Office of Emergency and Remedial Response Washington DC 20460 EPA.540'G-89005 Aug.1988 Superfund Superfund Automated Records of Decision System (RODS) Users Manual ------- ------- ------- TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) 5. SPECIAL EMBEDDED TERMS IN THE TEXT FIELD 11-29 E. THE SELECTION MENU H-30 1. DISPLAYING THE RESULTS 11-33 a. SPECIAL FEATURES WHEN DISPLAYING THE TEXT FIELD 11-34 2. SORTING YOUR RESULTS 11-37 3. COMBINING YOUR SEARCH SETS H-39 4. LISTING THE SEARCH SETS YOU HAVE CREATED 11-43 5. SEARCHING THE DATA BASE 11-45 6. PRINTING YOUR RESULTS II-47 F. THE HELP MENUS 11-49 1. GENERAL HELP TOPICS II-50 2. FIELD INFORMATION 11-52 3. INDEX TERMS FOR A SPECIFIC FIELD 11-54 INDEX 11-57 APPENDIX A THE ROD SYSTEM SEARCH FIELDS A-l APPENDIX B THE ROD SYSTEM MENUS B-l APPENDIX C THE HELP MENUS C-l APPENDIX D SAMPLE SEARCH D-l LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES FIGURE 1 ANATOMY OF A ROD DOCUMENT 1-8 FIGURE 2 RODS DATA BASE FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP DIAGRAM. . . 11-31 FIGURE 3 VENN DIAGRAM SHOWING COMMON SEARCH SETS 11-41 TABLE 1 STATE ABBREVIATIONS BY REGION 11-17 11 ------- SECTION I. INTRODUCTION A. WHAT IS A RECORD OF DECISION? A Record of Decision (ROD) is a document describing EPA's planned course of action to clean up a Superfund site, proposed or listed on the National Priorities List (NPL). Each ROD is the official record of EPA's remedy selection for the site. The RODS data base contains all RODS since the inception of the Superfund program. Each ROD achieves the following: • Documents the Agency's decision making process concerning a Superfund site; • Shows consistency with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) of 1986, and the National Contingency Plan (NCP); • Supports technical and legal decisions; and • Functions as the centerpiece for the Superfund Administrative Record. Most RODs follow a standard format. Usually, a ROD document contains three major sections: 1) The Declaration; 2) The Decision Summary; and 3) The Responsiveness Summary. DECLARATION The first section, the Declaration, provides the name and location of the site; the statement of purpose of the ROD; a description of the major components of the selected remedy; the statement of basis for the preferred remedial approach; and the EPA's Regional Administrator or Assistant Administrator's signature. THE DECISION SUMMARY The next section, Decision Summary, provides more detailed information on the site and the selected remedy. This section consists of 7 key elements: Site name, location, and description; History of the site; Community relations history regarding the site; Current site status; Enforcement; A comparison and evaluation of remedial alternatives; and A detailed description and discussion of the selected remedy including performance goals, timeframes, etc. 1-1 ------- THE RESPONSIVENESS SUMMARY The final section, the Responsiveness Summary, documents EPA's responses to the comments and questions raised by the public. The Responsiveness Summary usually includes four parts: • An overview of public comments on the alternatives; • The background on community involvement and concerns; • A summary of comments received during the public comment period and EPA responses to these comments; and • Remaining concerns of the community that need to be addressed. 1-2 ------- B. HOW THE ROD DOCUMENTS ARE USED The ROD documents are used frequently and by many groups both at Headquarters and in the Regions, as well as outside the Agency. Since the ROD documents are the centerpiece for the Superfund Administrative Record and serve to set forth the Agency's selected remedy for a Superfund site, the ROD documents are a collection of valuable information concerning site clean-up. To this end, there are several reasons that the ROD documents are consulted by various groups of key users. The key users and how they use the ROD documents are discussed in the following paragraphs. REGIONAL TECHNICAL STAFFS The Regional technical staffs develop and write the ROD documents. The staffs refer to other ROD documents to determine what types of technologies have been considered and selected at other sites and what clean-up levels were developed. OERR/OWPE/ORD TECHNICAL STAFFS Headquarters' technical staffs from the Office of Emergency and Remedial Response (OERR), Office of Waste Programs Enforcement (OWPE), and the Office of Research and Development (ORD) consult the ROD documents to determine historical information regarding waste types, concentrations, media, and quantity. The historical information aids them in the formulation of technology development strategies. REGIONAL/HEADQUARTER LEGAL STAFFS Many individuals from both Regional and Headquarters Legal staffs use the ROD documents to determine legal precedents and evaluate program consistency. HEADQUARTERS PROGRAM STAFF Individuals responsible for providing reports to Congress, EPA upper management, and the public sector in response to Freedom of Information Act requests, frequently refer to ROD documents to compile statistics and consolidate lists based on particular criteria (e.g., sites where a particular contaminant has been identified). Policy staff also use RODs to formulate new policy and/or guidance. 1-3 ------- Up until the ROD System (RODS) Data Base was developed, all queries and searches of the ROD documents required the users to manually search the hardcopies of all the ROD documents and/or to rely on manually created indexes of the key contaminants, key words, and contaminated media. This was a time consuming, haphazard process at best. And, as the number of RODs increased over time, the process became even more time consuming. 1-4 ------- C. HOW THE ROD SYSTEM HELPS USERS SEARCH THE RODS The RODS data base offers key users two primary advantages over searching the ROD documents manually. Searches are 1) much faster, and 2) more accurate. The user can find any word in RODS in a matter of seconds. For example, the user can find all occurrences of the word "dioxin" anywhere in a ROD, including anywhere it might logically occur (i.e., the abstract field, the text field, etc.) by entering the word "dioxin" at the SEARCH term prompt. The system immediately tells the user how many RODs contain the term. The user can then display the information that the system found and further investigate it. To do the same SEARCH manually would take hours. Searches become more accurate because there is little chance of missing a ROD that contains the word or words you are searching for. The ROD System indexes every word in every ROD so when you search for a word you will find it. On the other hand, manually searching the RODs lends itself to human error and the search term may be missed. Although subjective interaction is still important in screening the results provided by the system, the ability to narrow the number of RODs that will be reviewed with little chance of missing a document is a very real benefit. 1-5 ------- D. THE ANATOMY OF A ROD DOCUMENT Each ROD document appears in the RODS data base in its entirety except for graphics, certain tables, and page numbers. If you compare the text of a ROD in the system and the text of the hardcopy of that same ROD, they would look virtually identical except that the ROD in the system has no page numbers. The text of a ROD in the system is in the field called "TEXT". In addition to the TEXT field, which in most cases is extremely long, several short fields have been included in the data base to aid users in searching for specific information. The fields, which contains important identification and search information, include: Site Name Alias Name ROD Date Region Location (City, State Abbreviation) ROD ID Site ID Key Words Contaminated Media Key Contaminants Selected Remedy Abstract Figures Text Sections. Figure 1 is a schematic diagram that shows where the data from each field comes from. The data from all fields (except the Site ID number) ultimately comes from the ROD document. However, two other documents are generated from the ROD documents and both are used to help extract data for the fields. They are: 1) The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) Coversheets (abstracts); and 2) The ROD Annual Report. As mentioned above, all fields except the Site ID number, ultimately come from the ROD documents. The Site ID number is an identification number from the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information System (CERCLIS) data base, which is included in the ROD System to provide a data link between the two data bases. To help you understand how the ROD System works, you must understand how to handle the data. In the system, each ROD document is represented in two ways: 1) as a word list, and 2) as one continuous document. AS A WORD LIST In the ROD System, each term in each ROD document can be found in an alphabetized word list or index. Associated with each word is a code which tells the system exactly where the term is located (i.e., in which ROD(s) and in which sentence(s)). This word list, with associated code(s), allows quick access to any word in the entire data base. The word list is always used when the system searches the data base for a term. The RODS word list contains all of the words from all of the RODs in the system (except for nondescriptive words like "A", "AND", "THE", etc.) 1-6 ------- AS ONE CONTINUOUS DOCUMENT In addition to the word list, the ROD System also stores each ROD as one continuous document, which is composed of several short fields and one long "TEXT" field. The terms and codes in the word list are directly linked to the terms in the continuous document. So, when the user does a search, the system first goes to the word list to find out if the term is present. If the term is present, the codes associated with each term tells the system where in the continuous RODS document the term is located. Whenever the user displays a ROD, the continuous document format is being viewed. 1-7 ------- SOURCES ROD *••••••••••••••».. ROD Annual Report FIELDS Site Name Alias Name Location Remedy Figure Text Sections Text Abstract ROD Date Media Contaminants Region ROD ID CERCLIS Data Base mmm Figure 1. The anatomy of a ROD document. 1-8 ------- Mainframe Logon Procedures ------- SECTION II. HOW TO USE THE ROD SYSTEM A. LOGGING ON TO THE IBM MAINFRAME 1. PREPARING TO LOGON TO THE IBM MAINFRAME Before you can LOGON to the IBM mainframe, you need to know: Your USER ID; Your PASSWORD; Your USER ACCOUNT; Procedure name (SEPATSO); and FIMAS ID (BASIP). Size parameter (3000); a. USER ID AND PASSWORD Every user who logs onto the IBM Mainframe must have a valid USER ID. A USER ID is a three letter code. If you do not have a valid USER ID, contact your ADP coordinator. Associated with every USER ID is a PASSWORD. When you first receive your USER ID, your PASSWORD will be the same as your USER ID. The first time you LOGON to the IBM, you should change your PASSWORD to one of your own choosing different from the USER ID. Your PASSWORD is a word you make up that must be within the following limits: • Must be 4 to 8 characters; • Must start with a letter; • Must be changed every 90 days; and • Must be different from your three previous PASSWORDS. b. USER ACCOUNT Every person logging onto the IBM mainframe must have a valid USER ACCOUNT. A USER ACCOUNT is a four-character string used to control billing for computer services. Your USER ID must be authorized to use an account; therefore, you must have at least one account associated with your USER ID in order to LOGON. If you do not have a valid USER ACCOUNT, contact your ADP coordinator. c. FIMAS ID The FIMAS ID is a five-character string used by management to monitor the type of work being done on the computer. Your FIMAS ID is BASIP. d. PROCEDURE NAME Your Procedure Name is SEPATSO. e. SIZE PARAMETER The Size Parameter needed in order to use BASIS is 3000. Once you know these six pieces of information, you are ready to LOGON. II-1 ------- 2. LOGON PROCEDURES There are many different ways to access the IBM mainframe depending on the types of hardware and/or software you have. This section describes two common ways to LOGON. They are: • Using a PC with a Modem and Crosstalk; and • Using a 3270 terminal connected to a Controller (or a PC with an IRMA board connected to a Controller). The procedures you use may vary slightly from those listed below. COMPUTER prompts or instructions will be in quotes, user actions in bold. a. USING A PC WITH A MODEM AND CROSSTALK This procedure assumes that you have a PC with a modem hooked up to a working phone line and that you have Crosstalk software on your PC. If your PC is configured like most at EPA, when you turn it on, you will see the Standard Menu, shown below. To get into Crosstalk, press F4. Fl dBASEIII F2 LOTUS 1-2-3 F3 WORDSTAR F4 CROSSTALK F5 USER EXIT F6 BACKUP/RESTORE ALL FILES F7 TUTORIALS F8 BASIC INTERPRETER F9 MOVE/COPY FILE F10 DISK OPERATING SYSTEM SPECIFY SELECTION BY FUNCTION KEY II-2 ------- After you press F4, the Crosstalk Status Screen appears: CROSSTALK - XVI Status Screen NAme Crosstalk default settings NUmber I Communications parameters SPeed 1200 PArity None DUplex Full DAta 8 Slop 1 EMulate None POrt 1 MOde Call LOaded CApture Off line CSTD.XTK Off ATtenEsc SWitch Home Key settings COmmandETX (AC) BReak End I Filter settings ] DEbug Off LFauto Off TAbex Off BLankex Off INfilter On OUtfiltr On I SEnd control settings CWait None LWait None Available command files 1) BBS 6) KMK 11) MF2 16) PRIME 2)CPC 7) LEX 12) MFALT 17) SETUP 3) DEC 8) MAIN24 13) MNFRM 18) STD 4) EMAIL 9) MAINFRAM 14) NEWUSER 5) EPA-BBS 10) MCIMAIL 15) OAG Enter number for file to use ( 1 - 18 ): Notice that there is a list of "Available command files" at the bottom of the Crosstalk Status Screen. These contain phone numbers and parameters that have been programmed and saved as command files. In the example above, command file 9 contains all the information to connect you to the IBM mainframe. In this example, at the prompt: "ENTER NUMBER FOR FILE TO USE (1 - 18):" You would type 9. Examine the "Available command files" on your Crosstalk Status Screen and determine if one of them may connect you to the IBM mainframe. If you do not have a command file for the mainframe, you must create one. Creating a command file is fairly simple and once you create it, you can use it to access the mainframe in the future. b. CREATING A COMMAND FILE IN CROSSTALK First, at the "ENTER NUMBER FOR FILE TO USE:" prompt, press ENTER. The prompt will change to "COMMAND?". Type NA MAINFRAM Press ENTER. Type DA 7 Press ENTER. Type PA EVEN Press ENTER. Type DU HALF Press ENTER. Notice that as you enter each of the commands, it changes the parameters on the screen. II-3 ------- One last parameter you need to enter is the phone number to access the mainframe. At Headquarters, it is 94881515. If you do not know the phone number, contact your ADP coordinator, User Support (FTS 629-7862), or Telecommunications (FTS 629-4506). Using the Headquarters number as an example, type: NU 94881515 Press ENTER. Compare your terminal screen with the screen on the next page. All the parameters should be the same. If they are not, change them. Also, make sure that modem is "ON" and that the port is "2". • CROSSTALK - XVI Status Screen NAme NUmber mainfram 94881515 LOaded CApture Off line CMAINFRAM.XTK Off I Communications parameters —— SPeed 1200 PArity Even Duplex Half DAta 7 STop 1 EMulate None POrt 1 MOde Call I Filter settings — DEbug Off LFauto TAbex Off BLankex INfilter On Off Off OUtfiltr On 1 ATtenEsc SWitch Home i 1) 6) ID 16) BBS KMK MF2 PRIME 2) 7) 12) 17) COmn BReak CPC LEX MFALT SETUP landE : E Avail; 3) 8) 13) 18) TX (AC) nd able comma DEC MAIN24 MNFRM STD | OC.I1U tuiurui : CWait None LWait None 4) EMAIL 9) MAINFRAM 14) NEWUSER DCUll 5) 10) 15) i EPA-BBS MCIMAIL OAG To save these parameters into a command file: Type SA MAINFRAM. Crosstalk will save a file named MAINFRAM.XTK. From now on, when you enter Crosstalk, you will see a command file called "MAINFRAM" and you simply enter the command file number associated with that file to call the mainframe. To call the mainframe with the parameters currently on the screen, type GO at the "COMMAND?" prompt. Crosstalk will call the mainframe. When you invoke a command file to call a number, you will hear a dial tone, then the number being dialed, and then a phone ring. When you have established a connection with the mainframe, you will see the following message at the bottom of the screen: "CONNECTION ESTABLISHED. PROCEED." II-4 ------- Press ENTER once, and the following screen will appear: Welcome to the Environmental Protection Agency National Computer Center Please enter one of the following selections: IBM for IBM UNI for SPERRY TCP for 3270 EMULATION FMO for FMO POP VAX for VAX PRIME for PRIME Enter selection: At the "ENTER SELECTION:" prompt: Type IBM and press ENTER. You will see the message "CONNECTED". Press ENTER once. You will see the message "ENTER TSO". Type TSO and press ENTER. You will see the message "ENTER LOGON". You must now type the LOGON line. Type LOGON USERID/PASS WORD a(USER ACCOUNT) s(3000). (You fill in the USER ID, PASSWORD, and USER ACCOUNT.) The LOGON line is confusing, so an example will better explain it. If your: USER ID = EXZ PASSWORD = TREES USER ACCOUNT = SFRD Size Parameter = 3000 Then you would type the following LOGON line: LOGON EXZ/TREES a(SFRD) s(3000) Type in your LOGON line. Press ENTER and you will see the message "ENTER PROCEDURE NAME -". Type SEPATSO. You will see a list of NEWS ALERTS and the message "ENTER FIMAS ID-". Type BASIP. The word "READY" will appear. You have successfully logged on to the IBM mainframe. II-5 ------- screen: c. USING A 3270 TERMINAL CONNECTED TO A CONTROLLER. OR A PC WITH AN IRMA BOARD CONNECTED TO A CONTROLLER When you turn on your 3270 terminal or invoke your IRMA, you will see the following WELCOME TO THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK ENTER COMMAND OR M FOR MENU At this screen, type TSO. You will see the message "ENTER USERID -". For the purpose of this discussion, we will use the following hypothetical information: USER ID - EXZ PASSWORD = TREES USER ACCOUNT = SFRD and the following real information: Procedure Name = SEPATSO Size Parameter = 3000 FIMAS ID = BASIP So, at the prompt "ENTER USERID -", type EXZ. H-6 ------- The following screen will appear: TSO/E LOGON PF1/PF13 ==> Help PF3/PF15 ==> Logoff PA1 ==> Attention PA2 ==> Reshow You may request specific HELP information by entering a '?' in any entry field ENTER LOGON PARAMETERS BELOW: RACF LOGON PARAMETERS: USERID ===> EXZ PASSWORD ===> NEW PASSWORD -—> PROCEDURE ===> SEPATSO GROUP INDENT ===> ACCT NMBR ===> SFRD SIZE ===> 3000 PERFORM ===> COMMAND ===> ENTER AN 'S' BEFORE EACH OPTION DESIRED BELOW: -NOMAIL -NONOTICE -RECONNECT -OIDCARD Make sure that the USERID, PROCEDURE, ACCT NMBR (USER ACCOUNT), and SIZE are filled in and correct. If not, move the cursor to them and fill in or correct them. Enter your PASSWORD. (It will be blanked out so that you won't see what you typed.) Press ENTER. You will see a list of NEWS ALERTS and the message "ENTER FIMAS ID tt Type BASIP and press ENTER. You will see the word "READY". You have successfully logged onto the IBM mainframe. II-7 ------- 3. LOGON SUMMARY To prepare to LOGON to the mainframe, you need: a. USER ID. b. PASSWORD. c. USER ACCOUNT. d. Procedure name (SEPATSO). e. FIMAS ID (BASIP). f. Size parameter (3000). To LOGON: Using a PC with modem and Crosstalk a. Press F4. b. Enter number of file, if there is no command file, create one: 1) At the "Enter number of the file to use" prompt, press ENTER. 2) Type NA MAINFRAM DA 7 PA EVEN DU HALF 3) Enter phone number "NU 94881515" (Headquarters) and press ENTER. 4) Modem should be "ON". 5) Port should be "2". 6) Type SA MAINFRAM and the 5 steps above will be saved in a command file; from now on, when you enter crosstalk, you will see a command file called "MAINFRAM". Simply enter the command file number associated with that command file. 7) Type GO at the "COMMAND" prompt. 8) After the dial tone, at the "CONNECTION ESTABLISHED. PROCEED." message, press ENTER. c. At the "Welcome" screen: 1. Type IBM and press ENTER; "CONNECTED" will appear. 2. Type TSO and press ENTER; "ENTER LOGON" will appear. 3. Type LOGON line: USERID/PASSWORD a (USER ACCOUNT) s(3000) and press ENTER. d. At the "ENTER PROCEDURE NAME" prompt, type &EPATSO. e. At the "ENTER FIMASID-" prompt, type BASIP. Using a 3270 terminal connected to a controller a. Type TSO. b. At the "ENTER USERID" prompt, type your USERID and press ENTER. c. Check USERID, PROCEDURE, ACCT NMBR (user account) and SIZE are correct. d. Enter PASSWORD and press ENTER. e. At the "ENTER FIMAS ID" prompt, type BASIP and press ENTER. II-8 ------- I Accessing RODS Data Base ------- B. ACCESSING THE RODS SYSTEM Once you reach the "READY" prompt, you have logged onto the IBM mainframe, but you still haven't reached the RODS Data Base. The procedures below are for users who have a brand new USER ID and for users who do not have command lists (clists) established under their USER ID. The procedures below will establish a clist called $$LOGON. THE $$LOGON is automatically executed every time you LOGON. If you already have a &&LOGON or if you do not know if you have a &&LOGON, your Data Base Administrator (DBA), ADP Coordinator, or User Support can help you determine if you have a &&LOGON. 1. ACCESSING RODS THE FIRST TIME or Establishing Clists Under Your USER ID You must first copy a clist to your USER space. At the "READY" prompt, type: COPY 'RODS.USER.LOGON' 'xxxaaaa.CLISP NONUM Where xxx = your USER ID and aaaa = your USER ACCOUNT For example, if your USER ID = EXZ and your USER Account= SFRD You would type: COPY 'RODS.USER.LOGON' 'EXZSFRD.CLISP NONUM The "READY" prompt will reappear. Next, so that you can get into RODS, you must execute the clist that you copied to your USER area by typing: ex 'xxxaaaa.CLIST($$LOGON)' Using the example from the previous page, you would type: ex 'EXZSFRD.CLIST($$LOGON)' You will see the message "***** LOGON COMPLETE *****"; and the "READY" prompt will appear again. Next, type RODS. You will see the message "BIN/BOX?". Type in the Bin Number or Box Number where you want your printouts to go. If you do not know your Bin/Box Number, contact your ADP coordinator. Next you will see the message: "PLEASE ENTER YOUR DATA BASE ID" H in Type ROD. You will have successfully accessed the ROD System. II-9 ------- 2. ACCESSING RODS AFTER THE FIRST TIME At the READY prompt, type RODS. You see the message "BIN/BOX?". Type in your Bin/Box Number where you want your printouts to go. If you do not know your Bin/Box number, contact your ADP coordinator. After you type .in your Bin/Box Number, you will see the message: "PLEASE ENTER YOU DATA BASE ID" H /n Type ROD. You will have successfully accessed the ROD System. 3. AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO ACCESS RODS If you have trouble with establishing clists or are having trouble accessing RODS, you can access RODS by typing the following command at the "READY" prompt ex 'RODS.USER.CLIST(RODS)' II-10 ------- C. THE RODS MAIN MENU Upon entering the RODS Data Base, you will see the following two introductory screens: RRRRRR RRRRRRR RR RR RR RR RR RR RRRRRRR RRRRRR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR OOOOO OOOOOO OO OO OO OO 00 00 OO 00 OO OO OO 00 OO oo 00 OO OOOOOO OOOOO DDDDDD DDDDDDD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DDDDDDD DDDDDD sssssss sssssssss ss ss ss sss sssssss ssssssss sss ss ss ss sssssssss sssssss WELCOME TO THE SUPERFUND RECORDS OF DECISION DATA BASE II-11 ------- After these two screens, the RODS MAIN MENU will be displayed. In this menu, you will be asked how you would like to search the RODS Data Base. The RODS MAIN MENU allows you to either choose the RODS SEARCH MENU or the BASIS Command Language. Those users familiar with the BASIS Command Language may prefer to use it because it is faster and more direct than the menus. Since most users will use the RODS SEARCH MENU, this document describes how to use those Menus to access information in the RODS Data Base. For BASIS Command Language, refer to the BASIS User's Reference Manual. The RODS MAIN MENU is shown below. To SEARCH using the RODS SEARCH MENU, enter 1 at the "SELECTION:" prompt and press the ENTER key. RODS MAIN MENU CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING USER LEVELS: 1 - RODS SEARCH MENU 2 - BASIS COMMAND LANGUAGE X - EXIT SELECTION: 11-12 ------- Search • Command • ------- D. THE SEARCH MENU 1. HOW TO SEARCH THE DATA BASE When you enter the RODS Data Base via the RODS SEARCH MENU selection from the RODS MAIN MENU, the SEARCH MENU is displayed: SEARCH EACH ROD CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING SEARCHABLE INFORMATION FIELDS: IDENTIFICATION ENVIRONMENT TEXT 1. REGION 6. CONTAMINATED MEDIA 9. SELECTED REMEDY 2. STATE 7. KEY CONTAMINANTS 10. ABSTRACT 3. SITE NAME 8. SELECTED KEY WORDS 11. ROD TEXT 4. ROD ID NUMBER 5. ROD DATE ENTER: THE NUMBER FOR THE INFORMATION FIELD TO SEARCH, OR H - FOR HELP EXPLANATIONS, OR M - TO RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU, OR X - TO EXIT THE ROD SYSTEM SELECTION: The SEARCH MENU contains a list of the 11 fields you can use to search the data base. The SEARCH MENU allows you to choose four actions: 1) Select a field to SEARCH; 2) Go to HELP MENUS; 3) Return to the MAIN MENU; and 4) Exit the ROD System. The main purpose of the SEARCH MENU is to allow you to select the field you would like to SEARCH. To select a field, enter the field number at the "SELECTION:" prompt. For example, to SEARCH by Region, enter 1 after "SELECTION:". The SEARCH MENU also allows you to access the HELP function. The HELP function is described fully in Section F of this chapter. Briefly, the HELP function gives you information about the fields in the data base, indexed terms, and some general topics. Finally, the SEARCH MENU allows you to return to the MAIN MENU (enter M) or to EXIT the RODS Data Base (enter X). II-13 ------- If you choose to SEARCH a field by Region (enter 1 at the "SELECTION:" prompt) for example, the REGION INFORMATION SEARCH Screen will be displayed: REGION INFORMATION SEARCH ENTER: - A SINGLE REGION (1), OR - MULTIPLE REGIONS SEPARATED BY COMMAS (1,3). FIND REGION = At the "FIND REGION =" prompt, enter the SEARCH term (i.e., the Region number you would like to locate in the data base). Each field has a unique SEARCH Screen. Each SEARCH Screen explains the format you must enter to SEARCH a term. For example, in the REGION INFORMATION SEARCH Screen, you are allowed to enter a single Region or multiple Regions separated by commas. If you would like to find all RODs from Region 5, for example, enter 5 at the prompt. If you would like to find all RODs from Region 4, 5, and 6, enter 4,5,6 at the prompt. In another example, if you choose to SEARCH the "TEXT" field, enter an 11 at the "SELECTION:" prompt. The ROD TEXT SEARCH screen will be displayed: ROD TEXT SEARCH ENTER: - A SINGLE WORD (MERCURY), OR - MULTIPLE WORDS (SOIL MERCURY) FIND ROD TEXT At the "FIND ROD TEXT »" prompt, enter the SEARCH term (i.e., the word or words you would like to SEARCH for in the TEXT field). For example, if you would like to find all RODs which mention chromium in the TEXT field, enter chromium at the prompt. A discussion of each of the field SEARCH Screens can be found in Section 2, which follows. II-14 ------- After you have selected a field to SEARCH and entered a SEARCH term, BASIS will find every occurrence of that SEARCH term within the specified field. The following message will then be displayed telling you how many RODs contain the SEARCH term: "29 RODS WERE FOUND AND SAVED AS SEARCH SET 1" The message shows that 29 RODs contain your SEARCH term. Each SEARCH you perform is numbered sequentially. The first SEARCH is labelled SEARCH SET 1, the second SEARCH is labelled SEARCH SET 2, etc. To continue SEARCHing, enter SE and "SEARCH MENU" will be displayed or enter M to return to the RODS MAIN MENU. BASIS finds every occurrence and gives you the message: "XX RODS WERE FOUND AND SAVED AS SEARCH SET XX" 2. THE FIELD SEARCH SCREENS This section contains all the field SEARCH screens used in SEARCHing the RODS Data Base. Valid and invalid SEARCH terms have been listed for each field. a. REGION INFORMATION SEARCH SCREEN The REGION INFORMATION SEARCH Screen allows the user to search only region information fields for specific region(s). REGION INFORMATION SEARCH ENTER: - A SINGLE REGION (1), OR - MULTIPLE REGIONS SEPARATED BY COMMAS (1,3). FIND REGION = Valid SEARCH terms: TERM RESULT 1 RODs from Region 1 01 RODs from Region 1 I RODs from Region 1 1,2 RODs from Regions 1 and 2 4,5,6 RODs from Regions 4, 5, and 6 Invalid SEARCH terms: TERM CORRECT TERM 1-4 1,2,3,4 11-15 ------- b. STATE INFORMATION SEARCH SCREEN The STATE INFORMATION SEARCH Screen allows the user to search only state information fields for specific state(s). STATE INFORMATION SEARCH ENTER: - A SINGLE STATE (VA), OR - MULTIPLE STATES SEPARATED BY COMMAS (VA.MD) FIND STATE Valid SEARCH terms: TERM RESULT NJ RODs from New Jersey NJ,NY RODs from New Jersey and New York The state abbreviations are listed by Region in Table 1 on the following page. Invalid SEARCH terms: TERM CORRECT TERM Ohio OH NH MA NH.MA II-16 ------- TABLE 1. STATE ABBREVIATIONS BY REGION REGION I REGION VI CT = CONNECTICUT NH = NEW HAMPSHIRE MA= MASSACHUSETTS ME = MAINE VT = VERMONT RI = RHODE ISLAND REGION II NJ = NEW JERSEY NY = NEW YORK PR = PUERTO RICO VI = VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION III AR = ARKANSAS LA = LOUISIANA NM m NEW MEXICO OK = OKLAHOMA TX - TEXAS REGION VII IA = IOWA KS - KANSAS MO - MISSOURI NE - NEBRASKA REGION VIII DE = DELAWARE CO = COLORADO DC = DISTRICT of COLUMBIA ND = NORTH DAKOTA MD= MARYLAND PA = PENNSYLVANIA VA = VIRGINIA WV = WEST VIRGINIA REGION IV AL = ALABAMA FL = FLORIDA GA = GEORGIA KY = KENTUCKY MS = MISSISSIPPI TN = TENNESSEE NC = NORTH CAROLINA SC = SOUTH CAROLINA REGION V IL = ILLINOIS IN - INDIANA MI = MICHIGAN MN= MINNESOTA OH » OHIO WI - WISCONSIN MT = MONTANA SD » SOUTH DAKOTA UT = UTAH WY = WYOMING REGION IX AS = AMERICAN SAMOA AZ = ARIZONA CA = CALIFORNIA GU = GUAM HI = HAWAII NV = NEVADA PR = PUERTO RICO REGION X AK - ALASKA ID - IDAHO OR - OREGON WA = WASHINGTON II-17 ------- c. SITE NAME SEARCH SCREEN The SITE NAME SEARCH Screen allows the user to search only site name fields for a specific site name (or portion of a site name). SITE NAME SEARCH ENTER: - THE FULL NAME (LANSDOWNE RADIATION) OR - A PORTION OF THE SITE NAME (LANSDOWNE) FIND SITE NAME = Valid SEARCH terms: TERMS RESULT Moyer Landfill RODs with name MOVER LANDFILL Landfill RODs with LANDFILL in the name STR* RODs with one word in the name starting with STR Invalid SEARCH terms: No SEARCH terms are really invalid. The system will SEARCH the SITE NAME field for whatever term you enter. If your SEARCH term is not in the data base, you will create a SEARCH SET which contains 0 RODs, and the following message will be displayed: "0 RODS WERE FOUND AND SAVED AS SEARCH SET 1" 11-18 ------- d. ROD IDENTIFICATION NUMBER SEARCH SCREEN The ROD ID number contains the Region, year, and sequence number of a ROD written in that year for a specific Region. For example, the ROD ID R05-84/003, is the 3rd ROD written in 1984 for Region 05. ROD IDENTIFICATION NUMBER SEARCH ENTER: - A ROD IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IN THE FORMAT R05-84/003 FIND ROD IDENTIFICATION NUMBER » Valid SEARCH terms: TERM RESULT RO1-85/014 ROD with that ROD ID R03-84/001 ROD with that ROD ID R10-86/008 ROD with that ROD ID R05* All RODs from Region 5 Invalid SEARCH terms: TERM CORRECT TERM R0285012 R02-85/012 R04/85-004 R04-85/004 R6-86/12 R06-86/012 11-19 ------- e. ROD DATE INFORMATION SEARCH SCREEN The ROD DATE INFORMATION SEARCH Screen allows the user to search only ROD date fields for a specific date(s). The ROD date is the date that the Regional Administrator or Assistant Administrator signed the ROD. ROD DATE INFORMATION SEARCH TER: - A SINGLE ROD DATE (07/22/85), OR - A RANGE OF DATES (07/01/85:09/30/85), OR - A FISCAL YEAR (83), OR - MULTIPLE FISCAL YEARS (84,85) FIND ROD DATE Valid SEARCH terms: TERM 09/30/85 01/01/84:06/30/84 85 86,87 Invalid SEARCH terms: TERM November 11, 1983 1985 82-84 RESULT RODs signed September 30, 1985 RODs signed from January 1 through June 30, 1984 RODs signed in FY 1985 (from October 1, 1984 - September 30, 1985) RODs signed in FY 1986 & 1987 CORRECT TERM 11/11/83 85 (for FY 1985) or 01/01/85:12/31/85 (for Calendar Year 1985) 82,83,84 (for FY 82, 83, 84) II-20 ------- f. CONTAMINATED MEDIA SEARCH SCREEN The CONTAMINATED MEDIA SEARCH Screen allows the user to search only contaminated media fields for a specific contaminated media (or multiple media). CONTAMINATED MEDIA SEARCH ENTER: - A SINGLE MEDIA (SOIL), OR - MULTIPLE MEDIA SEPARATED BY "OR" (SOIL OR GROUNDWATER), OR - MULTIPLE MEDIA SEPARATED BY "AND" (SOIL AND GROUNDWATER) FIND CONTAMINATED MEDIA = Valid SEARCH terms: TERM Sediment Sediments Sediment* Ground Water Groundwater Ground* Soil and Groundwater Soil or Groundwater RESULT RODs with Sediment RODs with Sediments RODs with either Sediment or Sediments, etc. RODs with Ground Water RODs with Groundwater RODs with Ground Water, Ground, Groundwater, etc. RODs with both Soil and Groundwater RODs with either Soil or Groundwater NOTE: There are very few valid terms being used in the CONTAMINATED MEDIA field (less than 60). Invalid SEARCH terms: No SEARCH terms are really invalid. The system will SEARCH the CONTAMINATED MEDIA field for whatever term you enter. If your SEARCH term is not in the CONTAMINATED MEDIA field, you will create a SEARCH SET which contains 0 RODs, and the following message will be displayed: "0 RODS WERE FOUND AND SAVED AS SEARCH SET 1" II-21 ------- g. KEY CONTAMINANTS SEARCH The KEY CONTAMINANTS SEARCH Screen contaminant fields for specific key contaminant(s). allows the user to search only key KEY CONTAMINANTS SEARCH ENTER: - A SINGLE KEY CONTAMINANT (LEAD), OR - MULTIPLE KEY CONTAMINANTS SEPARATED BY "OR" (LEAD OR PCBS), OR - MULTIPLE KEY CONTAMINANTS SEPARATED BY "AND" (LEAD AND PCBS) FIND KEY CONTAMINANT = Valid SEARCH terms: Metal Metals Metal* Hexavalent Chromium Chromium Dioxin and PCB* Heavy Metal* or Lead Invalid SEARCH terms: RESULT RODs with Metal RODs with Metals RODs with Metal, Metallic, Metals, etc. RODs with Hexavalent Chromium RODs with Chromium RODs with both Dioxin and PCB*, PCBs, etc. RODs with either Heavy Metal* or Lead No SEARCH terms are really invalid. The system will SEARCH the KEY CONTAMINANTS field for whatever term you enter. If your SEARCH term is not in the KEY CONTAMINANTS field, you will create a SEARCH SET which contains 0 RODs, and the following message will be displayed: "0 RODS WERE FOUND AND SAVED AS SEARCH SET 1" II-22 ------- h. KEY WORDS SEARCH SCREEN The KEY WORDS SEARCH Screen allows the user to search only key word fields for specific key word(s). KEY WORDS SEARCH ENTER: - A SINGLE KEY WORD (SEDIMENTS), OR - MULTIPLE KEY WORDS SEPARATED BY "OR" (SEDIMENTS OR PCBS), OR - MULTIPLE KEY WORDS SEPARATED BY "AND" (SEDIMENTS AND PCBS) FIND KEY WORD Valid SEARCH terms: TERM RESULT PCBs RODs with PCBs Drinking Water RODs with Drinking Water Incineration RODs with Incineration Federal Facilities RODs with Federal Facilities PCBs and Sediments RODs with both PCBs and Sediments Floodplain or Flood Plain RODs with either Floodplain or Flood Plain Invalid SEARCH terms: No SEARCH terms are really invalid. The system will SEARCH the KEY WORDS field for whatever term you enter. If your SEARCH term is not in the KEY WORDS field, you will create a SEARCH SET which contains 0 RODs, and the following message will be displayed: "0 RODS WERE FOUND AND SAVED AS SEARCH SET 1" II-23 ------- i. SELECTED REMEDY SEARCH SCREEN The SELECTED REMEDY SEARCH Screen allows the user to search selected remedy fields for specific remedy(ies). SELECTED REMEDY SEARCH ENTER: - A SINGLE WORD (OFFSITE), OR - MULTIPLE WORDS (OFFSITE FACILITY) FIND SELECTED REMEDY = Valid SEARCH terms: TERM Offsite Offsite Facility Invalid terms: RESULT RODs with Offsite RODs with both Offsite and Facility No SEARCH terms are really invalid. The system will SEARCH the REMEDY field for whatever term you enter. If your SEARCH term is not in the REMEDY field, you will create a SEARCH SET which contains 0 RODs, and the following message will be displayed: "0 RODS WERE FOUND AND SAVED AS SEARCH SET 1" II-24 ------- j. ABSTRACT SEARCH SCREEN The ABSTRACT SEARCH Screen allows the user to search only ROD abstract fields for a specific words or group of words, but not the ROD text. ABSTRACT SEARCH ENTER: - A SINGLE WORD (METALS), OR - MULTIPLE WORDS (SLUDGE METALS) FIND ABSTRACT Valid SEARCH terms: TERM RESULT Radiation RODs with Radiation Herbicide* RODs with Herbicide, Herbicides, etc. Heavy Metals RODs with both Heavy and Metals, together Invalid SEARCH terms: No SEARCH terms are really invalid. The system will SEARCH the ABSTRACT field for whatever term you enter. If your SEARCH term is not in the ABSTRACT field, you will create a SEARCH SET which contains 0 RODs, and the following message will be displayed: "0 RODS WERE FOUND AND SAVED AS SEARCH SET 1" H-25 ------- k. ROD TEXT SEARCH SCREEN The ROD TEXT SEARCH Screen allows the user to search only the actual text of the ROD for a specific word or group of words, but not the abstracts. ROD TEXT SEARCH ENTER: - A SINGLE WORD (MERCURY), OR - MULTIPLE WORDS (SOIL MERCURY) FIND ROD TEXT Vali'd SEARCH terms: TERM RESULT Estuary RODs with Estuary Estuar* RODs with Estuary, Estuaries, Estuarine, etc. Incineration PCB* RODs with both Incineration and PCB* Invalid SEARCH terms: No SEARCH terms are really invalid. The system will SEARCH the TEXT field for whatever term you enter. If your SEARCH term is not in the TEXT field, you will create a SEARCH SET which contains 0 RODs, and the following message will be displayed: "0 RODS WERE FOUND AND SAVED AS SEARCH SET 1" If you enter more than one word to search for in the text field, the following screen appears: 11-26 ------- TEXT SEARCH CONTINUED You have chosen to search the TEXT field for the following search terms: chromium lead Choose the way you'd like you search terms found. ENTER: 1 - SEARCH TERM MUST BE IN THE SAME SENTENCE 2 - SEARCH TERMS CAN BE ANYWHERE IN THE TEXT FIELD SELECTION: This screen allows you to decide if you want your search terms: 1) To be in the same sentence; or 2) To be anywhere in the same ROD. In the screen above, the user is searching for chromium and lead. If a 1 is entered at the "SELECTION:" prompt, the system will only find the occurrences of those terms in the same sentence. For example: "LEAD AND CHROMIUM ARE KEY CONTAMINANTS AT THE SITE". If a 2 is entered at the "SELECTION:" prompt, the system will find all RODS which contain both terms. The terms can be in the same sentence or in different sentences, but both terms must be present in the ROD. 3. WHAT IS A SEARCH SET? A SEARCH SET (also called a document set) is a set of related RODS. There are four ways to create a SEARCH SET in RODS: 1) Using SEARCH; 2) Using COMBINE; 3) Using SORT; and 4) Using SELECT when DISPLAYing text. a. CREATING SEARCH SETS USING SEARCH A SEARCH SET is created automatically when you SEARCH. The SEARCH you perform determines how the RODs are related. For example, if you choose to SEARCH for all RODs in Region 2 (FIND REGION-2), the following message will be displayed: "23 RODS WERE FOUND AND SAVED AS SEARCH SET 1" As shown, a SEARCH SET consisting of 23 related RODs was created. The RODs are related because they are all from Region 2. These 23 RODS are saved as SEARCH SET 1. In another example, if you choose to SEARCH for all RODs from FY 85 (FIND ROD DATE=85), the following message will be displayed: "65 RODS WERE FOUND AND SAVED AS SEARCH SET 2" All the RODs in SEARCH SET 2 are related because they are all from FY 85. 11-27 ------- b. CREATING SEARCH SETS USING COMBINE SEARCH SETS are also created when you COMBINE existing SEARCH SETS using ("CO" from the SELECTION MENU described in Section E). Using the example from the previous page, if you want to find all RODs from Region 2 that were signed in FY 85, you can enter a COMBINE term, 1 and 2 (meaning find all RODs that meet the SEARCH criteria of both SEARCH SETS 1 and 2), and the following messages will be displayed: "13 RODS MET THE CONDITIONS OF YOUR COMBINE;" "THEY WERE SAVED AS SEARCH SET 3" As shown, all the RODs in SEARCH SET 3 are related because they all are from Region 2 and were all signed during FY 85. c. CREATING SEARCH SETS USING SORT SEARCH SETS are created when you SORT existing SEARCH SETS ("SO" from the SELECTION MENU). The actual contents of the SEARCH SET do not change; only the order of the RODs within the SEARCH SET. Continuing with the above example, if you choose to SORT SEARCH SET 3 by SITE NAME, the following message will be displayed: "YOUR SORT WAS COMPLETED AND SAVED AS SEARCH SET 4" If you were to display SEARCH SET 4, you would find that it contains all RODs from Region 2 that were signed in FY 85, in alphabetical order by SITE NAME. You may sort a SEARCH SET to alphabetize the items or to order elements in chronological order, etc. d. CREATING SEARCH SETS USING SELECT WHEN DISPLAYING TEXT The final way a SEARCH SET is created is when you use the SELECT function in the DISPLAY of the TEXT field. It is described in detail in Section El., DISPLAYING THE RESULTS. 4. SPECIAL SEARCH FEATURES a. THE WILD CARD CHARACTER C) The Wild Card Character in the RODS Data Base is the asterisk (*). The wild card character adds a lot of flexibility to your SEARCHing by allowing you to SEARCH for partial words or phrases. For example, if you entered the SEARCH term CONTAM1 (FIND TEXT=CONTAM*) you would find all RODs that contain the following terms in the TEXT field: contaminant contaminate contaminates contaminant's contaminated contaminating contaminants contaminating contamination contaminations In another example, if the SEARCH term INCINER* (FIND TEXT=INCINER*) was entered, the system would find all RODs that contain the following terms in the TEXT field: incinerable incineration-oil incineration/landfill incineration/wet incinerate incineration-organic incineration/off-site incinerator incinerated incineration-rotary incineration/offsite incinerates incineration/deep incineration/solidification incinerating incineration/disposal incineration/stablilization incineration incineration/groundwater incineration/thermal H-28 ------- b. THE INDEX FEATURE IN THE HELP MENU The Index feature actually lets you look at the terms for a specific field that are in the data base. This feature is described in detail in the Section F, HELP. 5. SPECIAL EMBEDDED TERMS IN THE TEXT FIELD The text of each ROD is divided into may sections. However, since the actual headings of these sections vary, a number of section markers have been embedded in the text field to make the sections easier to find. The section markers and corresponding text section names are listed on the following pages. To use the section markers to find a section in the text field, you must search the text field for the text section you would like to see. For example, if you want to look at Alternatives Evaluations, you would search: FIND TEXT = #AE The system will respond by telling you how many RODS have #AE. Since most RODs DO have an Alternatives Evaluations, you may want to refine your search by combining the search set created by searching: TEXT = #AE When you DISPLAY the text field from the Text Alternatives Evaluations section of the text. i #AE search, you will immediately see the Other text fields to search on listed below: #AE = ALTERNATIVES EVALUATION #CR = COMMUNITY RELATIONS #CSS = CURRENT SITE STATUS #DE = DECLARATION #DR = DOCUMENTS REVIEWED #ENF= ENFORCEMENT #FA = FUTURE ACTIONS #OEL= CONSISTENCY WITH OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS #OM = OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE #RA = RECOMMENDED ALTERNATIVE #RS = RESPONSIVENESS SUMMARY #SCH = SCHEDULE #SH = SITE HISTORY #SLD = SITE LOCATION & DESCRIPTION #TMA = TABLES, MEMORANDA, ATTACHMENTS 11-29 ------- E. THE SELECTION MENU After you have performed a SEARCH, the SELECTION MENU will be displayed: SELECTION MENU AT THIS POINT, YOU MAY: MANIPULATE CURRENT SEARCH SET PERFORM OTHER FUNCTIONS DI - DISPLAY RESULTS SO - SORT RESULTS PR- PRINT RESULTS SELECTION: SE - CONTINUE SEARCHING CO - COMBINE SEARCHES LI - LIST SEARCH SETS M - RETURN TO MAIN MENU H - FOR HELP EXPLANATIONS X - EXIT RODS The SELECTION MENU allows you to manipulate SEARCHes that you have already created, or to continue SEARCHing the data base. The following selections are available: DI - DISPLAY the results of a SEARCH. SO - SORT your SEARCH. PR - PRINT portions of a SEARCH. SE - Continue SEARCHing the data base. CO - COMBINE the results of two or more SEARCHes using AND, OR, and ANDNOT. LI - LIST the SEARCH SETS you have created so far, change your current SEARCH SET, and DELETE all your SEARCH SETS. Each one of the selections is explained in detail on the next few pages. Figure 2 is a functional diagram showing the relationship between CURRENT SEARCH SETS and OTHER FUNCTIONS. II-30 ------- ENTER THE DATA BASE HELP LIST PRINT 1 SEARCH* -* SELECTION MENU SEARCH SETS OPTIONS DISPLAY* EXIT DATA BASE *These functions can be used to create new SEARCH SETS. FIGURE 2. RODS DATA BASE FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP DIAGRAM 11-31 ------- This page intentionally left blank. Turn page and proceed. II-32 ------- Display Command I ------- 1. DISPLAYING THE RESULTS When you select DI (DISPLAY) from the SELECTION MENU, the following DISPLAY MENU will be displayed: DISPLAY YOU MAY DISPLAY: 1 - IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION ONLY, OR 2 - ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ONLY, OR 3 - SELECTED REMEDY AND ABSTRACT ONLY, OR 4 - ROD TEXT ONLY, OR 5 - A LIST OF FIELDS AVAILABLE TO DISPLAY SELECTION: Options 1 through 4 of the DISPLAY MENU are predefined displays. Option 5 allows you to select which fields to DISPLAY. For all five options, DISPLAY work against your current SEARCH SET (i.e., the last SEARCH SET you created). If you would like to DISPLAY another SEARCH SET, you can make one of your other SEARCH SETS current by selecting the list (LI) option in the SELECTION MENU (see Section 4). The following fields are associated with Options 1 through 4. • Fields for Option 1, IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION ONLY: REGION, LOCATION, SITE NAME, ROD ID NUMBER, and ROD DATE • Fields for Option 2, ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ONLY: SITE NAME, ROD DATE, CONTAMINATED MEDIA, KEY CONTAMINANTS, and KEY WORDS • Fields for Option 3, SELECTED REMEDY AND ABSTRACT ONLY: SITE NAME, ROD DATE, SELECTED REMEDY, and ABSTRACT • Fields for Option 4, ROD TEXT ONLY: SITE NAME, ROD DATE, and ROD TEXT If you select Option 5, you are prompted to select which fields to DISPLAY. You can choose to DISPLAY one field or multiple fields from the following screen: II-33 ------- THESE ARE THE FIELDS YOU CAN DISPLAY: IDENTIFICATION ENVIRONMENTAL 1. REGION 7. CONTAMINATED MEDIA 2. LOCATION 8. KEY CONTAMINANTS 3. SITE NAME 9 SELECTED KEY WORDS 4. ROD ID NUMBER 5. SITE ID NUMBER 6. ROD DATE ENTER: - A SINGLE DISPLAY FIELD (3), OR - MULTIPLE DISPLAY FIELDS (1,3,4,6) DISPLAY = TEXT 10. SELECTED REMEDY 11. ABSTRACT 12. ROD TEXT 13. TEXT SECTIONS 14. FIGURESJABLES, ETC For all five DISPLAY options, after one or two items have been displayed, you will see the following message: "DO YOU WANT TO SEE THE NEXT ITEM (YES:NO)?" If you enter YES, the next item will be displayed. If you enter NO, the SELECTION MENU will be redisplayed. After all items in your SEARCH SET have been displayed, the SELECTION MENU will be redisplayed. a. SPECIAL FEATURES WHEN DISPLAYING THE TEXT FIELD There are several unique DISPLAY features for DISPLAYing the TEXT field. First, if the SEARCH SET you are DISPLAYing was created by SEARCHing the TEXT field (i.e., "FIND TEXT ="), the context areas containing your SEARCH term will be highlighted with 2 asterisks (**) in the left columns. The system starts by DISPLAYing the first context area which contains your SEARCH term. Second, if the SEARCH SET you are DISPLAYing was created by SEARCHing a field other then the TEXT field, no context areas are highlighted. The system starts by DISPLAYing the top of the TEXT field. Third, there are 7 commands that you can use when DISPLAYing the TEXT field. a portion of the TEXT has been displayed, you will see the following command lines: ENTER:NEXT(next ROD),HIT(next context),TOP(entire ROD), UP(window up),DOWN(window down),SELECT(this ROD),EXIT(end) After 11-34 ------- All seven commands are explained as follows: NEXT HIT TOP UP DOWN = SELECT = EXIT This command takes you to the next ROD (next document) in your SEARCH SET and displays it. If there are no more RODs to be displayed, NEXT returns you to the SELECTION MENU. This command takes you to the next context within the current ROD. HIT is only used when the SEARCH SET you are displaying was created by SEARCHing the TEXT field. This command takes you to the next occurrence of your SEARCH term. If no more occurrences of your SEARCH term are present in the TEXT, or if you did not SEARCH the TEXT field, you will see the message "**End of document reached**" The command lines are then displayed. This command displays the entire TEXT field. BE CAREFUL when using the TOP command as the ENTIRE TEXT will be displayed. Some RODs are very long, so it may take a long time for the entire TEXT field to be displayed. USE THIS COMMAND CAREFULLY! This command allows you to display the previous 12 lines of the TEXT field This command allows you to dkslay the next 12 lines of the TEXT field. This command allows you to create a SEARCH SET by SELECTing which RODs in a SEARCH SET are pertinent to your SEARCH. This command lets you end your display and returns you to the SELECTION MENU. To use these commands, enter the entire command at the "/" prompt at the end of the command line. II-35 ------- This page intentionally left blank. Turn page and proceed. II-36 ------- Sort Command ------- 2. SORTING YOUR RESULTS When you select SO (SORT) from the SELECTION MENU, the following SORT MENU will be displayed: SORT SELECT THE FIELD(S) TO SORT ON FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST: 1. REGION 2. STATE 3. SITE NAME 4. ROD ID NUMBER 5. ROD DATE ENTER: - A SINGLE SORT FIELD (1), OR - MULTIPLE SORT FIELDS SEPARATED BY COMMAS (1,3) SORT = The SORT function allows you to SORT the data in one of the following five ways: 1) Numerically by REGION; 2) Alphabetically by STATE; 3) Alphabetically by SITE NAME; 4) Numerically by ROD ID NUMBER; and 5) Sequentially by ROD DATE. You can specify more than one SORT criterion. The first one is the primary SORT criterion and it takes precedence over all the other SORT criteria. After the SORT is completed, you will see the following message: "YOUR SORT WAS COMPLETED AND SAVED AS SEARCH SET 2" After the message, the SELECTION MENU will be redisplayed. 11-37 ------- Combine Command ------- 3. COMBINING YOUR SEARCH SETS When you select CO (COMBINE) from the SELECTION MENU, the COMBINE SEARCH SETS MENU will be displayed: COMBINE SEARCH SETS COMBINE ALLOWS YOU TO REFINE YOUR SEARCH BY COMBINING SEARCH SETS USING THE FOLLOWING OPERATORS: OR = ONE OR THE OTHER OR BOTH AND = BOTH ONE AND THE OTHER ANDNOT . ONE AND NOT THE OTHER EXAMPLES OF THE COMBINE EXPRESSION FORMAT ARE: 1 AND 3 AND 4 1 ANDNOT 2 1 OR 3 OR 4 1 AND 4 ANDNOT 2 PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: YOU HAVE CREATED THE FOLLOWING SEARCH SETS: 3/ LIST SETNO: NO.ITEMS: REQUEST: SET 1: 19 REG=1 SET 2: 91 TEXT=chromium ENTER: A COMBINE EXPRESSION (1 AND 2), OR SE - TO CONTINUE SEARCHING R - TO RETURN TO THE SELECTION MENU SELECTION: There are two COMBINE MENU Screens as shown on the previous page. The first contains information about how the COMBINE function works. The second lists the SEARCH SETS you have created and prompts you to enter a selection. The second COMBINE MENU allows you to do three things: 11-39 ------- 1) Enter a COMBINE expression (e.g., 1 AND 2); 2) Go back to the SEARCH MENU (enter SE); or 3) Go back to the SELECTION MENU (enter R). To create a COMBINE expression, you must use one of the following operators: AND = both one and the other OR = one or the other or both ANDNOT = one and not the other In addition, you must also know the SEARCH SET numbers, because these numbers, along with the operators, are used to create the COMBINE expression. This is best illustrated by the following example: You have created the following SEARCH SETS: SEARCH SET SEARCH NUMBER NUMBER CRITERIA OF RODS 1 Region=3 26 2 Location=MD 8 3 ROD Date=85 65 If you COMBINE SEARCH SETS 1 AND 3, a SEARCH SET will be created for all RODs from Region 3 that were signed during FY85; the resulting SEARCH SET contains 14 RODs. You now have created 4 SEARCH SETS: SEARCH SET SEARCH NUMBER NUMBER CRITERIA OF RODS 1 Region=3 26 2 Location=MD 8 3 ROD Date=85 65 4 1 AND 3 14 If you now COMBINE 1 OR 3, a SEARCH SET will be created for all RODs from Region 3 together with all RODs signed in FY85; the resulting SEARCH SET will contain 77 RODs. You now have created 5 SEARCH SETS: SEARCH SET SEARCH NUMBER NUMBER CRITERIA OF RODS 1 Region=3 26 2 Location=MD 8 3 ROD Date=85 65 4 1 AND 3 14 5 1 OR 3 77 II-40 ------- Notice that search set 5 has 77 documents in it and not 91 (which would be the sum of 65 and 26). The reason for this is that 14 documents were common to (overlapped) both sets: RODS SIGNED IN'85 RODS IN REGION 3 RODS in Region 3 that were signed in 1985. FIGURE 3. VENN DIAGRAM SHOWING COMMON SEARCH SET Another way to look at it is that: • There were 12 documents in Region 3 that were signed in 1985. • There were 51 documents signed in 1985 that were not from Region 3. • There were 14 documents that were in Region 3 that were signed in 1985. So the total of all documents in both sets is: 12 +51+14 = 77. If you now COMBINE 1 ANDNOT 2, a SEARCH SET will be created for all RODs from REGION 3 excluding those in Maryland. (Your SEARCH SET will contain all RODs in PA, WV, VA, DE, and DC.) The resulting SEARCH SET will contain 18 RODs. You now have created 6 SEARCH SETS: SEARCH SET NUMBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 SEARCH CRITERIA Region=3 Location=MD ROD Date=85 1 AND 3 1 OR 3 1 ANDNOT 2 NUMBER OF RODS 26 8 65 14 77 18 After a COMBINE is completed, you will see a message similar to the one shown below: "18 RODS MET THE CONDITIONS OF YOUR COMBINE STATEMENT;" "THEY WERE SAVED AS SEARCH SET 6." After the message, the SELECTION MENU will be redisplayed. 11-41 ------- There is another COMBINE screen which appears only if you are COMBINing two or more SEARCH SETS that were created by searching the TEXT field. COMBINE CONTINUED You have chosen to combine search sets that were created by searching the TEXT field. Choose the way you'd like your search terms found. ENTER: 1 - SEARCH TERMS FROM THE SETS MUST BE IN THE SAME SENTENCE 2 - SEARCH TERMS FROM THE SETS CAN BE ANYWHERE IN THE TEXT FIELD SELECTION: V This screen allows you to decide if you want your search terms from the sets you are COMBINing: 1) To be in the same sentence; or 2) To be anywhere in the same ROD. If a 1 is entered at the "SELECTION:" prompt, the system will only find the occurrences of the search terms in the same sentence. If a 2 is entered at the"SELECTION:" prompt, the system will find all RODs which contain both terms. The terms can be in the same sentence or in different sentences, but both terms must be present in the ROD. 11-42 ------- List Command I ------- 4. LISTING THE SEARCH SETS YOU HAVE CREATED When you select LI (LIST) from the SELECTION MENU, the LIST Screen will be displayed: LIST YOU HAVE CREATED THE FOLLOWING SEARCH SETS: 4/ LIST SETNO: NO.ITEMS: REQUEST: SET 1: 21 reg=l SET 2: 42 reg=2 SET 3: 35 reg=3 SEARCH SET 3 IS YOUR CURRENT SEARCH SET. DO YOU WANT TO MAKE ONE OF YOUR OTHER SETS CURRENT? The LIST Screen has three functions: • It LISTs all the SEARCH SETS that you have created; • It can be used to make a non-current SEARCH SET "CURRENT"; and • It gives you the opportunity to delete all your SEARCH SETS. Your "CURRENT SEARCH SET" is the last set that you have created. In the example above, SEARCH SET 3 is the CURRENT set. Three of the selections in the SELECTION MENU work only against your CURRENT SEARCH SET; they are DISPLAY, SORT, and PRINT. If you would like to use one of these commands for a SEARCH SET that is not CURRENT, you will have to make your desired SEARCH SET "CURRENT". After the list of SEARCH SETS is displayed, a message will tell you which SEARCH SET is "CURRENT", then you will be prompted as follows: "DO YOU WANT TO MAKE ONE OF YOUR OTHER SETS CURRENT?" If you do want to make one of your other sets "CURRENT", enter YES or Y. If not, enter NO or N. If you entered YES, you will be prompted as follows: "ENTER THE SEARCH SET NUMBER YOU WANT TO BE CURRENT:" Referring back to the example on the previous page, if you want SEARCH SET 1 to be "CURRENT", enter 1. The following message will be displayed: "SEARCH SET 1 IS NOW THE CURRENT SEARCH SET;" "IT IS SAVED AS SEARCH SET 4" II-43 ------- Next, the SELECTION MENU will be redisplayed. If you list your SEARCH SETS again, you will see the following LIST Screen: LIST YOU HAVE CREATED THE FOLLOWING SEARCH SETS: 5/ LIST SETNO: NO.ITEMS: REQUEST: SET 1: 21 reg=l SET 2: 42 reg=2 SET 3: :5 reg=3 SET 4: 21 1 SEARCH SET 4 IS YOUR CURRENT SEARCH SET. DO YOU WANT TO MAKE ONE OF YOUR OTHER SETS CURRENT? As you can see, SEARCH SET 4 is your CURRENT set. The "1" in the REQUEST column indicates that it is exactly the same SEARCH SET as SET 1. If you had decided not to make another set CURRENT and had entered "NO" at the prompt, you would have been prompted as follows: "DO YOU WANT TO DELETE YOUR SEARCH SETS?" If you would like to delete all your SEARCH SETS (do so only if you do not want to use them again), enter YES or Y, You will be asked: "ARE YOU SURE?" If you are sure, enter YES or Y. Your SEARCH SETS will be deleted and you will see the following message: "YOUR SEARCH SETS HAVE BEEN DELETED" The SEARCH MENU will then appear. If you had entered NO or N at either of these prompts, your SEARCH SETS would not be deleted, and the SELECTION MENU would reappear on the screen. 11-44 ------- 5. SEARCHING THE DATA BASE When you select SE (SEARCH) from the SELECTION MENU, the SEARCH MENU will be displayed. SEARCH EACH ROD CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING SEARCHABLE INFORMATION FIELDS: IDENTIFICATION ENVIRONMENTAL TEXT 1. REGION 6. CONTAMINATED MEDIA 9. SELECTED REMEDY 2. STATE 7. KEY CONTAMINANTS 10. ABSTRACT 3. SITE NAME 8. SELECTED KEY WORDS 11. ROD TEXT 4. ROD ID NUMBER 5. ROD DATE ENTER: THE NUMBER FOR THE INFORMATION FIELD TO SEARCH, OR H - FOR HELP EXPLANATIONS, OR M - TO RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU, OR X - TO EXIT THE RODS SYSTEM S - GO TO THE SELECTION MENU SELECTION: The SEARCH MENU is described in detail in Section D. II-45 ------- Print Command i ------- 6. PRINTING YOUR RESULTS When you select PR (PRINT) from the SELECTION MENU, the PRINT MENU will be displayed: PRINT YOU MAY PRINT: 1 - IDENTIFICATION FIELDS 2 - IDENTIFICATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL FIELDS 3 - IDENTIFICATION FIELDS AND THE ABSTRACT 4 - IDENTIFICATION FIELDS AND THE SELECTED REMEDY 5 - IDENTIFICATION FIELDS, THE ABSTRACT, AND THE SELECTED REMEDY 6 - IDENTIFICATION FIELDS AND TEXT CONTEXT AREAS (USE THIS ONLY IF THE SEARCH SET YOU ARE PRINTING WAS CREATED BY SEARCHING THE TEXT FIELD) S - RETURN TO THE SELECTION MENU X - EXIT THE ROD SYSTEM SELECTION: All of the PRINT options are predefined reports. The menus do not allow you to define the PRINT reports. NOTE: Because the RODs are so long, you are not allowed to print out the entire TEXT of the ROD, only the context areas. If you need a copy of a particular ROD or RODs, the will be available from the EPA libraries or from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). The following fields are associated with Options 1 through 4, and are described on the following page. • Fields for Option 1, IDENTIFICATION FIELDS: REGION, SITE NAME, ROD ID NUMBER, and ROD DATE • Fields for Option 2, IDENTIFICATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL FIELDS: REGION, SITE NAME, ROD ID NUMBER, ROD DATE, CONTAMINATED MEDIA, KEY CONTAMINANTS, and KEY WORDS • Fields for Option 3, IDENTIFICATION FIELDS AND THE ABSTRACT: REGION, SITE NAME, ROD ID NUMBER, ROD DATE, and ABSTRACT • Fields for Option 4, IDENTIFICATION FIELDS AND THE SELECTED REMEDY: REGION, SITE NAME, ROD ID NUMBER, ROD DATE, and REMEDY • Fields for Option 5, IDENTIFICATION FIELDS, THE ABSTRACT, AND THE SELECTED REMEDY: REGION, NAME, ROD ID NUMBER, ROD DATE, ABSTRACT, and REMEDY • Fields for Option 6, IDENTIFICATION FIELDS AND TEXT CONTEXT AREAS: REGION, NAME, ROD ID NUMBER, ROD DATE, and HIGHLIGHTED PORTIONS OF TEXT II-47 ------- After selecting an Option (1-6) from the PRINT MENU, the following screen will be displayed: WHERE DO YOU WANT YOUR PRINTOUT TO GO? LOCATION REMOTE NUMBER REGION 1 RMT34 REGION 2 N7 REGION 3 N14 REGION 4 N12 REGION 5 (111 W JACKSON) RMT138 REGION 5 (230 S DEARBORN) RMT02 REGION 6 N10 REGION 7 N13 REGIONS RMT11 REGION 9 RMT75 REGION 10 Nil HQ - WIC N3 NEIC DENVER N9 ENTER THE REMOTE NUMBER: After you enter the REMOTE NUMBER at the prompt, you will be asked if you entered the correct REMOTE NUMBER. For example, if you have specified N3 as the REMOTE NUMBER, you will be prompted: "IS N3 CORRECT? (YES:NO)" If you enter NO, you are prompted to enter again. If you enter YES, then you will be prompted with the following message: "DO YOU WANT A TITLE/HEADING ON YOUR PRINTOUT? (YES:NO)" If you enter NO, your printout will be sent without a title. If you enter YES, you are prompted to enter the title. After you answer all of the questions, your printout will be sent, and the SELECTION MENU will be redisplayed. 11-48 ------- Help Menus i ------- F. THE HELP MENUS Several HELP features have been incorporated into the RODS Data Base. To access the RODS MAIN HELP MENU, enter H at the "SELECTION:" prompt of the SEARCH MENU or the SELECTION MENU. RODS MAIN HELP MENU ENTER: 1 - GENERAL HELP TOPICS, OR 2 - FIELD INFORMATION, OR 3 - INDEX TERMS FOR A SPECIFIC FIELD, OR 4 - BROWSE THE DATA THESAURUS, OR S - RETURN TO THE SEARCH MENU, OR X- EXIT THE RODS SYSTEM SELECTION: Four HELP features are listed on the RODS MAIN HELP MENU. • Option 1, GENERAL HELP TOPICS, gives you information about the MENU commands, the RODS, and the terminology used with RODS. • Option 2, FIELD INFORMATION, gives you information about each of the fields in the data base, including general information, BASIS access names, and indexing information. • Option 3, INDEX TERMS FOR A SPECIFIC FIELD, allows you to actually "LOOK" into the index of each field to see which terms can be SEARCHed for in each field. This HELP feature is especially helpful because it allows you to create SEARCH SETS as you are looking at the index. • Option 4, BROWSE THE DATA THESAURUS, is not available yet. When it is available, it will allow you to identify all the ways that a term is represented in the data base. Each of these HELP features is described in more detail on the next few pages. Appendix C contains copies of all the HELP MENUS. If you wish to leave the RODS MAIN HELP MENU, enter an S to return to the SEARCH MENU or X to exit the RODS Data Base. 11-49 ------- 1. GENERAL HELP TOPICS When you select Option 1 from the RODS MAIN HELP MENU, the GENERAL HELP TOPICS MENU will be displayed: _ _ . GENERAL HELP TOPICS AT THE PROMPT, SELECT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: 1 - WHAT IS A ROD? 2 - FIELDS IN THE RODS DATA BASE 3 - TERMINOLOGY 4 - HOW TO USE THE RODS DATA BASE 5 - SEARCHING THE DATA BASE 6 - WHAT IS A SEARCH SET? 7 - COMBINING SEARCH SETS 8 - SORTING A SEARCH SET 9 - DISPLAYING A SEARCH SET 10 - PRINTING A SEARCH SET H - RETURN TO THE MAIN HELP MENU S - RETURN TO SEARCH MENU X - EXIT RODS SELECTION: At the "SELECTION:" prompt, enter 1 through 10 to see an explanation of one of the topics. For example, if you enter 1, the following explanation will be displayed: WHAT IS A ROD? A ROD or Record of Decision is mainly a textual document describing EPA's planned course of action to clean up a listed or proposed site on the National Priorities List. The ROD is the official record of EPA's remedy selection for the site. The majority of RODs follow a standard format specified in OERR guidance to the Regional Offices. The ROD System contains text pages from the documents, as well as some of the textual tables. The system contains all RODs since the inception of the Superfund program. As new RODs are signed, they are entered into RODS. At this time, maps and other graphic materials are not in the ROD System. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: 11-50 ------- All of the choices, 1 through 10, will give a similar, brief explanation except for 3 - TERMINOLOGY. When you select 3, the following screen will be displayed: TERMINOLOGY EXPLANATIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE FOLLOWING TERMS: 1 - BASIS ACCESS NAME 2 - BASIS COMMAND LANGUAGE 3 - ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION 4 - FIELD 5 - FIELD NAME 6 - FISCAL YEAR 7 - IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION 8 - LOGOFF 9 - OERR 10 - RECORD 11 - TEXT INFORMATION 12 - THESAURUS H - RETURN TO THE MAIN HELP MENU S - RETURN TO THE SEARCH MENU X - EXIT RODS SELECTION: The TERMINOLOGY MENU allows you to see a brief description of some of the terms used commonly in the menus. At the "SELECTION:" prompt, enter 1 through 12 to see an explanation of one of the terms. Both the TERMINOLOGY MENU and the GENERAL HELP TOPICS MENU allow you to enter H to return to the RODS MAIN HELP MENU, S to return to the SEARCH MENU, or X to exit the RODS Data Base. 11-51 ------- 2. FIELD INFORMATION When you select Option 2 from the RODS MAIN HELP MENU, the FIELD EXPLANATION MENU will be displayed: FIELD EXPLANATIONS EXPLANATIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE FOLLOWING FIELDS: IDENTIFICATION ENVIRONMENTAL 1. REGION 7. CONTAMINATED MEDIA 2. STATE 8. KEY CONTAMINANTS 3. SITE NAME/ALIAS 9. SELECTED KEY WORDS 4. ROD ID NUMBER 5. SITE ID NUMBER 6. ROD DATE TEXT 10. SELECTED REMEDY 11. ABSTRACT 12. ROD TEXT 13. TEXT SECTIONS 14. FIGURES, TABLES, ENTER THE FIELD NUMBER: At the "ENTER THE FIELD NUMBER:" prompt, enter 1 through 14 to see an explanation of one of the fields. For example, if you enter 6, the following explanation of the ROD DATE will be displayed: II-52 ------- THE ROD DATE FIELD GENERAL THE ROD DATE FIELD CONTAINS THE DATE THAT THE ROD WAS SIGNED. WHEN USING THE MENUS TO SEARCH THE ROD DATA BASE, THE ROD DATE MUST BE ENTERED IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FORMATS: MM/DD/YY TO SEARCH A SINGLE DATE MM/DD/YY:MM/DD/YY TO SEARCH A RANGE OF DATES YY TO SEARCH A SINGLE FISCAL YEAR YY.YY TO SEARCH A RANGE OF FISCAL YEARS WHEN USING BASIS MENU LANGUAGE TO SEARCH THE DATA BASE, THE DATE CAN BE ENTERED MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. (SEE THE BASIS USER'S REFERENCE MANUAL) PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: BASIS ACCESS THE DATA BASE ACCESS NAME FOR THE ROD DATE IS RDATE. INDEXING INFORMATION THE ROD DATE IS INDEXED AS A DATE FIELD. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: The explanations for each field contain general information, BASIS access information, and indexing information. After the FIELD EXPLANATIONS are displayed, the RODS MAIN HELP MENU is redisplayed. 11-53 ------- 3. INDEX TERMS FOR A SPECIFIC FIELD When you select Option 3 from the RODS MAIN HELP MENU, the INDEX TERMS MENU will be displayed: INDEX TERMS YOU CAN LOOK AT THE INDEX FOR THE FOLLOWING FIELDS: IDENTIFICATION ENVIRONMENTAL TEXT 1. REGION 7. CONTAMINATED MEDIA 10. SELECTED REMEDY 2. LOCATION 8. KEY CONTAMINANTS 11. ABSTRACT 3. SITE NAME 9. SELECTED KEY WORDS 12. ROD TEXT 4. ROD ID NUMBER 13. TEXT SECTIONS 5. SITE ID NUMBER 6. ROD DATE ENTER THE FIELD NUMBER: At the "ENTER THE FIELD NUMBER:" prompt, enter 1 through 13 to select the index of the field you would like to see. For example, to look at the SITE NAME index, enter 3 and the following screen will be displayed: YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO LOOK IN THE SITE NAME INDEX. ENTER THE WORD OR WORD STEM TO LOOK UP: 11-54 ------- At this point, you must enter a word or portion of a word to look up. For example, if you enter STR, the following screen will be displayed: YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO LOOK IN THE SITE NAME INDEX. ENTER THE WORD OR WORD STEM TO LOOK UP: str I/ LOOK NAME=str** A 1 NAME=STREET B 1 NAME=STREETS C 2 NAME=STRINGFELLOW D 2 NAME=STRINGFELLOW ACID PITS E 1 NAME=SWOPE F 1 NAME=SWOPE OIL G 1 NAME=SYNCON H 1 NAME=SYNCON RESINS I 3 NAME=TAR J 1 NAME=TAR CREEK K 3 NAME=TAYLOR L 2 NAME=TAYLOR BOROUGH More terms Pick ==> ENTER "MORE" TO SEE MORE INDEX TERMS, OR ==> PRESS ENTER TO RETURN TO THE MAIN HELP MENU, OR ==> ENTER A LETTER (A) OR MULTIPLE LETTERS (A,B) TO CREATE A SEARCH SET The screen shown above is an alphabetical listing of terms in the SITE NAME index starting with "STR". In this case only 4 terms in the SITE NAME index start with "STR". The number in front of the "NAME=" tells how many times that word occurs in the SITE NAME field in the data base. After listing terms on the screen, you have three options: First, you can enter MORE and the list would continue with terms after TAYLOR BOROUGH. Second, you can press enter to return to the MAIN HELP MENU. Third, you can create a SEARCH SET by entering a single letter or multiple letters from the list. The first and third options will be explained in more detail on the next page. H-55 ------- If you enter MORE the next 12 terms in the list will be displayed: I/ MORE A 1 NAME=TRIOXIDE B 1 NAME=TRUCKING C 1 NAME=TYBOUTS D 1 NAME=TYBOUTS CORNER E 1 NAME=TYSON'S F 1 NAME=TYSON'S DISPOSAL G 1 NAME=UNION H 2 NAME=UNITED I 1 NAME=UNITED CHROME J 1 NAME=UNITED CREOSOTING K 1 NAME=VALLEY L 1 NAME=VARSOL More terms Pick ==> ENTER "MORE" TO SEE MORE INDEX TERMS, OR ==> PRESS ENTER TO RETURN TO THE MAIN HELP MENU, OR ==> ENTER A LETTER (A) OR MULTIPLE LETTERS (A,B) TO CREATE A SEARCH SET Now, if you enter a letter or multiple letters you can create a new SEARCH SET. For example, if you enter C,D, you will create a SEARCH SET containing all RODs with the NAME=TYBOUTS or NAME=TYBOUTS CORNER, and you will see the following message: l/c,d 1 item as set 1 Pick... ==> 1 ROD WAS FOUND AND SAVED AS SEARCH SET 1 As shown, a SEARCH SET containing 1 ROD was created and saved as SEARCH SET 1. After the message, the RODS MAIN HELP MENU is redisplayed. II-56 ------- INDEX Asterisk (*) 11-28 BASIS Command Language 11-12 COMBINE 11-28, H-39 AND 11-39 ANDNOT H-39 CO 11-39 COMBINE SEARCH SETS Menu 11-39 OR 11-39 Command, Command line DOWN 11-34 EXIT 11-34 TOP 11-34 HIT 11-34 NEXT 11-34 SELECT 11-34 UP 11-34 Command lines 11-34 Context area 11-34 CURRENT SEARCH SET 11-43 DISPLAY 11-33 DI H-33 DISPLAY Menu 11-33 DISPLAYing the TEXT H-34 ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION 11-33 IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION 11-33 LIST OF FIELDS 11-33 SELECTED REMEDY AND ABSTRACT 11-33 TEXT H-33 DISPLAYing the TEXT asterisks (**) 11-34 context areas H-34 Document set See SEARCH set H-27 DOWN II-35 EXIT H-35 Field SEARCH Screens ABSTRACT SEARCH Screen H-25 CONTAMINATED MEDIA SEARCH Screen II-21 Field SEARCH Screens H-15 KEY CONTAMINANTS SEARCH Screen II-22 KEY WORDS SEARCH Screen H-23 REGION INFORMATION SEARCH Screen H-15 ROD DATE INFORMATION SEARCH Screen II-20 ROD IDENTIFICATION NUMBER SEARCH Screen 11-19 ROD TEXT SEARCH Screen II-26 SELECTED REMEDY SEARCH Screen H-24 SITE NAME SEARCH Screen 11-18 STATE INFORMATION SEARCH Screen II-16 HELP H-13 HELP MENUS H-49 GENERAL HELP TOPICS H-50 MAIN HELP MENU H-49 HIT 11-35 H-57 ------- INDEX (Continued) LIST H-43 CURRENT SEARCH SET 11-43 LI H-43 LIST Screen H-43 MAIN MENU II-12 NEXT 11-35 NTIS H-47 PRINT 11-47 PR 11-47 PRINT Menu 11-47 SEARCH II-13, 11-45 SE 11-45 SEARCH Screen 11-14 SEARCH SET 11-27 SEARCH SETS 11-28 SEARCH term H-14, II-28 Special SEARCH Features II-28 SEARCH Menu II-12 SEARCH 11-12 SELECT 11-35 SELECT function 11-28 SELECTION COMBINE II-30 DISPLAY II-30 LIST II-30 PRINT 11-30 SEARCH 11-30 SELECTION MENU H-30 SORT H-30 SELECTION Menu II-37 SORT H-28, II-37 SORT criteria H-37 SORT Menu H-37 SORT fields REGION H-37 ROD DATE H-37 ROD ID NUMBER 11-37 SITE NAME H-37 SORT 11-37 STATE H-37 Special Search Feature The WILD Card Character (*) 11-28, II-29 TOP H-35 UP H-35 Wild Card Character H-28 H-58 ------- Search Fields ------- APPENDIX A THE ROD SYSTEM FIELDS ------- APPENDIX A THE ROD SYSTEM SEARCH FIELDS TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PACE THE ABSTRACT FIELD A-l THE ALIAS NAME FIELD A-2 THE FIGURES, TABLES, ETC. FIELD A-3 THE KEY CONTAMINANT FIELD A-4 THE KEY WORDS FIELD A-5 THE LOCATION FIELD A-6 THE MEDIA FIELD A-7 THE REGION FIELD A-8 THE ROD DATE FIELD A-9 THE ROD ID NUMBER FIELD A-10 THE SELECTED REMEDY FIELD A-l 1 THE SITE ID NUMBER FIELD A-12 THE SITE NAME FIELD A-13 THE TEXT FIELD A-14 THE TEXT SECTION FIELD A-15 A-i ------- THE ABSTRACT FIELD GENERAL THE ABSTRACT FIELD CONTAINS AN ABSTRACT OF THE ROD AS IT APPEARS ON THE NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE (NTIS) COVERSHEET. THE ABSTRACT IS GENERALLY 2-4 PARAGRAPHS LONG AND CONTAINS A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE ROD. BASIS ACCESS THE DATA BASE ACCESS NAME FOR THE ABSTRACT FIELD IS INDEXING INFORMATION THE ABSTRACT FIELD IS A TEXTUAL FIELD AND EACH WORD IS INDEXED INDIVIDUALLY. SEARCH SAMPLE FIND ABS=PCB* RESULT WILL BE A SEARCH SET CONTAINING POINTERS TO ALL ROD DOCUMENTS WHICH HAVE WORD BEGINNING WITH THE LETTERS "PCB" IN THE ROD ABSTRACT. A-l ------- THE ALIAS NAME FIELD GENERAL THE ALIAS NAME FIELD CONTAINS THE "ALSO KNOWN AS" (AKA) NAMES FOR A GIVEN SITE. WHEN A SEARCH IS PERFORMED ON THE SITE NAME FIELD, THE ALIAS NAME IS SEARCHED AUTOMATICALLY. BASIS ACCESS THE DATA BASE ACCESS NAME FOR THE ALIAS NAME FIELD IS INDEXING INFORMATION THE ALIAS FIELD IS INDEXED BY INDIVIDUAL WORD AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE ALIAS NAME. FOR EXAMPLE, SYLVESTER'S SITE IS INDEXED AS FOLLOWS:ALIAS=SYLVESTER'S ALIAS=SITE ALIAS=SYLVESTER'S SITE SYLVESTER'S SITE IS THE ALIAS NAME FOR NASHUA SITE. SEARCH SAMPLE FIND ALIAS=AIRPORT RESULT WILL BE A SEARCH SET CONTAINING POINTERS TO ALL ROD DOCUMENTS WHICH HAVE AN ALIAS NAME CONTAINING THE WORD "AIRPORT". A-2 ------- THE FIGURES, TABLES, ETC. FIELD GENERAL THE FIGURES FIELD CONTAINS A LIST OF ALL FIGURES, TABLES, EXHIBITS, AND ATTACHMENTS THAT ARE IN THE ROD. SOME EXAMPLES OF THE ITEMS LISTED IN THIS FIELD INCLUDE: MAPS, MEMORANDA, ATTENDENCE SHEETS FROM PUBLIC HEARINGS, SAMPLE RESULTS, SAMPLE COLLECTION DATA FORMS, CHAIN OF CUSTODY FORMS, LABELS, NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, LETTERS, AND GRAPHS. SOME OF THESE ITEMS ARE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE TEXT OF THE ROD AND ARE DESIGNATED AS INCLUDED IN THIS FIELD. ITEMS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED ARE DESIGNATED AS OMITTED. BASIS ACCESS THE DATA BASE ACCESS NAME FOR THE FIGURE, TABLES, ETC FIELD INDEXING INFORMATION THE FIGURES FIELD IS NOT INDEXED. THE CONTENTS OF THE FIELD CAN BE DISPLAYED OR SEQUENTIALLY SCANNED ONLY. A-3 ------- THE KEY CONTAMINANT FIELD GENERAL THE KEY CONTAMINANTS FIELD CONTAINS A LIST OF THE KEY CONTAMINANTS AS THEY APPEAR ON THE NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE (NTIS) COVERSHEETS. THIS FIELD .MAY NOT CONTAIN ALL THE CONTAMINANTS AT THE SITE. IN ADDITION TO THE KEY CONTAMINANTS FIELD, IT IS ADVISABLE TO SEARCH THE TEXT FIELD FOR CONTAMINANTS. BASIS ACCESS THE DATA BASE ACCESS NAME FOR THE KEY CONTAMINANTS FIELD INDEXING INFORMATION THE KEY CONTAMINANT FIELD IS INDEXED BY PHRASE AND BY INDIVIDUAL WORD. FOR EXAMPLE, VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IS INDEXED AS FOLLOWS: CONT=VOLATILE CONT=ORGANIC CONT=COMPOUNDS CONT=VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ANOTHER EXAMPLE, DIOXIN IS INDEXED AS FOLLOWS: CONT=DIOXIN SAMPLE SEARCH FIND CONT-DIOXIN RESULT WILL BE A SEARCH SET CONTAINING POINTERS TO ALL ROD DOCUMENTS WHICH HAVE DIOXIN LISTED AS A KEY CONTAMINANT. (NOTE: THE KEY CONTAMINANT FIELD CONTAINS KEY CONTAMINANT INFORMATION AS ASSIGNED ON THE NTIS COVERSHEETS.) A-4 ------- THE KEY WORDS FIELD GENERAL THE KEY WORDS FIELD CONTAINS A LIST OF THE KEY WORDS AND KEY PHRASES AS THEY APPEAR ON THE NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE (NTIS) COVERSHEETS. THIS FIELD DOES NOT CONTAIN ALL KEY WORDS THAT MAY BE NECESSARY TO SEARCH THE ROD. IN ADDITION TO THE KEY WORD FIELD, IT IS ADVISABLE TO SEARCH THE TEXT FIELD. JASIS ACCESS THE DATA BASE ACCESS NAME FOR THE KEY WORDS FIELD IS KEYS. INDEXING INFORMATION THE KEY WORDS FIELD IS INDEXED BY PHRASE AND BY INDIVIDUAL WORD. FOR EXAMPLE, DRINKING WATER CONTAMINANTS IS INDEXED AS FOLLOWS: KEYS=DRINKING KEYS=WATER KEYS=CONTAMINANTS KEYS=DRINKING WATER CONTAMINANTS ANOTHER EXAMPLE, INCINERATION IS INDEXED AS FOLLOWS: KEYS=INCINERATIQN SEARCH SAMPLE FIND KEYS-INCINERATION RESULT WILL BE A SEARCH SET CONTAINING POINTERS TO ALL ROD DOCUMENTS WHICH HAVE INCINERATION LISTED AS A KEY WORD. (NOTE: THE KEY WORDS FIELD CONTAINS THOSE KEY WORDS ASSIGNED ON THE NTIS COVERSHEET AND/OR THE ROD ANNUAL REPORT.) A-5 ------- THE LOCATION FIELD GENERAL THE LOCATION FIELD CONTAINS THE CITY AND STATE WHERE THE SITE IS LOCATED. IT IS FORMATTED AS FOLLOWS: CITY, STATE ABBREVIATION BASIS ACCESS THE DATA BASE ACCESS NAME FOR THE LOCATION FIELD IS INDEXING INFORMATION THE CITY AND THE STATE ABBREVIATION ARE INDEXED SEPARATELY AND TOGETHER WITHIN THE LOCATION FIELD. FOR EXAMPLE, CAMDEN, NJ IS INDEXED AS FOLLOWS: LOC=CAMDEN LOC=CAMDEN, NJ LOC=NJ SEARCH SAMPLE FIND LOC=VA RESULT WILL BE A SEARCH SET CONTAINING POINTERS TO THE ROD DOCUMENTS WHICH HAVE A SITE LOCATION OF VIRGINIA. A-6 ------- THE MEDIA FIELD GENERAL THE MEDIA FIELD CONTAINS A LIST OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA THAT ARE CONTAMINATED AT THE SITE. THIS FIELD CONTAINS THE MEDIA AS ASSIGNED ON THE NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE (NTIS) COVERSHEETS. THIS FIELD MAY NOT CONTAIN ALL THE CONTAMINATED MEDIA AT THE SITE. IN ADDITION TO THE MEDIA FIELD, IT IS ADVISABLE TO SEARCH THE TEXT FIELD FOR CONTAMINATED MEDIA. BASIS ACCESS THE DATA BASE ACCESS NAME FOR THE CONTAMINATED MEDIA FIELD INDEXING INFORMATION THE MEDIA FIELD IS INDEXED BY PHRASE AND BY INDIVIDUAL WORD. FOR EXAMPLE, RIVER SEDIMENTS IS INDEXED AS FOLLOWS: MEDIA=RIVER SEDIMENTS MEDIA=RIVER MEDIA=SEDIMENTS ANOTHER EXAMPLE, GROUNDWATER IS INDEXED AS FOLLOWS: MEDIA=GROUNDWATER SEARCH SAMPLE FIND MEDIA-SOIL RESULT WILL BE A SEARCH SET CONTAINING POINTERS TO ALL ROD DOCUMENTS WHICH HAVE SOIL LISTED AS ACONTAMINATED MEDIA. (NOTE: THE MEDIA FIELD CONTAINS MEDIA AS ASSIGNED IN THE NTIS COVERSHEETS.) A-7 ------- THE REGION FIELD GENERAL THE REGION FIELD CONTAINS THE NUMBER FOR THE REGION IN WHICH THE SITE IS LOCATED. THE REGION NUMBERS ARE INTEGERS FROM 1-10 AND ARE MADE UP OF THE FOLLOWING STATES: 1 - CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT 2 - NJ, NY, PR, VI 3 - DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV 4 - AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN 5 - IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI 6 - AR, LA, NM, OK, TX 7 - IA, KS, MO, NE 8 - CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY 9 - AZ, CA, HI, NV 10 - AK, ID, OR, WA BASIS ACCESS THE DATA BASE ACCESS NAME FOR THE REGION FIELD IS INDEXING INFORMATION THE REGION FIELD IS INDEXED INDIVIDUALLY BY NUMBER AS FOLLOWS: REG=1 REG=6 REG=2 REG=7 REG=3 REG=8 REG«4 REG-9 REG-5 REG-10 SEARCH SAMPLE FIND REG=2 RESULT WILL BE A SEARCH SET CONTAINING POINTERS TO THE RODS DOCUMENTS WHICH HAVE A REGION EQUAL TO 2. A-8 ------- THE ROD DATE FIELD GENERAL THE ROD DATE FIELD CONTAINS THE DATE THAT THE ROD WAS SIGNED. WHEN USING THE MENUS TO SEARCH THE ROD DATA BASE, THE ROD DATE MUST BE ENTERED IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FORMATS: MM/DD/YY TO SEARCH A SINGLE DATE MM/DD/YY:MM/DD/YY TO SEARCH A RANGE OF DATES YY TO SEARCH A SINGLE FISCAL YEAR YY,YY TO SEARCH A RANGE OF FISCAL YEARS WHEN USING BASIS MENU LANGUAGE TO SEARCH THE DATA BASE, THE DATE CAN BE ENTERED IN THE THE FOLLOWINFG FORMATS: JANUARY 30, 1986 JAN 30, 1986 JAN. 1986 JANUARY, 1986 . JAN 30 1986 JAN 1986 30 JAN. 1986 30 JAN 1986 30 JAN 86 30 JAN 1986 1986 013086 01-30-86 01 30 86 01/30/86 BASIS ACCESS THE DATA BASE ACCESS NAME FOR THE ROD DATE FIELD IS INDEXING INFORMATION THE ROD DATE IS INDEXED AS A DATE FIELD. IT IS STORED IN THE INDEX IN THE YYMMDD FORMAT. SAMPLE SEARCH FIND RDATE-SEP 30 1985 RESULT WILL BE A SEARCH SET CONTAINING POINTERS TO ALL RODS DOCUMENTS SIGNED ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1985. (NOTE: ANY OF THE ABOVE DATE FORMATS ARE ACCEPTABLE TO BASIS WHEN USING BASIS COMMAND LANGUAGE.) A-9 ------- THE ROD ID NUMBER FIELD GENERAL THE ROD IDENTIFICATION NUMBER FIELD CONTAINS THE UNIQUE EPA ROD DOCUMENT NUMBER. THE ROD ID IS IN THE FORMAT: R02-86/038 R02- SHOWS THAT IT IS A ROD FROM REGION 2 86 - SHOWS THAT IT IS A ROD SIGNED IN THE YEAR 1986 038 - SHOWS THAT IT IS THE 38TH ROD FOR THE YEAR BASIS ACCESS THE DATA BASE ACCESS NAME FOR THE ROD ID NUMBER IS INDEXING INFORMATION THE ENTIRE ROD ID NUMBER IS INDEXED AS ONE TERM. FOR EXAMPLE, R02-86/038 IS INDEXED AS FOLLOWS: RODID=R02-86/038 SAMPLE SEARCH FIND RODID=R02-86/038 RESULT WILL BE A SEARCH SET CONTAINING POINTERS TO THE ROD DOCUMENT WHICH HAS A ROD ID NUMBER OF R02-86/038. A-10 ------- THE SELECTED REMEDY FIELD GENERAL THE SELECTED REMEDY HELD CONTAINS A DESCRIPTION AND JUSTIFICATION FOR THE METHOD CHOSEN TO CLEAN THE SITE. BASIS ACCESS THE DATA BASE ACCESS NAME FOR THE FIGURE, TABLES, ETC FIELD IS REM. INDEXING INFORMATION THE SELECTED REMEDY FIELD IS A TEXTUAL FIELD AND EACH WORD IS INDEXED INDIVIDUALLY. SAMPLE SEARCH FIND REM=OFFSITE RESULT WILL BE A SEARCH SET CONTAINING POINTERS TO ALL ROD DOCUMENTS WHICH CONTAIN THE WORD OFFSITE IN THE REMEDY FIELD. A-ll ------- THE SITE ID NUMBER FIELD GENERAL THE SITE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER FIELD CONTAINS A UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER FOR THE SITE. THE SITE ID NUMBERS ARE THE SAME ID NUMBERS THAT ARE IN THE CERCLIS DATA BASE. THE FORMAT FOR THE SITE ID NUMBER IS: VAD980712970 WHERE THE FIRST TWO LETTERS DESIGNATE THE STATE AND THE REMAINING 10 CHARACTERS A UNIQUE ID NUMBER. BASIS ACCESS THE DATA BASE ACCESS NAME FOR THE SITE ID NUMBER IS INDEXING INFORMATION ONLY THE FIRST TWO CHARACTERS OF THE SITE IDENTIFICATION FIELD NUMBER IS INDEXED. THE FIRST TWO CHARACTERS ALWAYS CONTAINS THE STATE ABBREVIATION FOR THE LOCATION OF THE SITE. SEARCH SAMPLE FIND SITEID=VA RESULT WILL BE A SEARCH SET CONTAINING POINTERS TO ALL ROD DOCUMENTS WHICH HAVE A SITEID STARTING WITH VA (VIRGINIA). SPECIAL MENU HANDLING THE SITEID IS NOT SEARCHABLE THROUGH THE ROD MENUS. IT CAN HOWEVER BE DISPLAYED IN THE MENUS. A-12 ------- THE SITE NAME FIELD GENERAL THE SITE NAME FIELD CONTAINS THE PREFERRED NAME FOR THE ROD SITE. ALL ALIAS NAMES ARE LISTED IN THE ALIAS NAME FIELD. WHEN SEARCHING THE ROD DATA BASE BY NAME, BOTH THE PREFERRED NAME AND ALIAS NAMES ARE SEARCHED AUTOMATICALLY. BASIS ACCESS THE DATA BASE ACCESS NAME FOR THE SITE NAME FIELD IS INDEXING INFORMATION THE SITE NAME FIELD IS INDEXED BY INDIVIDUAL WORD WITHIN THE NAME AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE SITE NAME. FOR EXAMPLE, PIJAK FARM SITE IS INDEXED AS FOLLOWS: NAME=PIJAK NAME=FARM NAME=SITE NAME=PIJAK FARM SITE SEARCH SAMPLE FIND NAME=PIJAK FARM SITE RESULT WILL BE A SEARC SET CONTAINING A POINTER TO THE ROD DOCUMENT WITH THE SITE NAME "PIJAK FARM SITE". OR FIND NAME=LANDFILL RESULT WILL BE A SEARCH SET CONTAINING POINTERS TO ALL RODS DOCUMENTS WHICH HAVE THE WORD "LANDFILL" IN THE SITE NAME FIELD. SPECIAL MENU HANDLING ANY SEARCH BY SITE NAME VIA THE MENUS AUTOMATICALLY SEARCHES BOTH THE SITE NAME AND ALIAS FIELDS. A-13 ------- THE TEXT FIELD GENERAL THE TEXT FIELD CONTAINS THE TEXT OF THE ROD. THE TEXT IS DIVIDED INTO MANY SECTIONS. THE ACTUAL TEXT SECTION HEADINGS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL ROD ARE LISTED IN THE TEXT SECTIONS FIELD. SECTION MARKERS HAVE BEEN EMBEDDED IN THE TEXT TO MAKE SPECIFIC TEXT SECTIONS EASY TO FIND. THE SECTION MARKERS AND TEXT SECTION NAMES ARE LISTED BELOW: *AE=ALTERNATIVES EVALUATIONsOM-OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE #CR=COMMUNITY RELATIONS #RA«RECOMMENDED ALTERNATIVE SCSS-CURRENT SITE STATUS #RS-RESPONSIVENESS SUMMARY #DE-DECLARATION tfSCH-SCHEDULE #DR-DOCUMENTS REVIEWED #SH-SITE HISTORY sENF-ENFORCEMENT #SLD-SITE LOCATION & DESCRIPTION SPA-FUTURE ACTIONS *TMA-TABLES, MEMORANDA, ATTACHMENTS #OEL=CONSISTENCY WITH OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS BASIS ACCESS THE DATA BASE ACCESS NAME FOR THE TEXT FIELD IS INDEXING INFORMATION THE TEXT FIELD IS THE LONG TEXT HELD AND EACH WORD IS INDEXED INDIVIDUALLY. SEARCH SAMPLE FIND TEXT-CHROMIUM RESULT WILL BE A SEARCH SET CONTAINING POINTERS TO ALL ROD DOCUMENTS THAT CONTAIN THE WORD CHROMIUM. DISPLAY OF THE TEXT FIELD WILL SHOW TWO ASTERISKS (••) BESIDE EACH SENTENCE IN EACH ROD WHICH CONTAIN THE WORD CHROMIUM. A-14 ------- THE TEXT SECTION FIELD GENERAL THE TEXT SECTION FIELD CONTAINS A LIST OF SECTION HEADINGS AS THEY APPEAR IN THE TEXT OF THE ROD. THE TEXT SECTIONS VARY FROM ROD TO ROD. FOR EXAMPLE, ONE ROD CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING TEXT SECTIONS: SITE DOCUMENTS REVIEWED DECLARATIONS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY HISTORY CURRENT STATUS PUBLIC INPUT STATE INPUT RECOMMENDED ALTERNATIVE SCHEDULE BASIS ACCESS THE DATA BASE ACCESS NAME FOR THE TEXT SECTION FIELD IS INDEXING INFORMATION THE TEXT SECTION FIELD IS INDEXED BY INDIVIDUAL WORD OF EACH TEXT HEADING AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE TEXT SECTION HEADING. FOR EXAMPLE, RECOMMENDED ALTERNATIVE IS INDEXED AS FOLLOWS: SECT-RECOMMENDED SECT-ALTERNATIVE SECT=RECOMMENDED ALTERNATIVE A-15 ------- RODS Menus I ------- APPENDIX B THE ROD SYSTEM MENUS ------- APPENDIX B THE ROD SYSTEM MENUS TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE RODS WELCOME SCREENS B-l RODS MAIN MENU B-2 BASIS B-2 SEARCH B-3 REGION INFORMATION SEARCH B-3 STATE INFORMATION SEARCH B-4 SITE NAME SEARCH B-4 ROD IDENTIFICATION NUMBER SEARCH B-5 ROD DATE INFORMATION SEARCH B-5 CONTAMINATED MEDIA SEARCH B-6 KEY CONTAMINANTS SEARCH B-6 KEY WORDS SEARCH B-7 SELECTED REMEDY SEARCH B-7 ABSTRACT SEARCH B-8 ROD TEXT SEARCH B-8 SELECTION MENU B-9 DISPLAY . ' B-9 DISPLAY OPTION 1 IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION ONLY B-10 DISPLAY OPTION 2 ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ONLY B-ll DISPLAY OPTION 3 SELECTED REMEDY AND ABSTRACT ONLY .... B-12 DISPLAY OPTION 4 ROD TEXT ONLY B-13 DISPLAY OPTION 5 A LIST OF FIELDS AVAILABLE TO DISPLAY .... B-14 SORT B-15 PRINT B-15 SEARCH B-16 COMBINE SEARCH SETS B-17 LIST B-18 EXIT B-18 B-i ------- RRRRRR RRRRRRR RR RR RR RR RR RR RRRRRRR RRRRRR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR OOOOO OOOOOO OO 00 00 OO OO 00 00 OO 00 OO OO OO OO 00 OO 00 OOOOOO OOOOO DDDDDD DDDDDDD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DDDDDDD DDDDDD sssssss sssssssss ss ss ss sss sssssss ssssssss sss ss ss ss sssssssss sssssss WELCOME TO THE SUPERFUND RECORDS OF DECISION DATA BASE B-l ------- RODS MAIN MENU CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING USER LEVELS: 1 - RODS SEARCH MENU 2 - BASIS COMMAND LANGUAGE X - EXIT SELECTION: BASIS YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO USE BASIS COMMAND LANGUAGE. IT IS ASSUMED THAT YOU KNOW THE BASIS COMMANDS AND DO NOT REQUIRE MENU PROMPTING. IF AT ANY TIME YOU WISH TO RETURN TO THE RODS MENU PROMPTS, ENTER "\MENU". B-2 ------- SEARCH EACH ROD CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING SEARCHABLE INFORMATION FIELDS: IDENTIFICATION ENVIRONMENTAL 1. REGION 2. STATE 3. SITE NAME 4. ROD ID NUMBER 5. ROD DATE 6. CONTAMINATED MEDIA 7. KEY CONTAMINANTS 8. SELECTED KEY WORDS TEXT 9. SELECTED REMEDY 10. ABSTRACT 11. ROD TEXT ENTER: THE NUMBER FOR THE INFORMATION FIELD TO SEARCH, OR H- FOR HELP EXPLANATIONS, OR M- TO RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU, OR X- TO EXIT THE RODS SYSTEM SELECTION: REGION INFORMATION SEARCH ENTER: - A SINGLE REGION (1), OR - MULTIPLE REGIONS SEPARATED BY COMMAS (1,3). FIND REGION B-3 ------- STATE INFORMATION SEARCH ENTER: - A SINGLE STATE (VA), OR - MULTIPLE STATES SEPARATED BY COMMAS (VA,MD) FIND STATE SITE NAME SEARCH ENTER: - THE FULL NAME (LANSDOWNE RADIATION) OR - A PORTION OF THE SITE NAME (LANSDOWNE) FIND SITE NAME B-4 ------- ROD IDENTIFICATION NUMBER SEARCH ENTER: - A ROD IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IN THE FORMAT R05-84/003 FIND ROD IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ROD DATE INFORMATION SEARCH ENTER: - A SINGLE ROD DATE ((T/22/85), OR - A RANGE OF DATES (07/01/85:09/30/85), OR - A FISCAL YEAR (83), OR - MULTIPLE FISCAL YEARS (84,85) FIND ROD DATE B-5 ------- CONTAMINATED MEDIA SEARCH ENTER: - A SINGLE MEDIA (SOIL), OR - MULTIPLE MEDIA SEPARATED BY "OR" (SOIL OR GROUNDWATER), OR - MULTIPLE MEDIA SEPARATED BY "AND" (SOIL AND GROUNDWATER) FIND CONTAMINATED MEDIA - KEY CONTAMINANTS SEARCH ENTER: - A SINGLE KEY CONTAMINANT (LEAD), OR - MULTIPLE KEY CONTAMINANTS SEPARATED BY "OR" (LEAD OR PCBS), OR - MULTIPLE KEY CONTAMINANTS SEPARATED BY "AND" (LEAD AND PCBS) FIND KEY CONTAMINANT - B-6 ------- KEY WORDS SEARCH ENTER: - A SINGLE KEY WORD (SEDIMENTS), OR - MULTIPLE KEY WORDS SEPARATED BY "OR" (SEDIMENTS OR PCBS), OR - MULTIPLE KEY WORDS SEPARATED BY "AND" (SEDIMENTS AND PCBS) FIND KEY WORD SELECTED REMEDY SEARCH ENTER: - A SINGLE WORD (OFFSITE), OR - MULTIPLE WORDS (OFFSITE FACILITY) FIND SELECTED REMEDY B-7 ------- ABSTRACT SEARCH ENTER: - A SINGLE WORD (METALS), OR - MULTIPLE WORDS (SLUDGE METALS) FIND ABSTRACT = ROD TEXT SEARCH ENTER: - A SINGLE WORD (MERCURY), OR - MULTIPLE WORDS (SOIL MERCURY) FIND ROD TEXT B-8 ------- SELECTION MENU AT THIS POINT, YOU MAY: MANIPULATE CURRENT SEARCH SET PERFORM OTHER FUNCTIONS DI - DISPLAY RESULTS SO - SORT RESULTS PR - PRINT RESULTS SE - CONTINUE SEARCHING CO - COMBINE SEARCHES LI - LIST SEARCH SETS M - RETURN TO MAIN MENU H - FOR HELP EXPLANATIONS X - EXIT RODS SELECTION: DISPLAY YOU MAY DISPLAY: 1 - IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION ONLY, OR 2 - ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ONLY, OR 3 - SELECTED REMEDY AND ABSTRACT ONLY, OR 4 - ROD TEXT ONLY, OR 5 - A LIST OF FIELDS AVAILABLE TO DISPLAY SELECTION: THE FOLLOWING PAGES SHOW EXAMPLES OF THE DISPLAYS. THE DISPLAYS ARE BASED ON THE SEARCH FIND REG-1 AND TEXT-CHROMIUM. THE RESUILTING SEARCH SET CONTAINS 4 RODS. B-9 ------- DISPLAY OPTION 1 IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION ONLY Item 1 REGION LOCATION SITE NAME ROD ID ROD DATE Item 2 :WESTBOROUGH, MA :HOCOMONCO POND :R01-85/011 :850930 REGION :1 LOCATION :EPPING, NH SITE NAME :KEEFE ROD ID :RO 1-83/002 ROD DATE :831115 DO YOU WANT TO SEE THE NEXT ITEM (YES:NO)? B-10 ------- DISPLAY OPTION 2 ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ONLY Item 1 SITE NAME :KEEFE ROD DATE :831115 MEDIA :SOIL SURFACE WATER CONTAMINANTS:ALCOHOLS CYANIDE GLYCOLS HEAVY METALS SOLVENTS (PCE, TCE, XYLENE) STYRENE VOLATILE ORGANICS WASTE OILS DO YOU WANT TO SEE THE NEXT ITEM (YES:NO)? YES B-ll ------- DISPLAY OPTION 3 SELECTED REMEDY AND ABSTRACT ONLY Item 1 SITE NAME :KEEFE ROD DATE :831115 REMEDY : - REMOVAL OF THE CONTENTS OF THE LAGOON FOR DISPOSAL OFFSITE AT A FACILITY IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUBTITLE C OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA). - REMOVAL OF THE LAGOON LINER AND ADJACENT HIGHLY CONTAMINATED SOIL FOR DISPOSAL AT A FACILITY IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUBTITLE C OF RCRA. ABSTRACT : THE KEEFE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (KES) SITE IS LOCATED IN A RURAL AREA IN THE TOWN OF EPPING, NH. THE SITE IS LOCATED ON APPROXIMATELY SEVENTEEN ACRES OF WOODLAND OFF THE NORTH SIDE OF EXETER ROAD. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN A STATE PROTECTED (CLASS A - NO DISCHARGES ABOVE BACKGROUND) WATERSHED WITH WETLAND AREAS DRAINING TO THE PISCASSIC RIVER. THE TOWN OF NEW MARKET HAS A WATER SUPPLY INTAKE ON THE PISCASSIC RIVER SEVEN MILES DOWNSTREAM FROM THE SITE. THE GROUND WATER AQUIFER IS USED AS A WATER SUPPLY FOR TEN RESIDENCES LOCATED CLOSE BY AND IS THE MAJOR SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER FOR APPROXIMATELY 2,000 PERSONS WITHIN A THREE-MILE RADIUS OF THE SITE. THE KES WAS DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED AS A CHEMICAL WASTE STORAGE AND BULKING FACILITY. THE SITE CONTAINS A 700,000 GALLON OPEN STORAGE LAGOON WITH A 100 MIL. POLYETHYLENE LINER. DURING ITS PERIOD OF OPERATION, KES RECEIVED OVER ONE MILLION GALLONS OF HAZARDOUS WASTES INCLUDING TOLUENE METHANOL, ACETONE, MEK, GLYCOLS, WASTE OILS, WASTE ALCOHOLS, STYRENE CYANIDE AND HEAVY METALS. KES WAS CITED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WITH HEALTH AND SAFETY VIOLATIONS BEFORE FILING FOR BANKRUPTCY IN JANUARY 1981. REMEDIAL ACTIONS INCLUDED IN THE SELECTED OPTION ARE, REMOVAL OF THE CONTENTS OF THE LAGOON FOR DISPOSAL OFFSITE AT A RCRA REGULATED FACILITY, AND REMOVAL OF THE LAGOON LINER AND ADJACENT HIGHLY CONTAMINATED SOIL FOR DISPOSAL AT A RCRA REGULATED FACILITY. ESTIMATED CAPITAL COSTS FOR THIS ACTION ARE $500,000 WITH NO ESTIMATED ANNUAL O&M COSTS. DO YOU WANT TO SEE THE NEXT ITEM (YES:NO)? YES B-12 ------- DISPLAY OPTION 4 ROD TEXT ONLY Item 1 SITE NAME :KEEFE ROD DATE :831115 ANALYSES OF LAGOON CONTENTS INDICATE THAT THE LAGOON IS STRATIFIED INTO SEVERAL DISTINCT LAYERS WITH EACH LAYER EXHIBITING VARYING CONCENTRATIONS OF SPECIFIC COMPOUNDS AND DISTINCT COLOR CHANGES FROM ONE LAYER TO ANOTHER. SOME COMPOUNDS WERE FOUND TO HAVE INCREASING CONCENTRATIONS WITH DEPTH. THESE INCLUDE METHYLENE CHLORIDE, 1,1-DICHLOROETHANE, TRICHLOROETHYLENE, TETRACHLOROETHYLENE, ••ETHYLBENZENE, AND XYLENES. THE LAGOON WAS ALSO FOUND TO HAVE ••SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF HEAVY METALS, INCLUDING ARSENIC, SILVER, COPPER, ••ZINC, NICKEL, CHROMIUM AND MANGANESE. CYANIDE WAS ALSO PRESENT IN THE LAGOON IN CONCENTRATIONS RANGING FROM LESS THAN 1 PPM AT THE SURFACE TO APPROXIMATELY 10 PPM AT THE BOTTOM. THE FAST TRACK FEASIBILITY STUDY WAS SUPERVISED BY THE NHWS & PCC UNDER A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE EPA. ON JULY 29, 1983, EPA'S BOSTON REGIONAL OFFICE RELEASED THE 'PRELIMINARY FAST TRACK FEASIBILITY Enter NEXT(next document), HIT(next context),TOP(entire document), UP(to window up), DOWN(to window down), SELECT(this document) /HIT ••End of document reached** Enter NEXT(next document), HIT(next context),TOP(entire document), UP(to window up), DOWN(to window down), SELECT(this document) /SELECT Enter NEXT(next document), HIT(next context),TOP(entire document), UP(to window up), DOWN(to window down), SELECT(this document) /NEXT B-13 ------- DISPLAY OPTION 5 A LIST OF FIELDS AVAILABLE TO DISPLAY THESE ARE THE FIELDS YOU CAN DISPLAY: IDENTIFICATION ENVIRONMENTAL 7. CONTAMINATED MEDIA 8. KEY CONTAMINANTS 9. SELECTED KEY WORDS 1. REGION 2. LOCATION 3. SITE NAME 4. ROD ID NUMBER 5. SITE ID NUMBER 6. ROD DATE ENTER: - A SINGLE DISPLAY FIELD (3), OR - MULTIPLE DISPLAY FIELDS (1,3,4,6) DISPLAY TEXT 10. SELECTED REMEDY 11. ABSTRACT 12. ROD TEXT 13. TEXT SECTIONS 14. FIGURES, TABLES, ETC B-14 ------- SORT SELECT THE FIELD(S) TO SORT ON FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST: 1. REGION 2. STATE 3. SITE NAME 4. ROD ID NUMBER 5. ROD DATE ENTER: - A SINGLE SORT FIELD (1), OR - MULTIPLE SORT FIELDS SEPARATED BY COMMAS (1,3) SORT = 3 ==> YOUR SORT WAS COMPLETED AND SAVED AS DOCUMENT SET 4. \ PRINT YOU MAY PRINT: 1 - IDENTIFICATION FIELDS 2 - IDENTIFICATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL FIELDS 3 - IDENTIFICATION FIELDS AND THE ABSTRACT 4 - IDENTIFICATION FIELDS AND THE SELECTED REMEDY 5 - IDENTIFICATION FIELDS, THE ABSTRACT, AND THE SELECTED REMEDY S - RETURN TO THE SELECTION MENU X - EXIT THE ROD SYSTEM SELECTION: B-15 ------- SEARCH EACH ROD CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING SEARCHABLE INFORMATION FIELDS: IDENTIFICATION 1. REGION 2. STATE 3. SITE NAME 4. ROD ID NUMBER 5. ROD DATE ENVIRONMENTAL 6. CONTAMINATED MEDIA 7. KEY CONTAMINANTS 8. SELECTED KEY WORDS TEXT 9. SELECTED REMEDY 10. ABSTRACT 11. ROD TEXT ENTER: THE NUMBER FOR THE INFORMATION FIELD TO SEARCH, OR H - FOR HELP EXPLANATIONS, OR M- TO RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU, OR X - TO EXIT THE RODS SYSTEM S - GO TO THE SELECTION MENU SELECTION: B-16 ------- COMBINE SEARCH SETS COMBINE ALLOWS YOU TO REFINE YOUR SEARCH BY COMBINING SEARCH SETS USING THE FOLLOWING OPERATORS: OR =ONE OR THE OTHER OR BOTH AND =BOTH ONE AND THE OTHER ANDNOT=ONE AND NOT THE OTHER EXAMPLES OF THE COMBINE EXPRESSION FORMAT ARE: I AND 3 AND 4 1 ANDNOT 2 1 OR 3 OR 4 1 AND 4 ANDNOT 2 PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: YOU HAVE CREATED THE FOLLOWING SEARCH SETS: 3/ LIST SETNO: NO.ITEMS: REQUEST: SET 1: 21 REG=1 SET 2: 104 TEXT=chromium ENTER: A COMBINE EXPRESSION (1 AND 2), OR SE - TO CONTINUE SEARCHING R - TO RETURN TO THE SELECTION MENU SELECTION: 1 and 2 => 4 RODS MET THE CONDITIONS OF YOUR COMBINE STATEMENT; •> THEY WERE SAVED AS SEARCH SET NUMBER 3. B-17 ------- LIST YOU HAVE CREATED THE FOLLOWING SEARCH SETS: 5/ LIST SETNO: NO.ITEMS: REQUEST: SET 1: 21 REG=1 SET 2: 104 TEXT-CHROMIUM SET 3: 4 1 AND 2 SET 4: 4 1 AND 2 SORT=NAME DO YOU WANT TO DELETE YOUR SEARCH SETS? Y ARE YOU SURE? Y YOUR SEARCH SETS HAVE BEEN DELETED THANK YOU FOR USING THE RODS DATA BASE. TO DISCONNECT FROM THE IBM MAINFRAME, ENTER 'LOGOFF WHEN YOU RECEIVE THE 'READY' PROMPT. READY V B-18 ------- APPENDIX C THE HELP MENUS ------- APPENDIX C THE HELP MENUS TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE THE RODS HELP MENU C-l GENERAL HELP TOPICS C-l WHAT IS A ROD? C-2 FIELDS IN THE RODS DATA BASE C-2 TERMINOLOGY C-3 HOW TO USE THE RODS DATA BASE C-3 SEARCHING THE DATA BASE C-4 WHAT IS A SEARCH SET? . . . C-5 COMBINING SEARCH SETS C-7 SORTING A SEARCH SET C-8 DISPLAYING A SEARCH SET C-9 PRINTING A SEARCH SET C-ll TERMINOLOGY BASIS COMMAND LANGUAGE C-13 ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION C-13 FIELD C-14 FISCAL YEAR C-15 IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION C-15 LOGOFF C-16 OERR/OWPE . C-16 RECORD C-17 TEXT INFORMATION C-17 THESAURUS C-18 TERMS FOR A SPECIFIC FIELD YOU CAN LOOK AT THE INDEX FOR THE FOLLOWING FIELDS C-l9 THE REGION INDEX C-19 THE LOCATION INDEX C-20 THE SITE NAME INDEX C-20 THE ROD ID NUMBER INDEX C-21 THE SITE ID NUMBER INDEX C-21 THE ROD DATE INDEX C-22 THE MEDIA INDEX C-22 THE KEY CONTAMINANTS INDEX C-23 THE KEY WORDS INDEX C-23 THE SELECTED REMEDY INDEX C-24 THE ABSTRACT INDEX C-24 THE TEXT INDEX C-25 THE TEXT SECTIONS INDEX C-25 C-i ------- RODS HELP MENU ENTER: 1 - GENERAL HELP TOPICS, OR 2 - FIELD INFORMATION, OR 3 - INDEX TERMS FOR A SPECIFIC FIELD, OR 4 - BROWSE THE DATA THESAURUS, OR S - RETURN TO THE SEARCH MENU, OR X- EXIT THE RODS SYSTEM SELECTION: GENERAL HELP TOPICS AT THE PROMPT, SELECT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: 1 - WHAT IS A ROD? 2 - FIELDS IN THE RODS DATA BASE 3 - TERMINOLOGY 4 - HOW TO USE THE RODS DATA BASE 5 - SEARCHING THE DATA BASE 6 - WHAT IS A SEARCH SET? 7 - COMBINING SEARCH SETS 8 - SORTING A SEARCH SET 9 - DISPLAYING A SEARCH SET 10 - PRINTING A SEARCH SET H - RETURN TO THE HELP MENU S - RETURN TO SEARCH MENU X - EXIT RODS SELECTION: C-l ------- WHAT IS A ROD? A ROD or Record of Decision is mainly a textual document describing EPA's planned course of action to clean up a listed or proposed site on the National Priorities List. The ROD is the official record of EPA's remedy selection for the site. The majority of RODs follow a standard format specified in OERR guidance to the Regional Offices. The ROD System contains all text pages from the documents, as well as some of the textual tables. The system contains all RODs since the inception of the Superfund program. As new RODs are signed, they are entered into RODS. At this time, maps and other graphic materials are not in the ROD System. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: FIELDS IN THE RODS DATA BASE FIELD NAME BASIS ACCESS NAME ABSTRACT ABS ALIAS NAME ALIAS KEY CONTAMINANTS CONT FIGURES, TABLES, ETC FIGURES KEY WORDS KEYS LOCATION LOC CONTAMINATED MEDIA MEDIA SITE NAME NAME SITE NAME & ALIAS NAMES NAMES ROD DATE RDATE REGION REG SELECTED REMEDY REM ROD ID NUMBER RODID TEXT SECTION HEADINGS SECT SITE ID NUMBER SITEID TEXT TEXT PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: C-2 ------- TERMINOLOGY EXPLANATIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE FOLLOWING TERMS: 1 - BASIS ACCESS NAME 2 - BASIS COMMAND LANGUAGE 3 - ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION 4 - FIELD 5 - FIELD NAME 6 - FISCAL YEAR 7 - IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION 8 - LOGOFF 9 - OERR 10 - RECORD 11 - TEXT INFORMATION 12 - THESAURUS H - RETURN TO THE HELP MENU S - RETURN TO THE SEARCH MENU X - EXIT RODS ENTER YOUR SELECTION: HOW TO USE THE RODS DATA BASE There are two ways to use the RODS data base: 1. Using the Search MENUS 2. Using the BASIS Command Language The Search MENUS are used by most users. The MENUS are a user friendly interface to the RODS data base. The MENUS lead you through the data base step-by-step. You do not have to know any special commands to use the MENUS. The BASIS Command Language (BCL) is for experienced, frequent users. To use BCL you must know BASIS commands and their syntax. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: C-3 ------- SEARCHING THE DATA BASE There are 11 searchable fields in the RODs data base. These 11 fields are grouped into 3 categories as follows: IDENTIFICATION ENVIRONMENTAL TEXT 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. REGION STATE SITE NAME ROD ID NUMBER ROD DATE 6. 7. 8. CONTAMINATED MEDIA KEY CONTAMINANTS SELECTED KEY WORDS 9. SE 10. AI 11. R( SELECTED REMEDY ABSTRACT ROD TEXT You can use any of these fields to search the data base. For example, if you wanted to search by REGION you would select 1. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: Once you select the field to search, the system prompts you for a search term. For example, if you wanted all RODs in Region 2, you would enter a 2 at the "FIND REGION=" prompt. The system finds all RODs in Region 2 and saves them in a search set. Each search set you create will have a unique number so that you can refer to or manipulate the sets during your session. Once you have created one or more search sets, you can perform other functions such as SORT, COMBINE, and DISPLAY. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: C-4 ------- WHAT IS A SEARCH SET? A SEARCH SET (sometimes called a document set) is a set of related RODs. The manner in which the RODs are related is determined by the search you perform. For example, if you choose to search for all RODs in Region 2 (FIND REGION=2) the system will respond: —> 23 RODS WERE FOUND AND SAVED AS SEARCH SET 1 You have created a Search Set consisting of 23 related RODs, related because they all are from Region 2. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: Another example, if you choose to search for all RODs from FY 85 (FIND ROD DATE=85) the system will respond: ==> 65 RODS WERE FOUND AND SAVED AS SEARCH SET 2 All the RODs in Search Set 2 are related because they are all from FY 85. Search Sets can also be created by combining existing Search Sets. For example, if you want to find all RODs from Region 2 that were signed in FY 85, you can enter a combine term, 1 and 2 (meaning find all RODs that meet the search criteria of both Search Sets 1 and 2), and the system will respond: ==> 13 RODS MET THE CONDITIONS OF YOUR COMBINE; -=> THEY WERE SAVED AS SEARCH SET 3 All the RODs in Search Set 3 are related as they all are from Region 2 and were all signed during FY 85. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: C-5 ------- Another way to create a Search Set is to sort an existing Search Set. If you choose to sort Search Set 3 by site name, the system will respond: --> YOUR SORT WAS COMPLETED AND SAVED AS SEARCH SET 4 If you were to display Search Set 4 you would find that it contains all RODs from Region 2 that were signed in FY 85, in alphbetical order by Site Name. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: C-6 ------- COMBINING SEARCH SETS The COMBINE function is used to refine your search by combining search criteria. The following Boolean operators can be used to combine search sets: AND = both one and the other OR = one or the other or both ANDNOT = one and not the other PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: V For example, if the following search sets have been created: NUMBER OF RODS SEARCH SET NUMBER 1 2 3 SEARCH CRITERIA REGION=1 LOCATION=MA ROD DATE=85 18 6 65 If you combine 1 AND 3, a search set will be created for all RODs that are from Region 1 and were signed during FY 85; the resulting search set contains 6 RODs. If you combine 1 OR 3, a search set will be created for all RODs from Region 1 together with all RODs signed in in FY 85; the resulting search set contains 77 RODs. If you combine 1 ANDNOT 2, a search set is created for all RODs from Region 1 excluding those from Massachusetts (i.e. all RODs from ME, NH, VT, CT, and RI); the resulting search set contains 12 RODs. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: C-7 ------- SORTING A SEARCH SET In order to arrange a search set in a more logical order, you may choose to SORT your search set before displaying or printing it. There are 5 SORT criteria; you can SORT by REGION, STATE, SITE NAME, ROD ID NUMBER, and ROD DATE. The SORT function works against the last created search set. For example, if you have created 3 search sets, the SORT is performed against search set 3. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: C-8 ------- DISPLAYING A SEARCH SET There are 5 DISPLAY options for displaying the results of your searching. The fields associated with each choice are listed below: 1. IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION = REGION, LOCATION, SITE NAME, ROD ID NUMBER, AND ROD DATE 2. ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION = SITE NAME, ROD DATE, CONTAMINATED MEDIA, KEY CONTAMINANTS, AND KEY WORDS 3. SELECTED REMEDY & ABSTRACT - SITE NAME, ROD DATE, SELECTED REMEDY, AND 4: ROD TEXT 5. LIST OF FIELDS AVAILABLE TO DISPLAY ABSTRACT SITE NAME, ROD DATE, AND TEXT ALLOWS YOU TO SELECT THE FIELDS TO DISPLAY IMPORTANT! The DISPLAY command displays only the last search set created. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: When DISPLAYing the TEXT field, there are some important things to remember: First, if the search set you are DISPLAYing was created by searching the TEXT field, the context areas containing your search term will be highlighted with 2 asterisks (**) in the left columns. The system starts by DISPLAYing the the first context area which contains your term. Second, if the search set you are DISPLAYing was created by searching a field other than the TEXT field, no context areas will be highlighted. The system starts by DISPLAYing the top of the TEXT field. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: C-9 ------- Third, there are 7 commands that you must use when DISPLAYing the TEXT field. On the screen you will see: Enter NEXT(next document), HIT(next context), TOP(entiredocument) UP(to window up), DOWN(to window down), SELECT(this document) Another command not on the screen is EXIT(end display). 7 of these commands are described below: All NEXT= This command takes you to the next ROD (next document) in your search set and displays it. If there are no more RODS to be displayed, NEXT takes you back to the Selection Menu. HIT = This command is only used when the search set you are displaying was created by searching the TEXT field. This command takes you to the next occurence of your search term. If no more occurences of your search term are present in the TEXT or if you did not search the TEXT field, you will see the message "**End of document reached**". PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: TOP = This command displays the entire TEXT field. BE CAREFUL when using the TOP command as the ENTIRE text will be displayed. Some RODs are very long so it may take a long time for the entire TEXT field to be displayed. USE THIS COMMAND CAREFULLY! This command allows you to display the previous 12 lines. This command allows you to display the next 12 lines. This command allows you to create a search set by SELECTing which RODs in a search set are pertinent to you. The SELECT command creates a new search set. This command lets you end your display and takes you back to the Selection Menu. UP DOWN SELECT EXIT PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: C-10 ------- PRINTING A SEARCH SET The PRINT function allows you to printout certain fields from the data base. There are 6 predefined Print reports: 1 - IDENTIFICATION FIELDS 2 - IDENTIFICATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL FIELDS 3 - IDENTIFICATION FIELDS AND THE ABSTRACT 4 - IDENTIFICATION FIELDS AND THE SELECTED REMEDY 5 - IDENTIFICATION FIELDS, THE ABSTRACT, AND THE SELECTED REMEDY 6 - IDENTIFICATION FIELDS AND TEXT CONTEXT AREAS (USE THIS ONLY IF THE SEARCH SET YOU ARE PRINTING WAS CREATED BY SEARCHING THE TEXT FIELD) The Identification fields include: REGION, NAME, ROD ID, and ROD DATE The Environmental fields include: CONTAMINATED MEDIA, KEY CONTAMINANTS, and KEY WORDS PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: Note that only the context areas of the TEXT field are PRINTable. This means that you must have searched the TEXT field to use this option. If you try to use this option and you did not search the TEXT field, your printout will contain only the first couple lines of TEXT. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: C-ll ------- After you have selected which fields to PRINT, you must specify where the printout is to be sent. The following is a list of Regional Remote Printers: LOCATION REMOTE NUMBER REGION 1 RMT34 REGION 2 N7 REGION 3 N14 REGION 4 N12 REGION 5 (111 W JACKSON) AMT138 REGION 5 (230 S DEARBORN) AMT02 REGION 6 N10 REGION 7 N13 REGION 8 AMT11 REGION 9 AMT75 REGION 10 Nil HQ - WIC N3 NEIC DENVER N9 You must enter the Remote Number. Your printout will be sent to the Location specified. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: C-12 ------- BASIS COMMAND LANGUAGE BASIS COMMAND LANGUAGE (BCL) is a way to search the RODS data base without using the menus. To use BCL, the user must know the BASIS commands (e.g. Find, Display, Sort, Look, etc.) and the syntax for each command. The user must also know the BASIS ACCESS NAME for each field and be familiar with the structure of the data base. In general, BCL is for use by experienced, frequent users. Most users will search the RODS data base using the menus. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION The fields in the RODS data base have been divided into 3 types of information, namely: IDENTIFICATION ENVIRONMENTAL TEXT The ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION fields include: CONTAMINATED MEDIA KEY CONTAMINANTS SELECTED KEY WORDS All of these fields are derived from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) coversheets and/or the ROD Annual Reports. All of these fields contain lists of terms which were manually extracted from the RODS. In addition to searching these fields, it is advisable to search the TEXT field for this type of information. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: C-13 ------- FIELD A FIELD is piece of a data base containing a specific piece of data. Each ROD has 15 fields associated with it. Each field has a specific type of data in it. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: The RODS fields are as follows: THE FIELD: CONTAINS: ABSTRACT ALIAS Name KEY CONTAMINANTS FIGURES, TABLES, etc SELECTED KEY WORDS LOCATION CONTAMINATED MEDIA SITE NAME ROD DATE REGION SELECTED REMEDY ROD ID NUMBER SITE ID NUMBER ROD TEXT TEXT SECTIONS An abstract of the ROD The alias name of the site A list of key contaminants A list of figures etc. in the ROD A list of selected key words The city and state A list of contaminated media The site name The date the ROD was signed The region in which the site is located The remedy selected for the site The ROD identification number The CERCLIS site ID number The whole text of the ROD A list of the text sections in the ROD PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: C-14 ------- FISCAL YEAR A FISCAL YEAR is the year based on the government's budget cycles. A FISCAL YEAR begins October 1 and ends September 30. The abbreviation for FISCAL YEAR is FY. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION The fields in the RODS data base have been divided into 3 types of information, namely: IDENTIFICATION ENVIRONMENTAL TEXT The IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION fields include: REGION STATE (LOCATION) SITE NAME ALIAS NAME ROD ID NUMABER SITE ID NUMBER ROD DATE All of these fields contain basic information about the identity of the site. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: C-15 ------- LOGOFF LOGOFF is the comman 1 the user must enter to disconnect from the IBM mainframe computer. When you select to "EXIT" from the data base you will get a message and then see the word "READY". After you see the word "READY", type in "LOGOFF and you will be disconnected from the IBM. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: OERR/OWPE OERR is the acronym for the Of fie. of Emergency and Remedial Response. OERR is the Superfund office responsible for Fund-lead RODS. OWPE is the acronym for the Office of Waste Programs Enforcement. OWPE is the Superfund office responsible for Enforcement-lead RODS. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: C-16 ------- RECORD A RECORD is a group of related fields. All of the fields for one ROD makes up a RECORD. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: TEXT INFORMATION The fields in the RODS data base have been divided into 3 types of information, namely: IDENTIFICATION ENVIRONMENTAL TEXT The TEXT INFORMATION fields include: SELECTED REMEDY ABSTRACT ROD TEXT TEXT SECTIONS FIGURES, TABLES, etc. Three of these fields (SELECTED REMEDY, ABSTRACT, and ROD TEXT) contain textual information (i.e. the data in these fields are written in full sentences, paragraphs). The other two fields (TEXT SECTIONS and FIGURES) contain information related to the ROD TEXT field. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: C-17 ------- THESAURUS The THESAURUS is a function in the HELP portion of data base menus which is not available yet. The THESAURUS is a HELP feature which will allow you to find all possible forms of a term. A term may be in the data base many different ways. For example, EPA may be in the data base as: U.S. E.P.A., EPA, USEPA, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Protection Agency, etc. By looking in THESAURUS, you can find all the different ways a term is represented in the data base and conduct your searches accordingly. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: EXPLANATIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE FOLLOWING FIELDS: IDENTIFICATION 1. REGION 2. STATE 3. SITE NAME/ALIAS 4. ROD ID NUMBER 5. SITE ID NUMBER 6. ROD DATE ENVIRONMENTAL 7. CONTAMINATED MEDIA 8. KEY CONTAMINANTS 9. SELECTED KEY WORDS TEXT 10. SELECTED REMEDY 11. ABSTRACT 12. ROD TEXT 13. TEXT SECTIONS 14. FIGURES, TABLES, ETC ENTER THE FIELD NUMBER: C-18 ------- YOU CAN LOOK. AT THE INDEX FOR THE FOLLOWING FIELDS: IDENTIFICATION 1. REGION 2. LOCATION «. SITE NAME 4. ROD ID NUMBER 5. SITE ID NUMBER 6. ROD DATE ENVIRONMENTAL 7. CONTAMINATED MEDIA 8. KEY CONTAMINANTS 9. SELECTED KEY WORDS TEXT 10. SELECTED REMEDY 11. ABSTRACT 12. ROD TEXT 13. TEXT SECTIONS ENTER THE FIELD NUMBER: YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO LOOK IN THE REGION INDEX. ENTER THE WORD OR WORD STEM TO LOOK UP 1 I/ LOOK REG=1** A 21 REG=1 B 9 REG=10 C 42 REG=2 D 35 REG=3 E 23 REG=4 F 48 REG-5 G 22 REG«6 H 6 REG«7 I 11 REG-8 J 11 REG=9 K 7 REM»& L 182 REM— More terms Pick ==> ENTER "MORE" TO SEE MORE INDEX TERMS, OR ==> PRESS ENTER TO RETURN TO THE HELP MENU, OR ==> ENTER A LETTER (A) OR MULTIPLE LETTERS (A,B) TO CREATE A SEARCH SET C-19 ------- YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO LOOK IN THE LOCATION INDEX. ENTER THE WORD OR WORD STEM TO LOOK UP: A I/ LOOK LOC=A** A 1 LOC=ALBUQUERQUE, NM B 1 LOC=ALFORD, FL C 1 LOC=ANNAPOLIS, MD D 1 LOC=ARCANUM, OH E 5 LOC=ARDEN HILLS, MN F 1 LOC=ASHLAND, MA G 1 LOC=ASHTABULA, OH H 1 LOC-ASPEN, CO I 1 LOC=BATTLE CREEK, MI J 1 LOC-BEACON FALLS, CT K 1 LOC=BOULDER, CO L I LOC=BRAINERD/BAXTER, MN More terms Pick -»> ENTER "MORE" TO SEE MORE INDEX TERMS, OR ==> PRESS ENTER TO RETURN TO THE HELP MENU, OR ==> ENTER A LETTER (A) OR MULTIPLE LETTERS (A,B) TO CREATE A SEARCH SET YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO LOOK IN THE SITE NAME INDEX. ENTER THE WORD OR WORD STEM TO LOOK UP: S I/ LOOK NAME=S** A 1 NAME=SALTVILLE B 1 NAME=SALTVILLE WASTE C 2 NAME=SALVAGE D 1 NAME-SAN E 1 NAME-SAN GABRIEL AREA 1 F 4 NAME-SAND G 1 NAME-SAND, GRAVEL & STONE H 1 NAME-SANDY I 1 NAME-SANITARY J 1 NAME-SANITATION K 1 NAME-SAPP L 1 NAME-SAPP BATTERY More terms Pick —> ENTER "MORE" TO SEE MORE INDEX TERMS, OR -=> PRESS ENTER TO RETURN TO THE HELP MENU, OR ==> ENTER A LETTER (A) OR MULTIPLE LETTERS (A,B) TO CREATE A SEARCH SET J C-20 ------- YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO LOOK IN THE ROD ID NUMBER INDEX. ENTER THE WORD OR WORD STEM TO LOOK UP: R06 I/ LOOK RODID=R06** A 1 RODID=R06-84/001 B 1 RODID=R06-84/002 C 1 RODID=R06-84/003 D 1 RODID=R06-84/004 E 1 RODID=R06-85/005 F 1 RODID=R06-85/006 G 1 RODID=R06-85/007 H 1 RODID=R06-85/008 I 1 RODID=R06-86/009 J 1 RODID-R06-86/010 K 1 RODID=R06-86/011 L 1 RODID=R06-86/012 More terms Pick ==> ENTER "MORE" TO SEE MORE INDEX TERMS, OR ==> PRESS ENTER TO RETURN TO THE HELP MENU, OR ==> ENTER A LETTER (A) OR MULTIPLE LETTERS (A,B) TO CREATE A SEARCH SET YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO LOOK IN THE SITE ID NUMBER INDEX. — — — »» — — •*>• — — — — «« — — — — — — *«•• — — — • — — — — •••••• — — — — — •.»• — — — — — — — — •••.••,.•»•••••»«» ENTER THE WORD OR WORD STEM TO LOOK UP: A 1/LOOKSITEID=A** A 1 SITEID=AL B 3 SITEID=AR C 1 SITEID=AS D 1 SITEID-AZ E 9 SITEID=CA F 6 SITEID-CO G 2 SITEID-CT H 4 SITEID-DE I 13 SITEID-FL J 3 SITEID-IA K 10 SITEID=IL L 5 SITEID=IN More terms Pick ==> ENTER "MORE" TO SEE MORE INDEX TERMS, OR ==> PRESS ENTER TO RETURN TO THE HELP MENU, OR ==> ENTER A LETTER (A) OR MULTIPLE LETTERS (A,B) TO CREATE A SEARCH SET C-21 ------- YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO LOOK IN THE ROD DATE INDEX: ENTER THE WORD OR WORD STEM TO LOOK UP: I/ LOOK RDATE=82** A 13 RDATE=821001/830930 B 37 RDATE=831001/840930 C 66 RDATE=841001/850930 D 80 RDATE=851001/860930 E 27 RDATE=861001/870930 F 21 REG=1 G 9 REG=10 H 42 REG=2 I 35 REG=3 J 23 REG=4 K. 48 REG=5 L 22 REG-6 More terms Pick ==> ENTER "MORE" TO SEE MORE INDEX TERMS, OR ==> PRESS ENTER TO RETURN TO THE HELP MENU, OR ==> ENTER A LETTER (A) OR MULTIPLE LETTERS (A,B) TO CREATE A SEARCH SET YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO LOOK IN THE MEDIA INDEX. ENTER THE WORD OR WORD STEM TO LOOK UP: I/ LOOK MEDIA=** A 22 MEDIA=AIR B 1 MEDIA=ASPHALT C 1 MEDIA-BOG D 1 MEDIA=CREEK E 1 MEDIA=CREEK SEDIMENTS F 1 MEDIA-DEBRIS G 1 MEDIA-DREDGE H 1 MEDIA-DREDGE SPOILS I 1 MEDIA-DRUM J 1 MEDIA-FISH K 3 MEDIA-GROUND L 3 MEDIA-GROUND WATER More terms Pick ==> ENTER "MORE" TO SEE MORE INDEX TERMS, OR ==> PRESS ENTER TO RETURN TO THE HELP MENU, OR -=:» ENTER A LETTER (A) OR MULTIPLE LETTERS (A,B) TO CREATE A SEARCH SET C-22 ------- YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO LOOK IN THE KEY CONTAMINANTS INDEX. ENTER THE WORD OR WORD STEM TO LOOK UP: CHLORO I/ LOOK CONT=CHLORO** A 1 CONT=CHLOROBENZENE B 1 CONT=CHLOROBENZENES C 1 CONT=CHLOROBENZENES AND SULFIDES D 1 CONT=CHLOROETHANE E 1 CONT=CHLOROETHYL F 2 CONT=CHLOROFORM G 1 CONT=CHLOROPHENOLS H 29 CONT-CHROMIUM I 2 CONT=COAL J 1 CONT=COAL FINES K 1 CONT=COAL TAR WASTES L 9 CONT-COMPOUNDS More terms Pick ==> ENTER "MORE" TO SEE MORE INDEX TERMS, OR ==> PRESS ENTER TO RETURN TO THE HELP MENU, OR ==> ENTER A LETTER (A) OR MULTIPLE LETTERS (A,B) TO CREATE A SEARCH SET YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO LOOK IN THE KEY WORDS INDEX. ENTER THE WORD OR WORD STEM TO LOOK UP: OFF I/ LOOK KEYS-OFF** A 12 KEYS=OFF B 2 KEYS-OFF-BASE CONTAMINATION C 9 KEYS=OFF-SITE DISPOSAL D 1 KEYS-OFF-SITE PLUME CONTROL E 52 KEYS-OFFSITE F 51 KEYS-OFFSITE DISPOSAL G 2 KEYS-OIL H 8 KEYS-OILS I 7 KEYS-ON J 2 KEYS-ON-SITE CONTAINMENT K 1 KEYS-ON-SITE CONTAMINANT L 3 KEYS-ON-SITE DISPOSAL More terms Pick ==> ENTER "MORE" TO SEE MORE INDEX TERMS, OR ==> PRESS ENTER TO RETURN TO THE HELP MENU, OR —> ENTER A LETTER (A) OR MULTIPLE LETTERS (A,B) TO CREATE A SEARCH SET C-23 ------- YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO LOOK IN THE SELECTED REMEDY INDEX. ENTER THE WORD OR WORD STEM TO LOOK UP: INCIN I/ LOOK REM=INCIN** A 1 REM=INCINERATE B 6 REM=INCINERATED C 27 REM=INCINERATION D 6 REM=INCINERATOR E 1 REM=INCINERATORS F 20 REM-INCLUDES G 20 REM=INCLUDING H 3 REM=INCREASE I 1 REM=INCREASES J 1 REM=INCREASING K 1 REM=INCREMENTAL L 1 REM=INCURRED More terms Pick ==> ENTER "MORE" TO SEE MORE INDEX TERMS, OR ==> PRESS ENTER TO RETURN TO THE HELP MENU, OR ==> ENTER A LETTER (A) OR MULTIPLE LETTERS (A,B) TO CREATE A SEARCH SET YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO LOOK IN THE ABSTRACT INDEX. ENTER THE WORD OR WORD STEM TO LOOK UP: STR I/ LOOK ABS=STR** A 2 ABS=STRATFORD B 13 ABS=STREAM C 4 ABS=STREAMS D 14 ABS=STREET E 2 ABS=STREETS F 1 ABS=STRENGTH G 1 ABS=STRESSED H 1 ABS-STREWN I 2 ABS=STRINGFELLOW J 3 ABS=STRIP K 2 ABS=STRIPPER L 22 ABS=STRIPPING More terms Pick ==> ENTER "MORE" TO SEE MORE INDEX TERMS, OR ==> PRESS ENTER TO RETURN TO THE HELP MENU, OR —> ENTER A LETTER (A) OR MULTIPLE LETTERS (A,B) TO CREATE A SEARCH SET C-24 ------- YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO LOOK IN THE TEXT INDEX. ENTER THE WORD OR WORD STEM TO LOOK UP: CONTAM I/ LOOK TEXT=CONTAM** A 4 TEXT-CONTAM B 1 TEXT=CONTAMINANAT C 197 TEXT=CONTAMINANT D 1 TEXT=CONTAMINANT-LADEN E 1 TEXT=CONTAMINANT/MASS F 3 TEXT=CONTAMINANT'S G 2 TEXT=CONTAMINANTED H 1 TEXT=CONTAMINANTION I 206 TEXT=CONTAMINANTS J 1 TEXT=CONTAMINANTS/CONTAMINATION K 2 TEXT=CONTAMINANTS' L 50 TEXT-CONTAMINATE More terms Pick ==> ENTER "MORE" TO SEE MORE INDEX TERMS, OR ==> PRESS ENTER TO RETURN TO THE HELP MENU, OR ==> ENTER A LETTER (A) OR MULTIPLE LETTERS (A,B) TO CREATE A SEARCH SET MORE V YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO LOOK IN THE TEXT SECTIONS INDEX. ENTER THE WORD OR WORD STEM TO LOOK UP: I/ LOOK SECT=** A 1 SECT=(SARA) CLEANUP STANDARDS B 1 SECT=(SARA) TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICABLE C 8 SECT-& D 2 SECT-ACT E 48 SECT-ACTION F 1 SECT-ACTION LEVELS G 119 SECT-ACTIONS H 17 SECT-ACTIVITIES I 1 SECT-ACTIVITY J 1 SECT-ADDENDUM K 3 SECT-ADDITIONAL L 1 SECT-ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS More terms Pick ==> ENTER "MORE" TO SEE MORE INDEX TERMS, OR ==> PRESS ENTER TO RETURN TO THE HELP MENU, OR ==> ENTER A LETTER (A) OR MULTIPLE LETTERS (A,B) TO CREATE A SEARCH SET C-25 ------- Sample Search ------- APPENDIX D SAMPLE SEARCH ------- APPENDIX D SAMPLE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE RODS WELCOME SCREENS D-l RODS MAIN MENU D-2 SEARCH D-2 REGION INFORMATION SEARCH D-3 SELECTION MENU D-3 SEARCH D-4 ROD TEXT SEARCH D-4 SELECTION MENU D-5 COMBINE SEARCH SETS D-5 YOU HAVE CREATED THE FOLLOWING SEARCH SETS D-6 SELECTION MENU D-6 SORT D-7 SELECTION MENU D-7 LIST D-8 SELECTION MENU D-8 DISPLAY D-9 SELECTION MENU D-ll DISPLAY D-ll SELECTION MENU D-19 LIST D-19 SELECTION MENU D-20 PRINT D-20 SELECTION MENU D-21 D-i ------- RRRRRR RRRRRRR RR RR RR RR RR RR RRRRRRR RRRRRR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR OOOOO OOOOOO OO OO OO OO 00 00 OO 00 OO OO OO OO 00 00 00 00 OOOOOO OOOOO DDDDDD DDDDDDD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DD DDDDDDD DDDDDD sssssss sssssssss ss ss ss sss sssssss ssssssss sss ss ss ss sssssssss sssssss WELCOME TO THE SUPERFUND RECORDS OF DECISION DATA BASE D-l ------- RODS MAIN MENU CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING USER LEVELS: 1 - RODS SEARCH MENU 2 - BASIS COMMAND LANGUAGE X- EXIT SELECTION: 1 SEARCH EACH ROD CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING SEARCHABLE INFORMATION FIELDS: IDENTIFICATION I. REGION 2. STATE 3. SITE NAME 4. ROD ID NUMBER 5. ROD DATE ENVIRONMENTAL TEXT 6. CONTAMINATED MEDIA 9. 7. KEY CONTAMINANTS 10. 8. SELECTED KEY WORDS 11. SELECTED REMEDY ABSTRACT ROD TEXT ENTER: THE NUMBER FOR THE INFORMATION FIELD TO SEARCH, OR H - FOR HELP EXPLANATIONS, OR M- TO RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU, OR X- TO EXIT THE RODS SYSTEM SELECTION: 1 D-2 ------- REGION INFORMATION SEARCH ENTER: - A SINGLE REGION (1), OR - MULTIPLE REGIONS SEPARATED BY COMMAS (1,3). FIND REGION = 1 => 21 RODS WERE FOUND AND SAVED AS SEARCH SET 1 SELECTION MENU AT THIS POINT, YOU MAY: MANIPULATE CURRENT SEARCH SET PERFORM OTHER FUNCTIONS DI - DISPLAY RESULTS SO - SORT RESULTS PR - PRINT RESULTS SE - CONTINUE SEARCHING CO - COMBINE SEARCHES LI - LIST SEARCH SETS M - RETURN TO MAIN MENU H - FOR HELP EXPLANATIONS X - EXIT RODS SELECTION: SE D-3 ------- SEARCH EACH ROD CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING SEARCHABLE INFORMATION FIELDS: IDENTIFICATION ENVIRONMENTAL 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. REGION 6. STATE 7. SITE NAME 8. ROD ID NUMBER ROD DATE CONTAMINATED MEDIA KEY CONTAMINANTS SELECTED KEY WORDS TEXT 9. SELECTED REMEDY 10. ABSTRACT 11. ROD TEXT ENTER: THE NUMBER FOR THE INFORMATION FIELD TO SEARCH, OR H - FOR HELP EXPLANATIONS, OR M- TO RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU, OR X - TO EXIT THE RODS SYSTEM S - GO TO THE SELECTION MENU SELECTION: 11 ROD TEXT SEARCH ENTER: - A SINGLE WORD (MERCURY), OR - MULTIPLE WORDS (SOIL MERCURY) FIND ROD TEXT - CHROMIUM ==> 104 RODS WERE FOUND AND SAVED AS SEARCH SET 2 D-4 ------- SELECTION MENU AT THIS POINT, YOU MAY: MANIPULATE CURRENT SEARCH SET PERFORM OTHER FUNCTIONS DI - DISPLAY RESULTS SE - CONTINUE SEARCHING SO - SORT RESULTS CO- COMBINE SEARCHES PR- PRINT RESULTS LI - LIST SEARCH SETS M- RETURN TO MAIN MENU H - FOR HELP EXPLANATIONS X - EXIT RODS SELECTION: CO COMBINE SEARCH SETS COMBINE ALLOWS YOU TO REFINE YOUR SEARCH BY COMBINING SEARCH SETS USING THE FOLLOWING OPERATORS: OR =ONE OR THE OTHER OR BOTH AND -BOTH ONE AND THE OTHER ANDNOT »ONE AND NOT THE OTHER EXAMPLES OF THE COMBINE EXPRESSION FORMAT ARE: 1 AND 3 AND 4 1 ANDNOT 2 1 OR 3 OR 4 1 AND 4 ANDNOT 2 PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: D-5 ------- YOU HAVE CREATED THE FOLLOWING SEARCH SETS: 3/ LIST SETNO: NO.ITEMS: REQUEST: SET 1: 21 REG=1 SET 2: 104 TEXT=CHROMIUM ENTER: A COMBINE EXPRESSION (1 AND 2), OR SE - TO CONTINUE SEARCHING R - TO RETURN TO THE SELECTION MENU SELECTION: 1 AND 2 ==> ==> 4 RODS MET THE CONDITIONS OF YOUR COMBINE STATEMENT- THEY WERE SAVED AS SEARCH SET NUMBER 3. SELECTION MENU AT THIS POINT, YOU MAY: MANIPULATE CURRENT SEARCH SET PERFORM OTHER FUNCTIONS DI - DISPLAY RESULTS SO - SORT RESULTS PR - PRINT RESULTS SE - CONTINUE SEARCHING CO - COMBINE SEARCHES LI - LIST SEARCH SETS M - RETURN TO MAIN MENU H - FOR HELP EXPLANATIONS X - EXIT RODS SELECTION: SO D-6 ------- SORT SELECT THE FIELD(S) TO SORT ON FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST: 1. REGION 2. STATE 3. SITE NAME 4. ROD ID NUMBER 5. ROD DATE ENTER: - A SINGLE SORT FIELD (1), OR - MULTIPLE SORT FIELDS SEPARATED BY COMMAS (1,3) SORT = 3 => YOUR SORT WAS COMPLETED AND SAVED AS DOCUMENT SET 4. SELECTION MENU AT THIS POINT, YOU MAY: MANIPULATE CURRENT SEARCH SET PERFORM OTHER FUNCTIONS DI - DISPLAY RESULTS SE - CONTINUE SEARCHING SO - SORT RESULTS CO - COMBINE SEARCHES PR - PRINT RESULTS LI - LIST SEARCH SETS M - RETURN TO MAIN MENU H - FOR HELP EXPLANATIONS X - EXIT RODS SELECTION: LI D-7 ------- LIST YOU HAVE CREATED THE FOLLOWING SEARCH SETS: — — — — — — —• ••«>« — — «•.»<•_.•••.•._ _ _ • — — «,_...______...__«_. M « _ *• _ _ • » • 5/ LIST SETNO: NO. ITEMS: REQUEST: SET 1: 21 REG=1 SET 2: 104 TEXT=CHROMIUM SET 3: 4 1 AND 2 SET 4: 4 1 AND 2 SORT=NAME DO YOU WANT TO DELETE YOUR SEARCH SETS? N SELECTION MENU AT THIS POINT, YOU MAY: MANIPULATE CURRENT SEARCH SETPERFORM OTHER FUNCTIONS DI - DISPLAY RESULTS SO - SORT RESULTS PR - PRINT RESULTS SE - CONTINUE SEARCHING CO - COMBINE SEARCHES LI - LIST SEARCH SETS M - RETURN TO MAIN MENU H - FOR HELP EXPLANATIONS X - EXIT RODS SELECTION: DI D-8 ------- DISPLAY YOU MAY DISPLAY: 1 - IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION ONLY, OR 2 - ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ONLY, OR 3 - SELECTED REMEDY AND ABSTRACT ONLY, OR 4 - ROD TEXT ONLY, OR 5 - A LIST OF FIELDS AVAILABLE TO DISPLAY SELECTION: 1 Item 1 REGION LOCATION SITE NAME ROD ID ROD DATE Item 2 :WESTBOROUGH, MA :HOCOMONCO POND :R01-85/011 :850930 REGION :1 LOCATION :EPPING, NH SITE NAME :KEEFE ROD ID :RO 1-83/002 ROD DATE :831115 DO YOU WANT TO SEE THE NEXT ITEM (YES:NO)? YES D-9 ------- Item 3 REGION LOCATION SITE NAME ROD ID ROD DATE Item 4 REGION LOCATION SITE NAME ROD ID DATE rASHLAND, MA •.NYANZA CHEMICAL :R01-85/013 :850904 LONDONDERRY, NH :TINKHAM GARAGE :R01-86/016 :860930 THAT WAS THE LAST ROD IN YOUR SEARCH SET. PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE: D-10 ------- SELECTION MENU AT THIS POINT, YOU MAY: MANIPULATE CURRENT SEARCH SET DI - DISPLAY RESULTS SO - SORT RESULTS PR - PRINT RESULTS PERFORM OTHER FUNCTIONS SE - CONTINUE SEARCHING CO - COMBINE SEARCHES LI - LIST SEARCH SETS M - RETURN TO MAIN MENU H - FOR HELP EXPLANATIONS X - EXIT RODS SELECTION: DI DISPLAY YOU MAY DISPLAY: 1 - IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION ONLY, OR 2 - ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ONLY, OR 3 - SELECTED REMEDY AND ABSTRACT ONLY, OR 4 - ROD TEXT ONLY, OR 5 - A LIST OF FIELDS AVAILABLE TO DISPLAY SELECTION: 4 D-ll ------- Item 1 SITE NAME :HOCOMONCO POND ROD DATE :850930 ORGANIC COMPOUNDS WHICH DO NOT HAVE CPFS BUT HAVE AN ACCEPTABLE DAILY INTAKE (ADI) VALUE ESTABLISHED FOR OTHER HEALTH EFFECTS BY EPA WERE PLACED IN THE NONCARCINOGEN GROUP. COMPOUNDS DETECTED IN THE HOCOMONCO POND AREA HAVING ADI'S ARE NAPTHALENE, PHENOL, TOLUENE AND FLUORANTHENE. THE POTENTIAL HEALTH RISK FOR NAPTHALENE IS GREATER THAN THE RISK FOR ••PHENOL, TOLUENE OR FLUORANTHENE. THROUGH A SIMILAR SELECTION PROCESS, ••INORGANIC CRITICAL CONTAMINANTS WERE DETERMINED TO BE ARSENIC AND ••CHROMIUM. CPFS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THESE COMPOUNDS AND BOTH COMPOUNDS HAVE BEEN DETECTED ABOVE BACKGROUND CONCENTRATIONS IN SOIL, GROUND WATER AND SEDIMENTS. THIS RANKING PROCEDURE IDENTIFIES THOSE CONTAMINANTS POSING THE GREATEST HEALTH RISK AT THE SITE. THE CONTAMINANTS IDENTIFIED AS "CRITICAL CONTAMINANTS" FOR THIS SITE ARE PRESENTED ON TABLE 14. USING THE CPF AND ADI VALUES FOR "CRITICAL CONTAMINANTS" HEALTH HAZARDS CAN BE QUANTIFIED. HEALTH HAZARDS Enter NEXT(next document), HIT(next context),TOP(entire document), UP(to window up), DOWN(to window down), SELECT(this document) /HIT D-12 ------- 18-20 FEET BELOW GRADE. HIGHER RANGE VALUES FROM TEST PIT (TP-12) WITHIN AN AREA OF VISIBLE CONTAMINATION 3 FEET BELOW GRADE (2) GROUND WATER DATA ARE COMPILATION OF MW-6, 7, 8, AND 9 (3) 2,3,7,8 DIBENZO-P-DIOXIN WAS NOT DETECTED ND - NOT DETECTED BDL - DETECTED BELOW DETECTION LIMIT. TABLE 2 SUMMARY OF INORGANIC SITE CONTAMINATION FORMER LAGOON AREA HOCOMONCO POND SITE, WESTBOROUGH, MA CONCENTRATION RANGE SOIL GROUND WATER (MG/KG) (UG/L) •* ** ** ** *» •* •* ••PARAMETER ** ** ••ALUMINUM ••ANTIMONY ••ARSENIC ••BARIUM ••BERYLLIUM ••CADMIUM ••CHROMIUM ••COBALT ••COPPER ••IRON ••LEAD ••MANGANESE ••MERCURY ••NICKEL ••SELENIUM ••SILVER ••THALLIUM ••TIN ••VANADIUM ••ZINC •* ••(I) ABOVE BACKGROUND LEVELS ••(2) ABOVE RECOMMENDED LIMIT ••ND - NOT DETECTED. 6160 - 14700(1) ND ND-20 (1) 9-55 (1) ND-O.S(l) ND 8-26 4-19(1) 5-23(1) 7440-16,000 (1) 3.2-5.2 57-228 ND-0.07 (1) 5-18(1) ND ND ND ND ND-40(I) 13-41 (1) ND-2190U) ND-23 (1) ND ND-533(1) ND ND ND-14 ND ND ND-667 (2) ND-330) ND- 31600(1)(2) ND-l.O(l) ND-60 (1) ND ND ND ND-39 ND ND-39 ** Indicates the context area (table) in which the search term was found. D-13 ------- TABLE 3 SUMMARY OF ORGANIC SITE CONTAMINATION KETTLE POND AREA HOCOMONCO POND SITE, WESTBOROUGH, MA Enter NEXT(next document), HIT(next context),TOP(entire document), UP(to window up), DOWN(to window down), SELECT(this document) /SELECT Enter NEXT(next document), HIT(next context),TOP(entire document), UP(to window up), DOWN(to window down), SELECT(this document) /NEXT Item 2 SITE NAME :KEEFE ROD DATE :831115 ANALYSES OF LAGOON CONTENTS INDICATE THAT THE LAGOON IS STRATIFIED INTO SEVERAL DISTINCT LAYERS WITH EACH LAYER EXHIBITING VARYING CONCENTRATIONS OF SPECIFIC COMPOUNDS AND DISTINCT COLOR CHANGES FROM ONE LAYER TO ANOTHER. SOME COMPOUNDS WERE FOUND TO HAVE INCREASING CONCENTRATIONS WITH DEPTH. THESE INCLUDE METHYLENE CHLORIDE, 1,1-DICHLOROETHANE, TRICHLOROETHYLENE, TETRACHLOROETHYLENE, ••ETHYLBENZENE, AND XYLENES. THE LAGOON WAS ALSO FOUND TO HAVE •'SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF HEAVY METALS, INCLUDING ARSENIC, SILVER, COPPER ••ZINC, NICKEL, CHROMIUM AND MANGANESE. CYANIDE WAS ALSO PRESENT IN THE LAGOON IN CONCENTRATIONS RANGING FROM LESS THAN 1 PPM AT THE SURFACE TO APPROXIMATELY 10 PPM AT THE BOTTOM. THE FAST TRACK FEASIBILITY STUDY WAS SUPERVISED BY THE NHWS & PCC UNDER A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE EPA. ON JULY 29, 1983, EPA'S BOSTON REGIONAL OFFICE RELEASED THE 'PRELIMINARY FAST TRACK FEASIBILITY Enter NEXT(next document), HIT(next context),TOP(entire document), UP(to window up), DOWN(to window down), SELECT(this document) /HIT ••End of document reached** Enter NEXT(next document), HIT(next context),TOP(entire document), UP(to window up), DOWN(to window down), SELECT(this document) /SELECT Enter NEXT(next document), HIT(next context),TOP(entire document), UP(to window up), DOWN(to window down), SELECT(this document) /NEXT D-14 ------- Item 3 SITE NAME :NYANZA CHEMICAL ROD DATE :850904 PREPARED BY NUS CORP. AND A SUBSEQUENT NYANZA LETTER REPORT PREPARED BY CAMP, DRESSER, AND MCKEE, INC. INDICATES THE EXISTENCE OF THIRTEEN (13) AREAS WHICH HAVE BEEN CONTAMINATED EITHER FROM DIRECT WASTE DEPOSITION OR FROM SEDIMENT TRANSPORT VIA SURFACE RUNOFF FROM THE DEPOSITION AREAS. TABLE 1 CONTAINS A DESCRIPTION OF EACH AREA AND AN ESTIMATE OF THE AMOUNT OF CONTAMINATED MATERIAL IN EACH. FIGURE 1-2 SHOWS THE LOCATION •*OF EACH AREA. ALL OF THESE AREAS ARE CONTAMINATED TO VARYING DEGREES ••WITH HEAVY METALS INCLUDING MERCURY (HG), LEAD (PB), CHROMIUM (CR), ••CADMIUM (CD), AND ARSENIC (AS). TABLES 7-2 AND 7-4 FROM THE RI REPORT SHOW, THE RANGES OF CONCENTRATIONS PRESENT IN THE SLUDGES, SOILS, AND SEDIMENTS. ADDITIONAL SUBSURFACE TESTING WAS CONDUCTED DURING THE PRE-DESIGN PHASE IN THE HILL AREA AND IN THE WESTERN WETLAND, THE TWO AREAS WHERE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SLUDGES WERE DIRECTLY DEPOSITED. THE INTENT OF Enter NEXT(next document), HIT(next context),TOP(entire document), UP(to window up), DOWN(to window down), SELECT(this document) /HIT D-15 ------- THE EXISTING DATA ON HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN GROUNDWATER IS LIMITED. NEVERTHELESS, THE EXISTING DATA SUGGESTS THAT HEAVY METALS IN THE SLUDGES ARE LEACHING TO GROUNDWATER BUT TO A VERY LIMITED EXTENT. THIS IS PROBABLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT PORTIONS OF THE HILL AND WETLAND SLUDGE DEPOSITS ARE BELOW THE SEASONAL HIGH GROUNDWATER TABLE. "MONITORING WELLS 2, 7 AND 10 IN THE HILL AREA SHOW CHROMIUM, CADMIUM, ••MERCURY AND ARSENIC LEVELS BELOW THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS {MCLS) ••SET UNDER THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT, WHEREAS THE MCL FOR LEAD WAS ••EXCEEDED IN ONE WELL. AT MONITORING WELL 3 IN THE WESTERN WETLAND DOWNGRADIENT FROM THE HILL, THE METALS WERE ALL BELOW THE MCLS. MONITORING WELLS 8, 9 AND 11 ARE LOCATED IN THE LOWER INDUSTRIAL AREA ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CONRAIL TRACKS, AN AREA OF PAST DISCHARGE OF ••UNTREATED WASTEWATERS TO THE GROUNDWATER. MCLS FOR LEAD AND CHROMIUM ••WERE EXCEEDED IN THESE WELLS. WELLS 4, 5 AND 6 ARE LOCATED IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE CONRAIL TRACKS AND ARE THE ONLY WELLS DOWNGRADIENT FROM ALL ••FORMER WASTE MANAGEMENT AREAS. MCLS FOR CHROMIUM, ARSENIC AND CADMIUM ••WERE EXCEEDED AT WELL 5 ALTHOUGH THIS MAY BE A LOCAL PHENOMENON IN THAT ••THE GROUNDWATER PH AT THIS LOCATION WAS 3.9 AND 4.2 DURING TWO SAMPLING "RUNS; THIS WELL IS JUST NORTH OF A FORMER WASTE ACID SUMP. AT WELLS 6 AND 4. MCLS WERE NOT EXCEEDED, ALTHOUGH THE VALID DATA POINTS ARE LIMITED. IN SUMMARY, ALTHOUGH THE MOST PREVALENT AND CONCENTRATED GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION IS ORGANIC IN NATURE, THERE IS SOME INORGANIC (METALS) CONTAMINATION ABOVE MCL LEVELS BEYOND THE SITE BOUNDARIES DOWNGRADIENT Enter NEXT(next document), HIT(next context),TOP(entire document), UP(to window up), DOWN(to window down), SELECT(this document) /HIT D-16 ------- ACTIONS THAT MAY BE NECESSARY TO ADDRESS WASTES THAT HAVE ALREADY MIGRATED FROM THEIR ORIGINAL LOCATION (I.E. GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION, SUDBURY RIVER SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION). THE PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HEAVY METAL SLUDGES STEM FROM THE POTENTIAL FOR DIRECT CONTACT WITH OR INGESTION OF THE SLUDGES, ••SOILS, AND SEDIMENTS WHICH ARE EXPOSED. THESE WASTES CONTAIN HIGH ••CONCENTRATION OF MERCURY, LEAD, AND CHROMIUM AND MINOR AMOUNTS OF ••CADMIUM AND ARSENIC. FOR EXPOSURE VIA OTHER PATHWAYS, THE CURRENT RISKS APPEAR INSIGNIFICANT BASED ON COMPARISON OF AMBIENT LEVELS AND RELEVANT GUIDELINES. AMBIENT AIR CONCENTRATIONS OF MERCURY VAPORS IN THE HILL AREA ARE ABOVE BACKGROUND LEVELS BUT WELL BELOW EXISTING GUIDELINES AT DOWNWIND RECEPTOR SITES. THUS CURRENT EXPOSURE VIA INHALATION IS NEGLIGIBLE (SEE TABLE 7-1). IT Enter NEXT(next document), HIT(next context),TOP(entire document), UP(to window up), DOWN(to window down), SELECT(this document) /SELECT Enter NEXT(next document), HIT(next context),TOP(entire document), UP(to window up), DOWN(to window down), SELECT(this document) /NEXT D-17 ------- Item 4 SITE NAME ROD DATE :TINKHAM GARAGE :860930 D. SAME AS ABOVE22.000 6,110 6,580 7,050 36,900 10,550 E. SAME AS ABOVE23,100 6,360 6,810 7,280 38,730 11,050 SAME AS ABOVE30.800 7,970 8,340 8,820 51,490 14,590. F. ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *• ** ** «* ** ** ** *• ** ** • » *» ** ** ** ** •* ** TABLE 18 POLLUTANT LIMITATIONS FOR DISCHARGE TO THE TOWN OF DERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE - WWTP CADMIUM TOTAL CHROMIUM COPPER LEAD NICKEL SILVER TOTAL CYANIDE ZINC ARSENIC IRON SODIUM CHLORIDES MERCURY MANGANESE SULFATE SULFIDE SULFITE BERYLLIUM BORON SELENIUM PHENOLS TOTAL TOXIC ORGANICS 0.091 0.228 3.38 0.27 0.12 0.072 0.324 2.61 0.003 10.0 500.0 500.0 0.048 10.0 20.0 20.0 2.0 0.008 2.0 0.054 0.324 5.0 MG/L MG/L MG/L MG/L MG/L MG/L MG/L MG/L MG/L MG/L MG/L MG/L MG/L MG/L MG/L MG/L MG/L MG/L MG/L MG/L MG/L MG/L. TABLE 19 PRESENT WORTH ANALYSIS FOR MANAGEMENT OF MIGRATION ALTERNATIVES ($ X 1000) Enter NEXT(next document), HIT(next context),TOP(entire document), UP(to window up), DOWN(to window down), SELECT(this document) /HIT D-18 ------- ••End of document reached** Enter NEXT(next document), HIT(next context),TOP(entire document), UP(to window up), DOWN(to window down), SELECT(this document) /NEXT SELECTION MENU AT THIS POINT, YOU MAY: MANIPULATE CURRENT SEARCH SET PERFORM OTHER FUNCTIONS DI - DISPLAY RESULTS SO - SORT RESULTS PR - PRINT RESULTS SE - CONTINUE SEARCHING CO - COMBINE SEARCHES LI - LIST SEARCH SETS M - RETURN TO MAIN MENU H - FOR HELP EXPLANATIONS X - EXIT RODS SELECTION: LI LIST YOU HAVE CREATED THE FOLLOWING SEARCH SETS: 6/ LIST SETNO: NO. ITEMS: REQUEST: SET 1: 21 REG-1 SET 2: 104 TEXT-CHROMIUM SET 3: 4 1 AND 2 SET 4: 4 1 AND 2 SORT=NAME SET 5: 3 SELECT DO YOU WANT TO DELETE YOUR SEARCH SETS? 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