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             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

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                  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.

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                           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

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Office of Air and Radiation

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                      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.
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                        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.

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                      OZONE AND CARBON MONOXIDE
                           As Of March 31,  1988
     DESIGNATED NON-ATTAINMENT AREAS
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          B56 DESIGNATIONS IN 530 COUNTIES

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               •  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

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                        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.

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                              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
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                                    * TARGET

                                    ~ ACTUAL
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                     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.

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                 VOC COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT
                   IN OZONE NONATTAINMENT AREAS
                         As Of March 31, 1988
        SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS
       BOY
A/E-6
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                LEGEND

          D RETURNED TO COMPLIANCE

          gl ON COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE

          E3 ENFORCEMENT ACTION TAKEN

          • PENDING
                                CLASS A SIP INSPECTIONS
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                              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
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                                  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
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   GROUP I AND GROUP H AREAS WITH
(REQUIRED) FREQUENT PM10 MONITORING
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                                                  OAR-37.38.39
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   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.

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TSP COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT IN PM-10 GROUP I & II AREAS
                         As Of March 31, 1988
        SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS
       BOY
A/E-9
      QUARTERS

      LEGEND

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                             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.

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                          SULFUR DIOXIDE
                   COMPLETION  OF DEFICIENT SIPs
                       As Of March  31,  1988
                          SIP REVISION MILESTONES:
                            STACK HEIGHT REGS
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SIP COMPLETION MILESTONES: SIP REVISION MILESTONES:
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               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.

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                  IN S02 NONATTAINMENT AREAS
                       As Of March 31,  1988

      SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS                    CLASS A SIP INSPECTIONS
                                  125+
      BOY
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                           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.
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           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.

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                NESHAP COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT
                          As Of March 31,  1988
         SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS
      BOY
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      QUARTERS

       LEGEND

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           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.

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                 STATUS OF SIGNIFICANT AIR VIOLATORS
                           As Of March 31,  1988
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                        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.

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                         AIR ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY
                             As  Of March  31,  1988
         STATE AND EPA
     ENFORCEMENT INITIATION
     ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
          (CUMULATIVE)
   600T
   500-
   400-
 N
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 B
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300
   200-
   100
                                 STATE AND EPA
                            ENFORCEMENT INITIATION
                                CIVIL REFERRALS
                                  (CUMULATIVE)

A/ER-3.4
Z3U-
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QUARTERS
LEGEND
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                                       QUARTERS
    EPA CIVIL CONCLUSIONS
250T
                                                        BOYACTWE CONCLUDED PENDING
                                                       CASE DOCKET
                                                                LEGEND

                                                        • PENDING FROM BOY

                                                        E2 CONCLUDED

                                                        Q NEW REFERRALS FROM REGIONS
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                   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.

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                 AIR - FEDERAL FACILITY COMPLIANCE
                         As Of March 31,  1988

                            SIGNIFICANT VIOLATORS
             20-r
                  BOY
                                 QUARTERS
A/ER-1,5
                                 LEGEND

                                 I ADDRESSED

                                  PENDING
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              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.

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          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
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                                 • EPA

                                 El STATES
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                                 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.

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                            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.

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              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.

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          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) .
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          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).

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   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

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                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.

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           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
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             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.

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                    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
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                    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

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                          PUBLIC WATER  SYSTEMS
                             RESPONSE TO SNC
                        As Of  September 30,  1987
             EXCEPTIONS REPORT
                                                       FIXED BASE
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                                              SNC   RETURN TO ENFORCEMENT PENDING
                                                   COMPLIANCE  ACTIONS
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             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.

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        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
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    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.

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               MAJOR FACILITY NPDES REPERMITTING
                      As Of March 31, 1988
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EOY 86 167 572
EOY 87 325 1-16B
EOY 88 4QO 1,216
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                 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.

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             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
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                                      TARGET

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                                               2

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                                                           „.,
                                                           115
                                                           169
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                         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.

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                     NPDES COMPLIANCE STATUS
                      As Of December 31,  1987
          MAJOR INDUSTRIALS
                94%
                 6%
               MAJOR MUNICIPALS
  LEGEND


D NOT IN SNC


• SNC
87%
13X
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                 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.

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   100T
               RESPONSE  TO  SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE
                            EXCEPTIONS REPORT
                            As Of March  31, 1988
                   MAJOR
                INDUSTRIALS
         SNC   RETURNED ENFORCEMENT PENDING
                 TO     ACTIONS
              COMPLIANCE
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             MUNICIPALS
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                                           150--
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     SNC   RETURNED ENFORCEMENT PENDING
             TO    ACTIONS
          COMPLIANCE
WO/E-4,5.6.7
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                             D SNC 2 CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS

                             • SNC FOR MORE THAN 2 CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS
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                    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.

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    500T
                    NPDES ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY
                         As Of March 31,  1988
           ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
                 2      3
                 QUARTERS
225T
WQ/E-10,11
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                                   • EPA

                                   E3 STATES
          CIVIL REFERRALS
             2      3
              QUARTERS
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                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.

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              STATUS OF MAJOR NPDES  FEDERAL FACILITIES
                           As Of  March 31,  1988
           COMPLIANCE STATUS
                LEGEND
               D NOT IN SNC    B5X
                 SNC
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                    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
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         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.

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               LOCAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM AUDITS
                         As Of March 31, 1988
                 EPA
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                                           45
                                LEGEND

                                 TARGET

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      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.

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   PRETREATMENT POTWs WITH ADEQUATE CONTROL MECHANISMS
                        As Of March 31, 1988
                 EPA
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      NUMBER OF APPROVED
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      AS OF 10/1/87:     635
                                                     769
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                        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.

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  REPORTABLE NONCOMPUANCE IN THE PRETREATMENT PROGRAM
                     As Of March 31, 1988
        25-r
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WQ/E-12
 V   VI
  REGIONS

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D RNC

• ADDRESSED
                           -65-

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                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.

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       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
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- TARGET

— ACTUAL
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                                               H ACTUAL

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                 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.

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                       MUNICIPAL COMPLIANCE PLAN

                           As Of March 31,  1988
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    TOTAL

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                                                     26    790
WQ-9.10
                             LEGEND


                     • % IN SNC WITH MCP SCHEDULES


                     D *> IN COMPLIANCE WITH MCP SCHEDULES
                                  -69-

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                  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.

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               STATE NONPOINT SOURCE PROGRAMS
                     As Of March 31, 1988
         ASSESSMENT REPORTS
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            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) .

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        STATE TOXIC CONTROL PROGRAM FOR SURFACE WATERS
                          As Of March 31,  1988
        NUMERIC DATA
         NARRATIVE CRITERIA
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      UNIVERSE: 57 STATES AND TERRITORIES
WQ-23
              LEGEND

             - TARGET

             — ACTUAL
                                -73-

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        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.

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   STATES WITH TOXIC  CONTROL PROGRAMS FOR SURFACE WATER
                         As Of March 31, 1988
   50r
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         ASSESSMENTS COMPLETED
                QUARTERS
                  STATE ACTION
                PLANS DEVELOPED
         NUMBER OF STATES
         AND TERRITORIES: 56
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WQ-24.25
                                 -75-

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    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.

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                                    QUARTERS


                         UNIVERSE: 26(OUT OF 208 THREE YEARS AGO)
             NUMBER OF PERMIT
           APPLICATIONS REMAINING
              AS OF 10/1/87:26
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                            LEGEND

                           - TARGET

                           - ACTUAL
ORIGINAL NUMBER OF
PERMIT APPLICATIONS?OB
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                             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.

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                 OCEAN DUMPING SITE DESIGNATION
                        As  Of March 31, 1988
    DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL
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FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL
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WQ-15
                              -79-

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                      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.

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        3000-r
          0-
               CONSTRUCTION GRANTS NET OUTLAYS
                       As Of March 31,  1988
WQ-16
                               QUARTERS


                               LEGEND

                              -- TARGET

                              - ACTUAL
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      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.

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            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
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        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.

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            CONSTRUCTION GRANT NATIONAL MUNICIPAL
              POLICY PROJECTS  INITIATING OPERATION
                       As  Of  March 31,  1988
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            10/1/87:  687
WQ-19
                            QUARTERS




                           LEGEND

                          - TARGET

                          - ACTUAL

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                 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.

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            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
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              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).

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                 ADVANCE INDEMNIFICATION ACTIONS
                        As Of March 31, 1988
           ACTIONS INITIATED
15T
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         ACTIONS COMPLETED
               QUARTERS
             QUARTERS
WQ-21.22
                                  LEGEND

                                - TARGET

                                — AP.TIIAI
                               -89-

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                        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.

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                           SECTION 404
       PROGRESS IN RESOLVING SIGNIFICANT VIOLATOR SITES
                       As Of March 31,  1988
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Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response

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              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-

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              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.

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                              SUPERFUND
            PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS/SITE INSPECTIONS
                         As Of March 31,  1988
         PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS
SITE INSPECTIONS
   3000-r
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                                      1500-r
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                                                    QUARTERS
S/F-1.2
                                  LEGEND


                                  ซ- TARGET

                                  - ACTUAL
                               _Q"7_

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   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.

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                            SUPERFUND
   PROGRESS ON REMEDIAL INVESTIGATIONS/FEASIBILITY STUDIES
                       As Of March 31, 1988
                FIRST
             RI/FS STARTS
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                                LEGEND

                                -  TARGET

                                -  ACTUAL
                             -99-

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                        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.

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SUPERFUND REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRESS AT SITES
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                     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.

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                  SUPERFUND ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY
                           As Of March 31, 1988
          SECTION 107
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                              23
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                                  -103-

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         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.

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              CHEMICAL EMERGENCY SIMULATIONS
                    As Of March 31, 1988
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            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%).
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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

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        PERMITTING PROGRESS AT LAND  DISPOSAL FACILITIES
                         As  Of March 31,  1988
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                  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.

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               PERMITTING PROGRESS AT INCINERATORS
                          As Of March 31,  1988
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                                -109-

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        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.

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                       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.

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              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.

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          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

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         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.

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                  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

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                        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.

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                     RCRA ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY
                         As Of March 31, 1988


                         ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS
                             ISSUED TO TSDF's
                              2          3

                                 QUARTERS
R/E-6
                                 LEGEND

                                 LI STATES


                                 • EPA

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                  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.

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                  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

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                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.

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              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.

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              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.

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               STATES WITH LUST TRUST FUND
                 COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS
                   As Of March 31, 1988
UST-3A

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                                                             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

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Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances

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          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.

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       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)

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      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

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                           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)

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                             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

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                 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)

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               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
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                  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)

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     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

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             FIFRA COMPLIANCE MONITORING INSPECTIONS
           AND COMPLIANCE LEVELS FOR STATE ACTIVITIES
                        As Of December 31,  1987
     125-r
               "USE" INSPECTION LEVELS
                                                           Compliance Status
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                                                          LEGEND

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                                                        ACTION TAKEN
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                                                        OR COMPLIANCE
                                                        DETERMINATION PENDING
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                                                        7,154
                                                    USE INSPECTIONS
                                                      CONDUCTED
P/E-1

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            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.

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            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
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            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)

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                            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)

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            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)

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                               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)

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                       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)

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                         BIOTECHNOLOGY NOTICES









     OPTS RECEIVED EIGHT VALID BIOTECHNOLOGY NOTICES DURING SECOND




     QUARTER.   THREE SECTION 5(e)  ORDERS WERE ISSUED DURING SECOND




     QUARTER.
(T-5)

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                 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%.

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              TSCA INSPECTIONS AND COMPLIANCE LEVELS
                          As Of March 31,  1988
                  BB2 INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED
                                              	125+
                                              	TARGET
                                                           Compliance Status
i    n   m   rv
T/E-1
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  REGIONS

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                                               HQ
                                                        13%
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                                                    IN VIOLATION
                                                    COMPLIANCE
                                                    DETERMINATION PENDING
                                                        47%


                                                        40% D IN COMPLIANCE

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            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%.

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            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
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       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
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                   CASES ISSUED WITHIN 180 DAYS

                   CASES ISSUED BEYOND 180 DAYS

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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.

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            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
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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

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                    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.

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Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring

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                      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).

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                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.

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           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

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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

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                          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.

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            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
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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

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                       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.

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             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.

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        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

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                       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

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   100r
   BD--
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 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

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           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.

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     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

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             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%.

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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

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Office of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation

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          OFFICE OF POLICY, PLANNING AND EVALUATION




                 RED BORDER REVIEW DEADLINES
O    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.

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Office of External Affairs

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              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.

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              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.

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                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).

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                       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
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 B
 E
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  360
   1BQ-
              234
              QUARTERS


     DETERMINATION PREPARED FOR
      DEVIATION FROM REGULATORY
           REQUIREMENTS
   6Dr


 N 45-•
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   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

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                         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%)

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                    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

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                      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.

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Office of Administration and Resources Management
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          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

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              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.

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           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
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                                     LEGEND

                                   FACILITIES IDENTIFIED

                                   FACILITIES ADDRESSED

                                   FACILITIES UNADDRESSED

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              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.
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           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

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              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.

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           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-

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         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.

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    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

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                      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.

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                                                                  AGENCY SUMMARY
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