United States Office of Publication 9234.2-20FS
Environmental Protection Solid Waste and November 1991
Agency Emergency Response
45-EPA Availability of Computerized
NCR
Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
Office of Program Management OS-240 Quick Reference Fact Sheet
The National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Pollution Plan of 1990 (NCP)
provides the regulatory framework for the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act (CERCLA), as amended by the 1986 Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization
Act of 1986 (SARA). This revised NCP was promulgated to implement regulatory changes
necessitated by SARA, as well as to clarify existing NCP language and to reorganize the NCP to
coincide more accurately with the sequence of response. (See NCP, 55 FR 8666, 8865 (March 8,
1990)(codified at 40 CFR Part 300).
In light of the importance of the NCP to the CERCLA cleanup process, this Fact Sheet
announces the availability of a computerized version of the NCP that can assist those Remedial Project
Managers (RPMs), On-Scene Coordinators (OSCs), State personnel at State-lead CERCLA sites,
potentially responsible parties (PRPs), and other persons involved in performing response actions at
CERCLA sites, by allowing access to a version of the NCP that facilitates easier reference and
keyword searches.
What is contained in the computerized NCP?
The Office of Program Management (0PM) within the EPA Office of Emergency and
Remedial Response (OERR) has assembled a computerized version of the NCP on six WordPerfect 5.0
files:
READFIRS.T: This file should be the first that any user of the NCP reads,
because it gives the user detailed information and instructions for accessing the
NCP and its Index. The information contained in this file is also repeated at
the beginning of the remaining five NCP files to ensure ease of use.
TABLE.CON: This file contains three Tables of Contents. Section A is for
the NCP proposed rule preamble. Section B is for the NCP final rule preamble,
and Section C is for the NCP final regulatory text.
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PROPRE.AM: This file contains the preamble to the proposed NCP,
published at 53 FR 51384 on December 21, 1988.
PREAMBLE: This file contains the preamble to the NCP final rule,
published at 55 FR 8666 on March 8, 1990.
FINALRUL.E: This file contains the NCP final regulatory text, published at
55 FR 8813 on March 8, 1990.
NCPINDX: This file contains the NCP Index of key terms.
WordPerfect 5.0 was utilized due to its prevalence on EPA LANs and stand-alone personal
computers. Users may convert the NCP files into either WordPerfect 4.2 or 5.1 without any
substantive mistakes occurring, although there might be some minor formatting errors (e.g., font size
of the text, location of tabulation stops).
How do I obtain access to the computerized NCP?
Since July 1991, the computerized NCP has been available at EPA Headquarters on the OERR
LAN under the subdirectory U:\USER\SHARE\OERR\NCP. To obtain access to the computerized
NCP in EPA Regional Offices, either retrieve, by using WordPerfect 5.0 or 5.1, the NCP files that are
contained in the directory listed below for your appropriate Region, or, if they have not already been
installed, contact the appropriate person listed below:
Region LAN Subdirectory or Installation Status Contact Person
1 Superfund LANNSuperfund Model Documents Barbara Waller (573-9668)
2 Automax menu choice Chris Sebastion (264-5256)
3 To be installed soon Regina Pope (597-7498)
4 Not yet installed Harold Kee (257-2930)
5 Considering installation Odessa Blakemore (353-1814)
6 Not yet installed Alice Berry (255-6740)
7 7VABS\APPS\NCP Mary Gerken (276-7541)
8 RSWastelan Cinna Vallejos (330-7148)
9 Automax menu .choice Tom McMenamin (484-2327
10 GUSER\SHARE\NCP Jeff Leason (399-2592)
Further information on the computerized version of the NCP can be obtained from Stuart
Walker, of EPA/OERR/OPM, (FTS or (202) 260-2865). Written inquiries and comments may be sent
to Mr. Walker either through the.OPM FAX machine at (FTS or (202) 260-3847) or by mail to the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, mail code (OS-240), 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.
20460.
NOTICE: The policies set out in this fact sheet are not final Agency action, but are intended
solely as guidance. They are not intended, nor can they be relied upon, to create any rights
enforceable by any party in litigation with the United States. Response personnel may decide
to follow the guidance provided in this fact sheet, or to act at variance with the guidance,
based on an analysis of site-specific circumstances. The Agency also reserves the right to
change this guidance at any time without public notice.
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