREE MODIFICATION REFERRED, OR A STIPULATED PENALTY COLLECTED. - 35 (36%) HAD FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION PLANNED BUT NOT COMMENCED. - 14 (14%) HAD NO FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION PLANNED. ------- CONSENT DECREE TRACKING (EPA DECREES ONLY) As Of March 31, 1988 National Summary 1234 QUARTERS IV V VI REGIONS VII VIII IX E/C-1 LEGEND In compliance with the terms of the decree In violation with formal enforcement action Initiated In violation with formal enforcement action planned but uncommenced In violation with no formal enforcement action planned at this time ------- CRIMINAL REFERRAL ACTIVITY o TWENTY-SEVEN NEW CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS WERE OPENED DURING THE SECOND QUARTER. ELEVEN INVESTIGATIONS WERE CLOSED PRIOR TO REFERRAL TO THE OFFICE OF CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT. THERE WERE 135 OPEN INVESTIGATIONS AT THE END OF THE QUARTER (OF THESE, 69 WERE RCRA, 32 WERE CWA/SDWA AND 21 WERE CAA). o THE REGIONS REFERRED 23 CASES TO HEADQUARTERS DURING THE FIRST AND SECOND QUARTERS, AND HEADQUARTERS REFERRED 20 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. TWO CASES WERE RETURNED, DECLINED OR RECOMMENDED FOR CIVIL OR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION BY HEADQUARTERS DURING THE FIRST TWO QUARTERS. ------- FOLLOW-THROUGH ON ACTIVE CRIMINAL CASE DOCKET o 67 CRIMINAL CASES WERE PENDING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OR FILED IN COURT AS OF 10/1/87. AS OF THE CLOSE OF THE QUARTER: 3(4%) HAD BEEN CLOSED WITHOUT PROSECUTION. 3(4%) HAD BEEN CLOSED FOLLOWING PROSECUTION. - 16 (24%) HAD CHARGES FILED. - 29 (43%) WERE UNDER GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION. - 16 (24%) WERE UNDER REVIEW BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. o TWENTY NEW CRIMINAL CASES WERE REFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DURING THE FIRST QUARTER. AS OF THE CLOSE OF THE QUARTER: 3 (15%) HAD CHARGES FILED 9 (45%) WERE UNDER GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION. 8 (40%) WERE UNDER REVIEW BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. O THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACTIVE CASES REMAINING WAS 81. ------- FOLLOW-THROUGH ON ACTIVE CRIMINAL CASE DOCKET As Of March 31, 1988 CRIMINAL REFERRALS PENDING STATUS OF NEW FY 19BQ REFERRALS 20T N U M B E R 15- Q 10" F C A S E S 5 -f- BOY 2 QUARTERS E/C-7.8 LEGEND 0 CLOSED BY DOJ WITHOUT PROSECUTION 0 CLOSED FOLLOWING PROSECUTION S WITH CHARGES FILED ^ UNDER GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION D UNDER REVIEW AT DOJ TO DOJ BY OECM -J- 2 3 QUARTERS CUMULATIVE # OF NEW REFERRALS 20 ------- NUMBER OF NEW REFERRALS TO EPA-OCEC CUMULATIVE THROUGH FY 1988 REGION REGION I REGION II REGION III REGION IV REGION V REGION VI REGION VII REGION VIII REGION IX REGION X NEIC RCRA 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 CLEAN CLEAN AIR WATER FIFRA TSCA CERCLA TOTAL 2 3 1 2 1 12 1 4 1 . 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 TOTAL 12 0 0 23 ------- 100r BD-- N 60- U M B E R 40+ 20-- PROCUREMENT SERVICE STANDARDS NEW CONTRACTS AWARDED DURING QUARTER As Of March 31, 1988 COMPETITIVE 2 3 QUARTERS 50r 40-- N 30+ U M B E R 20-- 10-- H SOLE SOURCE 2 3 QUARTERS AD-1 LEGEND OARM DELAYS DELAYS EXTERNAL TO OARM COMPLETED WITHIN STANDARD OR NEGOTIATED SCHEDULE ------- HEADQUARTERS RESOURCE UTILIZATION O IN THE SECOND QUARTER, BOTH SUPERFUND FTE (53.5%) AND SUPERFUND TRAVEL (51.0%) ARE SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE TARGETED UTILIZATION LEVEL OF 50.0%. O S&E FTE USAGE IS BELOW TARGET AT 48.7%; S&E TRAVEL USE IS RIGHT ON TARGET AT 50-2%. O DOLLAR UTILIZATION RATES WERE WITHIN OPERATING PLAN LEVELS AT HEADQUARTERS FOR THE FIRST TWO QUARTERS OF FY 1988. - S&E DOLLAR EXPENDITURES WERE AT 88.3%. - SUPERFUND USAGE DURING THE SECOND QUARTER WAS AT 74.2%. - AC&C DOLLAR USAGE WAS 74.6%. - R&D DOLLAR EXPENDITURES WERE VERY CLOSE TO PLAN AT 89.9%. - B&F DOLLAR USAGE IN THE SECOND QUARTER IS ONLY 4%. - LUST DOLLAR EXPENDITURES WERE AT 56.8% OF PLAN. ------- HEADQUARTERS RESOURCE UTILIZATION (SECOND QUARTER = 50.0% OF YEAR) 53.5% 50. OK OF YEAR A I 48.7% 50.2% 01. OV 0 S&E SF S&E SF FTE TRAVEL USE USE $314.4 ($ IN MILLIONS) $289.7 CSNNNX $232.8 OP PLAN ACTUALS $111.4 $25.3 $2.3 $4.1 S&E SF AC&C R&D B&F LUST DOLLAR UTILIZATION AS COMPARED TO QUARTERLY PLANS ------- REGIONAL RESOURCE UTILIZATION O REGIONAL S&E FTE UTILIZATION WAS CONSISTENT WITH HEADQUARTERS THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER. O S&E TRAVEL USAGE 55.2% IS WELL ABOVE THE TARGETED LEVEL OF 50.0%. ; O SUPERFUND TRAVEL AND FTE USE IS STILL BELOW THE PLAN OVERALL - 45.5% AND 48.4% RESPECTIVELY. O IN THE SECOND QUARTER, REGIONAL DOLLAR UTILIZATION IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF HEADQUARTERS. - S&E DOLLAR UTILIZATION WAS 92.2%. - REGIONAL SUPERFUND USAGE WAS 74.9%. - AC&C DOLLAR UTILIZATION WAS 75.1%. - LUST DOLLAR EXPENDITURES WERE 32.6%. ------- REGIONS RESOURCE UTILIZATION (SECOND QUARTER = 50.0% OF YEAR) 55.2% $583.6 ($ IN MILLIONS) 50.0% OF YEAR 48.6% 48.4% 45.5% S&E SF S&E SF FTE TRAVEL USE USE OP PLAN ACTUALS $11.1 S&E SF AC&C R&D B&F LUST DOLLAR UTILIZATION AS COMPARED TO QUARTERLY PLANS ------- Office of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation ------- OFFICE OF POLICY, PLANNING AND EVALUATION RED BORDER REVIEW DEADLINES O THIRTy RED BORDER DOCUMENTS WERE RECEIVED FOR REVIEW BY OPPE DURING THE QUARTER. 28 (93%) OF THESE WERE COMPLETED WITHIN THREE-WEEK REVIEW PERIOD. O THE TWO NOT COMPLETED WITHIN THE STANDARD WERE: SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY CRITERIA - RED BORDER WAS DUE 2/4/88, AND WAS COMPLETED ON 2/12/88. NATIONAL CONTINGENCY PLAN - RED BORDER WAS DUE 3/18/88 AND WAS COMPLETED ON 4/4/88. ------- Office of External Affairs ------- FEDERAL FACILITIES WITH POTENTIAL COMPLIANCE PROBLEMS IN A-1Q6 MEDIA PROGRAM PRIORITY AREAS DURING THE FIRST QUARTER, THE OFFICE OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (OEA), WORKING WITH THE AIR, WATER, AND HAZARDOUS WASTE MEDIA OFFICES IDENTIFIED 181 FEDERAL FACILITIES WITH POTENTIAL COMPLIANCE PROBLEMS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE MEDIA AREAS. o 9 (5% OF TOTAL) FACILITIES ARE IN THE AIR MEDIA o 34 (19% OF TOTAL) FACILITIES ARE IN THE WATER MEDIA o 138 (76% OF TOTAL) FACILITIES ARE IN THE HAZARDOUS WASTE MEDIA o REGION I IDENTIFIED NO POTENTIAL PROBLEMS AND REGION IX HAD 58 (32%) OF THE 181 FACILITIES WITH POTENTIAL PROBLEMS. ------- FEDERAL FACILITIES WITH POTENTIAL COMPLIANCE PROBLEMS IN A-106 MEDIA PROGRAM PRIORITY AREAS AIR NINE FEDERAL FACILITIES HAVE POTENTIAL AIR COMPLIANCE PROBLEMS AND THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER FOUR (44%) HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. O SIX ARE VOC FACILITIES IN OZONE NONATTAINMENT AREAS. - TWO FACILITIES HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. o THREE ARE FACILITIES NEEDING TO MEET EXISTING NESHAP REQUIREMENTS, - TWO FACILITIES HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. ------- PROCUREMENT SERVICE STANDARDS MAJOR NEGOTIATED PROCUREMENTS DURING THE SECOND QUARTER OARM AWARDED 28 NEW COMPETITIVE AND NEW SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS, OF WHICH 17 (61%) WERE AWARDED WITHIN THE STANDARD OR NEGOTIATED SCHEDULE. NEW COMPETITIVE CONTRACTS FOURTEEN OF THE 21 (67%) WERE AWARDED ON SCHEDULE. OARM WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR FOUR OF THE DELAYS. DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY (DCAA) WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE DELAY AND TWO DELAYS WERE DUE TO PROGRAM AND OTHER OFFICES. NEW SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS THREE OF THE SEVEN (43%) WERE AWARDED ON TIME. OARM REPORTS ONE INTERNAL DELAY AND THREE WERE DUE TO PROGRAM AND OTHER OFFICES. PURCHASE ORDERS If691 OF 3,175 (53%) COMPETITIVE AND SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE ORDERS WERE ISSUED WITHIN THE STANDARD. OARM STATES THE REMAINING 1,484 ORDERS WERE ISSUED DURING THE QUARTER BUT WERE NOT COMPLETED WITHIN THE STANDARD (FOUR TO 80 DAY). ------- GRANTS SERVICE STANDARDS NUMBER OF ACTIONS COMPLETED DURING QUARTER As Of March 31, 1988 GRANT OR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AWARDED INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT AWARDED AFTER RECEIPT 720r N54D U M B E R 360 1BQ- 234 QUARTERS DETERMINATION PREPARED FOR DEVIATION FROM REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS 6Dr N 45- U M B 3D-- 15- 2 3 QUARTERS N U M B E R LEGEND D OARM DELAYS ACTIONS COMPLETED WITHIN TARGET 200r 150- 100- 50- 2 3 QUARTERS SUSPENSION/DEBARMENT DETERMINATION ISSUED AFTER CASE RECORD COMPLETE 72T 2 3 QUARTERS AD-1A ------- GRANTS SERVICE ACTIONS o 543 GRANTS SERVICE ACTIONS WERE PROCESSED/AWARDED DURING THE SECOND QUARTER. OF THESE, 517 (95%) WERE PROCESSED ON TIME. FOR EACH CATEGORY, THE NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE PROCESSED WITHIN THE STANDARD, WERE: GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS 257 OF 273 (94%) INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS 182 OF 190 (96%) DETERMINATIONS FOR REQUESTS FOR DEVIATION FROM REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS 10 OF 12 (83%) DETERMINATIONS IN SUSPENSION/DEBARMENT CASES 68 OF 68 (100%) ------- PERSONNEL SERVICE STANDARDS NUMBER OF ACTIONS COMPLETED DURING QUARTER As Of March 31, 1988 RECRUITMENT ACTIONS INTERNAL TO EPA 35Dr 1234 QUARTERS RECRUITMENT ACTIONS EXTERNAL TO EPA AD-1B 25Dr 200- 15t> 100 50 1234 QUARTERS LEGEND D OARM DELAYS E3 SECURITY CLEARANCE DELAY E2 0PM DELAYS E3 CUENT PROGRAM OFFICE DELAYS COMPLETED WITHIN STANDARD SCHEDULE NON-COMPETITIVE ACTIONS 234 QUARTERS ------- PERSONNEL SERVICES OARM PROCESSED 2,014 PERSONNEL ACTIONS DURING THE QUARTER. OF THESE, 1,962 (97%) MET THE PROCESSING TIME STANDARD. INTERNAL ACTIONS 205 OF 232 (88%) WERE PROCESSED ON TIME. FOR THE 27 NOT PROCESSED WITHIN THE STANDARD, OARM REPORTS THAT 15 OF THE DELAYS WERE DUE TO PROGRAM OFFICES, 11 WERE DUE TO OARM AND ONE DUE TO OTHER CAUSES, (E.G., AWAITING SECURITY CLEARANCE) EXTERNAL RECRUITMENT ACTIONS 68 OF 74 (91%) WERE PROCESSED WITHIN THE STANDARD. OPM AND THE PROGRAM OFFICES WERE EACH RESPONSIBLE FOR THREE DELAYS. NON-COMPETITIVE ACTIONS 313 OF 320 (98%) WERE ON TIME. THE SEVEN DELAYS WERE ATTRIBUTED TO OARM. ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS 724 OF 736 (98%) WERE PROCESSED WITHIN THE STANDARD. AWARDS ALL AWARD ACTIONS (652) WERE ON TIME. ------- Office of Administration and Resources Management -171- ------- FEDERAL FACILITIES WITH POTENTIAL COMPLIANCE PROBLEMS IN A-106 MEDIA PROGRAM PRIORITY AREAS As Of March 31, 1988 AIR VOC COMPLIANCE IN OZONE NONATTAINMENT AREAS COMPLIANCE WITH ALL EXISTING NESHAPS REQUIREMENTS OEA-1/E.2/E.3/E LEGEND FACILITIES IDENTIFIED 0 FACILITIES ADDRESSED D FACILITIES UNADDRESSED ------- FEDERAL FACILITIES WITH POTENTIAL COMPLIANCE PROBLEMS IN A-106 MEDIA PROGRAM PRIORITY AREAS , WATER / THIRTY-FOUR FEDERAL FACILITIES HAVE POTENTIAL WATER COMPLIANCE PROBLEMS ANDr THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, NINE (26%) HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. o EIGHT ARE NPDES COMPLIANCE PROBLEMS WITH PRETREATMENT STANDARDS FOR FEDERAL FACILITIES DISCHARGING TO POTWs. - SIX FACILITIES HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. O TEN ARE FEDERAL FACILITIES WITH REQUIREMENTS FOR BIOMONITORING STUDIES AND CONTROLS FOR WATER QUALITY. - NONE HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. O SIXTEEN ARE FEDERAL FACILITIES WITH NEW TREATMENT STANDARDS UNDER THE 1986 SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT AMENDMENTS. - THREE HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. ------- FEDERAL FACILITIES WITH POTENTIAL COMPLIANCE PROBLEMS IN A-106 MEDIA PROGRAM PRIORITY AREAS As Of December 31, 1987 WATER COMPLIANCE WITH PRETREATMENT STANDARDS FOR FED. FAC. DISCHARGING TO POTWS 10r 16r BIO MONITORING STUDIES AND CONTROLS UNDER SECTION 30B WQA 1967 10T COMPLIANCE WITH NEW DRINKING WATER TREATMENT STANDARDS UNDER 1086 AMENDMENT SDWA OEA-1/E,2/E.3/EB 234 LEGEND FACILITIES IDENTIFIED FACILITIES ADDRESSED FACILITIES UNADDRESSED ------- FEDERAL FACILITIES WITH POTENTIAL COMPLIANCE PROBLEMS IN A-106 MEDIA PROGRAM PRIORITY AREAS HAZARDOUS WASTE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT FEDERAL FACILITIES HAVE POTENTIAL HAZARDOUS WASTE COMPLIANCE PROBLEMS AND, THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, 52 (29%) HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. O THIRTY-SEVEN ARE FACILITIES WITH LAND BAN REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS. - ELEVEN HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. O TWELVE ARE FACILITIES WITH CORRECTIVE ACTION REQUIREMENTS UNDER RCRA AND CERCLA. - ONE HAS BEEN ADDRESSED. O TWELVE ARE FACILITIES WITH RCRA PERMIT DEADLINES AND CONDITIONS. - THREE HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. (CONTINUED ON FOLLOWING PAGE) ------- FEDERAL FACILITIES WITH POTENTIAL COMPLIANCE PROBLEMS IN A-106 MEDIA PROGRAM PRIORITY AREAS As Of March 31, 1988 HAZARDOUS WASTE COMPLIANCE WITH LAND BAN REGULATIONS AND MINIMUM TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS 40r COMPLIANCE WITH CORRECTIVE ACTION REQUIREMENTS UNDER RCRA AND CERCLA 40 20- MEETING RCRA PERMIT DEADLINES AND CONDITIONS -4- OEA-1/E.2/E.3/EB 2 3 LEGEND FACILITIES IDENTIFIED 0 FACILITIES ADDRESSED D FACILITIES UNADDRESSED ------- FEDERAL FACILITIES WITH POTENTIAL COMPLIANCE PROBLEMS IN A-106 MEDIA PROGRAM PRIORITY AREAS HAZARDOUS WASTE - CONTINUED o TWENTY-SIX ARE FACILITIES WITH APPLICABLE GROUNDWATER MONITORING REQUIREMENTS. - THIRTEEN HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. o FIFTY-ONE ARE FACILITIES WITH CLOSURE/POSTCLOSURE PLANS AND REQUIRE- MENTS. - TWENTY-FOUR HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. ------- FEDERAL FACILITIES WITH POTENTIAL COMPLIANCE PROBLEMS IN A-106 MEDIA PROGRAM PRIORITY AREAS As Of March 31, 1988 HAZARDOUS WASTE COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE GROUNDWATER MONITORING REQUIREMENTS 50r CLOSED OR CLOSING UNITS IN COMPLIANCE WITH CLOSURE/POSTCLOSURE PLANS AND REQUIREMENTS 60T OEA-1/E.2/E.3/E LEGEND FACILITIES IDENTIFIED 0 FACILITIES ADDRESSED D FACILITIES UNADDRESSED -1Q7- ------- RESPONSE TO SIGNIFICANT FEDERAL FACILITY NONCOMPLIANCE O OAR IDENTIFIED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR (BOY) 13 FEDERAL FACILI- TIES IN SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE (SNC). TWO SNCs HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER AGAINST A TARGET OF FOUR. O OW IDENTIFIED FIVE FEDERAL FACILITIES ON THE EXCEPTIONS LIST THAT WERE CARRIED OVER FROM THE PREVIOUS QUARTER. ONE WAS RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE AND ONE HAD AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION INITIATED. THE REMAINING THREE PLUS FOUR NEW SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS ON THE EXCEPTIONS REPORT CONSTITUTE THE PENDING BALANCE OF SEVEN FACILITIES. O OPTS IDENTIFIED SIX FEDERAL FACILITIES IN SNC AT THE BOY. THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, FOUR CASES WERE CLOSED AND TWO CASES WERE OPEN MORE THEN SIX MONTHS. o OSWER COMPLIANCE SNAPSHOT IN THE FIRST QUARTER SHOWS 45 FEDERAL FACILITIES IN SNC WITH 14 ADDRESSED. ------- RESPONSE TO SIGNIFICANT FEDERAL FACILITY NONCOMPLIANCE As Of March 31, 1988 AIR FIXED BASE 21T 14- It BOY 1 LEGEND P ADDRESSED PENDING TSCA FIXED BASE 8- & 4- 2 0- -*- OEA-SNC1 BOY 1 2 3 LEGEND LI PRE 88 CLOSED E3 OPEN MORE THAN 6 MONTHS ฃ1 OPEN 6 MONTHS OR LESS WATER EXCEPTIONS REPORT 1Qr SNC ENFORCEMENT RETURNED PENDING ACTION TO COMPLIANCE LEGEND D SNC 2 CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS SNC FOR MORE THAN 2 QUARTERS RCRA COMPLIANCE SNAPSHOT 5&T LEGEND # SNC/ADDRESS/END OF QUARTER # SNC/UNADDRESSED/END OF QUARTER ------- Office of General Counsel ------- RED BORDER REVIEW DEADLINES o OGC RECEIVED 37 RED BORDER DOCUMENTS FOR REVIEW DURING THE SECOND QUARTER. o OGC COMPLETED: - NINETEEN (51%) OF THEIR REVIEWS WITHIN THREE WEEKS, COMPARED TO A TARGET OF 80%, AND - SIX MORE FOR A TOTAL OF 25 (68%) WITHIN FOUR WEEKS, COMPARED TO A TARGET OF 100% WITHIN FOUR WEEKS. o TWELVE REVIEWS (32%) WERE NOT COMPLETED WITHIN THE FOUR WEEK REVIEW TARGET: NINE OSWER, TWO OPTS, AND ONE FOR OW. STATE DELEGATION AGREEMENT REVIEW DEADLINE o OGC RECEIVED NO APPLICATIONS FOR EVALUATION DURING THE SECOND QUARTER. ------- t r 20-r N U M B E R F 10-- R E V I E W 5 S 0 OGC SUMMARY FOR RED BORDER REVIEW PACKAGES As Of March 31, 1988 OAR OARM OSWER PROGRAMS OPTS OW G/C-2 LEGEND INCOMPLETE AFTER 4 WEEKS COMPLETED WITHIN 4 WEEKS COMPLETED WITHIN 3 WEEKS AGENCY SUMMARY 234 QUARTERS ------- |