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

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                         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
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                              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.
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     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.
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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.
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     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.
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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.
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 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.)
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    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.
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            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.
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Mainframe Logon
   Procedures

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                    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.


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     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
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     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.
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     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)
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able comma
DEC
MAIN24
MNFRM
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CWait None
LWait None
4) EMAIL
9) MAINFRAM
14) NEWUSER
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15)

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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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                           I
Accessing RODS
   Data Base

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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.
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         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)'
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C.  THE RODS MAIN MENU
    Upon entering the RODS Data Base, you will see the following two introductory screens:
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     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:
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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).
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     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.
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     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
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         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
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     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
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         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"
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         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
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         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)
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         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"
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         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"
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         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"
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         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"
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         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"
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         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:
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                  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.
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          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


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         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
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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.
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                        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
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     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:
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               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
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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.
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     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.
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    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:
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     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
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     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.
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      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.
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    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"
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      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.
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    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.
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    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
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     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.
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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.
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     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:
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    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.
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     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:
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                     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.
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    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:
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     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.
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    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.
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                                   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
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                                    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
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     APPENDIX A




THE ROD SYSTEM FIELDS

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                                 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
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                 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.
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                 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".
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           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.
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             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.)
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                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.)
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                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.
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                  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.)
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                    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.
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                 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.)
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              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.
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              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.
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                 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.
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                  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.
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                    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.
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               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
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     APPENDIX B




THE ROD SYSTEM MENUS

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                              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
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             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".
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                     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
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         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
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     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
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               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 -
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               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
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         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
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                 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.
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            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)?
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           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
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                     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
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                       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
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                  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
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                        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:
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                        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:
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              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.
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                      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	
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  APPENDIX C




THE HELP MENUS

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                              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
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         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:
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              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:
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                 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:
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                  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:
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           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:
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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:
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            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:
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               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:
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                       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:
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  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:
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          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:
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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:
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             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:
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                      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:
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             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:
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                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:
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                 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:
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                               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:
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     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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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    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
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  APPENDIX D




SAMPLE SEARCH

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                              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
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LONDONDERRY, NH
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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
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       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.
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                SUMMARY OF INORGANIC SITE CONTAMINATION
                          FORMER LAGOON AREA
                 HOCOMONCO POND SITE, WESTBOROUGH, MA

                                  CONCENTRATION RANGE
                             SOIL             GROUND WATER
                           (MG/KG)               (UG/L)
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••PARAMETER
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••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)
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                          ND
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ND-533(1)
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ND
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                              TABLE 3
              SUMMARY OF ORGANIC SITE CONTAMINATION
                         KETTLE POND AREA
               HOCOMONCO POND SITE, WESTBOROUGH, MA
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 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
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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
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 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
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 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
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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.
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                                  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)

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