wEPA
            United States
            Environmental Protection
            Agency
           Office of
           Solid Waste and
           Emergency Response
DIRECTIVE NUMBER: 9318.0-04
TITLE: Cbordination between Regional Superfund Staffs
    and OBA Regional Counterparts on CERCLA Actions
             APPROVAL DATE:
             EFFECTIVE DATE: October
             ORIGINATING OFFICE: OERR/
            X8 FINAL
             D DRAFT
              STATUS:

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 03/19/87      United States Environmental Protection Agency
                      Washington, D.C. 20460
  EPA   OSWER Directive Initiation Request
                                  1. Directive Number

                                      9318.0-04
                            2. Originator Information
 Name of Contact Person
    SHECKELLS
    MaH Coda
Office
  OERR/HSCD
Telephone Number
 3. Title
      COORDINATION BETWEEN REGIONAL SUPERFUND  STAFFS
      AND OFA REGIONAL COUNTERPARTS 0
 4. Summary of Directive (Include brief statement of purpose)

  Encourages  coordination between the Regional
  Superfund staffs and OFA Regional counterparts  in
  carrying out CERCLA actions.  (10/84, 4 pp)
  Supplements  9318.0-3..
 5. Keywords
    SUPERFUND,  CERCLA, NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL  POLICY ACT, NEPA,  ENVIR-
    ONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS,  ETC.
6a. Does this Directive Supercede Previous Directives)?}   |  yes  |  X] NO     What directive (number, title)


b. Does ft Supplement Previous Directives^)?     X |  yes  |	
                       No    What directive (number, title)
                        9318.0-03
7. Draft Level

    A-Signed by AMD AA
B - Signed by Office Director
      C - For Review & Comment
          In Development
This Request Meets OSWER Directives System Format
8. Signature of Lead Office Directives Coordinator
                                 Date
9. Name and THIa of Approving Official

    HEDEMAN/HIRSCH
                                 Date

                                   10/29/84
       OSWER           OSWER            OSWER
                DIRECTIVE         DIRECTIVE

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        UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
                         WASHINGTON  DC   2".-.f.

                             QB 29 1984
                                             OSWER  Directive 9318.0-04

MEMORANDUM

SUBJECT:   Coordination between Regional  Superfund  Staffs  and
          OFA Regional Counterparts  on  CERCLA Actions

FROM:      William N. Hedeman, Director       •''")J>A  "^L • (i_.
          Office of Emergency and Remedial  Response  '  l*~^-u ^~
          Al Ian Hirsch, Di rector
          Office of Federal

TO:        See Addressees
     The purpose of this memorandum is to encourage  coordination  between
the Regional Superfund staffs and Office  of Federal  Activities  (OFA)  Regional
counterparts in carrying out CERCLA actions.   It  is  a  follow-up to  the
August 22, 1984 memorandum (attached)  sent from Josephine  Cooper, Assistant
Administrator for External Affairs, and Lee Thomas,  Assistant Administrator
for Solid Waste and Emergency Response, to the  Regional  Administrators
emphasizing Headquarters' support for  such an  arrangement.

     In carrying out Superfund remedial actions,  it  is  EPA's policy to
provide opportunity for public review  and to follow  procedures  that are
functionally equivalent to tho^ afforded by the  National  Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA).  It is also our policy to comply  substantively with
other environmental statutes and Executive Orders  such  as  the Endangered
Species Act, National  Historic Preservation Act,  Floodplain Management
Executive Order (E011988) and Protection  of Wetlands Executive  Order
(E011990) where feasible and appropriate.  OFA's  Regional  counterparts
have the expertise to assist the Superfund staffs  in meeting these
requi rements.

     Another area in which OFA Regional counterparts interrelate  with the
Superfund program is in the review of  environments!  impact  statements (EISs)
prepared by other federal agencies on  proposed actions  that would have an
affect on the environment.  In some circumstances, these proposed federal
actions directly relate to remedial actions on  federal  facilities involving
hazardous substances,  pollutants, and  contaminants,  and should  be reviewed
by Regional Superfund staff to ensure  consistency  in Agency positions.
These EISs also can provide a valuable source  of  information to Regional
Superfund staff on certain types of remedial  actions being contemplated  that
relate to similar circumstances in the Superfund  program.

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                       OSWER  Directive 9318.0-04
     We would like to encourage development  of  a  close working  relationship
between these staffs.  This would be of benefit in  identifying  sites
where compliance with these statutes and Executive  Orders  would  apply;
in determining what procedures and analyses  should  be carried out;  in
determining the alternatives and mitigating  measures that  should  be
considered; and in sharing information developed  by other  federal  agencies
in the EIS process.

     We urge you to begin exploring mechanisms  to implement' such  an
arrangement.  One way to begin is to notify  OFA Regional counterparts
early in the fiscal year about sites in the  Regions which  will  be targeted
for CERCLA action.  This can be accomplished through three mechanisms
which are part of the framework of the Superfund  planning  process:

         -  Review of the National Priorites List
            (NPL), which is a list of over 400
            hazardous waste sites targeted for
            clean-up by Federal and State governments
            under CERCLA.  Sites on the list are
            candidates for remedial or enforcement
            action.

         -  Review of the Site Management Plan  (SMP),
            which provides estimated dates on when
            clean-up activities will begin on sites
            listed on the NPL, proposed for  inclusion
            on the NPL, or listed as Dioxin  Tier  1  or 2
            sites.

         -  Review of the Superfund Comprehensive Accomplishment
            Plan (SCAP) which is a*summary of all sites-related
            activity in a Region planned for the  upcoming  fiscal
            year.  For removal activities, the  annual plan sets
            targets for removals at NPL and  non-NPL sites.  Remedial,
            enforcement and community relations activities are
            identified on the plan by site name,  State,  activity
            type, expected start date, estimated  cost, designation
            of the lead organization and other  relevant  information.

     We  encourage you to support this effort.   Later in the fiscal
year, we anticipate surveying the Regions to determine how this
coordination is working and methods to improve  program implementation.
Should you have any questions on this matter please contact Anne Miller
of the Office of Federal Activities (382-7063)  or Tom Sheckells  of the
Office of Emergency and Remedial Response (382-2339).  .
Attachment

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                       OSWER  Directive 9318.0-04
Addressees

Region I

Merrill  Hohman,  Director
Waste Management Division

David Fierra,  Director
Water Management Division

Region II

William J. Librizzi,  Director
Office of Emergency  and Remedial  Response

Herbert Barrack, Assistant  Regional
Administrator  for Policy  and Management

Region III

Stephen R. Wassersug,  Director
Hazardous Waste  Management  Division

Dr. Alvin R. Morris,  Assistant  Regional
Administrator  for Policy  and Management

Region IV

Thomas W. Devine, Director
Air and Waste  Management  Division

Howard D. Zeller
Assistant Regional Administrator *
for Policy and Management

Region V

Basil G. Constantelos, Director
Waste Management Division

Charles H. Sutfin, Director
Water Division

Region VI

Allyn M. Davis,  Director
Air and Waste  Management  Division

Russell F. Rhoades,  Director
Environmental  Services Division

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Region VII

David Wagoner,  Director
Air and Waste Management  Division

Susan Gordon
Assistant  Regional  Administrator
for Policy  and  Management

Region VIII

Robert L.  Duprey,  Director
Air and Waste Management  Division

Jack Hoffbuhr
Assistant  for Policy  and  Management

Region IX
Harry Seraydarian,  Director
Toxic and Management  Division

Charles Murray
Assistant Regional  Administratrator
for Policy and  Management

Region X

Chuck Findley,  Acting Director
Ai r and Waste Division

Robert S. Burd                    *
Director, Water Division

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