Unrted States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Oftce of
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
EPA
DIRECTIVE NUMBER: 9242.2-05
TITLE: Implementation of ARCS Task Force Plan
APPROVAL DATE:
EFFECTIVE DATE:
1/22/92
1/22/92
ORIGINATING OFFICE: OERR
IS FINAL
D DRAFT
LEVEL OF DRAFT
Q] A — Signed by AA or DAA
Q 8 — Signed by Office Director
Q C — Review & Comment
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TITLE: Implementation of ARCS Task Force Plan
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APPROVAL DATE: 1/22/92
EFFECTIVE DATE: 1/22/92
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D DRAFT
LEVEL OF DRAFT
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Q: B — Signed by Office Director
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QSWER Directive Initiation Reauest
1. Directive Number
9242.2-05
2. Originator Information
Name of Contact Person
Mail Coda
OS-220W
Office
Excellence Team
Telephone Code
308-8393
3. Title
Implementation of ARCS Task Force Plan
4. Summary of Directive (include brief statement of purpose)
This memorandum transmits the Implementation Plan for the recommendations embodied
in the ARCS Task Force Report.
5. Keywords
ARCS, Implementation Plan
6a. Does This Directive Supersede revious irective(s)
b. Does It Supplement Previous Oirective(s)?
No
No
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Yes What directive (number, title)
Yes What directive (number, title)
7. Draft Level
A - Signed by AA/DAA
8 - Signed by Office Director
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For Review & Comment
D - In Development
8. Document to be distributed to States by Headquarters?
Yes
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No
This Request M««ts OSWER Olr«ctlv«a System Format Standards.
9. Signature of Lead Office Directives Coordinator
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10. Name'and Title of Approving Offiaa/ /
Date
Date
EPA Form 1315-17 (Rev. 5-87) Previous editions are obsolete.
OSWER OSWER OSWER O
VE DIRECTIVE DIRECTIVE DIRECTIVE
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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20460
JAN 22 1992
OSWER Directive 9242.2-05
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
FROM:
Implementation of the Alternative Remedial Contracting
Strategy (ARCS) Task Force RecommejndafcLons:
Transmittal of the Implementation
Plar
Richard J. Guimond 'HM^Of^J dJillfA
Assistant Surgeon General1, ruAA— ^^\u/n
Deputy Assistant Administrator
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OS-100)
TO:
Edward J.
Deputy Assistant Administrator
Office of Administration and Resources Management
(PM-208)
Addressees
PURPOSE
To transmit the Implementation Plan for the recommendations
embodied in the ARCS Task Force Report.
BACKGROUND
On October 2, 1991, William K. Reilly, Administrator of the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), announced the find-
ings and recommendations of both the Superfund 30-Day Study and
his Task Force on Implementation of the Superfund ARCS.
Subsequent to these studies, the General Accounting Office (GAO)
issued its report "Superfund: EPA Has Not Corrected Long-
standing Contract Management Problems." Both the ARCS Task Force
and GAO reports were critical of aspects of the Superfund
contracting program and offered recommendations for corrective
measures.
The Task Force report contained 32 recommendations, divided
into six categories. The recommendations presented in the report
reflect the collective thinking of the Task Force about the ARCS
contracting program. The Task Force recognized that EPA must
improve oversight without overwhelming its field staff and ARCS
contractors with administrative burdens and paperwork.
Considerable effort went into the development of the
Implementation Plan for these recommendations.
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The recommendations addressed by the implementation plan
span the entire spectrum of contract management. The
comprehensiveness of the implementation plan, which contains both
short and long" term actions to strengthen the Superfund
contracting program, clearly reflects our commitment to take all
actions necessary to improve the management of all Superfund
contracts.
OBJECTIVE
To transmit the Implementation Plan for the recommendations
contained in the Administrator's Task Force report.
IMPLEMENTATION
While all of the task force recommendations will impact
Regional operations, the Procurement and Contracts Management
Division and the Office of Emergency and Remedial Response have
assumed the lead for most of the tasks. Regions II and III, the
lead Superfund and Administration Regions, participated in the
development of the implementation plan and will be the Regional
focal points for implementation of the task force
recommendations. The point of contact in Region II is
Shaheer Alvi, FTS 264-6193 and in Region III is Larry Whitson,
FTS 597-3603. The lead Regions will coordinate development of
detailed workplans for Region-lead recommendations. All detailed
workplans will be coordinated with the lead Regions.
Any questions on the implementation plan should be addressed
to either of the lead Region contacts, Kenneth Ayers, FTS 678-
8393, or William Topping, FTS 260-9184, at Headquarters.
Attachment
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Addressees:
Director, Waste Management Division
Regions I, IV, V, VII, and VIII
Director, Emergency and Remedial Response Division
Region II
Director, Hazardous Waste Management Division
Regions III, VI, and IX
Director, Hazardous Waste Division
Region X
Assistant Regional Administrator for Planning and
Management
Regions I, V
Assistant Regional Administrator for Policy and
Management
Regions II, III, IV, VII, VIII, IX and X
Assistant Regional Administrator for Management
Region VI
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