United States Office of Publication 9234.3-001
Environmental Protection Solid Waste and "—
Agency Emergency. Response July 1990
&EPA ARARs Short Guidance
Quarterly Report
Office of Emergency and Remedial Response Intermittent Bulletin
Office of Program Management OS-240 Volume 1 Number 3
The ARARs Short Guidance Quarterly Reports provide an annotated description of all published short
guidance on ARARs. Short guidance documents on ARARs include Fact Sheets, Q's & A's, Memoranda resolving
ARARs issues, and the Guide to the CERCLA Compliance with Other Laws Manual. Each Quarterly Report is
comprehensive within that quarter, and each item below is final unless otherwise noted. The ARARs short
guidance documents are designed to supplement, not supplant, the CERCLA Compliance with Other Laws
Manual. This report will expressly note any ARARs short guidance that supercedes information provided in the
CERCLA Compliance with Other Laws Manual. Single copies of the previous Quarterly Report and these short
guidance documents may be obtained by calling or writing the Superfund Docket and Information Center, U.S.
EPA, OS-245, 401 M St. SW, Washington, DC 20460; (202) or FTS 382-6940. Copies of the CERCLA Compliance
with Other Laws Manual (Part I - EPA/540/G-89/006, Part II -- EPA/540/G-89/009) may be obtained from CERI, U.S.
EPA, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268; (513) 569-7562.
Risk Assessment Guidance
Evaluation Manual (Part A)
This Fact Sheet is designed to alert remedial project managers (RPMs) to: (1) the purpose and steps of the
baseline risk assessment, which is the topic of discussion of Part A of the Human Health Evaluation Manual:
(2) new aspects of the baseline risk assessment process not addressed in previous Superfund guidance
documents; and (3) where additional help can be obtained. For further guidance, also see Hearth Effects
Assessment Summary Tables: First/Second Quarters, FY 1990, January/April 1990 (OERR 9200.6-303(90-
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Publication 9234.2-08/FS
This Fact Sheet provides guidance for complying with the recently promulgated Toxicity Characteristics (TC)
Rule. It explains the provisions of the new TC rule and reviews how that rule could affect existing and future
Superfund activities.
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This Fact Sheet provides guidance for complying with the Federal Water Criteria (FWQC). It explains what
FWQCs are, and reviews when and how FWQCs should be used to set standards for the cleanup of
Superfund sites.
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This Fact Sheet addresses the status of State antidegradation requirements with regard to the determination
of AFtARs. It includes a matrix analysis of such requirements as they pertain to certain remedies and site
circumstances.
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