vvEPA
              United States
              Environmental Protection
              Agency
            Office of
            Solid Waste and
            Emergency Response
DIRECTIVE NUMBER: 9235.9-03

TITLE: Superfurid'University Training'lnstitutes First
     Workshop
               APPROVAL DATE:  6/1/89

               EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/1/89

               ORIGINATING OFFICE: OSWER/OPMT
               0 FINAL

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                STATUS:
         [  ]  A- Pending OMB approval
         {  j  B- Pending AA-OSWER approval
         [  ]  C- For review &/or comment
         [  ]  D- In development or circulating

                       headquarters
               REFERENCE (other documents):
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                                agency
                Washington. DC 20460
OSWER Directive Initiation Request
                                                                1. Directive Number
                                                                 9285.9-03
                                2. Originator Information
     Name of'Contact Person
       Colleen Carruthers
                  Mail Code
                    OS-100
Office
  omr
Telephone Code
     3. Title
       Superfund University Training Institutes First Workshop
     4. Summary of Directive (include brief statement of purpose)
       Announces availability ofpilot training workshop for OSC/RPMs and explains policy
       governing participation.
     5. Keywords
     6a. Does This Directive Supersede Previous Directive(s)?
     b. Does It Supplement Previous Directive(s)?
                                       X  No
                                          No
                                  Yes   What directive (number, title)
                                  Yes   What directive (number, title)
     7. Draft Level
         A - Signed by AA/DAA
             B - Signed by Office Director
       C - For Review & Comment
         0 - In Development
8. Document to be distributed to States by Headquarters?
X

Yes


No
This Request Meets OSWER Directives System Format Standards.
9. Signature of Lead Office Directives Coordinator
Betti C. VanEpps
10. Name and Title of Approving Official
Henry L. Longest II, OERR Director & Bruce Diamond, OWPE Directc
Date
6/1/89
Date
>r 6/1/89
    EPA Form 1315-17 (Rev. 5-87) Previous editions are obsolete.
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'E     DIRECTIVE         DIRECTIVE        DIRECTIVE

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           UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

                      WASHINGTON, O.C. 20460
                         JUMI
                                                       OFFICE OF
                                              SOL.O WASTE A.NO EMERGENCY RESPONSE
                                              OSWER Directive
                                                19285.9-03
MEMORANDUM

SUBJECT:
           Superfund University Training  Institutes  -
           Request  for Workshop Attendees
 FROM:
          Henry L. Longest, II, Director
          Office of Emergency and Remedial
                                                  se
TO:
          Bruce Diamond, Director
          Office of Waste Programs*
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OSC/RPM Support  Program meet one of its objectives of retaining
our talented people by providing them with the advanced training
they want and need.

     Five SUTIs  have been established to date:

     o    UNLV SUTI:  EMSL Technology Support Center
          (TSC), Las  Vegas, Nevada through a
          cooperative agreement with the University of
          Nevada, Las Vegas; focuses on
          ground-water monitoring and site
          characterization.

     o    UC SUTI:  Risk Reduction Engineering
          Laboratory TSC, Cincinnati, OH through a            ,
          cooperative agreement with the University of
          Cincinnati; focuses on engineering and
          treatment

     o    UG SUTI:  Environmental Research Laboratory
          TSC, Athens, Ga. through a cooperative
          agreement with the University of Georgia;
          focuses on health risk

     o    RICE CONSORTIUM SUTI: RSKERL TSC, Ada, OK
          through' a cooperative agreement with a
          consortium of universities (Rice, Oklahoma
          State, University of Oklahoma); focuses on
          ground-water fate and transport.

     o    ETSU SUTI: East Tennessee State University,
          funded by a grant from EPA; focuses on
          emergency response


     We have designated an Executive Director to correlate the
activities of all the SUTIs.  He is Tom Massey - a highly
experienced former OSC, supervisor, and manager now assigned to
the EnvironMntal Response Team in Edison, N.J.  with his
leadership, v« expect that additional workshops will be held this
year at the other SUTIs. Topics will be primarily of a technical
nature consistent with each SUTI's area of expertise.  We will
distribute information on those as soon as it is available.

OBJECTIVE

     The objectives of this memorandum are to:  (1) ensure that
the Regional Management and their staff are aware of the role of
the SUTIs, (2) announce the dates of the ETSU SUTI training
workshops, and (3) request nominations of one OSC and one
alternate from each Region to participate in the workshop.

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 IMPLEMENTATION

      A.  Dates

      The ETSU SUIT  will  be  hosting the pilot Training Workshop
 and  its  case  studies  will focus  on emergency response training
 for  experienced  OSCs  (ideally  those with at least two or three
 years experience as an OSC).   The workshops will be held in East
 Tennessee State  University  in  Johnson City, TN. They are
 currently scheduled as follows:

               July 11 - 13, 1989
               August 8-10,  1989
               October 9 -  13, 1989
               November  7-9, 1989
               January 23 - 25,  1990
               February  20  - 22, 1990

      B.  Nominations

      Nominations for  participants and the implementation
 procedures discussed  below  apply only to the first ETSU workshop
 on July  11 -  13.  At  the conclusion of the workshop we will
 review all evaluations to determine whether modifications are
 necessary.  ;

      Participants in  the July  workshop will represent a
 combination of experienced  EPA and State OSCs.  This is an
 excellent opportunity for:

      o   more experienced  OSCs  to become involved in a
          training  environment that promotes structured
          interaction among Federal and State OSCs, and

      o   you  to reward  your advanced OSCs with the
          recognition as highly  qualified professionals
          whom you  have  selected to attend this
          workshop.

      Participants will receive information from the ETSU SUTI
that highlights  the case studies to be presented at the workshop.
They will also receive additional logistical information.  There
is no  fee for  attending  the workshop; however, per diem and
travel expenses  are Regional responsibilities.

      Our objectives  in  this training also applies to State
agencies directly involved with  Superfund activities. Each State
should be invited to  submit candidates to attend the ETSU
workshop and the other SUTI's  as they develop.  The Environmental
Response Teams (ERT)  may be consulted for State nominations.

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     Please use the attached nomination form to nominate your OSC
and alternate and the State representatives to attend the July 11
- 13 pilot.  Both the Region's and the State's nomination forms
must be returned directly to the ETSU SUTI Director no late than
June 12, 1989.  The address is provided on the form.  Your chosen
representatives will receive additional information regarding
suggested accommodations and an agenda prior to attending the
pilot. If you have any questions please contact George Moein, at
ETSU at 615-^29-4429.

     We support the Superfund-University Training Institute's
objective of fostering skills that enable our experienced OSCs
and RPMs to advance in their EPA career ladders.  Please make a-
conscientious effort to make this excellent opportunity available
to one of your qualified OSCs by sending him/her to the ETSU  «'
Training Workshop in July.

Attachments

cc:   Bob Pavlik, OHRM
     Thad Juszcak, OPMT
     Marcia Avedon, BAH
     Colleen Carruthers, OPMT
     Tom Massey
     George ,Moein
     SUTI Directors
     Regional TSP Advisors
     Tom Dunne, AO
     Tim Fields, ERT
     Tom Sell, ERT
     Russ Wyer, HSCD
     Clem Rastatter, 0PM
     Steve Lingle, HSED
     Meg Kelly, OPMT
     Ron Wilhelm, OPMT
     Rich Steimle, OPMT
     Marlene Suit, OPMT
     Betti Van Epps, OERR
     Mark Baiter, U.S. Senate
     Ken Patterson, OSWER
     Elva Slagle, OARM

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  ETSU   SUTI   TRAINING   WORKSHOP
                   July  11-13,   1989
                 NOMINATION  FORM FOR
               fcicM.i-AL-4. STATE  OSC
Instructions

   Approximately 15 State representatives will be chosen to attend the ETSU SUTI
Training Workshop.  If you would like to nominate a representative, please complete
this form and return it by June ff 1989 to:
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